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In fertilitatem[1] sibi ipsi damnosam.
Fruitfulness bringing its own destruction
Ludibrium pueris lapides iacientibus, hoc me
In trivio posuit rustica cura nucem,
Quae laceris ramis perstrictoque ardua libro,
Certatim fundis per latus omne petor.
Quid sterili posset contingere turpius? eheu,
Infelix fructus in mea damna fero.[2]
A countryman’s care placed me, a nut tree, at this cross-roads, where I am the butt of stone-throwing boys. I have grown tall, but my branches are broken, my bark bruised, I am attacked with sling-stones, competing on every side. What worse fate could befall a barren tree? Alas, cursed tree that I am, I bear fruit to my own destruction.
Link to an image of this page [F5r p89]
Fertilite dommageable.
Lhas moy miserable noyer,
Suis je pas malheureux de vivre?
Je rends fruict, & pour mon loyer,
Coups de tous coustez on me livre:
La plante que rien ne delivre,
Na pas tant que moy de douleurs.
Dont voyez que a bienfaict poursuyvre,
Plusieurs augmentent leurs malheurs.
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- arm raised upward (+ holding something) [31A2511(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- one leg in front of the other (+ standing) [31A2621(+51)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- jumping up [31A2721] Search | Browse Iconclass
- looking upwards [31B6211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- child (+ three persons) [31D112(+73)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- boy (child between toddler and youth) [31D11221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dress, gown (+ children's clothes) [41D211(+83)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- barefoot [41D2339] Search | Browse Iconclass
- the naughty child [42B832] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sports, games and physical performances (+ requirements, necessaries ~ sports and games) [43C(+4)(STICK)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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