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THE Foxe, that longe for grapes did leape in vayne, With wearie limmes, at lengthe did sad departe: And to him selfe quoth hee, I doe disdayne These grapes I see, bicause their taste is tarte: So thou, that hunt'st for that thou longe hast mist, Still makes thy boast, thou maist if that thou list.

PREV embstma_1667_emblem106 SEQ 107 PARENT embstma_1667 HIM GUL ; EMBLEMS ; ILL_BOOK ; PLANTIN DEDICATION_LA Ad H. S. communem viduarum procum. TIPE emblempictura LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1667_fac098 NEXT embstma_1667_emblem108 IIHIM GUL ; EMBLEMS ; ILL_BOOK ; PLANTIN CAPTION_EN In vain a fox is trying to reach a bunch of grapes SOURCE_FILE embstma_1667.dmp COM Fae.36 MOTTO_LA Stultitia sua seipsum saginari TYPE emblem pictura IC 25F23(FOX)(+58) ; 25G13 ; 41A625 ; 47I422 ; 47I4222 ; 52AA51(+4) ; 57BB21(+4) ; 61B2(H. S.)3 ; 85(FOX AND GRAPES) ; 86(STULTITIA SUA SEIPSUM SAGINARI) INTERP_DAL To glut oneself in one's own foolishness URL_IMAGE embstma_1667_pic098a.jpg ID embstma_1667_emblem107 MOTTO_LA_NORM Stultitia sua seipsum saginari CHILDREN CHILDREN_SQRT 0