Ferisca pur che coroni
Let it hurt, as long as it crowns/surrounds.
“Suffering in pain in the hope of receiving a reward from God. Pebbles falling into the pond, forming various shapes.” – Jakob Bosch aka Boschius, Symbolographia sive de arte symbolica, 1702, class 2, emblem CDLXVI 466.
Quae turbavere coronant
Those who have disturbed then crown/surround.
“They bring glory. Pebbles falling into the pond, forming various shapes.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, class 3, C 100.
Minimis qua pura moventus lapsibus
With the smallest of pure movements.
“Mouldable. A pebble falling into a fountain or pond.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, class 1, LXXXVIII 88.
Quantum isti tantum ille
As much as this, as much as that.
“The same falls into baskets of different sizes.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, class 1, CLXX 170.
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