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QUOD NON CAPIT CHRISTUS
rapit fiscus.
What Christ does not receive, the exchequer seizes
Exprimit humentes quas iam madefecerat ante,
Spongiolas nostri[1] principis arcta manus.
Provehit ad summum fures, quos deinde cohercet,
Vertat ut in fiscum quae malè parta suum.[2]
The dripping sponges which he had previously filled with moisture the tight hand of our prince is wringing out. He advances thieves to the top and then puts pressure on them, so that he may divert to his own treasury their ill-gotten gains.
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- water (one of the four elements) [21D] Search | Browse Iconclass
- coelenterata (with NAME) [25F75(SPONGE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward (+ other neutral connotations) [31A2512(+939)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- brush, sponge, etc. (toilet articles) [31A5462] Search | Browse Iconclass
- holding something [31B6(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes) [41D233(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- king [44B113] Search | Browse Iconclass
- crown (symbol of sovereignty) [44B191] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty) [44B192] Search | Browse Iconclass
- mantle, gown, dress (symbol of sovereignty) [44B197] Search | Browse Iconclass
- pressing (industrial process) (+ variant) [47C521(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Christ [11D] Search | Browse Iconclass
- ruler and his subjects [44B127] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bad government [44B62] Search | Browse Iconclass
- tax payment [44D211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- financial administration ~ taxes [44D23] Search | Browse Iconclass
- official; civil servant; functionary (in general) [44D40] Search | Browse Iconclass
- thief [44G54] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupidità ' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [55CC11(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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