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Industria naturam corrigit.
Diligence improves nature
Rien n’est si mal poli ny si mal gracieux
Qu’on ne puisse adoucir par art industrieux.
Le messager du ciel trouvant une tortue Link to an image of this page [D7v p62]Arrengea des accords dans sa coquille nue,
Il en bastit un lut, qui par ses doux accords
Faict mouvoir & danser les viellards demy-morts.
Pourquoy donc te plains-tu de la bonne nature
La nommant imparfaicte, inepte & sans mesure,
Quand la chose muette on peut ouir parler?
Du doz d’une tortue on se sert pour baller
Alors que soubz le doigt par compas en fredonne:
Et la chair de dedans pour manger est fort bonne.
Related Emblems
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Relating to the image:
- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult woman [31D15] Search | Browse Iconclass
- animals (+ wings of an animal) [25F(+342)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm held downwards [31A2515] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm or hand held in front of the body (+ other neutral connotations) [31A2516(+939)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm raised upward [31A2511] Search | Browse Iconclass
- attributes of Mercury: petasus [92B58(PETASUS)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- clouds [26A] Search | Browse Iconclass
- coat, cape [41D212] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dress, gown [41D211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head bent forward; bowing [31A244] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head turned to the left [31A2421] Search | Browse Iconclass
- head turned to the right - AA - female human figure [31AA2422] Search | Browse Iconclass
- lyre, cithara, psaltery - CC - out of doors [48CC7321] Search | Browse Iconclass
- mountains [25H11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- musician training pupils, music-lesson - CC - out of doors [48CC7211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships of Mercury [92B55] Search | Browse Iconclass
- old man [31D16] Search | Browse Iconclass
- one leg in front of the other (+ sitting) [31A2621(+53)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- one person playing string instrument (plucked) - CC - out of doors [48CC7522] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sitting on an elevation (+ sitting on the ground) [31A2352(+55)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- standing on one leg, the other leg forward, bent - AA - female human figure [31AA26232] Search | Browse Iconclass
- standing, leaning, sitting or lying with legs apart (+ standing) [31A26114(+51)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees (+ stem, trunk) [25G3(+21)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- woman dancing alone [43C912] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- 'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene; or as Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts); 'Natura' (Ripa) [20] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Accord, Accordance [54E3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Completion (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54D3(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- eating [41C11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- hearing, listening (one of the five senses) [31A32] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Industriousness, Assiduity; 'Assiduità', 'Industria', 'Zelo' (Ripa) [54A11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Instinct, Natural Disposition; 'Instinto naturale' (Ripa) [58B6] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Lack of Talent (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52AA11(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- meat; still life of meat [41C69] Search | Browse Iconclass
- tortoises, turtles (+ shell, snail-shell etc.) [25F44(+36)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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