<p>THE <rs>mouse</rs>, that longe did feede on daintie crommes,<lb/> And safelie search'd the cupborde and the shelfe:<lb/> At lengthe for chaunge, vnto an <rs>Oyster</rs> commes,<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_13201"/>Where of his deathe, he guiltie was him selfe:<lb/> The <rs>Oyster</rs> gap'd, the <rs>Mouse</rs> put in his head,<lb/> Where he was catch'd, and crush'd till he was dead.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_13202"/>The Gluttons fatte, that daintie fare deuoure,<lb/> And seeke about, to satisfie theire taste:<lb/> And what they like, into theire bellies poure,<lb/> This iustlie blames, for surfettes come in haste:<lb/> And biddes them feare, their sweete, and dulcet meates,<lb/> For oftentimes, the same are deadlie baites.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_13203"/><foreign lang="la">- O prodiga rerum<lb/> Luxuries nunquam paruo contenta paratu,<lb/> Et quaesitorum terra pelagóque ciborum<lb/> Ambitiosa fames, &amp; lautae gloria mensae.</foreign> <gloss target="embstma_1667_13201" lang="la">Felo de se.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_13202" lang="la"><name type="author">Isidorus</name> lib. 1. de<lb/> summo bono.<lb/> Gulae saturitas<lb/> nimia aciem men-<lb/> tis obtundit in-<lb/> geniumque euer-<lb/> tere facit.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_13203" lang="la"><name type="author">Lucanus</name> 4.</gloss> </p>

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Bestrafte Gefräßigkeit

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emblempictura

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GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

A mouse is caught with his head in an oyster-shell

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Captiuus, ob gulam

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

11N35

25F26(MOUSE)(+63)

25F31(+5262)

25F72(+36)

25F72(OYSTER)(+452)

25H11

25H1124

25H133

25H23

25I12

26A

44G(+56)

46CC24(+63)

54AA43(+4)

86(CAPTIVUS OB GULAM)

Captured by gluttony

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Captivus ob gulam