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Et hec est victoria que vicit [6]


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T'onwanckel vast Gheloof passeert en heeft victorij,
Over de werelt, en haer valsch gepronckte Glorij.
T'onmachtich ongeloof vol boosheijts overvloet
treet sij grootmoedichlijck verwonnen onder voet.
Sij isser boven op! gheen aenloop mach haer quellen
Van werelt, Duijvel, vlees, noch vrese vander hellen.
Die door t' Geloof an Crist, dan Lofflijck triompheert
Is Recht gheluckich. want niet isser dat hem deert. translation

Ceste foy haute & surpassant le Monde
Est pour monstrer, qu'elle est victorieuse
Sus iceluy, quoy qu'en malice abonde.
Ie say que c'est chose fort ennuyeuse
Que suporter la rage furieuse
Du monde ingrat, Satan & nostre chair:
Mais puis que foy en a victoire heureuse
(Par Iesus Christ) rien ne nous doit facher. translation

ET HEC EST VICTORIA QVE VICIT1translation

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Solus homo aduerso pugnabat fortiter hosti,
Sed non eualuit vincere, fixus humo.
Tum medios sese iniecit Seruator in hostes,
Victricem tollens sidera ad vsque Fidem. translation

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Translations

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And this is the victory that overcometh.
Alone man fought bravely with the enemy turned against him.
But he could not win, as he was fixed to the ground.
The Saviour threw himself among the enemies,
Raising victorious Faith unto the stars.


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Literature

  1. Mentioned in: Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 44

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A column with wings on top of a globe that is covered in dust, symbolizing vainglory and sin

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Notes

1
The elliptic dots in the title, as it is an incomplete sentence (add: the world) from 1. John 5,4.