emere censuis- set in Sermone de Laude Cerei nota (b): lapsus videtur me- moria auctor apem formicis proverb. 6, 6. substituens; adinvenisset enim apud Italam post LXX. proferri exempla tum apis, tum formicae. (b) Sic in Codice. (c) Locus intricatus, profecto irrepsit mendum libr…

izes virginity or wisdom. In Solomon it is written: "Go to the bee and learn how industrious it is" (Proverbs 6:6). In a negative sense, the prophet mentions: "And the bee that is in Assyria" (Isaiah 7:18). And in Psalms: "They surrounded me like bees" (Psalm 118:12), referring t…

e to croak with empty chatter. Ant, the prudent or worker. In Solomon: Go to the ant, you sluggard. (Proverbs 6:6). Worm, Christ in the humility of assumed human nature. In the psalm: But I am a worm and not a man. (Psalm 22:7). Also in another part. In Isaiah: Their worm will no…