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Effort faict en vain.
Le chien veult prendre en nuyct la lune aulx dents,
Car d’aultres chiens cuyde estre la dedans.
En vain abaye: & jecte aulx vents voix lourde:
Car son cours faict tousjours Diane sourde.[1]
Comme les chiens en vain jappent, à la lune: la-
quelle ilz ne sauroient mordre: Ainsi les detracteurs,
envieux comme chiens, en vain mesdisent d’ung
grand personnage: auquel ilz ne sauroient nuyre,
mais sans les ouyr, poursuyt tousjours le cours de
ses vertus.
1. Diana is of course goddess of the moon.
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- night [23R14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- moon as celestial body [24B] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dog [34B11(+939):31B6211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dog (+ audible means of communication of animal(s): roaring, crying, singing, barking, mewing, neighing, chirping, etc.) [34B11(+949)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Inutility, Noxiousness; 'Nocumento', 'Nocumento d'ogni cosa' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54BB3(+4):56E3(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Diana as moon-goddess, i.e. Luna (Selene) [92C371] Search | Browse Iconclass
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