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Hen sucking own eggs (Things at our feet)

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70

emblempictura

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To I. I. Esquier

Things at our feet

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

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GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

25H11

25I3

26A

34B232(+936)

34B232(+945)

34B232(+52)

34B232(+991)

34B232(+9911)

41A17

41A7751

41B162

42B0

44C110

47I2112

57A65(+4)

58B21(+4)

61B2(I. I.)3

86(QUAE ANTE PEDES)

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<p>NOT for our selues, alone wee are create,<lb/> But for our frendes, and for our countries good:<lb/> And those, that are vnto theire frendes ingrate,<lb/> And not regarde theire offspringe, and theire blood,<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_07001"/>Or hee, that wastes his substance till he begges,<lb/> Or selles his landes, whiche seru'de his parentes well:<lb/> Is like the henne, when shee hathe lay'de her egges,<lb/> That suckes them vp and leaues the emptie shell,<lb/> Euen so theire spoile, to theire reproche, and shame,<lb/> Vndoeth theire heire, and quite decayeth theire name.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_07002"/><foreign lang="la">Quisquis secundis rebus exultat nimis,<lb/> Fluitque luxu, semper insolita appetens,<lb/> Hunc illa magnae dura fortunae comes<lb/> Subit libido: non placent suetae dapes,<lb/> Non tecta sani moris, aut vilis cibus: &amp;c.</foreign> <gloss target="embstma_1667_07001" lang="la"><name type="author">Ouid.</name> Art.<lb/> Sic ne perdiderit non<lb/> cessat perdere lusor,<lb/> Et reuocat cupidas<lb/> alea saepe manus.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_07002" lang="la"><name type="author">Sen.</name> Hipp. 1.</gloss> </p>

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Leben für Kinde und Vaterland

A chicken eating its own eggs, a cow with a basket of fodder

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emblem pictura