VOLVPTATVM VSVRÆ, MORBI ET MISERIÆ.

Lib. 1.
Epist. 2.
Sperne voluptates, nocet emta dolore voluptas.

Seneca
Epist. 39.
Epist. 52.
Indurandus est animus, & à blandimentis voluptatum procul abstrahendus.
Quidam se voluptatibus immergunt, quibus in consuetudinem adductis, carere
non possunt, & ob hoc miserrimi sunt. Nam si voluptati cesserint, cedendum est
dolori.

Seneca.
Thyeft.
act. 3.
Nulla sors longa est, dolor ac voluptas
Inuicem cedunt: breuior voluptas.

Plaut.
Amphitr.
Pænitentia dolórque voluptate comparantur:
Ita Diis placitum, voluptati vt mœror comes consequatur.

Iuuenal.
Sat. 10.
- sed quæ præclara, & prospera tanti,
Vt rebus lætis par sit mensura malorum?

La alegre, y dulce vida
Consiste, dizen sabios,
En no rendir al vicio el alma en nada,
Y la loca, y perdida,
En no cerrar los labios
Al agua, al vil deleyte consagrada,
Conque viene encañada
La pobreza, y laceria,
Con las enfermedades
De todas las edades,
Y vn mapa en fin de toda la miseria:
Guardate amigo della,
Que tarde buelue en si, quien dà en beuella.

Wilt van de quade wellust vluchten /
Want langh bedroeft haer korte vreucht /
Haer woecker is een deerlijck suchten /
Seer dier becooptmen haer gheneucht:
Gheen vreucht staet vast om op te bouwen:
Ghelijck d'een baer' na d'ander vloeyt /
Na wellust droefheyt haestich groeyt /
Die langher duert met swaer berouwen.

Sprezza il piacer, che comprasi con doglia,
Se vuoi gioir, & inuolarti al pianto,
Verace gioia haurai, che mai s'addoglia
A sprezzar il diletto amaro tanto;
Cede al dolor la mal auezza voglia
Se cessa il suo gioir, il riso, e il canto,
E non cessando aggraua il corpo, e more,
E per gioia sentir, sente dolore.

Qui s'abandonne à tout plaisir,
En fin sa vie despenciere
Le fera maladif gesir
O finir ses iours à l'hostiere.
Le mal n'est point retif:
La fortune meilleure
Se rechange en peu d'heure
Au sort le plus chetif.

L'argent se pert au ieu pour gaigner la misere,
Les banquets & le vin detruisent la santé,
Les lubriques desirs ternissent la beaute,
Tant est des voluptez la marchandise chere.

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parts of the face (with NAME) [31A22111(CHIN)]
arm stretched forward (+ indicating, pointing at) [31A2512(+931)]
gripping someone by the head [31A2544]
weeping [31B6214]
baring the head, lifting one's hat [33A11]
brothel [33C51]
whore, prostitute [33C52]
vestibule, hall [41A21]
table [41A711]
cover for table, etc. [41A713]
stool [41A7211]
bed [41A761]
carousal, drinking-bout, orgy [41C52]
mask [41D283]
family group, especially parents with their child(ren) (with NUMBER of children) [42B74(1)]
gaming den, gambling den [43B331]
dice [43C552]
one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple [43C92]
beggar [46A151]
lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo [48C7323]
one person playing string instrument (plucked) [48C7522]
physician, doctor [49G1]
visiting the sick; sick person together with others [49G211]
examination of urine [49G311]
Poverty; 'Poverté', 'Poverté del doni', 'Poverté in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (Ripa) [55BB1]
Licentiousness, Lasciviousness; 'Lascivia', 'Licenza' (Ripa) [57AA51]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(VOLUPTATUM USURAE, MORBI ET MISERIAE)]

Voluptatum usuræ, morbi et miseriæ. [16]

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