ANIMA IBI ANIMAT, UBI
AMAT.

THE SOUL LIVES WHERE IT LOVES

Demophoon[1] ventis cùm vela, & verba dedisset,
Stabat arenoso littore Phyllis amans.
Navem rapta sequens oculis, & brachia tendens
Huc: ubi iam fugiens spiritus eius erat.
Spiritus, ac anima, hic animans ubi Phyllis amabat.
Corpus & ut vitam, vita secuta animam.
Quid mirum periit si posteà Phyllis amore?
Exanimum corpus vivere non poterat.

As Demophoon set his sails and words to the wind, Phyllis stood lovelorn on the sandy shore. Seduced, she follows the ship with her eyes, holding out her arms to where her spirit, now fleeing, lay. Spirit and living soul are there where Phyllis loves, and as the body follows the life, so the life follows the soul. Is is surprising that Phyllis later died of love? Her soulless body could not live.