
Parem delinquentis & suasoris culpam esse.
The one who urges wrongdoing is as guilty as the one who does the wrong
Emblema clxxiii.
Praeconem lituo perflantem classica, victrix
Captivum in tetro carcere turba[1] tenet.
Queis ille excusat, quòd nec sit strenuus armis,
Ullius aut saevo laeserit ense latus.
Huic illi: Quin ipse magis timidissime peccas,
Qui clangore alios aeris in arma cies.[2]
The victorious host holds captive in a foul dungeon a herald, who sounds military commands on his trumpet. To them he makes his excuses - he is no strong fighting man and has wounded no one's side with a cruel sword. They reply: You abject coward, you are in fact more guilty, for you with the sound of your trumpet stir up others to fight.
EX Aesopo, de tubicine in bello capto: quod ex
Iurisconsultorum placitis intelligitur, nempe
qui agunt, & qui assensum praebent pari poena pu-
mendos. Quod tamen malim in eos torqueri specia-
lius, qui malo consilio Principes ad bella concitant.
eó nocentiores iis qui re ipsa caedem faciunt.

Autant coulpable est celuy qui conseille,
que celuy qui execute.
EN une grande desfaitte,
Pendant le choc, un trompette
Fut prins par les ennemis:
Il pensoit avoir franchise:
Mais sur luy ont la main mise,
Et puis en prison l’ont mis.
Luy usoit de ceste excuse,
D’armes & cousteaux je n’use:
Eux le payerent content,
Bien, tu n’as tué personne:
Mais quand ta trompette sonne,
Mon amy, c’est bien autant.
CEcy est d’Esope, du Trompette prins
prisonnier en guerre: de mesme appre-
nons-nous des Jurisconsultes, que ceux qui font
& qui consentent, sont punis de mesme peine. Ce
que toutesfois j’aymeroie mieux employer
contre ceux particulierement, qui par mau-
vais conseil incitent les Princes à la guerre,
lesquels hommes sont beaucoup plus dange-
reux que ceux qui tuent de faict.
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