
Nec verbo, nec facto quenquam
laedendum.
Injure no one, either by word or deed.
Emblema xxvii.
Assequitur, Nemesisque virûm vestigia servat,
Continet & cubitum, duráque frena manu.
Ne malè quid facias, neve improba verba loquaris:
Et iubet in cunctis rebus adesse modum.[1]
Nemesis follows on and marks the tracks of men. In her hand she holds a measuring rod and harsh bridles. She bids you do nothing wrong, speak no wicked word, and commands that moderation be present in all things.
SUmptum hoc ex duobus distichis Graecis lib. 4.
Anthologiae. Nemesis, arrogantiae omnis vindex,
ita depingitur, ut homines persequatur, eorum
actiones exploret, cubitum (id est mensuram) alte-
ra manu tenet: altera verò fraenum: quasi quae mo-
dum rebus omnibus impere: néve quid fiat impro-
bè, aut dicatur malè perverséque praescribat.

Qu’il ne fault offenser personne, soit
de parole, soit de faict.
Nemese suit les pas des hommes à la trace,
Et tient une mesure, & un frein en ses mains:
C’est pour faire congnoistre à chacun des humains,
Que d’autruy ne mesdise, ou en rien ne mefface.
CEcy est tiré de deux disticz Grecs, qui
sont au 4. des Epigrammes. Nemese
est la vengeresse qui punit toute arrogance:
ainsi se void despeinte, comme suivant les
hommes pas à pas, & prenant garde à
leurs deportemens: de l’une des mains elle
tient une mesure: de l’autre, un frein, ou
mords de bride: comme voulant prescrire
une reigle à toutes choses, & ordonnant
que rien de mal ne se face, ou se dise qui soit
contre raison.
1. This epigram is based on Anthologia graeca 16.223-4.
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