Non conveniunt Majestas & Amor.

Formosum sequitur flagrans Dea Cypris Adonim,
Et nunc imbelles sollicitare feras.
Inque sinu iuvenis requiem modo ducere gaudet,
Osculaque in roseis figere longa genis.

Liefde kent gheen staet.

De Cyprische Goddin verwonnen van haer lusten,
Verlaat den hemel en het goddelijck cieraet;
En comt hier inde schoot van haer beminde rusten.
Voorwaer volmaecte liefd' aēziet noch rijck noch staet

Amour dedaigne la grandeur.

C'est un estrange cas, que l'Archerot vollage,
Ce petit Dieu d'Amour gouverne l'univers,
Il ny a Roy si grand, ny Tyran si pervers,
Qu'il de face soubs luy rabaisser le courage:
Mesmes il fait descendre en bas la Dieté,
Pour aymer en ce monde une vraye beauté.

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Majesty and love do not agree.

In her ardour the Cyprian goddess follows beautiful Adonis
And burns to rouse the now harmless beasts
And is happy to find rest at the bosom of the young man,
And to press long kisses on his rosy cheeks.

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Venus trying to prevent Adonis from going hunting; Venus mourning Adonis (background)

trees [25G3]
pond, pool [25H2143]
lying figure [31A236]
arm raised upward (+ beseeching) [31A2511(+917)]
arm raised upward (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching) [31A2511(+934)]
gripping someone by other parts of the body [31A2549]
breasts - AA - female human figure [31AA2223]
leaning figure - AA - female human figure [31AA232]
arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands (+ despairing) [31AA2511(+926)]
looking upwards [31B6211]
adult woman (+ nude human being) [31D15(+89)]
the corpse [31E3]
(lovers) caressing each other [33C234]
dog [34B11]
collar (of a dog) [34B111]
jar, jug (used as drinking-vessel) [41C326]
shepherd's crook [47I2213]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(NON CONVENIUNT MAJESTAS ET AMOR)]
Venus trying to prevent Adonis from going hunting [92C4211]
attributes of Venus (with NAME) [92C48(TURTLE DOVES)]
Venus mourning Adonis [92C49151]
(story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) [92D1]

Non conveniunt Majestas & Amor [18]

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