
Nil amplius optat.[1]
He wishes for no more.
Une autre Devise d’aucuns Retz pliez, est aussi fi-
guree avec la precedente: pouvant denoter une suffi-
sance, repoussant le desir de l’envieuse chasse des choses
passageres, vaines, & muables.
Notes:
1. A different woodcut is used in the corresponding emblem in the 1551 edition.
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