Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)

Callimach.
AMORIS IVSIVRANDVM POENAM NON HABET.

[No source given]
Nulla fides inerit: periuria ridet amantum
Iuppiter, & ventis irrita ferre iubet.

Tibull.
Gratia magna Ioui: vetuit pater ipse valere,
Iurasset cupidè quidquid ineptus Amor.

Loue excused from periurie.

The louer freedome hath to take a louers oth,
Whith if it proue vntrue hee is to bee excused,
For venus doth dispence in louers othes abused,
And loue no fault comitts in swearing more then troth.

Giuramento sparso al vento.

Se ben l’amante assai promette, e giura,
Non si da pena à le sue voci infide,
Anzi Venere, e Giou e se ne ride.
l’Amoroso spergiuro non si cura.

De Liefde kan niet verbeuren.

Den minnaer onbevreest den hooghsten eedt magh sweren/
Door gheen besette straf sijn valscheyt loon verwacht;
Want Venus sijnen eedt met Jupiter belacht.
Den minnaer is veel eer als andre t’excuseren.

Amour ne peut mal faire

In ne faut jamais croire au serment qu’Amour iure,
Car il tasche arriu er au but ou il pretend,
Par tout moyen possible; & chastoy il n’attend.
Les dieux facilement pardonnent son pariure.

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Translations

[Callimachus] De eed van liefde kent geen straf.

[Callimachus] The oath of love has no penalty.

Tibullus, Elegiae 3, 6, 49-50.

Ze is niet te vertrouwen: Juppiter lacht om de valse beloften van geliefden, maakt ze speelbal van de wind. [tr. J. Nagelkerken, Baarn 1994, p. 80.]

Tibullus, Elegiae 3, 6, 49-50.

There will be no truth in her words. Jupiter laughs at the false oaths of lovers, and bids the winds carry them off without fulfilment.

Tibullus, Elegiae 1, 4, 23-24

Wees Juppiter maar dankbaar; want hijzelf ontkent de waarde van al wat dwaze liefdeslust bekrachtigt met een eed. [tr. J. Nagelkerken, Baarn 1994, p. 32.]

Tibullus, Elegiae 1, 4, 23-24

Thanks to Jove. The Sire himself has decreed that no oath should stand that love has taken in the folly of desire. [cf. tr. J.P. Postgate, Loeb, p. 213].

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Sources and parallels

Parallel for the pictura in: Virtus character amoris [14] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)) [Compare]
Contradicts, according to Daly: Amantis veri cor, ut speculum splendidum [4] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)) [Compare]
Amoris jusiurandum pœnam non habet [41] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Ayres, Emblemata amatoria, embl. 38
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, background less detailed) and for some mottoes (Latin, Italian, French): Un Amour qui jure fidélité à Jupiter & à Venus, qui en rient (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]
Same pictura, slightly altered, different motto and Latin subscriptio:Amor nequit male facere. [40] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690)) [Compare]

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Amor nequit male facere. [40] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
Un Amour qui jure fidélité à Jupiter & à Venus, qui en rient (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Amantis veri cor, ut speculum splendidum [4] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
Virtus character amoris [14] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615))
Amoris jusiurandum pœnam non habet [41] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)

Amoris iusiurandum poenam non habet [71]

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