Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)
Table of contents ↑Primo delectat, mox urit [112]
Translations
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Eerst behaaglijk, dan verschroeiend. |
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First delightful, then scorching. |
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Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8, 2.
De vlam immers van de wrede liefde, eerst zwak, bekoort ons met de eerste gloed, maar oplaaiend door de koestering van de
gewoonte verschroeit zij de mensen geheel door onmatige hitte.
[vert. M.A. Schwartz. Amsterdam 1996, p. 133.] |
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Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8, 2.
Lovers are at first delighted by the flame of cruel love, when as it is small, until by continual feeding of it with the fuel
of use and wont, it glows and flames and altogether burns them up. [cf. tr. W. Adlington, Loeb, p. 347]. |
Sources and parallels
- Primo delectat, mox urit [59] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))
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Position of the sun related to love's intensity in: Hoe hoogher hoe heeter [18] (in: Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft, Emblemata amatoria (1611))
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Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, background less detailed) and for some mottoes (Latin, Italian, French) in: Un Amour regardant le Soleil levant (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Un Amour regardant le Soleil levant (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
- Hoe hoogher hoe heeter [18] (in: Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft, Emblemata amatoria (1611))
- Primo delectat, mox urit [59] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))