Amicitia etiam poſt mortem durans.
Emblema clix.
Alciat, 1581.
The consociation in life is not forgotten; and though the supporting tree should die, the twining plant still grasps it round and adorns it with leaves and fruit.
Arentem ſenio, nudam quoque frondibus vlmum,
Complexa eſt viridi vitis opaca coma:
Agnoſcitq́₃que vices naturæ, & grata parenti
Officij; reddit mutua iura ſuo.