De fluckse wackerheijt ons afgeschildert wort,
Met kaerssen jnde hant en kleren opgeschort.
Toelichtster van die sijn in duysterheyt gheseeten;
Opweckster van de luij en vadsige nietweeten.
Niet dat sij is vermaeckt met sulck geselschap seer
Sij waeckt veel liever en verbeijt haer Godt en heer.
Eij! laet ons oock alsoo onachsaemheijt verjagen
Ons Heer en meester coomt. siet het begint te dagen.

Voicy qui est troussee sur ses reins,
Voulant par là monstrer sa diligence.
Chandelles a brulantes en ses mains,
Les opposant à l'obscure ignorance.
Elle n'a point auec elle accointance:
Ains veut veiller en attendant son maistre.
Veillons aussi, & chassons nonchalance,
Le maistre vient, & ia se fait paroistre.

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VIGILATE

li.
Excutite, admoneo, pulsa caligine, somnos:
Iudicis aduenit tempus & hora Dei.
O vigiles aperite animos, incuria ne vos
Impia terribili deprimat exitio.

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Be vigilant.

I warn you: drive away the dimness of mind, shake off sleep,
The time of the judge is coming and the hour of God.
Oh, open your hearts, so that they are alert, lest
Sinful indifference subdue you in a terrible downfall.

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Mentioned in: Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 963

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Vigilance as a woman with burning candles in each hand, Ignorance and Laziness(?) hiding in the shadows

shadow [22C8]
darkness [22C9]
low hill country [25H114]
sitting on the ground [31A2351]
'caput manui innixum', head held in the hand(s) [31A25311]
covering the head, drawing drapery over the face [31A25313]
sitting on the ground - AA - female human figure [31AA2351]
arm stretched sidewards - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something) [31AA2513(+933)]
adult woman [31D15]
candle (+ kindling a light; lit, burning light, lamp, candle) [41B31(+1)]
ass, donkey (+ ears of an animal) [46C13142(+7333)]
inscription [49L8]
Alertness, Vigilance; 'Guardia', 'Vigilanza', 'Vigilanza per difendersi & oppugnare altri' (Ripa) (+ personification) [52A23(+1)]
Ignorance; 'Ignoranza', 'Ignoranza di tutte le cose', 'Ignoranza in un ricco senza lettere' (Ripa) (+ clothed) [52AA5(+113)]
Sluggishness, Inertia; 'Dapocaggine', 'Pigritia' (Ripa) (+ personification) [54AA11(+1)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(VIGILATE)]

Vigilate [51]

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