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Exemplo aßidui tibi testudo laboris,
Quae leporem vicit, semper eundo, vagum.
Semper amans amat, & tandem potietur amata:
Non benè amat, quisque non amat aßiduè.

Perseuerance winneth.

The hare and tortes layd a wager of their speed,
Who first of both should come vnto a place they ment,
The hare ran oft & rested, the tortes alwayes went,
The tortes wan, and so the louer must proceed.

Chi la dura, la vince.

La testudine vinse vna scommessa,
Nel corso al lepro, giunse vigilante
Al segno, e’l lepro ritardò le piante.
Tal vn gode d’Amor che mai non cessa.

Volherden verwint.

De schilt-padt ’t wedtspel wan, dat sy veel eer cloeckdadigh
Sou comen dan den haes tot sek’re plaets: met vlijt
De schilt-padt altijt ghingh/ den haes’ hiel op somtijdt.
De iagher vanght het wilt/ die welcke loopt ghestadich.

Continuer fait gaigner.

La tortue gageant de gaigner la vistesse
Du lieure, pas à pas a la deuant gaigné,
Marchant tousiours auant; le lieure a seiourné,
Celuy gaigne en l’Amour, qui le poursuit sans cesse.

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Translations

Erasmus, Adagia 2, 1, 1; LB 2, col. 397C-407D

Haast u langzaam.

Erasmus, Adagia 2, 1, 1; LB 2, col. 397C-407D

Make haste slowly.

Laat de schildpad u tot voorbeeld van uw inspanningen strekken: hij overwint de stuurloze haas door altijd te gaan. De minnaar heeft altijd lief en uiteindelijk zal hij het beminde bemachtigen: wie niet onverdroten liefheeft, heeft niet goed lief.

Let the tortoise be the example of your efforts, that defeats the wandering hare by going steady. The lover always loves and eventually he will reach what he loves: he does not love well who does not love incessantly.

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Literature

Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 616
Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 30

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Sources and parallels

Festina lente [32] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Same motto: Festina lente. [31] (in: Otto Vaenius, Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata (1612)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura in: Une Tortüe (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (tortoise) and the Latin motto in: Une Tortüe (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]
Same motto in: Festina lente. [31] (in: Otto Vaenius, Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata (1612)) [Compare]

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Une Tortüe (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Festina lente. [31] (in: Otto Vaenius, Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata (1612))
Festina lente [32] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid with a tortoise and a hare

rodents: hare (+ animals used symbolically) [25F26(HARE)(+1)]
tortoises, turtles (+ animals used symbolically) [25F44(+1)]
river [25H213]
prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city [25I12]
landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct [25I6]
running, race [43C211]
quiver [45C23]
Swiftness, Speed; 'Agilité', 'Celerité', 'Velocité' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept) [51M11(+3)]
Slow Motion (+ symbolical representation of concept) [51MM1(+3)]
Constancy, Tenacity; 'Costanza', 'Tenacité' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [53A21(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(FESTINA LENTE)]
other non-aggressive activities of Cupid [92D156]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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Festina lente [50]

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