discardingimages:Nature in her forge(Roman de la Rose vv. 15897-15905: ‘Nature, whose thoughts were
discardingimages:Nature in her forge(Roman de la Rose vv. 15897-15905: ‘Nature, whose thoughts were on the things enclosed beneath the sky, had entered her forge, where she was concentrating all her efforts upon the forging of individual creatures to continue the species. For individuals give such life to species that, however much death pursues them, she can never catch up with them.’ – transl. F. Horgan) Roman de la Rose, Bruges ca. 1490-1500BL, Harley 4425, fol. 140r -- source link