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Qui alta contemplantur, cadere.

Those who contemplate the heights come to grief

EMBLEMA CV.

Man shooting an arrow at a bird while being bitten by a snake.
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Dum turdos visco, pedica dum fallit alaudas,
Et iacta altivolam figit arundo gruem,
Dipsada non prudens auceps pede perculit: ultrix
Illa mali, emissum virus ab ore iacit.
Sic obit, extento qui sidera respicit arcu,
Securus fati, quod iacet ante pedes.[1]

While he tricks thrushes with bird-lime, larks with snares, while his speeding shaft pierces the high-flying crane, the careless bird-hunter steps on a snake; avenging the injury, it spits the darting venom from its jaws. So he dies, a man who gazes at the stars with bow at the ready, oblivious of the mishap lying before his feet.

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1.  See Anthologia graeca 7.172 and Aesop, Fables 137.

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Potentissimus affectus amor.

Love, the all-powerful emotion

EMBLEMA CVI.

Winged figure driving a chariot pulled by lions.
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Aspice ut invictus vires auriga leonis,
Expressus gemma pusio vincat Amor?
Utque manu hac scuticam tenet, hac ut flectit habenas;
Utque est in pueri plurimus ore decor.
Dira lues procul esto: feram qui vincere talem
Est potis, à nobis temperet anne manus?[1]

Look - here’s Love the lad, carved on a gem. He rides triumphant in his chariot and subdues the lion’s might. In one hand he holds a lash, with the other he guides the reins, and on his countenance rests the loveliness of youth. - Dread pestilence keep far away. Would one who has the power to conquer such a beast keep his hands from us?

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1.  This is a translation of Anthologia graeca 9.221, an epigram about a seal carved with a representation of Eros driving a chariot drawn by lions.

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