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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>WHEN <persName type="mythological">HERCVLES</persName>, was dowtfull of his waie<lb/>
        Inclosed rounde, with vertue, and with vice:<lb/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_04001"/>With reasons firste, did vertue him assaie,<lb/>
        The other, did with pleasures him entice:<lb/>
        They longe did striue, before he coulde be wonne,<lb/>
        Till at the lengthe, <persName type="mythological">ALCIDES</persName> thus begonne<lb/>
        Oh pleasure, thoughe thie waie bee smoothe, and faire,<lb/>
        And sweete delightes in all thy courtes abounde:<lb/>
        Yet can I heare, of none that haue bene there,<lb/>
        That after life, with fame haue been renoum'de:<lb/>
        For honor hates, with pleasure to remaine,<lb/>
        Then houlde thy peace, thow wastes thie winde in vaine.<lb/>
        But heare, I yeelde oh vertue to thie will,<lb/>
        And vowe my selfe, all labour to indure,<lb/>
        For to ascende the steepe, and craggie hill,<lb/>
        The toppe whereof, whoe so attaines, is sure.<lb/>
        For his rewarde, to haue a crowne of fame<lb/>
        Thus <persName type="mythological">HERCVLES</persName>, obey'd this sacred dame.<lb/>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_04001" lang="la"><name type="author">Virgil.</name> in Fragm.<lb/>
         de littera y.<lb/>
         Quisquis enim duros<lb/>
         casus virtutis amore<lb/>
         Vicerit, ille sibi lau-<lb/>
         démque decúsque pa-<lb/>
         rabit.<lb/>
         At qui desidiam  luxúm-<lb/>
         que sequetur intertem,<lb/>
         Dum fugit opposites in-<lb/>
         cauta mente labores,<lb/>
         Turpis, inòpsque simul,<lb/>
         miserabile transiget<lb/>
         auum.</gloss>
       </p>
      
PREV embstma_1667_emblem039
SEQ 40
PARENT embstma_1667
INTERP_HEN 1643
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1667_emblem041
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
CAPTION_EN Hercules am Scheidewege, between Minerva (Virtue) and Venus (Vice)
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1667.dmp
LINK embmne_jun1565_emblem044
INTERP_EN Choices of Hercules (The two paths, of virtue and of vice)
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1667_fac040
MOTTO_LA Bivium virtutis & vitii
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
IC 12B61
; 12BB63
; 25F23(LION)(+351)
; 25I144
; 25I153
; 31A141
; 31AA222(+89)
; 31A2512(+932)
; 31A2512(+933)
; 31A2513(+933)
; 31AA2513
; 31A2515(+933)
; 31A25432
; 31A25551
; 31A26112(+51)
; 31A2711
; 31AA2711
; 31D11221(+89)
; 31D14
; 31D15
; 41B162
; 41D211(+82)
; 41D23(+82)
; 41D2339
; 41D27
; 41D91
; 41D92
; 45C14(LANCE)
; 45C19(SHIELD)
; 45C221
; 45C23
; 46C1160
; 48C24
; 57A6(+11)
; 57A6(+4)
; 57AA6(+11)
; 57AA6(+4)
; 86(BIVIUM VIRTUTIS ET VITII)
; 92C2
; 92C28(ARMOUR)
; 92C28(HELMET)
; 92C28(LANCE)
; 92C281
; 92C4
; 92D1
; 92D18(QUIVER)
; 94L72
; 94L8(LION'S SKIN)
INTERP_DAL The crossroads of virtue and vice
URL_IMAGE embstma_1667_pic040.jpg
ID embstma_1667_emblem040
MOTTO_LA_NORM Bivium virtutis et vitii
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0