Note 129 — Chapter VI · CLASSIFICATION OF THE CORRESPONDENCIES AND PARALLELISMS OF SHAKESPEARE WITH EMBLEM WRITERS. (continued 2)
Reading edition
To the device of the Sirens, Camerarius, Ex Aquatilibus (ed. 1604, leaf 64), affixes the motto, “Mortem dabit ipsa volvptas,”—Pleasure itself will give death,—and with several references to ancient authors adds the couplet,—
“Dulcisono mulcent Sirenes æthera cantu:
Tu fuge, ne pereas, callida monstra maris.”
i.e.
“With sweet sounding song the Sirens smooth the breeze:
Flee, lest thou perish, the crafty monsters of the seas.”