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Que emos de yr por donde Dios nos llama.
Ottava rhima.
Adonde occurren de una sola senda
Muchos caminos, una imagen puesta
D’el dios Mercurio estā,[1] para que entienda
Qualquier qual es la via mas honesta.
A aqueste dios de flores una prenda
Tu caminante cuelga, y mira que esta
Dubdosa via engaņa nuestro tino
Si Dios no nos empone en el camino.
1. Mercury was, among his many other functions, the god of travellers.
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Potentia Amoris.
The power of Love
LXXVI.
Nudus Amor viden’ ut ridet placidumque tuetur?
Nec faculas, nec quae cornua flectat habet.[1]
Altera sed manuum flores gerit, altera piscem,
Scilicet ut terrae iura det atque mari.
Do you see how Love, all naked, smiles, do you see his gentle glance? He has no torches, nor a bow to bend, but in one of his hands he holds flowers, in the other a fish, to impose his rule, of course, on land and sea.
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Gewalt der Lieb.
LXXVI.
Sih wie Cupido on all sein wehr
Hie ploß stet gmalt, und freuntlich lacht,
Als ob er niembt zu schaden bger,
Zaygt doch darneben an sein macht,
Zu lannd und meęr, das nim dier acht
Bey dem fisch und bluem so er tregt,
Es furcht sein regiment, und pracht,
Was sich in aller welt erregt.
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