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Vt potiar, patior. Patieris, non potieris.

STulte Cupido caue; nocet empta dolore voluptas:
Quantula, quàm certis fœta volupta malis!
Dulcia promittit mundus; sed amara propinat:
Sub mellis laruâ dira Aconita bibes.
Malim ego boletum Claudî, cœnamúe Thyestæ:
Malim ego Medeæ pocula mixta manu.
Mella putas? mellis sunt fella imitata colorem.
Vnica vix mundo guttula mellis inest.
Fella iube fieri mutato nomine mella;
Mella tamen stimulis, vndique cincta leges.
Balsama sic diri vallant preciosa Cerastæ;
Sic rosa spinoso nupta satellitio.
Heu! spoliare opibus nequidquam alueâria tentas:
Vt patiare; tamen non potiere fauis.
Erumpet portis, & totis vndique castris
Stridula mellipari te premet ira gregis.

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Turmatimque leues quatiens stridoribus auras,
Punget, & infestâ te terebrabit acu.
Non sic torta nocent Parthi fugientis ab arcu
Tela, venenatas tela datura neces:
Nec tam præsentem morsu fert vipera pestem.
Heu fuge, mortifero dente volupta necat.
Sincero vis {problem} frui? cœli vbere suge;
Inde bibes nullis illita mella dolis.

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Gardez vous follastreau, gardez vous de ces ruches,
Où ces petits archers vous ont mis des embusches.
Le rayon est rauy, la proye est emportée:
Au lieu du doux nectar, aurez la main naurée.

Wat honighs met veel quaets / en bitterheydts te koopen;
'Tis al te dier betaelt: maer dus om niet te loopē /
En soeken 't soet in 't suer; 't is in de zee dē haes /
Den visch in 't bosch ghesocht; 't is sotticheyt 't is raes.

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Cupid being stung by bees is also the theme of: De liefde heeft haar zoet en bitter [27] (in: Willem den Elger, Zinne-beelden der liefde (1703)) [Compare]
Compare: Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral, embl. 1.3

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De liefde heeft haar zoet en bitter [27] (in: Willem den Elger, Zinne-beelden der liefde (1703))

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Reaching for worldly sweetness, profane love releases a swarm of bees

angel(s) represented as child(ren) [11G191]
love towards God; 'Amore verso Iddio' (Ripa) [11Q01]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
globe (+ variant) [25A13(+0)]
beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ claws, paws of an animal) [25F23(LION)(+341)]
insects: bee (+ animal(s) attacking) [25F711(BEE)(+512)]
insects: bee (+ flying animal(s)) [25F711(BEE)(+5262)]
index finger upwards [31A25551]
table [41A711]
table-cloth [41C37]
honey [41C636]
orb (symbol of sovereignty; sphere with cross on top) [44B193]
archer's weapons: arrow [45C15(ARROW)]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
honey-comb [47I2421]
other ornament derived from animal forms [48A9845]
Acquisition, Gain, Profit (+ emblematical representation of concept) [55A1(+4)]
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(UT POTIAR, PATIOR. PATIERIS, NON POTIERIS)]
Cupid stung by a bee while stealing honey, or while picking a rose; 'l'Amour piqué' (+ variant) [92D162(+0)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(ARROW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

Ut potiar, patior. Patieris, non potieris [3]

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