Vitaulium: Hofwyck en Spaansche Wijsheit by Constantijn Huygens
Vitaulium: Hofwyck en Spaansche Wijsheit by Constantijn Huygens
Elck die uw hooft bemickt, treft sijnen Doele niet;
Het is altijds geen lap wanneer de Schutter schiet,
Nochtans, wanneer der[1] prijs met schieten is te winnen,
Sijn s' altemael te been, die roer of boogh beminnen,
En hoopt oock d' alderminst 't geluck van eene schoot,
Door een beleefde pijl of door een gunstigh loodt.
So waegh ick mee een kans, en vlam op het Compeerschap
Meer als op 't beste glas van sulcken braeven Heerschap,
Die met een Fenix-pen, wanneer hy 't sich bepijnt,
De Son beschrijven kan veel schoonder als hy schijnt[2].
Maer weer soo waegh ick 't niet. Hoe raeck ick dat te vort[3] is?
Hoe reyck ick aen een spits, daer mijnen arm te kort is?
Hoe werd een rappen haes gevangen van een Koe?
Hoe vlieght een lamme gans tot aen den Hemel toe?
Wat maeckt een blinderick[4] in winckelen en hoecken,
Daer 't voor een Arentsoogh is duyster om te soecken?
Wat vind Tiresias[5] daer Argus[6] is van noo?
Noch waeg' ick 't evenwel: een vryer al te bloo
Besliep noyt schoone vrouw; die 't gunstigh uyr liet deurgaen
Als sy wel willen souw, moet naemaels voor de deur staen:
"Mijn vrind! ick ken u niet, goen avond en goe nacht,
Ghy hebt het luck versuymt dat u heeft toegelacht".
Dien de Fortuyn verschijnt, die grijpse by de vlechten;
Voor isser vatten aen, 't is naemaels niet te rechten
Soo ghyse glippen laet; want achter isse kael,
Daer heeftse tuyt[7] noch haer; dies, vryers altemael!
Past op het vinck-slagh wel, en laet geen tijd verlooren.
So een geluckigh uyr u heden werd gebooren,
So wacht tot morgen niet; wanneer het visje bijt,
So slaet den[8] hengelaer, of anders is hy 't quijt.
Soo waegh ick dan uw naem, die soo langh sonder naem staet,
Men oordeel of men dus het nut en 't soet te saem raedt:
Een halve kap, een lap van pluys of van fluweel
Bedeckt voor locht en kouw het teere Vrouwen-scheel[9]
Van 't voorhooft tot de kruyn, en wie kan sich beroemen,
Dat hy die kap, die lap, met sijnen naem kan noemen?
Nochtans krijght hy een naem waer aen hem yeder kent,
En echter yeder seyt: "Ick weet niet wat je bent".
Dit is u bey gemeyn; dies segh ick sonder wachten
(Men magh het nemen aen of vryelick verachten):
Die op het uytterlick alleen sijn oogen wend,
Vind tusschen u meer scheels[10] als tusschen Koe en End;
Maer soo men meer op reen als nae 't fatsoen en stof kijck,
Sijt ghy JE-NE-SCAY-QUOY van het Kasteel van HOFWIJCK.
Noten:
[1] er [2] In zijn Voorhout,
[3] Voor verde, ver.
[4] blinde (verg. dommerik).
[5] De blinde waarzegger.
[6] De honderdoogige wachter.
[7] haarvlecht.
[8] de.
[9] hoofd, schedel.
[10] verschils.
Elliana, the unfavored "ugly duckling" of her family, was humiliated by her stepsister, Paige, who everyone admired. Paige, engaged to the CEO Cole, was the perfect woman-until Cole married Elliana on the day of the wedding. Shocked, everyone wondered why he chose the "ugly" woman. As they waited for her to be cast aside, Elliana stunned everyone by revealing her true identity: a miracle healer, financial mogul, appraisal prodigy, and AI genius. When her mistreatment became known, Cole revealed Elliana's stunning, makeup-free photo, sending shockwaves through the media. "My wife doesn't need anyone's approval."
A year into the marriage, Thea rushed home with radiant happiness-she was pregnant. Jerred barely glanced up. "She's back." The woman he'd never let go had returned, and he forgot he was a husband, spending every night at her hospital bed. Thea forced a smile. "Let's divorce." He snapped, "You're jealous of someone who's dying?" Because the woman was terminal, he excused every jab and made Thea endure. When love went cold, she left the papers and stormed off. He locked down the city and caught her at the airport, eyes red, dropping to his knees. "Honey, where are you going with our child?"
Corinne devoted three years of her life to her boyfriend, only for it to all go to waste. He saw her as nothing more than a country bumpkin and left her at the altar to be with his true love. After getting jilted, Corinne reclaimed her identity as the granddaughter of the town's richest man, inherited a billion-dollar fortune, and ultimately rose to the top. But her success attracted the envy of others, and people constantly tried to bring her down. As she dealt with these troublemakers one by one, Mr. Hopkins, notorious for his ruthlessness, stood by and cheered her on. "Way to go, honey!"
Five years into marriage, Hannah caught Vincent slipping into a hotel with his first love-the woman he never forgot. The sight told her everything-he'd married her only for her resemblance to his true love. Hurt, she conned him into signing the divorce papers and, a month later, said, "Vincent, I'm done. May you two stay chained together." Red-eyed, he hugged her. "You came after me first." Her firm soon rocketed toward an IPO. At the launch, Vincent watched her clasp another man's hand. In the fitting room, he cornered her, tears burning in his eyes. "Is he really that perfect? Hannah, I'm sorry... marry me again."
Brenna lived with her adoptive parents for twenty years, enduring their exploitation. When their real daughter appeared, they sent Brenna back to her true parents, thinking they were broke. In reality, her birth parents belonged to a top circle that her adoptive family could never reach. Hoping Brenna would fail, they gasped at her status: a global finance expert, a gifted engineer, the fastest racer... Was there any end to the identities she kept hidden? After her fiancé ended their engagement, Brenna met his twin brother. Unexpectedly, her ex-fiancé showed up, confessing his love...
At their wedding night, Kayla caught her brand-new husband cheating. Reeling and half-drunk, she staggered into the wrong suite and collapsed into a stranger's arms. Sunrise brought a pounding head-and the discovery she was pregnant. The father? A supremely powerful tycoon who happened to be her husband's ruthless uncle. Panicked, she tried to run, but he barred the door with a faint, dangerous smile. When the cheating ex begged, Kayla lifted her chin and declared, "Want a second chance at us? Ask your uncle." The tycoon pulled her close. "She's my wife now." The ex gasped, "What!?"
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