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<p><term id="embstma_1667_08101"/>TO <rs>Caucasus</rs>, behoulde <persName>PROMETEVS</persName> chain'de,<lb/> Whose liuer still, a greedie gripe dothe rente:<lb/> He neuer dies, and yet is alwaies pain'de,<lb/> With tortures dire, by which the Poëttes ment,<lb/> That hee, that still amid misfortunes standes,<lb/> Is sorrowes slaue, and bounde in lastinge bandes.<lb/> For, when that griefe doth grate vppon our gall,<lb/> Or surging seas, of sorrowes moste doe swell,<lb/> That life is deathe, and is no life at all,<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_08102"/>The liuer rente, it dothe the conscience tell:<lb/> Which being launch'de, and prick'd, with inward care,<lb/> Although wee liue, yet still wee dyinge are.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_08103"/><foreign lang="la">Qualiter in Scythica religatus rupe <persName>Prometheus</persName>,<lb/> Assiduam nimio pectore pauit auem, &c.</foreign> <gloss target="embstma_1667_08101" lang="la">De quo, <name type="author">Diodor.</name><lb/> Sicul. lib. 6.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_08102" lang="la"><name type="author">Horat.</name> 1. Epist. 1.<lb/> - hic murus aha-<lb/> neus esto,<lb/> Nil conscire sibi, nulla<lb/> pallescere culpa.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_08103" lang="la"><name type="author">Martial.</name> lib. 1.</gloss> </p> |
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In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of this emblem is: "Quae supra nos, nihil ad nos" |
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GUL EMBLEMS ILL_BOOK PLANTIN |
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An eagle pecks at the liver of Prometheus who is chained to a mountain of the Caucasus |
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embmne_mig1591_emblem102 |
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embstma_1667_fac075 |
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O vita, misero longa |
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GUL EMBLEMS ILL_BOOK PLANTIN |
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10 25F33(EAGLE)(+544) 25F33(EAGLE)(+551) 25F33(EAGLE)(+452) 25G13 25H1124 31A236 31A2422 31A2626(+56) 31A461 31A534 31AA2513(+926) 31D14(+89) 34F1 44G312 56BB1(+4) 58B21(+4) 86(O VITA, MISERO LONGA) 91E4611 92B18(EAGLE) |
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O life, long to the wretched |
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embstma_1667_pic075.jpg |
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embstma_1667_emblem081 |
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O vita, misero longa |