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POTENTIA AMORIS.
The power of Love
Nudus amor viden ut ridet placidumque tuetur?
Nec faculas nec quae cornua flectat habet.[1]
Altera sed manuum flores gerit altera piscem,
Scilicet & terrae iura dat atque mari.[2]
Do you see how Love, all naked, smiles, do you see his gentle glance? He has no torches, nor a bow to bend, but in one of his hands he holds flowers, in the other a fish, and he imposes his rule, of course, on land and sea.
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- standing or leaning with both legs straight, side by side, feet flat on the ground [31A26111] Search | Browse Iconclass
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Que el que en mal anda en tal acaba.
Ottava rhima.
Llevava à un escorpion un cuervo assido,
Don conveniente a su gula atrevida,
Porque de su mortal veneno herido
(Como lo mereçiò)
perdiò la vida.
O caso digno de ser bien reido,
Que con la muerte que està aperçebida
Para otro, muere aquel quela apercibe,
Y por su proprio mal mas mal
recibe.[1]
1. This is based on Anthologia graeca 9.339. See Erasmus, Adagia 58, Cornix scorpium, where the Greek epigram is again translated.
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