<p>OF flattringe speeche, with sugred wordes beware,<lb/> Suspect the harte, whose face doth fawne, and smile,<lb/> With trusting theise, the worlde is clog'de with care,<lb/> And fewe there bee can scape theise vipers vile:<lb/> With pleasinge speeche they promise, and protest,<lb/> When hatefull hartes lie hidd within their brest.<lb/> The faithfull wight, dothe neede no collours braue,<lb/> But those that truste, in time his truthe shall trie,<lb/> Where fawning mates, can not theire credit saue,<lb/> Without a cloake, to flatter, faine, and lye:<lb/> No foe to fell, nor yet soe harde to scape,<lb/> As is the foe, that fawnes with friendle shape.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_02401"/><foreign lang="la">Tuta, frequensque via est, per amici fallere nomen.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_02402"/>Sic iterum, sic saepe cadunt, vbi vincere apertè<lb/> Non datur: insidias, armaque tecta parant.</foreign> <gloss target="embstma_1667_02401" lang="la"><name type="author">Ouid</name> 1. Art.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_02402" lang="la"><name type="author">Idem [Ouid]</name> 2. fast.</gloss> </p>

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emblem pictura

emblempictura

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GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

A snake coiled around a strawberry plant

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Snake and Strawberry plant (A snake lies hid in the grass)

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Latet anguis in herba

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

25F42(+57321)

25F42(+55)

25G4(STRAWBERRY)(+34)

49M320

54DD51(+4):51GG5(+4)

86(LATET ANGUIS IN HERBA)

The snake hides in the grass

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Latet anguis in herba