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T' gedroomde Vaghevier souw wtgaen en vercouwen
Sonder veel loogens, om de looghen t' onderhouwen.
Dit nu veel Ravens swart is 't aldervetste aes
boeten daer me dit vier, De wolven, met gheblaes
Doen vast haer best, int Cleet van heijlich schijn bedeckt
Doch met dees ydelheyt nu vele wert gegeckt.
T'bloet, dat uit S'leevens-boom comt overvloedich Plassen
Heeft Crachts ghenoech om al ons sonden aftewassen.
Sonder veel loogens, om de looghen t' onderhouwen.
Dit nu veel Ravens swart is 't aldervetste aes
boeten daer me dit vier, De wolven, met gheblaes
Doen vast haer best, int Cleet van heijlich schijn bedeckt
Doch met dees ydelheyt nu vele wert gegeckt.
T'bloet, dat uit S'leevens-boom comt overvloedich Plassen
Heeft Crachts ghenoech om al ons sonden aftewassen.
Ce feu, non feu, fondé dessus vn songe,
Soufflé de loups d'habits simples couuers,
Où ces corbeaux aportent leur mensonge,
S'en va esteinct. Car par tout l'vniuers
Les abus sont presque tous descouuers.
Le sang coulant pur de l'arbre de vie
Suffit pour tous purger & mettre à vie,
Et rendre mort ce feu feinct des peruers.
Soufflé de loups d'habits simples couuers,
Où ces corbeaux aportent leur mensonge,
S'en va esteinct. Car par tout l'vniuers
Les abus sont presque tous descouuers.
Le sang coulant pur de l'arbre de vie
Suffit pour tous purger & mettre à vie,
Et rendre mort ce feu feinct des peruers.
EX PARVO SATIS.
Translations
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From little, enough.
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The crows and the wolves built a wild fire.
Not, however, did the wood get hot after the kindle had been lighted. For Christ's blood, streaming from the holy tree, quenched the flames And the false lights in the barren pyre. |
Literature
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Mentioned in: Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata
, col. 450f
Sources and parallels
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Christ as a fountain of life and the power of His blood to cleanse the vices in:De plenitudine eius [3] (in: Georgette de Montenay/Anna Roemer Visscher, Cent emblemes chrestiens (c. 1615))
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References, across this site, to this page:
- De plenitudine eius [3] (in: Georgette de Montenay/Anna Roemer Visscher, Cent emblemes chrestiens (c. 1615))
Iconclass
Wolves, dressed as monks, and ravens are kindling a fire (purgatory); blood spouts from the tree of life- Christ's blood saving mankind
[11D53]
- habit, frock
[11P3154]
- purgatory, usually the souls praying or asking for intercession (+ variant)
[11T6(+0)]
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf (+ animals used symbolically)
[25F23(WOLF)(+1)]
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf (+ standing animal)
[25F23(WOLF)(+531)]
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf (+ sitting animal)
[25F23(WOLF)(+535)]
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf (+ animal gripping another animal, human figure, or object)
[25F23(WOLF)(+5571)]
- song-birds: raven (+ animals used symbolically)
[25F32(RAVEN)(+1)]
- song-birds: raven (+ flying animal(s))
[25F32(RAVEN)(+5262)]
- song-birds: raven (+ standing animal)
[25F32(RAVEN)(+531)]
- song-birds: raven (+ animal gripping another animal, human figure, or object)
[25F32(RAVEN)(+5571)]
- village
[25I2]
- blood
[31A22611]
- open fire (in general)
[41B1]
- bellows
[41B1311]
- inscription
[49L8]
- Forgivingness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[57A74(+4)]
- Lie; 'Bugia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[57AA6221(+4)]
- the tree of life in the Garden of Eden (+ variant)
[71A32121(+0)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(EX PARVO SATIS)]