THE BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN. original: "FONS PULCHER"

It tames wild beasts, it subdues monsters:

More fortunate than Hercules!

Those things he deprived of life, this fountain brings to life;

Those he broke with a club, this fountain rules

By flowing in gently.

By this stratagem,

It strengthened the Mainz Wheels,

original: "Rotas Moganas." This refers to the "Mainz Wheel," the heraldic symbol on the coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Mainz. Johann Philipp von Schönborn was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz.

So that they might turn well,

Which, because they were seized by storms,

Were almost overturned.

Truly, it is often worth more to be humane than to be strong,

Where there is greater glory

In conquering through love than through force.

Among the rest of the fountains, this exceptional quality belongs to

THE BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN,

That it does not only pour forth water,

With which the exhausted youth of the

EAGLE In medieval bestiaries, it was believed that an aging eagle could renew its youth by flying into the sun's heat and then plunging three times into a fresh fountain. Here, the eagle represents the Holy Roman Empire.

May be restored;

But it also drips oil,

With which it may anoint its sprouting feathers

For strength.

Not only are the Eagles washed in this Fountain

Renewed in youth:

But, because it has something in common with Fire,

THE BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN,

Even the dead within this Fountain,