
TOUT EST CONDUIT PAR LA JUSTE
volonté de Dieu.
TOusjours selon noz voeus la clemence opportune
Du nom feint Juppiter ne se laisse esmouvoir:
Et tousjours son Conseil, bien qu’il en ait pouvoir,
N’apointe des humains la requeste importune.
Si nous sommes chargez ou d’heur, ou d’infortune,
Dieu, le grand Dieu des cieux sur nous l’a fait pleuvoir.
Soit le bien, soit le mal, il faut tout recevoir
De son juste decret, sans controverse aucune.
Comme dans deux vaisseaux devant son throne mis,
Il puise les presens ou fascheux, ou amis,
Que sur nous fait couler sa dextre debonnaire.
Si doux, que la douceur ne nous face alterer;
Si fascheux, que l’aigreur ne face desperer;
Car Dieu ne donne rien qui ne soit necessaire.

Ad Prosperum Ventidium Nucerinum.[1]
iusti iovis arbitratu.
By the will of righteous Jupiter
COEcum errat mortale genus, dum quod placet illud
Assiduo summum flagitat ore Iovem.
Quidum largitur cuicunque quod expedit, eius
Nemo tamen iusto flectitur arbitrio.
The mortal race wanders around blindly, while, with an assiduous mouth, it demands what it wishes from mighty Jupiter who dispenses to anyone what he [Jupiter] brings forth, [but] no-one is overcome by his just will.
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- bridge in village across river, canal, etc. [25I2451] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase [41A773] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- flowers [25G41] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- holding something «« KEY (933) TO 31B6 morphology of human expression [31B6(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- leaves, putting forth leaves «« KEY (33) TO 25G plants; vegetation [25G(+33)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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