
CUPRESSUS.
The Cypress
Emblema. 197.
Indicat effigiem [=effigies]
metae, nomenque cupressi
Tractandos parili conditione suos.[1]
Aliud.
Funesta est arbor, procerum monumenta Cupressus,
Quale apium plebis, comere fronde solet.[2] Link to an image of this page [Mmm1r f457r as 460]Aliud.
Pulchra coma est, pulchro digestaeque ordine frondes:
Sed fructus nullos haec coma pulchra gerit.[3]
The cone-shaped form and the name ‘cypress’ indicate that one’s people should be dealt with on equal terms.
Other.
The cypress is a funereal tree. Its branches usually adorn the memorials of leading men as parsley-stems adorn those of humble people.
Other.
The foliage is beautiful, and the leaves all arranged in neat order, but this beautiful foliage bears no fruit.
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Le chesne.
XXXII.
Le chesne plait à Dieu, qui
nous sauve & ramene.
Qui sauve un citoyen, a couronne de chesne.[1]
Autre.
Le chesne avec son gland a nourri les anciens
Maintenant par son ombre il nous fait mille biens.[2]
Commentaires.
Ces deux distichs sont clairs d’eux
mesmes. Les
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Rommains avoyent plusieurs sortes de couronnes.
Mais à celuy qui sauvoit un citoyen ou plusieurs, on
luy bailloit une couronne de chesne. Avant que le
bled & les legumes fussent en usage, le seul gland
e-
stoit la viande & nourriture seule des humains. Cest
arbre n’a rien en soy qui ne nous soit
proffitable. Son
fruict, ses feuilles, son ombre, son bois, tout nous sert.
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