Assiduo flectimur obsequio.

Viminibus vietis formatur circulus arcto
Nexu & continuo, vasis ad officium:
Flexibile esto animo, tu, qui venare puellam:
Nam Domina assiduo flectitur obsequio.

Liefde buyght het al.

Indien ghy op u zijd' de Liefste zoeckt te winnen,
Weest voeglijck, leenigh, en gedweeghjes van gemoet:
Want door ghehoorzaemheyt en reckelijcke sinnen,
Zo buyght mē't maagd'lijk hart als in ē het hoepjē doet.

Tout soubs Amour flescit.

Toy qui veux en aymant soulagement acquerre,
Sois humble, sois courtois, & fleschis ton Esprit,
A tout ce que ta Dame aura monstrée ou dit,
Tu te rendras vaincqueur en l'amoureuse guerre.
Comme un cercle courbé s'accommode au vasseau,
Ainsi doibt en tout temps fleschir le Damereau.

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We bend obidiently, without pause.

With dried twigs a circle is formed, by tightly and continuously weaving them together, to serve as a vessel.
You, who are hunting a girl, be flexible of mind.
For your mistress bends through continual obedience.

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Same motto, parallel pictura: Assiduo flectimur obsequio. [32] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690)) [Compare]

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A cupid is bending reed or staves for a basket or cask; in the background two more cupids

shrubs (with NAME) (+ branch, stick) [25G31(OSIER)(+22)]
shrubs (with NAME) (+ branch, stick) [25G31(WILLOW)(+22)]
sitting on the ground [31A2351]
hands folded with fingers knit (+ begging) [31A25221(+93231)]
walking [31A2711]
fence, wall, paling [41A54]
container made of plant material other than wood: basket [41A7751]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
other handicrafts ~ wood [47B1615]
tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries [47D8]
Supplication; 'Supplicatione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [53CC3(+4)]
Industriousness, Assiduity; 'Assiduité', 'Industria', 'Zelo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A11(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
Submissiveness; 'Ossequio' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57A644(+4)]
Mercilessness (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57AA75(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(ASSIDUO FLECTIMUR OBSEQUIO)]
other non-aggressive activities of Cupid [92D156]
suffering, misfortune of Cupid [92D16]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]
companions of Cupid [92D191]

Assiduo flectimur obsequio [13]

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