<p>HEARE, <persName>Ocnus</persName> still the roape doth turne and winde,<lb/> Which he did make, of russhes and of grasse:<lb/> And when with toile, his worke was to his minde<lb/> He rol'de it vp, and lefte it to the <rs>asse</rs>:<lb/> Whoe quickelie spoil'de, that longe with paine was sponne,<lb/> Which being kept, it might some good haue donne.<lb/> This <persName>Ocnus</persName> shewes, a man that workes and toiles,<lb/> The <rs>Asse</rs> declares, a wicked wastfull wife:<lb/> Whoe if shee maie, shee quicklie spendes and spoiles<lb/> That he with care, was getting all his life,<lb/> And likewise those, that lewdely doo bestowe<lb/> Suche thinges, as shoulde vnto good vses goe.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_04801"/><foreign lang="la">Prodiga non sentit pereuntem femina sensum:<lb/> At, velut exhausta rediuiuus pullulet arca<lb/> Nummus, &amp; è pleno semper tollatur aceruo,<lb/> Non vnquam reputant quanti sua gaudia constent.</foreign> <gloss target="embstma_1667_04801" lang="la"> <persName type="author">Iuuenalis</persName> 6.<lb/> </gloss> </p>

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emblem pictura

emblempictura

In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of this emblem is: "Ocni effigies de iis qui meretricibus donant, quod in bonos usus verti debeat"

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GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

Ocnus and another man make a rope; an ass is eating a rope that is finished

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Labor irritus

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

25H11

25I146

31A2352(+61)

31AA2512(+933)

31A2621(+53)

31A26211(+51)

31A2747

31A2748

31B6212

31D14(+72)

41D211(+81)

41D221(+81)

41D223(+81)

41D231(+81)

41D233(+81)

46C13142(+745)

47D8(ROPE)

47H31(+21)

47H352(+442)

54A11(+4)

54BB6(+4):46A17

55C11(+4):42D36

86(LABOR IRRITUS)

93E86

Labour in vain

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Labor irritus