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Nec fas est, nec posse reor.
It is neither law nor can be I suppose
Il ne faut estimer captif, celui qui est chargé de fers,
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ains celui qui est chargé de vices. Car nonobstant que
Saint Pierre fust enchainé de double chaine es prisons
d’Herode, si convint il à la venue de l’Ange, que les
chaines lui tombassent des mains, & qu’il evadast par
la porte de fer, s’ouvrant par le vouloir Divin, lequel à
la verité, (encores que la puissance humeine face ses ef-
fors) ne peut aucunement ny ne doit estre forcé.
[Marginalia - link to text]Actes 12.
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- hand [31A2245] Search | Browse Iconclass
- prisoner; in fetters [44G312] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- an angel appears, summoning Peter to wake up ~ Peter in prison [73F2143] Search | Browse Iconclass
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