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<p><term id="embstma_1667_10101"/>THE <rs>Asse</rs>, and <rs>Ape</rs> complaine, and thought theire fortunes bad:<lb/> The <rs>Asse</rs>, for wante of hornes, the <rs>Ape</rs>, bycause no taile he had.<lb/> The <rs>Mole</rs>, then answere made: I haue no eyes to see,<lb/> Then wherefore can you nature blame, if that you looke on mee.<lb/> Which biddes vs bee contente, with lot that <rs>God</rs> doth fende,<lb/> For if wee other wantes do wey, our happes wee maie commende.<lb/> <gloss target="embstma_1667_10101" lang="la"><name type="author">Ouid.</name> 9. Metam.<lb/> Quódque ego, vult ge-<lb/> nitor, vult ipsa socér-<lb/> que, futurus:<lb/> At non vult natura,<lb/> potentior omnibus istu.</gloss> </p> |
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Ad eundem. |
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emblempictura |
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The ass complains he has no horns, the monkey complains he has no tail; the mole compares that to the blindness that is his own handicap |
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embstma_1667.dmp |
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Fae.56 |
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Infortunia nostra, alienis collata, leuiora |
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emblem pictura |
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25F22(+44) 25F29(MOLE)(+44) 25G13 33A35 46C13144(+744) 48C149 54F12(+4):56B3(+4) 54FF11(+4) 61B2(WHITNEY, Hugh)3 85(ASS, APE AND MOLE) 86(INFORTUNIA NOSTRA, ALIENIS COLLATA, LEVIORA) |
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Our misfortunes, compared with those of others, becomes lighter |
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embstma_1667_emblem101 |
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Infortunia nostra, alienis collata, leviora |