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Contra gli Adulatori.
Against flatterers.
Tiene il Chameleon la bocca aperta,
E
d’aura
si nudrisce.
Si cangia spesso, e varii color prendre,
Fuor che’l
bianco e’l
vermiglio.
Cotal di popular aura si pasce
L’adulator
mai
sempre.
Divora; e imita ogni costume, eccetto
Il candido e sincero.
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- groups of birds (+ flying animal(s)) [25F31(+5262)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- lizards: chameleon (+ animals used symbolically) [25F41(CHAMELEON)(+1)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of trees [25G11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of plants (herbs) [25G13] Search | Browse Iconclass
- rocks [25H112] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- colours, pigments, and paints (with NAME) [22C4(RED)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- colours, pigments, and paints (with NAME) [22C4(WHITE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- lizards: chameleon (+ animal(s) changing colour) [25F41(CHAMELEON)(+4831)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- breathing, respiration [31A22221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Innocence; 'Innocenza', 'Innocenza o purità ' (Ripa) [57A631] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Flattery; 'Adulatione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57AA6121(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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