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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.
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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