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Cotonea.

The quince

Poma novis tribui debere Cydonia nuptis
Dicitur antiquus constituisse Solon.[1]
Grata ori & stomacho cum sint, ut & halitus illis
Sit suavis, blandus manet & ore lepos.

Solon of old is said to have ordained that quinces be given to newly-weds, since these are pleasant both to mouth and stomach. As a result their breath is sweet, and winning grace drops from their lips.

Notes:

1.  antiquus...Solon, ‘Solon of old’. See Plutarch, Coniugalia praecepta, Moralia 138 D.



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Section: LES ARBRES. View all emblems in this section.

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Le Coing.[1]

A la nouvelle espouse donnoit l’on
Jadis des Coings, par la loy de Solon.[2]
Bons sont au coeur: & rendent bonne aleine
Pour bien penser: sans parolle villaine.

Les Coings confortent le coeur, & inspirent douce
aleine à la bouche. Et d’iceulx les presens jadis faictz
aux nouvelles espouses, les admonnestoient de avoir le
coeur net en bonne, & honneste pensée: & la bouche de
bonne odeur, en pudiques, & honnestes parolles.

Notes:

1.  The woodcut here is a fairly close, laterally inverted, copy of that used in the 1549 French edition.

2.  See Plutarch, Coniugalia praecepta, Moralia 138 D.



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