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tetrastichon.
Ut timidum validis catulum contundere nervis
Esse nefas reputat fortis in arma Leo:
Sic animo fractos rigidus prosternere Mavors
Respuit, & fortes viribus usque petit.
As the lion thinks it wrong to try his strength with mighty muscles against the fearful puppy, so tough Mavors [a poetic form of Mars] disdains to knock the weakling coward down and searches always for the strong.
quatrain.
Le fort Lyon ne veult montrer sa force,
Ne sa rigueur, contre le petit chien:
Semblablement noble coeur ne s’efforce
Contre un méchant, lasche qui ne vaut rien.
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- adult man (+ two persons) [31D14(+72)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- armour [45C22] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beasts of prey, predatory animals (with NAME) [25F23(LION)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- coat, cape [41D212] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dog [34B11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung' [41D27] Search | Browse Iconclass
- hacking and thrusting weapons (with NAME) [45C13(SWORD)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- helmet [45C221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- monumental adornments (in city) [25I15] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- (story of) Mars (Ares) [92B4] Search | Browse Iconclass
- contrast between important and unimportant people; the inferior before the superior, the weak before the mighty [46A23] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Cowardice [54AA8] Search | Browse Iconclass
- crown (symbol of sovereignty) [44B191] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Nobility; 'Nobiltą' (Ripa) [57A68] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generositą dell'animo', 'Fortezza & valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtł del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) [54A7] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Weakness, Powerlessness, Helplessness; 'Infermitą' (Ripa) [54AA7] Search | Browse Iconclass
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