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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>THE crying babe, the mother sharply threates,<lb/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_17001"/>Except he ceas'd, he shoulde to wolfe bee throwne:<lb/>
        Which being hard, the wolfe at windowe waites,<lb/>
        And made account that child should bee his owne:<lb/>
        Till at the lengthe, agayne he hard her say<lb/>
        Feare not sweete babe, thou shalt not bee his pray.<lb/>
        For, if he come in hope to sucke thy blood,<lb/>
        Wee wil him kill, before he shall departe:<lb/>
        With that the wolfe retorned to the wood,<lb/>
        And did exclayme thus wise with heauie hart:<lb/>
        Oh <persName type="mythological">Iupiter</persName>? What people now doe liue,<lb/>
        That promise much, and yet will nothing giue.<lb/>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_17001" lang="la"><name type="author">In malis promis-<lb/>
         sis rescinde fidem,<lb/>
         in turpi voto mu-<lb/>
         ta decretum, quod<lb/>
         incautè, vouisti,<lb/>
         non facias: im-<lb/>
         pia est promissio,<lb/>
         quae scelere ad-<lb/>
         impletur <name type="author">Isid.</name> 2.<lb/>
         Solilo.</name></gloss>
       </p>
      
PREV embstma_1667_emblem169
SEQ 170
PARENT embstma_1667
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
COM Fae.128
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1667_emblem171
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
CAPTION_EN In jest, a mother threatens her crying child she will throw him to the wolves; a wolf overhears this
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1667.dmp
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1667_fac162
MOTTO_LA In eos qui multa promittunt, & nihil praestant
TYPE emblem pictura
IC 25F23(WOLF)
; 31AA2352
; 31A2361
; 31A2421
; 31A2512(+9324)
; 31A2515
; 31A2531
; 31A25551
; 31A26122
; 31B6211
; 31B6212
; 31B6214
; 31B6235
; 31D112
; 31D15
; 41A16
; 41A23
; 41A3311
; 41A761
; 41A7632
; 41A7634
; 42B742(1)
; 53D2(+4)
; 53DD2(+4)
; 85(MOTHER, CHILD AND WOLF)
; 86(IN EOS QUI MULTA PROMITTUNT ET NIHIL PRAESTANT)
INTERP_DAL On those who promise much and produce nothing
URL_IMAGE embstma_1667_pic162.jpg
ID embstma_1667_emblem170
MOTTO_LA_NORM In eos qui multa promittunt et nihil praestant
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0