Horat.
NEMO ADEO FERVS EST, QVI NON MITESCERE POSSIT.

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En, strictum Martis manibus puer eripit ensem,
Et sua bellacem vincla subire iubet.
Nemo adeò ferus est, qui non mitescere discat,
Cùm sua trans fibras spicula iecit Amor.

Loue pacifyeth the wrathfull.

Cupid the swoord of Mars out of his hand can wring,
And soone aswage his wrath how furious so hee bee,
Loue can do more then stryf, by this effect wee see,
The sturdie and the stout loue doth to myldnes bring.

Di fero dolce.

Al fero Marte Amore toglie l’armi,
Vien facilmente vn cor di smalto molle,
Per vn dolce sorriso di quel folle,
l’Huom’ piu crudo vien dolce per suoi carmi.

Den grammen stilt hy.

Cupido ’y sweert van Mars ontweldight door sijn crachten,¹
En hem seer lichtelick sijn toorne stillen doet/
Sijn soet ghelach verwint sijn ouer-wreet ghemoedt.
Hoe straf een mensch’ oock zy/ de Liefde’ hem kan versachten.

Il dompte la colere.

De la dextre de Mars Amour oste les armes:
Aisement s’amollit vn courage felon,
Par vn mignard soubris de ce petit mignon.
l’Homme le plus cruel s’adoucit par ses charmes.

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Horatius, Epistulae 1, 1, 39.

Niemand is zo onbeschaafd, dat hij niet zachter zou kunnen worden.

Horatius, Epistulae 1, 1, 39.

Nobody is so savage that he can not be tamed.

[third line: Horatius, Epistulae 1, 1, 39].

Kijk, de jongen neemt Mars het getrokken zwaard uit handen en dwingt de houwdegen zich aan zijn ketenen te onderwerpen. Niemand is zo onbeschaafd dat hij niet zachter zou kunnen worden, wanneer Amor zijn pijlen in zijn innerlijk werpt.

[third line: Horatius, Epistulae 1, 1, 39].

Look, the boy takes the drawn sword out of the hands of Mars, and orders the martial man to submit to his chains. Nobody is so savage that he can not be tamed, when Amor throws his arrows through his entrails.

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Literature

Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 45

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Sources and parallels

Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and the French motto in: Un Mars en colére, dompté par l’Amour (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Un Mars en colére, dompté par l’Amour (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))

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Mars is hit in the chest by a cupid's arrow

low hill country [25H114]
violent death by weapon - EE - death not certain; wounded person [31EE2346]
hacking and thrusting weapons: sword [45C13(SWORD)]
protective weapons: shield [45C19(SHIELD)]
archer's weapons: arrow [45C15(ARROW)]
armour [45C22]
quiver [45C23]
Authority, Power; 'Dominio', 'Giurisdittione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [53C11(+4)]
Fury; 'Furore', 'Furore implacabile', 'Furore & Rabbia', 'Furore superbo & Indomito' (Ripa) (+ strife between concepts) [56E3(+22)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ strife between concepts) [56F2(+22)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(NEMO ADEO FERUS EST, QUI NON MITESCERE POSSIT)]
suffering, misfortune [92B46]
attributes of Mars (with NAME) [92B48(ARMOUR)]
attributes of Mars (with NAME) [92B48(SHIELD)]
attributes of Mars (with NAME) [92B48(SWORD)]
Cupid disarming the strong; the Power of Love [92D151]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

Nemo adeo ferus est, qui non mitescere possit [105]

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