
EMBLEMA LXXII.
Gratiam referendam.
Show gratitude.
Aërio insignis pietate Ciconia nido,
Link to an image of this page [H6r f49r]Investes pullos pignora grata fovet.
Taliaque expectat sibi munera mutua reddi,
Auxilio hoc quoties mater egebit anus.
Nec pia spem soboles fallit, sed fessa parentum
Corpora fert humeris, praestat & ore cibos.[1]
The stork, famed for its dutiful care, in its airy nest cherishes its featherless chicks, its dear pledges of love. The mother bird expects that the same kind of service will be shown her in return, whenever she needs such help in her old age. Nor does the dutiful brood disappoint this hope, but bears its parents’ weary bodies on its wings and offers food with its beak.
Das LXXII.
Man sol danckbar seyn.[2]
In lüfften hoch so nist embor
Der Storck in treuwen hat empfor
Und liebt sein jungen also blutt
Die er doch fleissig nehren thut
In der hoffnung das gleicher weiß
Von in widerfar so er greiß
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Werdt und mit alter bladen groß
Irer hülff wider werde gnoß
Diese hoffnung der elter mildt
Ist nit umb sonst ist nit verspilt,
Dann sie die elter also ald
Auff iren rucken tragen bald
Oesent[3] herwider sie auch Son
Als sie inen zuvor hond gthon.
Related Emblems

- Emblematum liber (28th February, 1531), Augsburg: GRATIAM REFERENDAM.
- Emblematum liber (6th April, 1531), Augsburg: GRATIAM REFERENDAM.
- Emblematum liber (1534), Augsburg: GRATIAM REFERENDAM.
- Emblematum libellus (1534), Paris: Gratiam referendam.
- Livret des emblemes (1536), Paris: Gratiam referendam. Recongnoistre biensfaict.
- Les Emblemes (1539), Paris: Gratiam referendam. Recognoistre bienfaict.
- Les Emblemes (1542), Paris: Gratiam referendam. Recognoistre bienfaict.
- Emblematum libellus (1542), Paris: Gratiam referendam. Vergeltung der wolthat.
- Los Emblemas (1549), Lyon: Que se à de agradeçer la buena obra.
- Emblemes (1549), Lyons: Grace doibt estre rendue.
- Emblemata (1550), Lyon: Gratiam referendam.
- Emblemata (1551), Lyon: Gratiam referendam.
- Diverse imprese (1551), Lyon: Che verso i benefattori gratitudine mostrar si deve.
- Emblematum libri II (Stockhamer) (1556), Lyon: Gratiam referendam.
- Toutes les emblemes (1558), Lyon: Grace doit estre rendue.
- Emblemata / Les emblemes (1584), Paris: Gratiam referendam. Fault recompenser le bien-faict.
- Emblemata (1591), Leiden: Gratiam referendam.
- Declaracion magistral sobre las Emblemas de Andres Alciato (1615), Najera: GRATIAM REFERENDAM.
- Les emblemes (1615), Geneva/Cologny: Reconnoistre le bienfaict.
- Emblemata (1621), Padua: Gratiam referendam.
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Relating to the image:
- (FROG) tailless amphibians: frog (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal) [25F51(+63)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clouds [26A] Search | Browse Iconclass
- giving food [41C111] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of trees [25G11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- roof (of house or building) [41A36] Search | Browse Iconclass
- shore-birds and wading-birds: stork (+ animal with prey) [25F37(STORK)(+452)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- shore-birds and wading-birds: stork (+ postures, positions of animal(s)) [25F37(STORK)(+53)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- shore-birds and wading-birds: stork (+ very old animal) [25F37(STORK)(+24)] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- 'Pietà de figliuoli verso il padre' (Ripa) [42B40] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Gratitude; 'Gratitudine', 'Memoria grata de beneficii ricevuti' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57A8(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- parental care [42A461] Search | Browse Iconclass
- rescuing parents (in particular carrying on the back) [42B43] Search | Browse Iconclass
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