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EMBLEME XII.
Le nuage esclattant en allumez brandons
Nous verse au mesme instant des eaux à grands randons.
Ainsi Christ est ta vie, en foy si le retiens,
Il est ta mort aussi si conte tu n’en tiens.[1]
Notes:
1. On a similar theme, see Erasmus, Adagia 1.8.65, ‘Nunc pluit, & claro nunc Iuppiter aethere fulgit’ (One moment it is raining, the next Jupiter is shining from a clear sky).
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