Link to an image of this page [C3v f19v]Abies.
The fir tree
Apta fretis abies in montibus editur altis:
Est & in adversis maxima commoditas.[1]
The fir tree that is fit to sail the sea grows high up on the hills. Even in hard circumstances, there is great advantage to be found.
1. This is because it grows strong by withstanding the gales and harsh weather. Contrast Anthologia Graeca, 9.30ff, 105, and the much-translated 376 for an opposing view of the fir tree: “how can the fir, storm-tossed while growing on land, resist the gales at sea?” 9.31 was translated by Alciato (Selecta epigrammata, p. 98).
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Malus medica.
The citron
Aurea sunt Veneris poma haec: iucundus amaror
Indicat, est Graecis sic γλυκυπίκρος amor.[1]
These golden fruits belong to Venus: the sweet bitterness tells us that. Even so is love glukupikros for the Greeks.
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