3. Dum colo fœminam, hoc fio.

3. Dum colo fœminam, hoc fio.
Mijn wijsheyt, mijn verstandt, is minder als twee oogen,
Daer werd' ick van geleyt: mijn hert, mijn groot gemoet,
Mijn mannelick gewelt, en kan sich niet vertoogen,
Als ghy my, o Ionckvrou, de swaeren strijdt aendoet.
Ick worde als ghy sijt. ick geef u lijf en sinnen,
Ick volge naer u doen. Godin, daer ick op bou,
Ick kom u soo na by, dat ick begin te spinnen,
En daer ick was een man, daer ben ick nu een vrou.

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Hercules spinning:Amor addocet artes [42] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)) [Compare]

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Amor addocet artes [42] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))

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Cupid is spinning, seated in a room with a lady

sitting figure [31A235]
sitting figure - AA - female human figure [31AA235]
adult woman [31D15]
interior of the house [41A2]
closed window [41A3321]
window shutters [41A333]
chair [41A721]
stool [41A7211]
candlestick [41B313]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
bourgeoisie, middle class, citizens, burghers [46A131]
spinning-wheel (+ children (labourers)) [47H313(+23)]
Imitation; 'Imitatione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [51B6(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(DUM COLO FOEMINAM, HOC FIO)]
(story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) [92D1]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

Dum colo fœminam, hoc fio. [3]

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