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Che si deve perseverar nelle imprese malagevoli.
One must persevere in difficult undertakings.
A chi la preme, l’honorata
palma
Fa di se un’arco; e ne solleva
poi,
E con impeto al ciel leva la salma.
Fanciullo ascendi, e stringi i
rami suoi:
Che di che frutti t’emperai
le mani,
Ch’ornan
le mense, e
rari son fra noi.
Non fian, si soffri, i tuoi sudori vani.
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- Emblematum liber (28th February, 1531), Augsburg: OBDURANDUM ADVERsus urgentia. | Open in other pane
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- Les Emblemes (1542), Paris: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Sendurcir a ce qui resiste. | Open in other pane
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- Emblematum libri II (Stockhamer) (1556), Lyon: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. | Open in other pane
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- Liber emblematum ... Kunstbuch (1567), Franckfurt am Main: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Man sol dem bösen ein widerstandt thun. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1591), Leiden: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Livret des emblemes (1536), Paris: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Sendurcir a ce qui resiste. | Open in other pane
- Emblemes (1549), Lyons: Il se fault endurcir contre les adversitez praesentes. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata / Les emblemes (1584), Paris: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Fault avoir bon coeur contre toutes adversitez. | Open in other pane
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Que se à de resisitir à lo que appremia.
Ottava rhima.
Quanto de mayor carga es opprimida
La palma, tanto mas resiste y se
alça
Y lleva fruta dulce y escogida.[1]
Aquesta fruta tu Christiano alcança,
Que el que paciente fuere en esta vida
Que por suffrir en la otra mas se ensalça
D’este contraste el pręmio merecido
Acançarà por
el trabajo avido.
1. The reaction of palm to a heavy weight is mentioned in various ancient sources, e.g. Pliny, Natural History 16.81.223; Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.6.
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- Emblemata (1621), Padua: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum liber (28th February, 1531), Augsburg: OBDURANDUM ADVERsus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum liber (6th April, 1531), Augsburg: OBDURANDUM ADVERsus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum liber (1534), Augsburg: OBDURANDUM ADVERsus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libellus (1534), Paris: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Les Emblemes (1539), Paris: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Sendurcir a ce qui resiste. | Open in other pane
- Les Emblemes (1542), Paris: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Sendurcir a ce qui resiste. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libellus (1542), Paris: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Vest halten wider beschwernuß. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1550), Lyon: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1551), Lyon: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Emblematum libri II (Stockhamer) (1556), Lyon: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Toutes les emblemes (1558), Lyon: Il se fault endurcir contre les adversitez presentes. | Open in other pane
- Liber emblematum ... Kunstbuch (1567), Franckfurt am Main: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Man sol dem bösen ein widerstandt thun. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata (1591), Leiden: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. | Open in other pane
- Diverse imprese (1551), Lyon: Che si deve perseverar nelle imprese malagevoli. | Open in other pane
- Livret des emblemes (1536), Paris: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Sendurcir a ce qui resiste. | Open in other pane
- Emblemes (1549), Lyons: Il se fault endurcir contre les adversitez praesentes. | Open in other pane
- Emblemata / Les emblemes (1584), Paris: Obdurandum adversus urgentia. Fault avoir bon coeur contre toutes adversitez. | Open in other pane
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