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Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/3345

1652 or 1653

Epigram claiming to be impervious to love; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3346

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/3346

1651

On his resistance to falling in love (although he would like to), always finding some fault in any likely woman, but claiming that this at least saves him from being deceived or cuckolded

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INDEX/BCMSV/3347

1652 or 1653

Epigram giving reassurance that sickness caused by love is not fatal; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3348

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INDEX/BCMSV/3348

1651

Argues that love cannot kill, only perhaps make him sick, since he loves only those who are kind, making him safe from the danger of a woman's scorn

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INDEX/BCMSV/3349

1652 or 1653

Epigram on the impossibility of engraving a face on a heart; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3350

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INDEX/BCMSV/3350

1651

On his inconstancy in love, since his heart is like a mirror, only able to hold an image in the presence of the woman

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/3351

1652 or 1653

Epigram on love as something to be given, not taken by force; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3352

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INDEX/BCMSV/3352

1651

On love as something to be given willingly to a kind woman, not taken by force

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INDEX/BCMSV/3353

1652 or 1653

Epigram on the ease with which it is possible to enter and leave his heart, or his love, as in a house with no doors; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3354

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INDEX/BCMSV/3354

1651

Arguing that his honest declarations of inconstancy in love are preferable to the false claims of eternal fidelity made by others

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INDEX/BCMSV/3355

1652 or 1653

Epigram advising against mocking others for possessing cuckold's horns, since few men are not deceived in love; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3356

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INDEX/BCMSV/3356

1651

On his wish to delay marriage in order to avoid being deceived or made a cuckold too soon, realizing it is unavoidable but comforting himself that he can create many cuckolds but only ever be one himself