Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)
Table of contents ↑Hospitium verendum [99]

Translations
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Een angstwekkende herberg. |
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A frightful lodging. |
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[Plautus]. Bij Cupido overnachten is een dwaas kwaad. |
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[Plautus]. To lodge with Cupid is an insane evil. |
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Want wie in de liefde haast gemaakt heeft, sterft ellendiger dan wie van een steen springt.. |
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For who has made haste in love, perishes worse than if he would jump from a stone. |
Sources and parallels
- Contrast the poisonous effect of the wine offered by earthly love with the virtuous effect of divine love's wine in: Virtus character amoris [14]
(in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)
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Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and for some mottoes (Latin, Italian, French) in: Un Cupidon qui ouvre sa porte à un Voyageur
(in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Un Cupidon qui ouvre sa porte à un Voyageur
(in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)
)
- Virtus character amoris [14]
(in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)
)