<p>LO <persName type="mythological">CVPID</persName> here, the honie hyes to taste,<lb/> On whome, the bees did straight extende their power:<lb/> For whilst at will he did their labours waste,<lb/> He founde that sweete, was sauced with the sower:<lb/> And till that time hee thought no little thinges,<lb/> Weare of suche force: or armed so with stinges.<lb/> The hyues weare plac'd accordinge to his minde,<lb/> The weather warme, the honie did abounde.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_15301"/>And <persName type="mythological">CVPID</persName> iudg'd the bees of harmelesse kinde,<lb/> But whilste he tri'de his naked corpse they wounde:<lb/> And then to late his rashe attempte hee ru'de,<lb/> When after sweete, so tarte a taste insu'de.<lb/> So ofte it happes, when wee our fancies feede,<lb/> And only ioye in outwarde gallant showes.<lb/> The inwarde man, if that wee doe not heede,<lb/> Wee ofte, doe plucke a nettle for a rose:<lb/> No baite so sweete as beautie, to the eie,<lb/> Yet ofte, it hathe worse poyson than the bee.<lb/> <gloss target="embstma_1667_15301" lang="la">Paradis. Poëticus.<lb/> Melle gerunt perfusa,<lb/> gerunt perfusa veneno,<lb/> Et sua spicula apes,<lb/> &amp; sua spicula amor.</gloss> </p>

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emblem pictura

emblempictura

In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of the emblem is: "Dulcia quandoque amara fieri"

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GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

Pursued by bees, Cupid flees to his mother Venus

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Fel in melle

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

25F711(BEE)(+53)

25G13

25H11

26A

31AA2351

31A2511(+934)

31A2512(+933)

31AA2512(+932)

31A25552(+932)

31AA2626(+55)

31A2762

31A3420

31A3450

31B6211

31D1221(+89)

31D15

33B9

41A17

41D211(+82)

41D2332(+82)

41D27(+82)

47I242

54A7(+4):51GG1(+4)

56B1(+4)

56BB1(+4)

86(FEL IN MELLE)

92C4

92D1621(+0)

92D18(BOW)

Bitterness in honey

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Fel in melle