“Pavpertate premor subleuor ingenio” (I am brought down by poverty, and lifted up by natural inclination)

Muy querido/a lector/a: On this occasion, I am sending you a drawing that appears in another book of emblems entitled Selectorum emblematum ─'Selected emblems'─. The texts belong to the German poet Gabrielis Rollenhagi (1583-1619), and the engravings to Crispijn van de Passe and Jan Jansson (1588-1664). The title of this engraving is… …PAVPERTATE PREMOR SUBLEUOR INGENIO‘I am brought down by poverty, and lifted up by natural inclination’ …