AMANS SE SVAQVE PRODIGIT.

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En, vt Auaritiæ loculos extorqueat infans
Penniger: ingentes nam odit amator opes.
Prodigit ille suum, dominæ quò seruiat, aurum,
Lætus in obsequio cuncta dedisse suo.

Loue causeth liberalitie.

The wretched gredie mynd by auarice opprest,
Loue liberall can make, how fast his pursse bee closed,
No locks nor stringes can hold, but lightly they are losed,
When loue hath with his darte, but prickt him in the brest.

Spande è spende.

Dal’ Auaritia abietta à forza prende
La borsa Amor, rende l’auaro eguale
Sua natura cangiando, al liberale,
Alhor ch’ al viuo punge, e i cori açcende.

Liefde maeckt milt.

De Liefde lichtelick de borse vast ghesloten
Van gierigheyt opbreeckt: den vrecken hy sijn goedt
En ghelt seer ruyterlick en milt ghebruycken doet/
Wanneer sijn edle pijl hem ’t herte heeft doorschoten.

Amour hayt l’auarice.

Amour à l’uarice ouure par sa puissance
La bourse bien fermée, & rend le chiche esgal
(Changeant son naturel) àl’homme liberal,
Lors qu’vn trait plein d’ardeur en sa poitrine il lance.

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Translations

Een minnaar verkwist zichzelf en het zijne.

A lover wastes himself and what is his.

tZie hoe het gevleugelde kind de kisten van de hebzucht omkeert, want de minnaar haat grote rijkdom. Hij verkwist zijn goud om daarmee zijn meesteres te dienen, blij dat hij alles in zijn dienstbaarheid heeft gegeven.

Look, how the winged child turns out the caskets of avarice, for the lover hates immense riches. He wastes his gold to serve his mistress, and is happy to have given everything in his obedience.

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Literature

Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 44

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Sources and parallels

Crescent illæ, crescetis amores [3] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Avarice as in:
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and the Latin and French motto: Un Amour qui créve la Bourse d’une Vieille (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Un Amour qui créve la Bourse d’une Vieille (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Amor virtutis. [10] (in: Otto Vaenius, Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata (1612))

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A cupid is pulling the purse from the hands of an old woman

Covetousness; 'Avaritia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins [11N34]
(high) hill [25H113]
fighting [33B3]
purse, money-bag [41D267]
coin [46B311]
Squandering, Extravagance, Prodigality, Waste; 'Prodigalité' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [55C11(+4)]
Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupidité' (Ripa) (+ clothed) [55CC11(+113)]
Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupidité' (Ripa) (+ strife between concepts) [55CC11(+22)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ strife between concepts) [56F2(+22)]
Hate; 'Odio capitale' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56FF2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(AMANS SE SUAQUE PRODIGIT)]
Cupid struggling with or tormenting other persons, abstract concepts, (fabulous) animals, etc. [92D142]

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Amans se suaque prodigit [103]

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