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<p><term id="embstma_1667_17801"/>MANS wisedome great, doth farre surpasse his strengthe,<lb/> For proofe, behoulde, no man could bende the bowe:<lb/> But yet, his witte deuised at the lengthe,<lb/> To winde the stringe so farre as it shoulde goe:<lb/> The wisedome chiefe, and strengthe, must come behinde,<lb/> But bothe be good, and giftes from <rs>God</rs> assignde.<lb/> <gloss target="embstma_1667_17801" lang="la"><name type="author">Ouid.</name> 2. Pont.<lb/> Adde quod ingenuas<lb/> didicisse fideliter artes,<lb/> Emollit mores, nec<lb/> sinit esse feros.</gloss> </p>

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EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

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Par.301 [Sim]

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emblempictura

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embstma_1667_emblem179

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GUL

EMBLEMS

ILL_BOOK

PLANTIN

CAPTION_EN

A crossbow

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embstma_1667.dmp

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Bending the bow (Intelligence is superior to strength)

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Ingenium superat vires

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emblem pictura

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11A0

25G13

45C15(CROSSBOW)

47D8(WINDLASS)

52A13(+4):51E2(+4)

54A7(+4):51EE2(+4)

86(INGENIUM SUPERAT VIRES)

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Talent overcomes strength

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Ingenium superat vires