AMOR FACIT ESSE DISERTVM.

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Mercurij dat Amor virgam subtilis amanti
Auream, & eloquij flumina blanda simul,
Moribus atque illum placituris format amicae.
Cui fauet almus Amor, sponte disertus erit.

Loue is author of eloquence.

Loue doth the louers toung to eloquence dispose,
With sweet conceats of loue his ladies eares to please,
And thereby moue her harte his restlesse care to ease,
For loues inuentions oft great science do disclose.

Il ben parlat’ insegna.

Insegna al’ Amator alta eloquenza,
E soaui concetti Amor sagace,
Da trouar nel amata e gratia, e pace,
Amore è mastro anchora di scienza.

Door Liefde wel bespraeckt.

De Liefd’ vernuftigh gheeft den minnaer het wel-spreken:
Wat woorden schoon gheciert een minnaer niet versint/
Om te verkrijghen ’tgheen’ hy boven al bemint?
Wien Liefde gunstigh is/ en sal gheen spraeck ontbreken.

Amour pere de l’eloquence.

l’Amour donne à l’amant l’enseigne d’eloquence,
l’Apprend les mots dorez, luy monstre la façon
De plaire à sa maistresse, & gaigner son giron.
l’Amour a inu enté mainte belle science.

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Translations

Liefde maakt welsprekend.

Love makes eloquent.

De verfijnde Amor geeft de minnaar Mercurius' gouden staf en tegelijkertijd milde stromen van welsprekendheid, en vormt hem met manieren die zijn vrienden zullen bevallen. Wie de milde Amor gunstig gezind is, wordt vanzelf welsprekend. [cf. Ovidius, Ars amatoria 1, 610]

Delicate Amor gives the lover Mercury's golden staff, and adds eloquent floods of flattering words, and forms him with manners that will please his girl-friend. When propitious Amor fosters someone, eloquence will come of itself. [cf. Ovidius, Ars amatoria 1, 610]

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Literature

Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 28

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Sources and parallels

Parallel for the pictura: Amor facit esse disertum [26] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura:
Parallel for the pictura (here without the lover) in: Facundia ducit Amorem [12] (in: anonymous, Thronus cupidinis (1620)) [Compare]

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Facundia ducit Amorem [12] (in: anonymous, Thronus cupidinis (1620))
Amor facit esse disertum [26] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid offers a caduceus to a lover who is hit by an arrow

rocks [25H112]
brook [25H212]
landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct [25I6]
violent death by arrow(s) - EE - death not certain; wounded person [31EE23461]
lover (man) alone (e.g. longing for the beloved) [33C2161]
archer's weapons: arrow [45C15(ARROW)]
quiver [45C23]
Eloquence; 'Eloquenza', 'Fermezza & Gravité dell'Oratione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52D3(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(AMOR FACIT ESSE DISERTUM)]
caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury) [92B58(CADUCEUS)]
specific aspects of Cupid [92D17]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(ARROW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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