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EMBLEMA CCIII [=200] .

Laurus.

The laurel

Praescia venturae Laurus fert signa salutis
Subdita pulvillo somnia vera facit.[1]

The laurel that can tell what is to come provides omens of prosperity. Put under the pillow it brings true dreams.

Das CCIII [=200] .

Lorberbaum.

Der Laur Baum gwiß vor zeichen helt
Deß künfftigen glücks unverschelt
Und gibt ware treum unerschreckt
So er under das Küssen wirt glegt.

EMBLEMA CCIIII [=200 second part] .

Aliud.

Other

Debetur Carlo superatis Laurea poenis,[2]
Victrices ornant talia serta comas.

Now that the Poeni [i.e. North Africans / Tunisians] have been defeated, Charles deserves the laurel - let wreaths of laurel adorn the victor’s locks.

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Das CCIIII [=200 second part] .

Ein anderß.

Keyser Carle ghört ein Lorkrantz
Das er den weissen Moren gantz
Hat obgesigt, dann der obleit
Ein solchen Krantz mit ehren treit.

Notes:

1.  The laurel was sacred to Apollo, god of prophecy. The priestess of Apollo at Delphi induced a prophetic trance by chewing laurel leaves. Prophecies were sometimes written on laurel leaves. If laurel leaves crackle when thrown into the flames, happiness is portended.

2.  Emperor Charles V took Tunis in North Africa in 1535. Poeni (‘Phoenicians’) was an alternate name for the people of Carthage, where Tunis was later established.



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    • trees: laurel (+ plants used symbolically) [25G3(LAUREL)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
    • Africans [32B32] Search | Browse Iconclass
    • pillow [41A7632] Search | Browse Iconclass
    • crowning the victor with laurel [45I6110] Search | Browse Iconclass
    • Prediction, Prophecy; 'Augurio', 'Divinatione', 'Profetia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52E2(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
    • Protection; 'Custodia', 'Difesa contra nimici, malefici & venefici', 'Difesa contra pericoli', 'Riparo da i tradimenti' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54E42(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
    • historical person (with NAME) other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (with NAME of person) [61B2(CHARLES V [of Holy Roman Empire])3] Search | Browse Iconclass

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