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EMBLEMA CCVIII [=203] .

Malus medica.

The citron

Aurea sunt Veneris poma haec: Iucundus amator,
Indicat; est Graecis sic γλυκύπικρος amor.[1]

These golden fruits belong to Venus: the sweet bitterness tells us that. Even so is love glukupikros for the Greeks.

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Das CCVIII [=203] .

Citrinatbaum.

Die güldin Opffel seind geweicht
Der Göttin Veneri, der gleich
Die lieblich bitterkeit zeigt an
Süß, sauwr, wie dLieb Griechn nennen thon.

Notes:

1.   γλυκύπικρος, ‘bitter-sweet’, a concept often applied to Love in Hellenistic epigrams. See Emblem 102 ([A67a102]).

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    EMBLEMA CCV [=201] .

    Quercus.

    The Oak

    Grata Iovi est Quercus, qui nos servatque fovetque,
    Servanti civem querna corona datur.[1]

    The oak is pleasing to Jove who preserves and cherishes us. A crown of oak is given to one who preserves a fellow-citizen.

    Das CCV [=201] .

    Eychbaum.

    Die Eych ist dem Gott Jovi gut
    Der uns erhalten, ehrnern thut
    Sehr angenem, damit man krönt
    Die erhalten die Bürger thündt.

    EMBLEMA CCVI [=201 second part] .

    Aliud.

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    Glande aluit veteres,[2] sola nunc proficit umbra,
    Sic quoque sic arbos officiosa Iovis.

    The oak fed men of old with its acorns. Now it benefits us only with its shade. In this way too the tree of Jove does us service.

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    Das CCVI [=201 second part] .

    Ein anderß.

    Die Eichel war der alten speiß
    Jetzt braucht mans nur zum schatten leiß
    Also ist dieser Baum dienstbar
    Dem grossen Gott Jovi fürwar.

    Notes:

    1.  ‘a crown of oak’, awarded for saving the life of a fellow-soldier; see Pliny, Natural History, 16.3.7.

    2.  For the ancient belief that early man fed on acorns see e.g. Lucretius, De Rerum natura, 5.939; Vergil, Georgics, 1.7; Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.106.

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