Hoe opgheblasen ghij de Weerelt wilt verdrucken
Gheweldighe Tyran, ten sal v niet ghelucken.
Int midden van v lust, alst wel gaet na v sin
Sal D'onverwachte Doot heijmelijck sluijpen in
Snijden u Leeven af. Ghij grooten sijt ghedachtich
Dat een veel grooter heer, u allen is te machtich
Die u voornemen Weet, en Crachticht wederstreeft
En aen Den sijnen Soo, sijn hulp te kennen gheeft.

Cest homme fort prend tout son passetemps,
Et met sa force à ce monde presser.
La mort le trompe, & coupe auant le temps
Tous ses cordeaux, luy faisant tout laisser.
Princes & Rois ont bien dequoy penser
Qu'un roy tresfort & tresiuste est leur maistre,
Qui sait & peut leurs desseins renuerser,
Et son secours aux siens faire cognoistre.

19b ↓

SI DOMINVS VOLVERIT¹

xix.
Gestit eques, pressans armis crudelibus Orbem:
Sed Mors audentem præpedit, vlta nefas .
Sic funesta truci vanescunt vota tyranno,
Opposita sæuit cùm Deus ipse manu.

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If the Lord may decide.

The knight throws his weight about, pressing down the world with cruel arms.
But death stopped his audacity and took revenge on his abominable deeds.
So the deadly pledges come to nothing for the harsh tyrant,
When God himself raises His hand against him in rage.

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Mentioned in: Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 1427

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The horse of a tyrant pulls the world, stuck in a press, with a rope; Death blows a trumpet and raises a sword

temple, shrine ~ non-Christian religions [12B61]
globe [25A13]
(high) hill [25H113]
Death as skeleton (+ Death with musical instrument) [31F26(+5)]
killing ~ aggressive relationships [33B6]
head-gear (with NAME) (+ men's clothes) [41D221(TURBAN)(+81)]
dictatorial government, tyranny; 'Tirannide' (Ripa) [44B09]
tyrant, dictator [44B119]
sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty) [44B192]
bad government [44B62]
hacking and thrusting weapons: sword [45C13(SWORD)]
riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman (+ animal(s) pulling, drawing something) [46C131(+75247)]
horse (+ animal looking over the shoulder) [46C13141(+7547)]
pressing (industrial process) [47C521]
tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: press [47D8(PRESS)]
tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope [47D8(ROPE)]
tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope (+ displacing, removing ~ industrial processes) [47D8(ROPE)(+52)]
horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba [48C7352]
one person playing wind instrument - CC - out of doors [48CC7525]
Arrogance; 'Arroganza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57AA644(+4)]
inscription [49L8]
Punishing Badness (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57BB131(+4)]
epistles of Paul to the Corinthians (with BOOK CHAPTER:VERSE) [73F412(1 Cor. 4:19)]
epistle of James [73F44(James 4:15)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(SI DOMINUS VOLUERIT)]

Si dominus volverit [19]

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