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A scholarly man with a tree branch in his mouth. One of his hands rests on an open book, and with the other he points at his chest, which is open, showing his heart and arteries (the roots of the tree).
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97

tetrastichon.

Cur cordis medio radix? Cur tramite caeco
Truncus in alta ruens fructibus ora replet?
An quia (quodcunque est) cor nostrum concipit omne,
Illius & mentem lingua diserta refert.

Why the root in the middle of the heart? Why, running upwards blind, does the trunk fill the mouth with fruits? Not, perhaps, because our heart conceives everything, whatever it may be, and the eloquent tongue communicates the concept?

quatrain

Regarde & voy, que l’arbre de sagesse
(Duquel convient que l’homme soit instruit)
Prent sa racine au coeur, & tant se dresse,
Que par la bouche il fait sortir le fruit.

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