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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>WHEN autumne ripes, the frutefull fieldes of graine,<lb/>
        And <persName type="mythological">CERES</persName> doth in all her pompe appeare,<lb/>
        The heauie eare, doth breake the stalke in twaine,<lb/>
        Wherebie wee see, this by experience cleare:<lb/>
        Hir owne excesse, did cause her proper spoile,<lb/>
        And made her corne, to rotte vppon the soile.<lb/>
        Soe worldlie wealthe, and great aboundaunce, marres:<lb/>
        The sharpenes of our sences, and our wittes,<lb/>
        And oftentimes, our vnderstanding barres,<lb/>
        And dulles the same, with manie carefull fittes:<lb/>
        Then since Excesse procures our spoile and paine,<lb/>
        The meane preferre, before immoderate gaine.<lb/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_02301"/><foreign lang="la">- nec te iucunda fronte fefellit<lb/>
         Luxuries praedulce malum, quae dedita semper<lb/>
         Corporis arbitriis, hebetat caligine sensus<lb/>
         Membraque <persName type="mythological">Circaeis</persName> effeminat acrius herbis.</foreign>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_02301" lang="la"><name type="author">Claud.</name> 2.</gloss>
       </p>
      
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SEQ 23
PARENT embstma_1667
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
COM Par.244
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1667_emblem024
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
CAPTION_EN A sheaf of corn
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1667.dmp
LINK embmne_pad1615_emblem169
INTERP_EN Ears of corn and sheaf (Excess is a weight to me)
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1667_fac023
MOTTO_LA Mihi pondera, luxus
TYPE emblem pictura
IC 11R5
; 25G4(WHEAT)
; 47I1111
; 47I1421
; 51GG3(+4)
; 51H42(+4)
; 55B1(+4)
; 86(MIHI PONDERA LUXUS)
; 92M171
INTERP_DAL Excess is a burden to me
URL_IMAGE embstma_1667_pic023.jpg
ID embstma_1667_emblem023
MOTTO_LA_NORM Mihi pondera, luxus
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0