
Malus medica.
The citron
EMBLEMA CCVII.
Aurea sunt Veneris poma haec: iucundus amaror
Indicat, est Graecis sic γλυκύπικρος 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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