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tetrastichon.
Mellificet nusquam fucus licèt, improbus ille
Devorat assidui mella laboris opus:
Sic genus ignavum fruges consumere nati
Quae bona sunt alio parta labore vorant.
Even though a drone makes no honey, yet he devours the honey, the work of constant labour. Like them are the idle folk born to consume the good fruits [lit. grain] obtained by the labour of others.
quatrain.
La mousche à myel travaille à diligence,
Et le bourdon en vit sans faire rien:
Maint un méchant oysif par negligence
D’autruy devore & consume le bien.
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- adult man (+ five persons) [31D14(+75)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult woman (+ two persons) [31D15(+72)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bee-hive [47I242] Search | Browse Iconclass
- celebration meal, feast, banquet [41C5] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clothing for the lower part of the body [41D23] Search | Browse Iconclass
- container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase [41A773] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cover for table, etc. [41A713] Search | Browse Iconclass
- cup [41C321] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dress, gown [41D211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- drinking [41C12] Search | Browse Iconclass
- eating [41C11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- fenced or walled garden; 'Hortus Conclusus' [41A635] Search | Browse Iconclass
- garden [41A6] Search | Browse Iconclass
- garden fountain [41A651] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupidità' (Ripa) [55CC11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear [41D221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear and clothing for the upper part of the body [41D22] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sitting on an elevation [31A2352] Search | Browse Iconclass
- standing figure [31A231] Search | Browse Iconclass
- stool [41A7211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- table [41A711] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees [25G3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trellis [41A625] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- contrast between rich and poor [46A21] Search | Browse Iconclass
- drones ~ bees [47I2443] Search | Browse Iconclass
- fruit [41C653] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Industriousness, Assiduity; 'Assiduità', 'Industria', 'Zelo' (Ripa) [54A11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- insects (with NAME) [25F711(BEE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Sluggishness, Inertia; 'Dapocaggine', 'Pigritia' (Ripa) [54AA11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Squandering, Extravagance, Prodigality, Waste; 'Prodigalità' (Ripa) [55C11] Search | Browse Iconclass
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