VI.

In cruce sola quies.

QVisquis amas nullâ vitiatum nube serenum;
Quisquis amas nullo gaudia læsa metu:
Huc ades; & tacitâ quæ venit ab icone, vocem
Accipe: lex Orbi nulla, nec vlla quies.
Aspicis, vt puer hic oculo, pede, mente, manuque
Instabili stabilem quærat in Orbe fidem?
Mille agit in gyros, in spiras mille, mæandros
Mille; nec ex vsu spes venit vlla moræ.
Scilicet innumeris ruit orbibus Orbis in orbem,
Et partes sequitur ipse, fugitque suas.
Miles es? vt crebrò vigiles tuba Martia lunas
Imperet; at famæ crebriùs æra vocant.
Nempe secunda suis nisi te fortuna maniplis
Augeat, vt suadent somnia; nulla quies.
Dux es? ni totis tibi belli gloria castris
Militet, vt spondent somnia; nulla quies.
Diues es, & magnas metuunt exilia messes
Horrea? si qua seges æmula; nulla quies.

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Si qua recensenti dominos face iudice nummos
Adstrepuit folio virgula; nulla quies.
Prodet inaccessas nimirum frondea gazas
Lingua, nec arcano te sinet hoste frui.
Siqua per occlusas aut lux, aut vmbra fenestras
Furtiuo penetrat sepede; nulla quies.
Vmbra tegit fures; lux omnia prodit; vtrique
Inuia, vel casu hoc indice, nulla via est.
Cætera quid memorem? tecum fraus, liuor, egestas,
Tecum habitat tristi luridus ore dolor.
Vidit, & invidit, cumuloque superflua dempsit
Mulciber: at versis sors vbi nigra rotis;
Soli innixa Deo perstat, quæ fulta caducis
Spes erat illecebris; in cruce sola quies.
Bellica Loyolam quot fregit adorea curis?
At simul ac Gallo vulnus ab hoste tulit:
Sola tenet placidam curâ pax exule mentem;
Solus regnat Amor; in cruce sola quies.
Vis sit in Orbe quies? fac vt Orbis nesciat Orbem,
Inque crucem incumbat; in cruce sola quies.

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Tu trauailles en vain, voulant que ceste boule
Sur le paué vny de la table ne roule:
Si tu veux Cupidon veoir se globe rassis;
Que le poids de la Croix ordōne son pourpris.

Wat vlucht-ghesinden lust
Is dit / die noyt en rust?
'T is 't onghestadigh spel
Des werelts / die 't ghequel
Van hare lusten iaeght /
Tot dat haer 't Cruys behaeght.

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Cupid reaches for the orb which is lying on its side, resting on its cross

the cross ~ symbols of Christ [11D12]
(other) symbols of Christ [11D13]
nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things [22C311]
globe (+ variant) [25A13(+0)]
reaching for something [31A2742]
table [41A711]
cover for table, etc. [41A713]
orb (symbol of sovereignty; sphere with cross on top) [44B193]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
Confidence, Security, Tranquillity; 'Confidenza', 'Sicurezza e Tranquillité', 'Sicurté', 'Sicurté o Sicurezza', 'Tranquillité' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56D3(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(IN CRUCE SOLA QUIES)]
other non-aggressive activities of Cupid [92D156]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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