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ELCE.
Holm-oak.
Chi voul l’Elce
piegar, per esser dura,
Si rompe e spezza: cosi
alcun Signore
Mentre d’esser
severo ha troppa cura,
E punir aspramente
il popol suole,
Pon la discordia, e la concordia fura,
Contrario effetto a
quel che brama e vuole;
Che non offende alturi cosi la legge,
Quanto la
leggerezza di chi regge.
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- trees: holm-oak (+ bearing fruit) [25G3(HOLM-OAK)(+34)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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Abies.
The fir tree
EMBLEMA CCII.
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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- boat propelled by man or animal [46C23] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sailing-ship, sailing-boat [46C24] Search | Browse Iconclass
- plank, board ~ building material [47G5432] Search | Browse Iconclass
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