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Alchimiae vanitas.
The vanity of alchemy.
Pourquoy ce charbonnier se met-il en sueur?
Pour disjoindre s’il peut ą force de chaleur Link to an image of this page [M5r p185]Les meslez elements? pourquoy par grand despense
Et aussi par le feu quiert-il la quinte essence
Qui ne fut & n’est point? un vouloir imparfait
Et un folastre esprit fait faire ce quil fait.
Quel gaing en aura-il? gaing de pauvrement vivre.
Quel’ rage tient le sens de l’homme qui veut suyvre
Et qui veut rachepter d’un bien qui est certain,
Le revenu doubteux d’un miserable gaing?
Ne te promets par prix l’esperance fermee:
Car ce que sot fera, ne sera que fumee.
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- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- alchemist at work [49E391] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something) [31AA2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase [41A773] Search | Browse Iconclass
- container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin [41A771] Search | Browse Iconclass
- fire (one of the four elements) [21C] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- head bent forward; bowing [31A244] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- open hearth, fire-place [41B21] Search | Browse Iconclass
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