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Link to an image of this page  Link to an image of this page  [L6v p172]

Amicitia etiam post mortem
durans.[1]

Friendship lasting even beyond death

A vine twined around a tree.
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Arentem senio, nudam quoque frondibus ulmum,
Complexa est viridi vitis opaca coma.[2]
Agnoscitque vices naturae: & grata parenti
Officii reddit mutua iura suo.
Exemploque monet, tales nos quaerere amicos,
Quos neque disiungat foedere summa dies.

A vine shady with green foliage embraced an elm tree that was dried up with age and bare of leaves. The vine recognises the changes wrought by nature and, ever grateful, renders to the one that reared it the duty it owes in return. By the example it offers, the vine tells us to seek friends of such a sort that not even our final day will uncouple them from the bond of friendship.

Notes:

1.  See Erasmus’ famous variations on this theme in De copia (CWE 24. pp. 354-64).

2.  In ancient Italy young vines were often supported by elm trees. See Vergil, Georgics 1.2.

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Mutuel ayde.

A blind man carrying a lame man on his shoulders.
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Sur son dos porte ung aveugle, ung boiteux,
Recompensant de sa guide les yeulx:
Faulte en l’ung seul, es deux est chose preste,
Car l’ung son corps, & l’aultre ses piedz preste.[1]

Nature, (qui est Providence divine) ha pourveu ŕ l’ung,
de ce quelle ha privé l’aultre: affin que les hommes
ne se pouvans passer les ungz des aultres, se accom-
paignassent en Familles, Villes, Citez, Royaumes,
comme l’homme est Animal social, & compagnable.

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1.  This is based on Anthologia graeca 9.12.

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