AMANS, QVOD SVSPICATVR, VIGILANS SOMNIAT.

Ouid.
Ante meos oculos praesto est tua semper imago,
Et videor vultus mente videre tuos.

Terent.
Hi qui amant, ipsi sibi somnia fingunt.

Dreames do produce ioy.

Loues fancies in the day, turne into dreames by night.
Then thinkes hee that his loue before him present is,
And that hee doth enioy his hartes desyred blisse,
But waxing once awake hee loseth that delight.

Vani, e dolci sogni.

Forma l’amante ne la mente vaga
Gran sogni, e crede al suo desir ben folle;
Ma nel mar caccia, e case in aria estolle.
Di menzogne l’amante ancho s’appaga.

’t Droomen verheught.

De minnaers meestendeel hun droomen selfs versieren/
Ja meenen dat hun lief comt voor hun bedde staen/
Kasteelen in de locht sy dijckwijls bouwen gaen.
De Liefde droomen doet op veelderley manieren.

Songer esiouit.

l’Amoureux se flattant se forge des beaux songes,
Et pense ja d’auoir sa Dame à l’appetit.
En pleine mer il chasse, & en l’air il bastit.
l’Amant souuent se paist de plaisants mensonges.

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Translations

Publilius Syrus, Sententiae A 16.

Zelfs als hij waakt, droomt de minnaar van zijn verdenkingen.

Publilius Syrus, Sententiae A 16.

Even when awake, the lover has dreams of his suspicions. [tr. A.M. Duff, Loeb, p. 17.]

Ovidius, Epistulae ex Ponto 2, 4, 7-8.

Voor mijn ogen is jouw beeld altijd present, In gedachten denk ik steeds je trekken te zien.

Ovidius, Epistulae ex Ponto 2, 4, 7-8.

Before my eyes your image ever stands; I seem in thought to see your features. [tr. A.L. Wheeler, Loeb, p. 339.].

Vergilius, Eclogae 8, 108; cf Erasmus, Adagia 2, 3, 90;LB 2, 518 E-F.

Wie verliefd is, droomt dat hij krijgt wat hem lief is.

Vergilius, Eclogae 8, 108; cf Erasmus, Adagia 2, 3, 90;LB 2, 518 E-F.

Lovers fashion their own dreams. [tr. H. Rushton Fairclough, Loeb, p. 65].

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Literature

Praz, Seventeenth-Century Imagery, p. 101
Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 39

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Sources and parallels

Amans, quod suspicatut, vigilans somniat [48] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Negende Verdeeling. [9] (in: Jan Luyken, Duytse lier (1671)) [Compare]
Ayres, Emblemata amatoria, embl. 20
Same motto, pictura sligthly modified, pictura more in focus: Amans quod suspicatur, vigilans somniat. [17] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, background less detailed) and for some mottoes (Latin, Italian, French): Un Amour dans son lit, qui se represente sa Maitresse à ses yeux (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Repete. [7] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627))
Amans quod suspicatur, vigilans somniat. [17] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
Un Amour dans son lit, qui se represente sa Maitresse à ses yeux (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Negende Verdeeling. [9] (in: Jan Luyken, Duytse lier (1671))
Amans, quod suspicatut, vigilans somniat [48] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid in bed, spreading his arms for a girl

night ~ other concepts [23R142]
dream [31B3]
violent death by arrow(s) - EE - death not certain; wounded person [31EE23461]
one lover waiting for the other (+ variant) [33C221(+0)]
bedroom [41A23]
bed with tester [41A7612]
woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude [41D92]
archer's weapons: arrow [45C15(ARROW)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
Lie; 'Bugia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57AA6221(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(AMANS, QUOD SUSPICATUR, VIGILANS SOMNIAT)]
other non-aggressive activities of Cupid [92D156]

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Amans, quod suspicatur, vigilans somniat [84]

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