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Ilex.
The holm-oak
Emblema ccv.
Duritie nimia[1] quòd sese rumperet ilex,
Symbola civilis seditionis habet.
Because the holm-oak splits spontaneously through excessive inflexibility, it provides symbols for civic discord.
ILex eos refert qui sunt tumultuosi, spectata nimi-
rum arboris natura, cuius lignum cùm frangi nisi
admodum difficulter possit, se tamen aliquando dif-
findit & fatiscit: Ita seditio si non nisi à seipsis ferè
avelluntur & franguntur.
Link to an image of this page [Cc6r f282r]Le Suse.
LE Suse dur & astraint
De soy se rompt & contraint
Jusqu’à se fendre soy-mesme:
Le trouble civil de fait
De soy-mesme se deffait
Par desordre & fin extreme.
LE Suse ou Roure est la marque des tu-
multueux, en consideration que cest ar-
bre a le bois si fort que bien difficille-
ment il se peut rompre, mais il se rompt &
esclatte luy-mesme par fois: ainsi les sedi-
tieux ne sont aucunefois travaillez & rom-
pus sinon par eux-mesmes.
1. Duritie nimia, ‘excessive inflexibility’. Cf. Pliny, Natural History, 16.73.186 (tota ossea est ilex, ‘the holm-oak is entirely bone-like’).
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