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Et cum fortuna státque caditque fides [68]


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Ovid. Et cum fortuna státque caditque fides.
Cicero.
Non solum ipsa fortuna cæca est: sed etiam plerumque cæ-
cos efficit quos complexa est: adeo ut spernant amores ve-
teres, ac indulgeant novis.

Fortuyn verblindt.
Somtijdts zal de fortuyn de Liefde wel verblinden
En stellen wanckelbaer op eenen ronden kloot:
Het minnen wel verkout, 't zy door gheluck of noodt,
Maer in oprechte Liefd' fortuyn gheen plaets zal vinden.

Fortune aveugle l'Amour.
La fortune a l'Amour quelquefois les yeux bande,
Et mobile le met sur son globe tout rond;
Car au chaud d'un malheur l'Amour leger se fond,
Mais en l'Amour loyal, deffaut sa force grande.


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    Blindfolded Fortune is tying a blindfold over the eyes of a cupid who is standing on a globe upon which she rests one foot

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