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CONCORDIA.
Esempio della
Concordia.
CONCORD.
An example of Concord.
Di stabile Concordia esempio e segno
Son le Cornachie, e mai
non rompon fede.
Quinci guardan lo scetro; perche un regno
Per
Concordia s’accresce
e ha fermo piede.
Ma s’ella
manca, privo di sostegno.
La sua ruina in picciol tempo vede.
Che la discordia in lui movendo
l’ale,
Tanto abbatte e distrugge, quanto assale.
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S’endurcir à ce qui resiste.
XXIIII.
La palme estant fort roide & dure,
Resiste au poids qu’elle supporte:[1]
Enfant donc de bonne nature,
Pense quel signe ce rapporte:
Cueille des fruicts qui celle porte:[2]
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C’est que sois constant à la lettre:
Car qui plus de sçavoir remporte,
En plus haut estat se void estre.
commentaires.
La palme est en perpetuelle verdeur, & est la plus
constante de tous les arbres: tant plus on la pense ab-
baisser, plus elle se rehausse, & esleve avec soy la pe-
santeur qu’on luy append pour la penser
deprimer.
C’est pourquoy autrefois on bailloit un rameau de
palme aux victorieux, pour marque & pour enseigne
de leur valeur: & proverbialement, Emporter la pal-
me, se prend pour avoir obtenu la victoire. Tant plus
nous rencontrons de difficultés tant plus nous faut-il
roidir & evertuer. Outre la vertu de sa plante & de
ses branches, elle porte un fruict, qui s’appelle dattes,
& desquelles on fait grand cas és banquets.
1. The reaction of palm to a heavy weight is mentioned in various ancient sources, e.g. Pliny, Natural History 16.81.223; Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.6. See also Erasmus, Parabolae p.263. It probably refers to a plank of palm-wood, rather than a branch of the living tree.
2. See Erasmus, Parabolae p.241: ‘the palm-tree, having bark with knife-sharp edges, is difficult to climb, but it bears delicious fruit’.
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