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Reverentiam in matrimonio requiri.

Respect is required in marriage

EMBLEMA CXCII.

A snake on the river bank and an eel in the water. Walled town in the background.
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Cum furit in Venerem, pelagi se in littore sistit
Vipera, & ab stomacho dira venena vomit:[1]
Muraenamque ciens ingentia sibila tollit,
At simul amplexus appetit illa viri.
Link to an image of this page  Link to an image of this page  [Fff1v p818]Maxima debetur thalamo reverentia: coniux
Alternum debet coniugi & obsequium.[2]

When the viper is sexually aroused, it stations itself on the sea-shore and ejects the dread poisons from its gut. To summon the moray eel, it raises a loud hissing, but she at the same time desires the embrace of her mate. - Great reverence is owed to the marriage bed, and the partners owe each other mutual respect.

Notes:

1.  For the mating of the viper with the moray eel, see Pliny, Natural History 9.39.76; Aelian, De natura animalium 1.50; 9.66. The viper spits out the poison in order to be gentle and safe for the union.

2.  Some editions give a variant reading Aeternum ... obsequium, ‘never-ending respect’.

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REVERENTIAM IN MATRIMO
NIO REQUIRI .

Respect is required in marriage

Moray eel and snake by the shore
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Cum furit in Venerem, pelagi se in littore sistit,
Vipera, & ab stomacho dira venena vomit.
Murenamque ciens ingentia sybila tollit,
At subito amplexus appetit illa viri.[1]
Maxima debetur thalamo reverentia, coniunx,
Alterum debet coniugi & obsequium.

When the viper is sexually aroused, it stations itself on the seashore and ejects the dread poisons from its gut. To summon the moray eel, it raises a loud hissing, and suddenly she comes to the embrace of her mate. - Great reverence is owed to the marriage bed, and the partners owe each other mutual respect.

Notes:

1.  For the mating of the viper with the moray eel, see Pliny, Natural History 9.39.76; Aelian, De natura animalium 1.50; 9.66. The viper spits out the poison in order to be gentle and safe for the union.

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