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<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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GUL EMBLEMS ILL_BOOK PLANTIN |
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Par.244 |
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emblempictura |
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GUL EMBLEMS ILL_BOOK PLANTIN |
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A sheaf of corn |
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embstma_1667.dmp |
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embmne_pad1615_emblem169 |
| INTERP_EN |
Ears of corn and sheaf (Excess is a weight to me) |
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embstma_1667_fac023 |
| MOTTO_LA |
Mihi pondera, luxus |
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emblem pictura |
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11R5 25G4(WHEAT) 47I1111 47I1421 51GG3(+4) 51H42(+4) 55B1(+4) 86(MIHI PONDERA LUXUS) 92M171 |
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Excess is a burden to me |
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embstma_1667_pic023.jpg |
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embstma_1667_emblem023 |
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Mihi pondera, luxus |