Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)

AMANS AMANTI MEDICVS.

Ouid.
Discite sanari, per quem didicistis amare,
Vna manus vobis vulnus opemque feret:
Terra salutiferas herbas, eademque nocentes
Gignit, & vrticae proxima saepà rosa est.

Loue is loues phisition.

By whome the harme is wroght the remedie is found.
The causer of the smart, is causer of the ease,
Hee cures the sicknesse best, that caused the disease,
Loue must the plaster lay, where loue hath made the wound.

l’Vno Amor sana l’altro.

Chi impiaga sani, & paghi del piagato
Il chirurgo chi die il colpo mortale;
Deue emendar col ben, chi fece il male.
Solo Amor dal’ Amor vien risanato.

Liefde Liefdes medecijn.

De selue handt die quetst moet wederom ghenesen/
De oorsaeck van het quaedt/ van troost moet oorsaeck zijn:
De gheen die heeft ghewondt/ moet zijn den medecijn.
De weder-liefd’ alleen moet Liefdes hulper wesen.

l’Vn Amour guerist l’autre.

Qui vn autre a blessé, le remede procure:
Qui a donne le coup, paye au chirurgien,
Qui a causé le mal, doit remettre le bien.
l’Amour seul de l’Amour doibt guerir la blessure.

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Translations

De ene minnaar geneest de andere.

Lovers cure each other.

Ovidius, Remedia amoris 43-46.

Leer te genezen van degene die je geleerd heeft lief te hebben, dezelfde hand zal verwonden en hulp bieden. De aarde brengt zowel geneeskrachtige als giftige kruiden voort en dikwijls staat de roos dichtbij de netel.

Ovidius, Remedia amoris 43-46.

Learn healing from him through whom you learned to love: one hand alike will wound and succour. The same earth fosters healing herbs and noxious, and often is the nettle nearest to the rose.

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Sources and parallels

The same thought ('Hee cures the sicknesse best, that caused the disease') in: Ex vulnere pulchrior. [9] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627)) [Compare]
Amor as a doctor in Hugo: Hugo, Pia desideria, bk/embl. 1/3
As illustrated in: Hugo, Pia desideria (ed. Arwaker), bk/embl. 1/3
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, background less detailed) and for some mottoes (Latin, Italian, French): Un Amour blessé au lit, qui reçoit la visite d’un autre, qui lui donner un reméde (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]
Buschoff 2004, p. 118. Love as an uncurable disease:Dienende teer ick uijt [12] (in: Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft, Emblemata amatoria (1611)) [Compare]

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Ex vulnere pulchrior. [9] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627))
Un Amour blessé au lit, qui reçoit la visite d’un autre, qui lui donner un reméde (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Dienende teer ick uijt [12] (in: Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft, Emblemata amatoria (1611))

Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)

Amans amanti medicus [85]

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