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EMBLEMA CLXXXIIII [=183] .

Ex damno alterius alterius utilitas.

One man’s loss is another man’s gain

Dum saevis ruerent in mutua vulnera telis
Ungue leaena ferox, dente timendus aper,
Accurrit vultur spectatum, & prandia captat,
Gloria victoris, praeda futura sua est.[1]

While a lioness, vicious in claw, and a boar, fearsome for its tusks, were setting upon each other, inflicting mutual wounds with their savage weapons, a vulture hurried up to watch, lurking in expectation of a meal. The victor’s glory will belong to the one that gets the spoil.

Das CLXXXIIII [=183] .

Auß eines andern schaden eines an-
dern nutz.

Als gegn einander fielen ein
Die groß Löwin unds hauwend Schwein
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Mit irem Gwer und scharpffen grieff
Der Geyr macht sich dar und schaut auff
Das im sein theil ja nicht entlauff
Die ehr der Sigent bringt davon
Der raub aber thut im zustohn.

Notes:

1.  Cf. Aesop 200 and 203.

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    AERE QUANDOQUE SALU
    tem redimendam.

    Sometimes money must be spent to purchase safety

    Beaver biting off its own testicles which are eaten by hunting dogs.
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    Et pedibus segnis, tumida & propendulus alvo,
    Hac tamen insidias effugit arte fiber.
    Mordicus ipse sibi medicata virilia vellit,
    Atque abiicit sese gnarus ob illa peti,
    Huius ab exemplo disces non parcere rebus,
    Et vitam ut redimas hostibus aera dare.[1]

    Though slow of foot and with swollen belly hanging down, the beaver nonetheless escapes the ambush by this trick: it tears off with its teeth its testicles, which are full of a medicinal substance, and throws them aside, knowing that it is hunted for their sake. - From this creature’s example you will learn not to spare material things, and to give money to the enemy to buy your life.

    Notes:

    1.  This is based on Aesop, Fables 153, where the same moral is drawn. For the information about the beaver, see Pliny, Natural History 8.47.109; Isidore, Etymologiae (Origines) 12.2.21.

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