
Amicitia sordida.
Disreputable friendship
Ad Octavianum Ferrarium Mediolanensem.[1]
Que sert de regarder un miroir imparfait,
Ou le plomb defaillant n’arreste point l’image
De celluy qui devant va mirant son visage,
Et qui ne peut dedans recongnoistre un seul traict?
Tels sont beaucoup de gens qui demandent tousjours
Et ne sçavent nul gré de cela qu’on leur donne:
La richesse & le bien prend devers eux son cours,
Et rien ce non obstant de chez eux ne retourne,
Toutesfois deux amis ne doibvent estre qu’un, Link to an image of this page [N7r p205]L’un doibt estre de l’autre & l’object & l’image,
Ferrare, tu le sçais, & je donne à chacun
De ta vraye amitiè un ample tesmoignage.
1. Ottaviano Ferrari: antiquarian, philosopher and physician, originally from Milan, taught at Padua and Bologna (d. 1586).
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