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Festina lente [32]


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Festina lente.
Exemplo assidui tibi sit testudo laboris,
Quæ leporem vicit, semper eundo, vagum.
Semper amans amat, & tandem potietur amata:
Non bene amat, quisquis non amat assidue.

Volherden verwint.
De schilt-padt 't wedtspel wan, dat zy veel eer cloeckdadigh
Zou comen dan den haes' tot sek're plaets: met vlijt
De schiltpadt altijdt gingh, den haes' hiel op somtijdt.
Die jagher vanght het wilt, de welcke loopt ghestadigh.

Continuer fait gainer.
La tortue gageant de gaigner la vistesse
Du lievre, pas a pas a le devant gaigné,
Marchant tousiours avant; le lievre a sejourné.
Celuy gaigne en l'Amour, qui le poursuit sans cesse.


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