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

Emblem 190

A man is trying in vain to catch the bird he has inadvertently released

Verbum emissum non est reuocabileLatin

A word once spoken can not be recalled

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25F3(+53) birds (+ postures, positions of animal(s))
25H11 mountains
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape
31A2511 arm raised upward
31A2512(+934) arm stretched forward (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
31A27112 running
41A16 rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage
41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
41D267 purse, money-bag
43C1113(+0) bird hunting (+ variant)
45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword
52B5(+4) Rationality, Reasoning; 'Ratiocinatione o Discorso' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
52D4(+4) Prolixity, Verbosity, Loquacity; 'Loquacità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
86(VERBUM EMISSUM NON EST REVOCABILE) proverbs, sayings, etc. (VERBUM EMISSUM NON EST REVOCABILE)

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem190
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem190
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667