Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)
Table of contents ↑Piscatio Amoris [6]
Piscatio Amoris.
VI.
Barrad.
Luc.5.
Ambros.
Ambros.
PEriculosum mare, mundus est, ac procellosum,
in eo pleraqueue corda hominum, veluti pisces,
voluptatibus, diuitijs, sceleribusqueue immersa na-
tant, vnde ab hoc piscatore diuino in lucem gra-
tiæ fœliciter extrahūtur. Laxet igitur retia sua in
capturam Amor diuinus: sed quænam sunt, quæ
laxari iubentur, retia, nisi verborum complexio-
nes, & quasi quidam orationis sinus, & disputa-
tionum recessus, qui, eos quos cœpit, non amit-
tit? & bene hæc amorosa instrumenta piscandi,
quasi retia sunt, quæ non captos perimunt sed re-
seruant; & de profundo ad lumen extrahunt, &
fluctuantes de infernis ad superna perducunt.
Amor mundanus laxat etiam sua retiacula
prædicationis, quibus corda hominum conatur
expiscari; non vt capta reseruet sed vt perimat.
PEriculosum mare, mundus est, ac procellosum,
in eo pleraqueue corda hominum, veluti pisces,
voluptatibus, diuitijs, sceleribusqueue immersa na-
tant, vnde ab hoc piscatore diuino in lucem gra-
tiæ fœliciter extrahūtur. Laxet igitur retia sua in
capturam Amor diuinus: sed quænam sunt, quæ
laxari iubentur, retia, nisi verborum complexio-
nes, & quasi quidam orationis sinus, & disputa-
tionum recessus, qui, eos quos cœpit, non amit-
tit? & bene hæc amorosa instrumenta piscandi,
quasi retia sunt, quæ non captos perimunt sed re-
seruant; & de profundo ad lumen extrahunt, &
fluctuantes de infernis ad superna perducunt.
Amor mundanus laxat etiam sua retiacula
prædicationis, quibus corda hominum conatur
expiscari; non vt capta reseruet sed vt perimat.
Mittam vobis piscatores multos.
Pesche de l'Amour.
VI.
Petits pescheurs que ie veois à l'enuie
Pescher touts deux, dites moy, ie vous prie,
Qu' el est l'appas pour prendre ces poissons?
Le seul amour en est l'vnique amorce,
Qui les inuite d'vne douce force,
A s'engager dedans nos hameçons.
VI.
Petits pescheurs que ie veois à l'enuie
Pescher touts deux, dites moy, ie vous prie,
Qu' el est l'appas pour prendre ces poissons?
Le seul amour en est l'vnique amorce,
Qui les inuite d'vne douce force,
A s'engager dedans nos hameçons.
Translations
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Fishing of love. |
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The world is a dangerous sea and ridden by storms: in it the hearts of mankind swim like fish, immersed in sensuality, riches
and crime, from where they are luckily drawn by this divine Fisher into the light of grace. Let divine love let out its nets
for the catch, but what else are the nets, that are ordered to be deployed, than strings of words, and as it were sinuous
speech and deep disputations, that do not let go of those whom they capture? Also it is for the good that the fishing instruments
of love are as it were nets, that do not kill those caught but preserves them? And guides them, swept by the tides as they
are, from what is down below to what is up above. Worldly love also lets out miserable little nets of its own sermonising,
with which it tries to fish for the hearts of man, but not in order to preserve but to kill. |
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I will send for you many fishermen. |
Sources and parallels
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Possibly based on, not mirrored: Piscatio amoris. [1] (in: anonymous, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1628))
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Parallel for the pictura (exact copy), the Latin bible quote and the French epigram in:Ik zal u Vissers der Menschen maken [22] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Piscatio amoris. [1] (in: anonymous, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1628))
- Ik zal u Vissers der Menschen maken [22] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))