<p><term id="embstma_1667_06301"/>LEAVE of with paine, the blackamore to skowre,<lb/> With washinge ofte, and wipinge more then due:<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_06302"/>For thou shalt finde, that Nature is of powre,<lb/> Doe what thou canste, to keepe his former hue:<lb/> Thoughe with a forke, wee Nature thruste awaie,<lb/> Shee turnes againe, if wee withdrawe our hande:<lb/> And thoughe, wee ofte to conquer her assaie,<lb/> Yet all in vaine, shee turnes if still wee stande:<lb/> Then euermore, in what thou doest assaie,<lb/> Let reason rule, and doe the thinges thou maie.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_06303"/><foreign lang="la"> -- equusque<lb/> Nunquam ex degeneri fiet generosus asello,<lb/> Et nunquam ex stolido cordatus fiet ab arte.</foreign> <gloss target="embstma_1667_06301" lang="la"><name type="author">Erasmus</name> ex Luciano.<lb/> Abluis Aethiopem fru-<lb/> strà: quin desinis artem?<lb/> Haud vnquam efficies<lb/> non sit vt atra, dies.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_06302" lang="la"><name type="author">Horat.</name> 1. Epist. 10.<lb/> Naturam expellas far-<lb/> ca tamen vsque re-<lb/> surret.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_06303" lang="la"><name type="author">Anulus</name> in pict.<lb/> Poësi.</gloss></p>

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emblem pictura

emblempictura

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GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

Two men try to wash off the colour of a black man's (an Ethiopian's) skin

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Aethiopem lauare

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

11R5

26A

31A2321

31A2352

31A247

31A2512

31A2512(+933)

31A2515

31A2621(+51)

31A2621(+53)

31AA54

31A5462

31A5463

31B6212

31D14(+89)

31D14(+73)

32B31(+51)

32B321(ETHIOPIAN)(+51)

41A773

41D211(+81)

41D233(+81)

41D2339

44E14

48A9843

52BB42(+4)

86(AETHIOPEM LAVARE)

To wash an Ethiopian

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Aethiopem lavare