| LINK_FACSIMILE |
embstma_1667_fac016 |
| SOURCE_FILE |
embstma_1667.dmp |
| LINK |
embmne_mig1591_emblem058 |
| INTERP_EN |
Pigmies and Hercules (Try what thou canst) |
| URL_IMAGE |
embstma_1667_pic016.jpg |
| SEQ |
16 |
| TIPE |
emblempictura |
| NEXT |
embstma_1667_emblem017 |
| INTERP_DAL |
Try what you can. |
| HIM |
GUL EMBLEMS ILL_BOOK PLANTIN |
| PARENT |
embstma_1667 |
| ANNOT |
In Alciatus, Emblemata, the motto of the emblem is "In eos qui supra vires quicquam audent" |
| IIHIM |
GUL EMBLEMS ILL_BOOK PLANTIN |
| IC |
25F23(LION)(+351) 25H1124 25H113 26A 31A2352 31A2511(+933) 31A2512(+933) 31A2515(+933) 31A534 31BB13 31B90 31D14(+78) 32B37 41D211(+81) 41D91 45C12(CLUB) 45C13(SWORD) 45C19(SHIELD) 46A230 51EE11(+4) 54A33(+4) 54A82(+4) 86(QUOD POTES, TENTA) 94L4124 94L8(CLUB) 94L8(LION'S SKIN) |
| ID |
embstma_1667_emblem016 |
| TEXT_EXPL_XML |
<p>WHILE, <persName type="mythological">HERCVLES</persName>, with mightie clubbe in hande<lb/> In Lyons skinne did sleepe, and take his ease:<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_01601"/>About him straighte approch'de the <rs>Pigmeis</rs> bande,<lb/> And for to kill this conquerour assaies,<lb/> But foolishe dwarffes? their force was all to smalle,<lb/> For when he wak'de, like gnattes hee crush'd them all.<lb/> This warneth vs, that nothinge paste our strengthe<lb/> Wee shoulde attempte: nor anie worke pretende,<lb/> Aboue our power: left that with shame at lengthe<lb/> Wee weaklinges prooue, and fainte before the ende.<lb/> The pore, that striue with mightie, this doth blame:<lb/> And sottes, that seeke the learned to defame.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_01602"/><foreign lang="la">Turpe est quod nequeas capiti submittere pondus,<lb/> Et pressum inflexo mox dare terga genu.</foreign> <gloss target="embstma_1667_01601" lang="la">Hi homun-<lb/> ciones extre-<lb/> mas AEgypti<lb/> partes inhabi-<lb/> tant agricola-<lb/> tioni dediti,<lb/> Subinde cum<lb/> gruibus bel-<lb/> lum gerunt.<lb/> <name type="author">Plinius</name> lib. 7.<lb/> cap. 2. &<lb/> <name type="author"> Aul. Gellius</name><lb/> lib. 9. cap. 4.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_01602" lang="la"> <name type="author">Propertius</name>.</gloss> </p> |
| MOTTO_LA_NORM |
Quod potes, tenta |
| INTERP_HEN |
Vermessenheit |
| CAPTION_EN |
Pygmies attack the sleeping Hercules |
| MOTTO_LA |
Quod potes, tenta |
| PREV |
embstma_1667_emblem015 |
| TYPE |
emblem pictura |