QVIS ENIM SECVRVS AMAVIT?

Plutarch.
Vt flamma nec premi potest, nec quiescere: sic leuis
atque inquietus semper amantis est animus.

Loue lacketh quietnes.

The flickering flame of fyre may not bee holden fast,
Bit too and fro it fleets & neuer can be stayd,
So doth the louers mynd through loues distraction strayd,
As both in wish and wil resolued not to last.

Non quieta mai.

Non si puote arrestar la fiamma viua
Ne il core d’vn’ amante, che viuace
Forma mille pensier, non hà mai pace
Ne la mente ansiosa, e fuggitiua.

Sonder rust.

De vlam men niet en kan gheuatten/ noch ghestillen:
Noch oock des minnaers gheest/ noch sijn onrustigh hert/
’t Welck altijdt hier of daer in ’t wilt ghedreven werdt.
Den minnaer duysent-mael verandert in het willen.

l’Amour n’est coy.

On ne peut arrester la petillante flame,
Ny l’esprit d’vn amant, il n’a jamais repos,
Ains vagabond tousiours s’esgare à tous propos,
Et de pensers diuers vireuolte son ame.

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Translations

Ovidius, Heroides 19, 109.

Beminnen gaat nooit zonder zorgen.

Ovidius, Heroides 19, 109.

For who that loved was ever free from care? [tr. G. Showerman, Loeb, p. 267.].

[Plutarchus] Zoals vuur niet onderdrukt kan worden of tot rust gebracht, zo is de geest van een minnaar altijd beweeglijk en onrustig.

[Plutarchus] Like a fire that can not be suppressed nor rest, the mind of a lover is always swift and restless.

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Literature

Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 35

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Sources and parallels

The god Pan trying to embrace the flames: Quod non noris, non ames. [5] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, less detailed) and for some mottoes (Latin, Italian) in: Un Amour voulant prendre la Flamme avec une Pincette (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]
Burning stove also in: De verlichte Ziele verklaert het uyterlijcke vernuft; het afscheyden eens rechtveerdigen [21] (in: Jan Luyken, Jesus en de ziel (1685)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (burning stove) in: Derde Verdeeling. [3] (in: Jan Luyken, Duytse lier (1671)) [Compare]
Source for: Quis enim securus amavit? [40] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]

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Quod non noris, non ames. [5] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627))
Un Amour voulant prendre la Flamme avec une Pincette (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Derde Verdeeling. [3] (in: Jan Luyken, Duytse lier (1671))
De verlichte Ziele verklaert het uyterlijcke vernuft; het afscheyden eens rechtveerdigen [21] (in: Jan Luyken, Jesus en de ziel (1685))
De verlichte Ziele verklaert het uyterlijcke vernuft; het afscheyden eens rechtveerdigen [21] (in: Jan Luyken, Jesus en de ziel (1685))
Quis enim securus amavit? [40] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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In vain Cupid tries to catch the flames of a fire with a pair of fire-tongs

farm or solitary house in landscape [25I3]
camp-fire; watch-fire [41B16]
fire-tongs [41B2121]
Unrest, Restlessness, Inquietude; 'Inquietudine' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54AA46(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(QUIS ENIM SECURUS AMAVIT?)]
other non-aggressive activities of Cupid [92D156]

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Quis enim securus amavit? [70]

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