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Le Riche nonsavant.
Phrixus monté sur le mouton doré
Passe la mer joyeux, & asseuré.
D. Qui est celluy? R. Ung riche homme follet,
Qu’a son plaisir conduict femme, ou valet.[1]
La Poesie dit que l’enfant Phrixus passa la mer Hel
lespontique sur ung mouton ŕ toison d’or, qui le por-
toit ŕ son vouloir. Le mouton est la plus simple,
& sotte
beste du monde: mais ayant bonne robe,
& bien vestu.
L’or denote richesse, l’enfant jeunesse, & service. Par-
quoy Phrixus porté par la mer sur ung mouton d’or,
represente la femme, ou le
serviteur qui gouverne ŕ
sa volunté, son mary ou son seigneur, sot & riche.
1. For the story of Phrixus and the Golden Fleece see Ovid, Fastii 3.851ff.
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