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De tous costez de ronces & d’espines
Ce povre Lis se void environné:
Mais la vertu de ses vives racines
L’entretient vif & de blancheur orné:
Ainsi est-il du troupeau deux-fois-né
Vivant à Dieu, & pressé des bastards:
Lesquels ayant leur Dieu abandonné
Comme l’espine à la fin seront ars.

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SIC AMICA MEA INTER[1]

So is my love among...

A lily surrounded by thorns.
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xxxix.

Aspicis, ut firma quod stat radice ligustrum,
Horrentes superat floris honore rubos.
Non aliter strepitus inter mens justa profanos
Officii sanctum servat ubique decus.

You see how the plant which stands with a firm root outlives the prickly brambles for the honour of the flower. In the same way the just mind/soul among the profane clashings always serves the sacred honour of [Christian] duty.

Notes:

1.  Song of Songs 2:2

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