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<p>THE sickly <rs>foxe</rs>, within her hole was hid,<lb/> Where, to the mouthe, the <rs>lion</rs> straight did hye;<lb/> And did demaunde most frendly, how shee did,<lb/> And saide, his tonge woulde helpe her, by and by?<lb/> Bicause there was such vertue his therein,<lb/> That all he heal'd, if he did licke their skinne.<lb/> Then quoth the <rs>foxe</rs>: my Lorde? I doe not doubt,<lb/> But that your tonge is soueraigne, as I heare:<lb/> But yet, it hath such neighbours round about?<lb/> It can not helpe, I iudge, while they be neare.<lb/> Wherefore, I wishe you woulde them banishe all?<lb/> Or ells, I thinke your pacients wilbee small.</p>

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The lion offers to cure the sick fox, hiding in a cave, by licking her with his healing tongue; the fox declines, pointing out that the tongue has dangerous neighbours

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embstma_1667.dmp

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Ars deluditur arte

HIM

GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

IC

25F23(FOX)(+534)

25F23(FOX)(+61)

25F23(LION)(+57321)

25F23(LION)(+5733)

25G11

25G3(+21)

25H114

25H119

31A90

49G211(+0)

56DD2(+4)

57AA613(+4)

85(SICK FOX AND LION)

86(ARS DELUDITUR ARTE)

INTERP_DAL

Craft deceived by craft

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embstma_1667_emblem169

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Ars deluditur arte