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QUOD NON CAPIT CHRISTUS
rapit fiscus.
What Christ does not receive, the exchequer seizes
Exprimit humentes quas iam madefecerat ante,
Spongiolas nostri[1] principis arcta manus.
Provehit ad summum fures, quos deinde cohercet,
Vertat ut in fiscum quae malč parta suum.[2]
The dripping sponges which he had previously filled with moisture the tight hand of our prince is wringing out. He advances thieves to the top and then puts pressure on them, so that he may divert to his own treasury their ill-gotten gains.
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- arm stretched forward (+ other neutral connotations) [31A2512(+939)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- brush, sponge, etc. (toilet articles) [31A5462] Search | Browse Iconclass
- coelenterata (with NAME) [25F75(SPONGE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- crown (symbol of sovereignty) [44B191] Search | Browse Iconclass
- gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes) [41D233(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- holding something [31B6(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- king [44B113] Search | Browse Iconclass
- mantle, gown, dress (symbol of sovereignty) [44B197] Search | Browse Iconclass
- pressing (industrial process) (+ variant) [47C521(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty) [44B192] Search | Browse Iconclass
- water (one of the four elements) [21D] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- bad government [44B62] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Christ [11D] Search | Browse Iconclass
- financial administration ~ taxes [44D23] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupiditā' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [55CC11(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- official; civil servant; functionary (in general) [44D40] Search | Browse Iconclass
- ruler and his subjects [44B127] Search | Browse Iconclass
- tax payment [44D211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- thief [44G54] Search | Browse Iconclass
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