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De soubdain mal, tardif le remede.[1]
A l’impourveu, & sans que lon s’en doubte
On void venir & arriver le mal,
Qui hors du lieu de nostre bien nous boute
Et sans espoir il nous rejecte aval:
Nous desirons pour un bien principal
(Qui trop tard vient) que nostre mal se fine:
Ainsi le mal court la poste ą cheval,
Et le remede ą pied tout beau chemine.
Notes:
1. Cf. Erasmus, Adagia, 3.6.17 (Post bellum auxilium), though in a slightly different context.
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