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Reverentiam in matrimonio
requiri.

Respect is required in marriage

Moray eel and snake by the shore
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Cùm furit in Venerem pelagi se in littore sistit
Vipera, & ab stomacho dira venena vomit:
Muraenamque ciens, ingentia sibila tollit,
At subitò amplexus appetit illa viri.[1]
Maxima debetur thalamo reverentia, coniunx
Alternum 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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Concordia.

Concord

VI.

Several crows surround a sceptre on a tomb/chest
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Cornicum mira inter se concordia vitae est,
Inque vicem nunquàm contaminata fides.[1]
Hinc volucres has[2] sceptra gerunt, quod scilicet omnes
Consensu populi stantque caduntque duces:
Quem si de medio tollas, discordia praeceps
Advolat, & secum regia fata trahit.

Marvellous is the unanimity between crows as they live together, and their loyalty to each other, never dishonoured! For this reason the sceptre carries these birds. Assuredly all leaders stand and fall by the consent of the people. If you take away consent, tumultuous discord comes flying in and drags kings down in its wake.

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Einigkeyt.

VI.

Die Krawen halten sonderlich
Under inn frid und Einigkeyt,
Drumb malt man sy nit unbillich
Zu dem scepter der herlichkeyt:
Dan yedes volcks einhelligkeyt
Gibt und nimbt den herren iren gwalt,
Wo die zerbricht, kumbt in gleych leyd,
Drumb furst der deinen lieb erhalt.

Notes:

1.  See Aelian, De natura animalium 3.9. on the mutual love and loyalty of crows.

2.  Textual variant: haec.

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