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In emblem 169, entitled, "One ought to fear even the tiniest creatures" (A minimis quoque timendum), Alciati writes: "The beetle wages war and provokes his enemy of his own accord; even though inferior in strength he surpasses her in cunning" (Bella gerit scarabeus, et hostem provocat ultro, Robore et inferior, consilio superat). back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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ANGELUS fortis Gabriel, ut hostem pellat antiquum, volitet ab alto, saepius templum veniat ad istud visere nostrum.
September 29: The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels bls 2008
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ANGELUS fortis Gabriel, ut hostem pellat antiquum, volitet ab alto, saepius templum veniat ad istud visere nostrum.
Archive 2008-09-01 bls 2008
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Olim hastâ valuisti in bello; nunc hanc sacram hastam vibrabis contra hostem animarum.
The White Devil 2007
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Olim hastâ valuisti in bello; nunc hanc sacram hastam vibrabis contra hostem animarum.
The White Devil 2007
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Maledicat illum sancta crux, quam Christus pro nostra salute hostem triumphans ascendit. os Maledicat illum sancta Dei genetrix et os perpetua Virgo Maria.
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Maledicat illum sancta crux, quam Christus pro nostra salute hostem triumphans ascendit. os Maledicat illum sancta Dei genetrix et os perpetua Virgo Maria.
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Planetarum coitio sub Scorpio Asterismo in nona coeli statione, quam Arabes religioni deputabant efficit Martinum Lutherum sacrilegum hereticum, Christianae religionis hostem acerrimum atque prophanum, ex horoscopi directione ad Martis coitum, religiosissimus obiit, ejus Anima scelestissima ad infernos navigavit — ab Alecto, Tisiphone & Megara flagellis igneis cruciata perenniter. —
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Illi autem de ciuitate pugnabant viriliter contra illos sagittis et machinis: [Argentum loco lapidum in hostem proiectum.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Planetarum coitio sub Scorpio Asterismo in nona coeli statione, quam Arabes religioni deputabant efficit Martinum Lutherum sacrilegum hereticum, Christianae religionis hostem acerrimum atque prophanum, ex horoscopi directione ad Martis coitum, religiosissimus obiit, ejus Anima scelestissima ad infernos navigavit — ab Alecto, Tisiphone & Megara flagellis igneis cruciata perenniter. —
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