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<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> |
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In jest, a mother threatens her crying child she will throw him to the wolves; a wolf overhears this |
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In eos qui multa promittunt, & nihil praestant |
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emblem pictura |
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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) |
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On those who promise much and produce nothing |
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In eos qui multa promittunt et nihil praestant |