VIA NVLLA EST INVIA AMORE.

Quæ non tentet Amor perrumpere opaca viarum,
Qui infidi spernit cæca pericla maris?
Pro rate cui pharetra est, pro remo cui leuis arcus;
Vt portum obtineat, quidlibet audet Amor.

Love fyndeth meanes.

Behold how Cupid heer to crosse the sea doth prooue,
His quiver is his bote, his bow hee makes his ore,
His winges serue for his sayles, and so love euermore
Leaves nothing to bee donne to come unto his loue.

Ben sa trouar la strada.

Vedete il Dio d’Amor che solcar’ osa
Il profondo Ocean sul suo turcasso,
l’Arco serue di remo, e non è lasso,
Per veder la sua Dea, tenta ogni cosa.

Liefde vindt middel.

Siet hoe Cupido vaert door baren/ en door stromen/
Sijn koker hem een schip/ sijn boogh een riem verstreckt/
Sijn slueyerken een seyl: als Liefd’ een minnaer weckt
Gheen middel hem ontbreeckt om by sijn Lief te comen.

Amour trouue moyen.

Voycy le Dieu d’Amour, qui hardy passer ose
Les vagues de la mer, flottant sur son carquois,
d’Vne rame luy sert son petit arc Turquois.
l’Amant pour voir sa Dame entreprend toute chose.

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Voor de liefde is geen enkele weg onbegaanbaar.

No road is impassable for love.

Door welke donkere weg zou Amor zijn pad niet proberen te banen, wie wijst h de blinde gevaren van de onbetrouwbare zee af? Zijn pijlkoker is hem een schip, zijn lichte boog hem een roeiriem; om de haven te bereiken, waagt Amor alles.

Through which dark road would Amor not try to force his way, who refuses the blind dangers of the unreliable sea? His quiver is his boat, his light bow is his oar; to reach the harbour, Amor dares everything.

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Literature

Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 1763
Praz, Seventeenth-Century Imagery, pp. 111-112
Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 29

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Sources and parallels

Via nulla est invia Amori [30] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Cupid rowing: Invia amanti nulla est via [48] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)) [Compare]
Myrtilus escapes by floating away on his shield: Alciato, Book of Emblems, embl. 162
Squirrel sailing, using its tail as sail: Visscher, Sinnepoppen [web], bk/embl. II/15
Allusion in motto of an affixio ('Via nulla labori invia'): Porteman, Emblematic exhibitions, p. 111
Jezus and the soul rowing: De Ziele gestadig tegen den stroom der sonden oproeyende [13] (in: Jan Luyken, Jesus en de ziel (1685)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (Cupid rowing) and some mottoes (French, English, Dutch, though not exact) in: L’Amour passant l’eau sur son Carquois (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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L’Amour passant l’eau sur son Carquois (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
De Ziele gestadig tegen den stroom der sonden oproeyende [13] (in: Jan Luyken, Jesus en de ziel (1685))
Invia amanti nulla est via [48] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615))
Via nulla est invia Amori [30] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid rowing across a sea, seated on his quiver

coast [25H13]
sea (seascape) [25H23]
landscape with tower or castle [25I5]
lovers' meeting [33C22]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
improvised and unusual traffic on the water (+ under way, at sea (~ travelling)) [46C219(+63)]
sailing-ship, sailing-boat (+ under way, at sea (~ travelling)) [46C24(+63)]
Means (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54B1(+4):56F2(+4)]
Fearlessness, Intrepidity; 'Intrepidité & Costanza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A81(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(VIA NULLA EST INVIA AMORE)]
Cupid using his weapons as a boat; 'Navis Amoris' [92D1525]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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