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Negare jussi, pernegare non jussi [52]
Negare jussi, pernegare non jussi.
Cedere non subito suadent sexúsque pudórque;
Sed modus in cunctis optimus est habitu:
Est cum difficilem quæ sese præbuit olim,
Ingemit, & nimium lenta fuisse dolet.
Sed modus in cunctis optimus est habitu:
Est cum difficilem quæ sese præbuit olim,
Ingemit, & nimium lenta fuisse dolet.
Het weygh'ren altemet de dochters staet zeer eerlick.
Maer seecker al te veel, ick hier te prysen laet:
Want die gheboden dienst en trouwicheyt versmaet,
Is wel na dienst en trou, alst is te spaey, begheerlick.
Maer seecker al te veel, ick hier te prysen laet:
Want die gheboden dienst en trouwicheyt versmaet,
Is wel na dienst en trou, alst is te spaey, begheerlick.
Tel refuse, qui apres muse.
Voicy l'Amour feru qui son humble requeste
Presente avec sa foy, a l'autre qui le fuit:
Mais aussi a son tour il sera esconduit,
Et cherchera en vain ce qu' ores il rejette.
Presente avec sa foy, a l'autre qui le fuit:
Mais aussi a son tour il sera esconduit,
Et cherchera en vain ce qu' ores il rejette.
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Modelled after: Negare iussi, pernegare non iussi [90] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
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- Negare iussi, pernegare non iussi [90] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
Iconclass
A cupid offers a basket, with two hands shaking, to another cupid who refuses and walks away- groups of trees
[25G11]
- (high) hill
[25H113]
- dale, valley
[25H12]
- landscape with tower or castle
[25I5]
- sitting on the ground
[31A2351]
- violent death by arrow(s) - EE - death not certain; wounded person
[31EE23461]
- shaking hands, 'dextrarum junctio'
[33A12]
- gifts being refused
[33A49]
- flight, running away; pursuing
[33B9]
- awakening love
[33C218]
- unsuccessful love affair; seduction
[33C219]
- lovesick lover
[33C971]
- container made of plant material other than wood: basket
[41A7751]
- archer's weapons: arrow
[45C15(ARROW)]
- quiver
[45C23]
- Acceptance (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[53B1(+4)]
- Rejection (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[53BB1(+4)]
- Unrequited Love (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[56FF22(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(NEGARE IUSSI, PERNEGARE NON IUSSI)]
- other non-aggressive activities of Cupid
[92D156]
- suffering, misfortune of Cupid
[92D16]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(ARROW)]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(QUIVER)]
- companions of Cupid
[92D191]