
In Parasitos.
Professional spongers
EMBLEMA XCII.
Quos tibi donamus, fluviales accipe cancros;
Munera conveniunt moribus ista tuis.
His oculi vigiles, & forfice plurimus ordo
Chelarum armatus, maximaque alvus adest:
Sic tibi propensus stat pingui abdomine venter,
Pernicesque pedes, spiculaque apta pedi.
Cùm vagus in triviis, mensaeque sedilibus erras,
Inque alios mordax scommata falsa iacis.
Receive these river crabs which we present to you. These gifts match your character. They have watchful eyes, and a great row of claws armed with a pincer, and a huge gut is there. You too have a protruding belly with fat paunch, scuttling feet and sharp weapons on them, as you hang about the crossroads or move among the seats at table, and maliciously shoot your stinging, libellous witticisms.
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- crustaceans (with NAME) (+ animals used symbolically) [25F716(CRAYFISH)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- crustaceans (with NAME) (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal) [25F716(CRAYFISH)(+63)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- street [25I141] Search | Browse Iconclass
- walking [31A2711] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something) [31AA2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- looking upwards [31B6211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- the usual house or row of houses [41A141] Search | Browse Iconclass
- front façade [41A311] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dish, plate, saucer [41C341] Search | Browse Iconclass
- seafood (+ foodstuffs, drink, etc. on a plate) [41C681(+2)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear (+ men's clothes) [41D221(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes) [41D223(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes) [41D231(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes) [41D233(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- abdomen, belly (human being) [31A223] Search | Browse Iconclass
- celebration meal, feast, banquet [41C5] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Sponging, Parasitizing (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57AA6122(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Calumny, Detraction; 'Biasimo vitioso', 'Calunnia', 'Detrattione', 'Maledicenza' (Ripa) [57BB25] Search | Browse Iconclass
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