CONSCIENTIA MILLE TESTES.

Lib. 1.
epist. 1.
- hic murus aheneus esto:
Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa.

Vir bonus de famæ præconio haudquaquam sollicitus, sua se conscientia oble-
ctat: murum aheneum vitijs obijcit.

Stobæus.
Ser. 24.
Interrogatus Bias, quænam res in vita metu careret? Bona conscientia, respondit.

Cicero. 6.
famil.
Vacare culpa, maximum est solatium.

Ouid. 4.
Fastor.
Conscia mens vt cuique sua est, ita concipit intra
Pectora, pro facto spemque metumque suo.
Conscia mens recti famæ mendacia ridet:
Sed nos in vitium credula turba sumus.

Plaut.
Captiuis.
Nihil est miserius, quàm animus hominis conscius.

Auson. in
Monosyll.
Qui recte faciet, non qui dominatur, erit Rex.

No teme el bueno el rigor,
Ni el examen de la fama,
Ni teme al murmurador,
Ni la embidia, que es la llama,
Conque se abrasa el honor.
Con su conciencia sincero
Se alegra, y pone de acero
Contra los vicios vn muro,
Que quiere morir seguro,
Y assi viue bien primero.

Den vromen mensch 'tloftuytigh smeecken
Niet acht / noch tghene dat de faem
Verbreyt tot schande van sijn naem
Onschuldigh sijnde van ghebreecken:
Sijn conscientie onbeuleckt
Hem voor een stalen muyr verstreckt /
Die hem van d'ondeught kan beurijden
Dat hy gherust blijft 'tallen tijden.

La bona conscienza è vn forte muro,
Che in van tenta spianar' il vitio immondo,
In questa come in valle è l'huom securo
E viue da per se lieto, e giocondo.
Ne li cal di giacer' in luogo oscuro,
Ne che la fama l'immortali al mondo,
Del rio romor la consapeuol mente
Si ride, ó le sue trombe mai non sente.

Peut se chaut vn homme de bien,
De ce que la trompe meschante
Du Renom, de sa vie chante,
Ne se sentant coulpable en rien.
La seule bonne conscience
Vaut plus que maint & maint tesmoing:
Et sert d'vn mur à l'Innocence,
Pour, en seurté, viure hors de soing.

Celuy qui porte au front la marque d'innocence,
Net en son cœur, & ferme ainsi qu' vn mur d'airain,
Ne paslit au conspect du bourreau inhumain,
Et le vers d'vn remord ne poind sa conscience.

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minerals and metals: iron (+ variant) [25D13(IRON)(+0)]
sitting on an elevation [31A2352]
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hands against each other [31A2523]
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