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PAVPERTATE PREMOR SUBLEUOR INGENIO

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https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/298337

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https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.45393
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English translation above the image states: 'My Wit got Wings, and, high had flowne; But, Povertie did keepe mee downe'. Illustration 152 in A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine: and disposed into lotteries, that instruction, and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation : the first-[fourth] booke / by George Wither. Page 176.

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Ingenuity: Ingenio, Ingenuity: Wit, Flight, Poverty

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University of Illinois, via Hathi Trust Digital Library

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Ingenious Images: A Catalogue of the Visual Culture of Early Modern Ingenuity