EST SIMVLARE MEVM.

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Laruatus licèt incedo, copertus & ora,
Non est quod metuas, cara puella, dolos.
Sum tibi syncerus, populo fucatus ; Amoris
Garrula ne nostrum lingua reuelet opus.

Dißimulation is loues wisdome.

Not to deceaue his loue doth loue the visard use,
Altogh disguys’d hee seem his mistris need not feare,
It is those to deceaue, that secret malice beare,
Thereby to be secure from euill tounges abuse.

Simulato, e nascosto.

Celi l’amante l’inuido sou foco,
Solo scuopri al’amata vn cor discreto,
Più securo è l’Amor, che và secreto,
Che al biasmo, & al’inuidia non dà loco.

Gheueynstheyt Liefdes wijsheyt.

U te bedrieghen lief quam noyt in mijn ghepeynsen/
Hoe wel ick ben vermomt/ en zijt doch niet veruaert/
’t Is om de nijders wil en tonghen valsch van aert.
Een minnaer wel bedacht moet voor de lieden veynsen.

Il se faut feindre.

Ie ne te veux tromper, ma Dame, n’ayes crainte,
Encore que masqué, ie suis loyal & rond;
Pour couurir nos amour ie desguise mon front,
Et pour les rendre seurs de l’enuieuse attainte.

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Simuleren past bij mij.

Simulation suits me.

Al loop ik gemaskerd rond en met mijn gezicht bedekt, toch hoef je, lief meisje, niet bang te zijn voor listen. Ik ben tegenover jou oprecht, tegenover het volk geveinsd, om te voorkomen dat Amors babbelzieke tong mijn werk verraadt.

Although I go masked and have my face covered, you need not to fear cunning schemes, dear girl. To you I am sincere, to the people I simulate, that Amor's quarrelsome tongue will not betray my work.

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Literature

Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 1319
Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 46
Buschhoff, Liebesemblematik [...], p. 119

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Sources and parallels

Est simulare meum [58] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Provides background for: Deur valsch [20] (in: Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft, Emblemata amatoria (1611)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and the Latin and French motto in: Un Amour tenant un masque devant ses yeux (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Un Amour tenant un masque devant ses yeux (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Deur valsch [20] (in: Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft, Emblemata amatoria (1611))
Est simulare meum [58] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid looking sideways while holding a mask in front of his face

rocks [25H112]
river [25H213]
hand(s) bent towards the head (+ holding something) [31A2531(+933)]
mask [41D283]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
road, path [46C11]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
Frankness, Loyalty; 'Lealté', 'Realté' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57A611(+4)]
Dissimulation, Hypocrisy; 'Hippocresia', 'Simulatione' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept) [57AA611(+3)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(EST SIMULARE MEUM)]
specific aspects of Cupid [92D17]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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