De Duijvel van t'begin heeft met veel loose treken
Ghesoch, en soeckt noch vast de waerheijt te versteken
Om met der sonden bandt gheschaekelt aen melcaer
Van al d'ondeuchden sterck. te trecken ons int naer
En aecklich duijster hol, vol knerssinge der tanden.
Maer ghij O goede Godt! bevrijtse in v handen,
Ghy tilts' om hooch, en toont hoe dat ghij neder velt
De Satan. en al dat hem tegen Waerheijt stelt.

Satan a fait & fait tous ses efforts
De supprimer & cacher Verité,
Pour nous tirer auec ses liens forts
Aux creux manoirs remplis d'obscurité:
Mais du Seigneur la diuine bonté
L'a eleuee, & si haut mise en monstre,
Que voyons clair Satan precipité,
Et ses suppos, qui ont tant hurté contre.

72[b] ↓

ET VSQVE AD NVBES VERITAS TVA¹

lxxij.
Nititur incassum tenebras offundere vero
Dæmon, nosque suis illaqueare plagis.
Omnipotens nam sic altè suffixit, vt illud
Luceat Eois, luceat Hesperiis.

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And thy truth unto the clouds.

In vain the Devil strives to spread darkness
Over truth, and to ensnare us in his traps.
For the Almighty fixed it so high, that that truth
Sheds its light in the East, sheds it in the West.

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The hand of God is pulling a winged book upwards, breaking the chain with which it is held by Satan

hand, 'Dextera Dei' ~ symbol of God the Father [11C12]
hell and purgatory [11T]
sun as celestial body [24A]
birds (+ wings of an animal) [25F3(+342)]
mountains [25H11]
cave, grotto [25H119]
clouds [26A]
hand (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching) [31A2245(+934)]
sitting on the ground [31A2351]
breaking something [31A2746]
drawing, pulling something [31A2747]
arm bent behind the back - AA - both arms or hands [31AA25171]
ugly old woman, hag [31D172]
festivities (+ wreath, garland ~ festive activities) [43A(+12)]
tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: chain [47D8(CHAIN)]
tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: chain (+ destruction of products) [47D8(CHAIN)(+69)]
inscription [49L8]
book - MM - book open [49MM32]
Truth; 'Verité' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52A6(+4)]
Secrecy, Latency, Concealment; 'Secretezza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52DD1(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(ET USQUE AD NUBES VERITAS TUA)]

Et usque ad nubes veritas tua [72]

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