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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>EVEN as the waxe dothe feede, and quenche the flame,<lb/>
        So, loue giues life; and loue, dispaire doth giue:<lb/>
        The godlie loue, doth louers croune with fame:<lb/>
        The wicked loue, in shame dothe make them liue.<lb/>
        Then leaue to loue, or loue as reason will,<lb/>
        For, louers lewde doe vainlie languishe still.</p>
      
PREV embstma_1667_emblem193
SEQ 194
PARENT embstma_1667
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
NEXT embstma_1667_emblem195
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
CAPTION_EN A torch turned upside down is extinguished by its own wax
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1667.dmp
LINK embmne_sym1574_emblem027
INTERP_EN Burning torch downward (What gives me life destroys me)
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1667_fac183
MOTTO_LA Qui me alit me extinguit
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
IC 41B110:41B140
; 41BB32(+1)
; 41BB32(+2)
; 49L73
; 49L8
; 56F2515(+4):31E50
; 86(QUI ME ALIT ME EXTINGUIT)
INTERP_DAL That which nourishes me extinguishes me
URL_IMAGE embstma_1667_pic183a.jpg
ID embstma_1667_emblem194
MOTTO_LA_NORM Qui me alit me extinguit
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0