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Potentia Amoris.
The power of Love
Emblema cvi.
Nudus Amor viden’ ut ridet, placidumque tuetur?
Nec faculas, nec quae cornua flectat habet:[1]
Altera sed manuum flores gerit, altera piscem,
Scilicet ut terrae iura det atque mari.[2]
Do you see how Love, all naked, smiles, do you see his gentle glance? He has no torches, nor a bow to bend, but in one of his hands he holds flowers, in the other a fish, to impose his rule, of course, on land and sea.
ID etiam ex Graeco: ex quo discimus Amorem &
in terris & in aquis imperium obtinere in quod-
cúnque animantium genus, quod ostenditur sym-
bolo rosae sive floris, qui terram, & piscis, qui mare
designat.
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Puissance d’Amour.
VOy l’Amour paisible, humain,
Et qui traitte d’une main
Un poisson, d’autre une rose:
Tout nud sans arc, & sans trait:
A le voir ainsi pourtrait,
Il n’y a si douce chose.
La Rose qu’en main il tient,
Et le poisson qu’il soutient,
C’est un expres & vray signe,
Qu’il pretend resolument
Autant de commandement
En terre qu’en la marine.
CEstuy est aussi du Grec: dont nous som-
mes enseignez qu’Amour a commen-
dement & sur la terre & sur l’eau à l’endroit
de toutes sortes d’animaux, ce que se mon-
tre par la rose ou fleur, qui signifie la terre:
& par le poisson, qui represente la mer.
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