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

Emblem 160

A fox asks a boar why he is whetting his tusks since at present he has no enemies

In pace de belloLatin

Concerning war in peace

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25F24(BOAR)(+51) hoofed animals: boar (+ fighting animals; aggressive relations)
25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
25G3(+24) trees (+ root, tuber)
45A10 symbols, allegories of war; 'Guerra' (Ripa)
45A20 symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa)
25F23(FOX) beasts of prey, predatory animals: fox
45F0
85(FOX AND BOAR) fables (FOX AND BOAR)
86(IN PACE DE BELLO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (IN PACE DE BELLO)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem160
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem160
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667