Emblems: object in a vice and a rusted sword
Red-chalk devices on justice, disuse, and weeding
This inverted red-chalk page continues the emblem series. A twisted object clamped in a vice illustrates that 'every wrong is set straight', while a sword eaten away by rust stands for the harm of disuse. A closing note urges pulling out the couch-grass so that the good herbs may grow.
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Twisted object in a vice
A contorted object gripped in a vice illustrates the motto 'Every wrong is set straight.'
The rust-eaten sword
A sword worn away by rust carries the motto 'For want of use', followed by the injunction to pluck out the couch-grass so that the good herbs may grow.