AMARE VOLO, POTIRI NOLO.

[No source given]
Stulte quid assiduo tua membra labore fatigas?
En tibi, quam sequeris, præda supina iacet.
Quàm stultum est in Amore suam consumere vitam,
Et numquam caro pignore velle frui?

Onlie for the chase.

Loue somtyme doth delight to hold his hunting race,
And hauing hit the deer that first hee lyked best,
Some other doth pursue and let the former rest,
Not seeking for to haue, but onlie for to chace.

Solamente per la caccia.

Molti amanti l’amata procacciando,
Fanno come l’arcier che fere caccia,
Fatta vna preda, segue vn’ altra traccia,
Non per gioir, ma per andar cacciando.

Alleen om ’t iaghen.

Het hert/ ’t welck heeft gheuaen Cupido licht van zeden/
Hy voorts niet meer en acht/ maer spoort heel ongherust
Na ’t gheen in ’t wilde loopt: alleen uyt vrijens lust
En niet om liefs gheniet, vrijt menigh iongh-man heden.

Seulement pour la chasse.

De mesme maint amant sa maistresse pourchasse,
Comme fait cest archer, lequel n’estime pas
La biche qu’il à prins, ains fait d’vne autre cas,
Non pas pour en iouir, mais desirant la chasse.

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Ik wil iefhebben, niet vangen.

I want to love, not to catch.

w Dwaas, waarom vermoei je je leden met onafgebroken inspanning? Kijk, de prooi waar jij op jaagt, ligt voor je op zijn rug. Hoe dwaas is het zijn leven in liefde te verspillen en nooit te willen genieten van zijn lieve lieveling?

Fool, why do you fatigue your body by constant labour? Look, the prey you are chasing, lies on his back. How foolish it is to consume his life in love and never want to enjoy his dear darling!

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Literature

Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 48

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Sources and parallels

Amare volo, potiri nolo [65] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Ayres, Emblemata amatoria, embl. 26
Same motto, pictura slightly modified: Amare volo, potiri nolo. [26] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored); French motto the same, Latin motto almost the same.Un Amour à la chasse des Bêtes à cornes (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Amare volo, potiri nolo. [26] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
Un Amour à la chasse des Bêtes à cornes (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Amare volo, potiri nolo [65] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid chasing a deer with bow and arrow; a deer hit by an arrow lying in the foreground

hoofed animals: deer (+ animals used symbolically) [25F24(DEER)(+1)]
hoofed animals: deer (+ running animal) [25F24(DEER)(+5212)]
hoofed animals: deer (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal) [25F24(DEER)(+63)]
low hill country [25H114]
running [31A27112]
stag-hunting [43C111241]
hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt') [43C1142]
archer's weapons: arrow (+ handling of weapons) [45C15(ARROW)(+63)]
archer's weapons: bow (+ handling of weapons) [45C15(BOW)(+63)]
quiver [45C23]
Satisfaction, Contentment; 'Contento' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56B3(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(AMARE VOLO, POTIRI NOLO)]
Cupid shooting a dart [92D1521]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(ARROW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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