Quæ ſi cuncta uelim tenui percurrere uerſu,
Ante alium reuehat Memnonis ora diem.
Ante alium reuehat Memnonis ora diem.
Poſtremus labor eſt, concretos diſcereſuccos,
Quos fert innumeris Teutona terra locis.
Quos fert innumeris Teutona terra locis.
Quo ſal, quo nitrum, quo pacto fiat alumen,
Vſibus artiſicis cùm parat illa manus:
Vſibus artiſicis cùm parat illa manus:
Necnon chalcantum, ſulfur, fluidumque bitumen,
Maſſa〈qué〉 quo uitri lenta dolanda modo.
Maſſa〈qué〉 quo uitri lenta dolanda modo.
Suſcipit hæc hominum mirandos cura labores,
Pauperiem uſqueadeo ferre famem〈qué〉 graue eſt,
Pauperiem uſqueadeo ferre famem〈qué〉 graue eſt,
Tantus amor uictum paruis extundere natis,
Et patriæ ciuem non dare uelle malum.
Et patriæ ciuem non dare uelle malum.
Nec manet in terræ foſſoris merſa latebris
Mens, ſed fert domino uota preces〈qué〉 Deo.
Mens, ſed fert domino uota preces〈qué〉 Deo.
Munificæ expectat, ſpe plenus, munera dextræ,
Extollens animum lætus ad aſtra ſuum.
Extollens animum lætus ad aſtra ſuum.
Diuitias CHRISTVS dat noticiam〈qué〉 fruendi,
Cui memori grates pectore ſemper agit.
Cui memori grates pectore ſemper agit.
Hoc quoque laudati quondam fecere Philippi,
Qui uirtutis habent cum pietate decus.
Qui uirtutis habent cum pietate decus.
Huc oculos, huc flecte animum, ſuauiſſime Lector,
Auctorem〈qué〉 pia noſcito mente Deum.
Auctorem〈qué〉 pia noſcito mente Deum.
AGRICOLAE hinc optans operoſo fauſta labori,
Laudibus eximij candidus eſto uiri.
Laudibus eximij candidus eſto uiri.
Ille ſuum extollit patriæ cum nomine nomen,
Et uir in ore frequens poſteritatis erit.
Et uir in ore frequens poſteritatis erit.
Cuncta cadunt letho, ſtudij monumenta uigebunt,
Purpurei doneclumina ſolis erunt.
Purpurei doneclumina ſolis erunt.
Miſenæ M. D. LI.
èludo illuſtri.
For completeness' sake we reproduce in the original Latin the laudation of
Agricola
by his friend, Georgius Fabricius, a leading scholar of his time. It has but little intrinsic
value for it is not poetry of a very high order, and to make it acceptable English would require
certain improvements, for which only poets have license. A “free” translation of the last
few lines indicates its complimentary character:—
by his friend, Georgius Fabricius, a leading scholar of his time. It has but little intrinsic
value for it is not poetry of a very high order, and to make it acceptable English would require
certain improvements, for which only poets have license. A “free” translation of the last
few lines indicates its complimentary character:—
“He doth raise his country's fame with his own
And in the mouths of nations yet unborn
His praises shall be sung; Death comes to all
But great achievements raise a monument
Which shall endure until the sun grows cold.”
And in the mouths of nations yet unborn
His praises shall be sung; Death comes to all
But great achievements raise a monument
Which shall endure until the sun grows cold.”
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