
Conscius ipse sibi.
Self-consciousness.
L’homme qui a la jaulnisse
Esparse de tous costez,
Et les yeux si bien gastez
Par l’erreur du mesme vice
Qu’il croit que tout ce qu’il void
Ainsi que l’or jaune soit.
Regardant dans un verre
Tout cela qu’il y verra,
De mesme couleur sera.
Soit l’eau, ou l’air, ou la terre: Link to an image of this page [P5v p234]Ainsi juge le meschant
Selon ce qu’il va cachant.
Il est meschant & il pense
Que tout autre l’est aussi.
Le loup, meschant est ainsi
Lors qu’à ravir il s’avance,
Et qu’au milieu d’un troupeau
Il se jette sur l’agneau.
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