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Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/3357

1652 or 1653

Epigram suggesting that the voice of Philomel, the nightingale, may bring more misfortune in love than that of the cuckoo; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3358

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INDEX/BCMSV/3358

1651

Attempt to reassure a love-sick shepherd who, hoping for a sign that his fidelity will be rewarded, hears a cuckoo (normally a sign of cuckoldry or unfaithfulness) rather than a nightingale (a sign of happiness)

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INDEX/BCMSV/3359

1652 or 1653

Epigram on his preference in love for rural rather than urban women; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3360

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INDEX/BCMSV/3360

1651

Suggesting it is better to love and marry a poor woman than a rich one, since she will be easier to master

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INDEX/BCMSV/3361

1652 or 1653

Epigram commending the quiet restfulness and peace of rural life; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3362

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INDEX/BCMSV/3362

1651

Romanticized account of the innocent purity and wholesome happiness of life in the country in contrast to the squalor and rush of city life

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INDEX/BCMSV/3363

1652 or 1653

Epigram advising a woman to allow herself to be won in love, since even tigers are tamed eventually; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3364

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INDEX/BCMSV/3364

1651

Pastoral love poem in which a shepherd who has been treated with disdain resolves never more to love a shepherdess

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INDEX/BCMSV/3365

1652 or 1653

Epigram on how poverty brings with it social effects as well as hardship; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3366

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INDEX/BCMSV/3366

1651

Pastoral dialogue between two shepherds, one of whom is fortunate in love, while the other has lost his beloved to a richer man; arguing that wealth is stronger than fidelity

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INDEX/BCMSV/3367

1652 or 1653

Epigram on the transitory nature of human happiness; beneath pen drawing, both introducing the theme of BCMSV 3368

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/3368

1651

Warning a male friend of the inconstancy in love of the woman who now pretends to love him