
El Membrillo.
SEMIOTTAVA.
Precepto de Solon fuè que
à la esposa
El membrillo por don se presentasse,
Por ser muy sana fruta y deleytosa,
Y que en la boca suave olor dexasse.[1]
Notes:
1. See Plutarch, Coniugalia praecepta, Moralia 138 D.
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- trees: quince-tree (+ plants used symbolically) [25G3(QUINCE-TREE)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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