Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)
Table of contents ↑Oportunitas Amoris [21]![](/static/images/em.gif)
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Cat.
Fronde super viridi, radijs tepefactus eois
Otia dum serpens desidiosus agit;
Ex alto tenui se librat aranea filo,
Et colubrum paruâ cuspide fundit humi.
Otia virus habent, & habet sors læta venenum;
Delitijs, vitijs mentis aperta via est.
Cum vacat & molli colit otia pectus in vmbrâ,
Tum nostra occultè corda sagittat Amor.
Fronde super viridi, radijs tepefactus eois
Otia dum serpens desidiosus agit;
Ex alto tenui se librat aranea filo,
Et colubrum paruâ cuspide fundit humi.
Otia virus habent, & habet sors læta venenum;
Delitijs, vitijs mentis aperta via est.
Cum vacat & molli colit otia pectus in vmbrâ,
Tum nostra occultè corda sagittat Amor.
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Saison de l'Amour.
XXI.
Lors que l'esprit humain se rend à la paresse,
Cet Amour sensuel, bande, tire, & adresse,
Trouuant le sein ouuert, & le cœur desarmé.
Ainsy celuy qui veut garder sa citadelle,
Et laisse neantmoins dormir la sentinelle,
Serat de cet Amour bien tost prins & charmé.
XXI.
Lors que l'esprit humain se rend à la paresse,
Cet Amour sensuel, bande, tire, & adresse,
Trouuant le sein ouuert, & le cœur desarmé.
Ainsy celuy qui veut garder sa citadelle,
Et laisse neantmoins dormir la sentinelle,
Serat de cet Amour bien tost prins & charmé.
Translations
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Opportunity for love. |
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Do some kind of work so that the Devil finds you occupied. Who makes time for good exercise is not easily caught by the Devil. |
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So the question is why Aegisthus became an adulterer? The answer is quite obvious: he was an idler. |
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In leisure there is business. |
Sources and parallels
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Same copperplate, slightly altered, in: Ledigheid voed liefde [50]
(in: Willem den Elger, Zinne-beelden der liefde (1703)
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Spin, sleeping snake, in:Affluit incautis. [36]
(in: Jacob Cats, Proteus (1618)
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Porteman 1975, p. 211. Sleeping snake, spider, in: Affluit incautis. [37]
(in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627)
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Affluit incautis. [36]
(in: Jacob Cats, Proteus (1618)
)
- Affluit incautis. [37]
(in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627)
)
- Ledigheid voed liefde [50]
(in: Willem den Elger, Zinne-beelden der liefde (1703)
)