Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 159

A hunted stag, having escaped to the woods, gives its position away to the hunter and the dogs by the noise he makes when eating from a tree

Pro bono, malumLatin

Evil for good

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Notes and related emblems

Compare: Fae.117

Iconclass

25F24(STAG)(+621) hoofed animals: stag (+ animal(s) being hit, shot, caught)
25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
25H15 forest, wood
31A247 looking over the shoulder
31A2512 arm stretched forward
31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
31A2515 arm held downwards
31A2711 walking
31A534 beard
31AA2516(+933) arm or hand held in front of the body - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
31D14(+73) adult man (+ three persons)
34B11(+952) dog (+ movements of animal(s))
41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
43C11(+4112) hunting, chase (+ bow and arrow)
43C11(+421) hunting, chase (+ hunting with dogs)
43C111241 stag-hunting
43C114 hunter
45C12(CLUB) weapons for striking a blow: club
45C15(ARROW) archer's weapons: arrow
45C15(BOW) archer's weapons: bow
45C23 quiver
46C1215 carrying something on the head or on the shoulders
54A5(+4) Goodness; 'Bontà' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
54AA5(+4) Badness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
54E42(+4) Protection; 'Custodia', 'Difesa contra nimici, malefici & venefici', 'Difesa contra pericoli', 'Riparo da i tradimenti' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
57AA741(+4) Revenge, Requital, Retaliation; 'Vendetta' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
85(STAG BITTING BOUGHS) fables (STAG BITTING BOUGHS)
86(PRO BONO, MALUM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (PRO BONO, MALUM)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem159
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem159
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667