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Maturandum.
Making good speed
LII.
Maturare iubent properè & cunctarier omnes,
Ne nimium praeceps, neu mora longa nimis.
Hoc tibi declaret connexum Echeneide[1] telum.
Haec tarda est, volitant spicula missa manu.
Everyone tells us to deal with things quickly, but they also tell us to hold back - not to be impetuous, nor yet to wait too long. A missile linked with a sucking-fish can demonstrate this for you: the fish is slow, but arrows fly fast when they leave the shooter’s hand.
COMMENTARIA.
Trito vulgo proverbio dicitur maturan-
dum quidem esse & accelerandum, paulatim
tamen & praemeditatè: ut dicunt, festina lente,
ne nimia festinatio parum considerata & pe-
riculosa, neve perlonga tarditas perniciosa sit
futura, sed mediocritas & modus in omni re
servetur: quod eleganter hac figura significa-
tur. Echeneis telo connexa, quid enim telo ve
locius? Echeneis verò pisciculus est supra
Link to an image of this page [f6r p91]modum tardus, de quo prolixius suprà in 49.
Emblemate. Fit igitur ex his medium.
1. ‘linked with a sucking fish’. The sucking-fish (echeneis or remora) was a creature believed by the ancients to have the power of slowing the course of ships to which it attached itself. See Pliny, Natural History 32.1.2-6. He describes it as about six inches long and like a slug. See also [A56a049].
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A minimis quoque timendum.[1]
Beware of even the weakest foe
LIIII.
Bella gerit Scarabaeus & hostem provocat ultrò,
Robore & inferior, consilio superat.
Nam plumis Aquilae clàm se neque cognitus abdit,
Hostilem ut nidum summa per astra petat:
Ovaque confodiens, prohibet spem crescere prolis:
Hocque modo illatum dedecus ultus abit.[2]
The scarab beetle is waging war and takes the challenge to its foe. Though inferior in physical strength, it is superior in strategy. It hides itself secretly in the eagle’s feathers without being felt, in order to attack its enemy’s nest across the lofty skies. It bores into the eggs and prevents the hoped-for offspring from developing. And then it departs, having thus avenged the insult inflicted on it.
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Des petitz se doibt l’on doubter.
LIIII.
L’aigle eust au cerf volant debat:
Dont elle fait bien peu de compte,
Comme petit pour son combat.
Mais l’autre emmy ses plumes monte.
Ainsi porté fut de esle prompte
Au nid, ou tous les oeufz il casse.
Moins fort de corps, par art surmonte.
Souvent nuyt condition basse.
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