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Maledicentia.
Evil speaking
Emblema. li.
Archilochi[1] tumulo insculptas de marmore vespas
Esse ferunt,[2] linguae certa sigilla malae.
They say that on the tomb of Archilochus wasps were carved in marble, sure figures of an evil tongue.
SImile quid legitur in 3. Graecorum epigramma-
ton. Vespae autem tumulo Archilochi affixae, ef-
frenis linguae petulantiam arguunt. Quod torqueri
facilè potest in scriptorem quendam maledicum,
quíque alios fuerit insana quadam obtrectandi li-
centia infectatus. Vespae sunt raucae & mordaces:
acriter enim pungunt, sed neque mel, neque ceram
fingunt: ita maledicis unum carpendi, convician-
díque studium, in caeteris inutiles & inepti.
Link to an image of this page [I4v f76v]Mesdisance.
SUr le tombeau d’Archilochus assises
Les Guespes sont, qui servent de devises,
Pour demonstrer son eguillon cuisant,
Et qu’il fut trop poignant & mesdisant.
LE semblable se trouve au 3. des epigram-
mes Grecs, Les Guespes mises sur le
tombeau d’Archilochus, denotent une lan-
gue mauvaise & pleine de malledicence.
Ce que se peust aussi accommoder à l’encon-
tre d’un escrivain mesdisant, & qui n’a faict
autre estat que detracter des autres avec
licence du tout desbordee. Les Gues-
pes sont rauques & poignantes: car elles pic-
quent fort serré: cependant elles ne font ny
miel ny cire: tels sont les mesdisans, qui se
contentent seulement de mordre & poindre.
Mais en toutes autres choses ils sont inuti-
les & ineptes.
1. Archilochus was an eighth-century BC poet, author of much (now fragmentary) verse, including satire. This last was considered in antiquity to be excessively abusive and violent. See Horace, Ars Poetica, 79; also Erasmus, Adagia, 60 (Irritare crabrones).
2. ferunt, ‘they say’: words suggested by Anthologia Graeca, 7.71, an epigram concerning the tomb of Archilochus.
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Fidei symbolum.
The symbol of good faith
XCV.
Stet depictus Honor tyrio velatus amictu,
Eiusque iungat nuda dextram Veritas.
Sitque Amor in medio castus,[1] cui tempora circum
Rosa it, Diones pulchrior Cupidine.[2]
Constituunt haec signa fidem, reverentia Honoris
Quam fovet, alit Amor, parturitque Veritas.
Let Honour stand depicted, clothed in a garment of Tyrian purple, and let naked Truth hold his right hand. Between them, let chaste Love be represented, his brow garlanded with roses, but fairer than Cupid, Dione’s boy. These images constitute good faith, which the reverence due to Honour fosters, Love feeds, Truth brings to birth.
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La divise de foy.
XCV.
Honneur descarlate vestu,
Touchant en main a Verité,
Entre eulx deux amour de vertu,
Qui a l’art de Venus quicté.
L’histoire est de fidelité,
Estant par vray dire produicte,
D’amour nourrie en purité,
Et soubz crainte d’honneur conduicte.
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