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<p>WHILST <persName type="mythological">CVPID</persName> had desire to taste the honie sweete,<lb/> And thrust his hand into the tree, a bee with him did meete.<lb/> The boye no harme did doubt, vntill he felt the stinge:<lb/> But after to his mother ranne, and ofte his handes did wringe.<lb/> And cry'd to her for helpe, and toulde what happe befell:<lb/> Howe that a little beast with pricke, did make his finger swell.<lb/> Then <persName type="mythological">VENVS</persName> smiling say'd, if that a little bee?<lb/> Doe hurte so sore: thinke howe thou hurt'st? that art a childe to see.<lb/> For where the bee can pierce no further then the skinne:<lb/> Thy dartes do giue so great a wounde, they pierce the harte within.<lb/> <foreign lang="la">Cùm quo conuenit aliud ex <persName>Anacreonte</persName></foreign>.<lb/> AS <persName type="mythological">VENVS</persName> sonne within the roses play'd,<lb/> A busie bee that crept therein vnseene,<lb/> The wanton wagge with poysoned stinge assay's:<lb/> Whereat, aloude he cri'de, throughe smarte , and teene.<lb/> And sought about, his mother for to finde:<lb/> To whome, with griefe he vttered all his minde.<lb/> And say'd, behoulde, a little creature wilde,<lb/> Whome husbandmen (I heare) doe call a bee,<lb/> Hath prick'd mee sore alas: whereat shee smil'de,<lb/> And say'd: my childe, if this be griefe to thee,<lb/> Remember then, althoughe thou little arte?<lb/> What greeuous wounde, thou makest with thy darte.</p> |
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| PARENT |
embstma_1667 |
| HIM |
GUL EMBLEMS ILL_BOOK PLANTIN |
| TYPE |
emblem pictura |
| TIPE |
emblempictura |
| ANNOT |
To Petrarch's Laura? |
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embstma_1667_emblem155 |
| IIHIM |
GUL EMBLEMS ILL_BOOK PLANTIN |
| CAPTION_EN |
Pursued by bees, Cupid runs to his mother Venus |
| SOURCE_FILE |
embstma_1667.dmp |
| LINK |
embmne_mig1591_emblem112 |
| LINK_FACSIMILE |
embstma_1667_fac148 |
| MOTTO_LA |
Ferè simile ex Theocrito |
| DEDICATION_EN |
To Laura |
| IC |
25F31(+5262) 25F711(BEE)(+53) 25G13 25G3(+21) 25H11 25I12 26A 31AA2321 31A2512(+932) 31AA2512(+934) 31A2515(+932) 31A25552(+932) 31A2621(+51) 31AA2621(+51) 31A3420 31A3450 31B6211 31B6212 31D11221(+89) 31D15 33B9 41D211(+82) 41D2339 41D27 47I2431 56B1(+4) 56BB1(+4) 61BB2(..., Laura)3 61BB2(NOVES, Laura de)3 82AA(LAURA) 86(FERE SIMILE EX THEOCRITO) 92C4 92D1(+0) 92D162 92D1621 |
| INTERP_DAL |
Almost the same from Theocritus |
| URL_IMAGE |
embstma_1667_pic148.jpg |
| ID |
embstma_1667_emblem154 |
| MOTTO_LA_NORM |
Fere simile ex Theocrito |