
In Aulicos.
On Courtiers
Vana palatinos quos educat[1] aula clientes
Dicitur auratis nectere compedibus.
The court, so full of vanities, supports the palace entourage, but binds them with fetters of gold, it is said.

Contre les Courtisans.
Servir a la Court bien vestu.
Manger du bon boire dautant,
Estre de beau parler battu,
Tout remply despoir quon attend,
Rend le peu sage trescontent:
Comme ung que en chaine dor on lye:
Dont jamais saillir ne pretend:
Et treuve tel prison jolye.
Notes:
1. Textual variant: ducat
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- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm held downwards [31A2515] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm or hand held in front of the body [31A2516] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beard [31A534] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clothing for the upper part of the body (+ men's clothes) [41D223(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes) [41D233(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head-gear (+ men's clothes) [41D221(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- in the pillory, in the stocks [44G3711:25D13(GOLD)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- inner court of palace or 'hōtel' [41A511] Search | Browse Iconclass
- necklace (+ men's clothes) [41D2661(+81)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- old man [31D16] Search | Browse Iconclass
- padlock [41A3284] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- square, place, circus, etc. [25I144] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- (personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilitą humana, Fugacitą delle grandezze & della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanitą (Ripa) [11R5] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Restriction, Limitation (+ emblematical representation of concept) [51EE11(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- royal household; courtiers, retinue, train [44B152] Search | Browse Iconclass
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