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Reverentiam in matrimonio
requiri.

Respect is required in marriage

Moray eel and snake by the shore
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Cùm furit in Venerem pelagi se in littore sistit
Vipera, & ab stomacho dira venena vomit:
Muraenamque ciens, ingentia sibila tollit,
At subitò amplexus appetit illa viri.[1]
Maxima debetur thalamo reverentia, coniunx
Alternum debet coniugi & obsequium.

When the viper is sexually aroused, it stations itself on the seashore and ejects the dread poisons from its gut. To summon the moray eel, it raises a loud hissing, and suddenly she comes to the embrace of her mate. - Great reverence is owed to the marriage bed, and the partners owe each other mutual respect.

Notes:

1.  For the mating of the viper with the moray eel, see Pliny, Natural History 9.39.76; Aelian, De natura animalium 1.50; 9.66. The viper spits out the poison in order to be gentle and safe for the union.

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Potentissimus affectus Amor.

Love, the all-powerful emotion

VII.

Blindfolded Cupid in a chariot drawn by lions
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Aspice ut invictus vires auriga leonis,
Expressus gemma pusio vincat amor,
Utque manu hac scuticam teneat, hac flectat habenas,
Utque sit in pueri plurimus ore decor.[1]
Dira lues procul esto, feram qui vincere talem,
Est potis, à nobis temperet an ne manus? [2]

Look - here’s Love the lad, carved on a gem. See how he rides triumphant in his chariot and subdues the lion’s might. How 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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Amour affection trespuissante.

VII.

Pensez a ce petit chartier,
Qui sceit mettre au joug les Lyons,
Nous pourrá il point chastier,
Et ouvrer sur ce qui [=que] voulions?
Noz cueurs dont fault que allieurs plions
Car s’il est puissant pour telles bestes,
Pensez vous que nous en allions,
Sans qu’il nous lie cueurs & testes?

Notes:

1.  In some editions, this sequence of subjunctives is changed to indicative.

2.  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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