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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p><term id="embstma_1667_15501"/><persName type="mythological">NARCISSVS</persName> lou'de, and liked so his shape,<lb/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_15502"/>He died at lengthe with gazinge there vppon:<lb/>
        Which shewes selfe loue, from which there fewe can scape,<lb/>
        A plague too rife: bewitcheth manie a one.<lb/>
        The ritche, the pore, the learned, and the sotte,<lb/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_15503"/>Offende therein: and yet they see it not.<lb/>
        This, makes vs iudge too well of our desertes,<lb/>
        When others smile, our ignorance to see:<lb/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_15504"/>And whie? Bicause selfe loue doth wounde our hartes,<lb/>
        And makes vs thinke, our deedes alone to bee.<lb/>
        Which secret sore, lies hidden from our eyes,<lb/>
        And yet the same, an other plainlie sees.<lb/>
        What follie more, what dotage like to this?<lb/>
        And doe we so our owne deuise esteeme?<lb/>
        Or can we see so soone an others misse?<lb/>
        And not our owne? Oh blindnes most extreme.<lb/>
        Affect not then, but trye, and prooue thy deedes,<lb/>
        For of selfe loue, reproche, and shame proceedes.<lb/>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_15501" lang="la"><name type="author">Ouid.</name> Metam. lib. 3.</gloss>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_15502" lang="la"><name type="author">Anulus</name> in pict.<lb/>
         Poës.<lb/>
         <persName type="mythological">Narcissus</persName> liquidis for-<lb/>
         mam speculatus in vndis,<lb/>
         Contemnent alios, arsit<lb/>
         amore sui, &amp;c.</gloss>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_15503" lang="la"><name type="author">Terent.</name> And. 2. &amp; 4.<lb/>
         Verum illud verbum est,<lb/>
         vulge quod dici solet<lb/>
         Omnes sibi malle me-<lb/>
         lius esse, quàm alteri.</gloss>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_15504" lang="la">Suum cuique pul-<lb/>
         chrum est. adhuc<lb/>
         neminem cognoui<lb/>
         poëtam, qui sibi non<lb/>
         optimus videretur,<lb/>
         sic tes habet, me de-<lb/>
         lectant mea, te tua.<lb/>
         <name type="author">Cicer.</name> 5. Tuscul.</gloss>
       </p>
      
PREV embstma_1667_emblem154
SEQ 155
PARENT embstma_1667
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
ANNOT In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of the emblem is: "Philautia" (Gr.)
NEXT embstma_1667_emblem156
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
CAPTION_EN Narcissus kneels at a stream, admiring his own reflection
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1667.dmp
LINK embmne_mig1591_emblem069
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1667_fac149
MOTTO_LA Amor sui
DEDICATION_EN To D. E.
IC 25G11
; 25G3(+21)
; 25G41(NARCISSUS)
; 25H11
; 25H112
; 25H16
; 25H211
; 25I3
; 31A2511(+931)
; 31A2515
; 31A25552
; 31A2712(+0)
; 31A51111(+0)
; 31B6211
; 31D12
; 31D15
; 41D211(+81)
; 41D211(+82)
; 41D233(+81)
; 49C3
; 52AA51(+4)
; 56F241(+4)
; 61B2(D. E.)3
; 86(AMOR SUI)
; 95A(NARCISSUS)21
; 97B6
INTERP_DAL Love of oneself
URL_IMAGE embstma_1667_pic149.jpg
ID embstma_1667_emblem155
MOTTO_LA_NORM Amor sui
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0