Sunt Lachrymæ Testes.

Ecquid adhuc dubitas; Testis sit lachryma stammæ,
Semper ut occluso stillat ab igne liquor.

Ne fa fede il pianto.

Struggemi Amor in pianto à stilla, à stilla,
Serve il mio Amor di foco, di fornace
Il core, i miei sospir' d'aura vivace,
E di lambico gl'occhi, e lacqua stilla.

Temoin mes larmes.

Pouuez uous en douter, trop charmante inhumaine,
Ces larmes que mon coeur distille parmes yeux,
Ne sont ce pas autant de te moins de ma peine
Qui s'adressant a uous, repondent de mes feux.

Getuig van mij mijn Zuchten.

Wild gij noch Twijfelen mijn Schoone aan myne min.
de Traanen Vloeijen uit myne Oogen als twee Beeken,
dat Zijn de Ontdekkers van mijn Hert, mijn Ziel en Zin,
de Vlam, die my Verteerd, zal door mijn Traanen spreeken.

FINIS

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In motto lachrymae, pictura shows natural setting: Sunt lacrymæ testes [95] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)) [Compare]
Same pictura, altered, different motto and Latin subscriptio: Mes pleurs mon feu decelent [3] (in: Daniël Heinsius, Emblemata amatoria (1607/8)) [Compare]

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Mes pleurs mon feu decelent [3] (in: Daniël Heinsius, Emblemata amatoria (1607/8))
Sunt lacrymæ testes [95] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))

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A weeping cupid kneels in front of a retort-like jar from which water is dripping into a jar; in the background lovers, one of whom seems to be weeping

groups of trees [25G11]
river [25H213]
kneeling figure [31A233]
wiping away tears [31A25344]
weeping [31B6214]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
handicrafts ~ drink (+ tools and appliances ~ crafts, industries, agriculture) [47B182(+32)]
tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries (with NAME) [47D8(RETORT)]
Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56BB1(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(SUNT LACHRYMAE TESTES)]
suffering, misfortune of Cupid [92D16]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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