E R A S M I
C O L L O QJJ I A SELECTA;
OR, THE
SELECT COLLOQUIES
OF
E R A S M U S :
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION,
AS LITERAL AS POSSIBLE.
tMStiirjlD FOR THE VSE OF BE6INKEXS !N THE ZjiTtN TONGUE.
By JOHN CLARK,
Author of ihc Efays on Education and Study.
FIRST WORCESTER EDITION.
Printed at WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS J
By ISAIAH THOMAS, Jun.
Sold by bim, and by Thomas c2? Andrew s, Bojhn;
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E R A S M I
COLLOQUIA SELECTA.
NAUFRAG1UM.
A. XTARRAS kor-
yirmda: eftifluc
navigare ? Deus prohib-
eat ne quidquam taleve-
n Ire t u n qk a m i n rsentem .
B. Imo quod meniora-
vWKclenus^iX merits lu-
fus praz his, qua nunc
audies.
A.Audiviplusgtfa
tis maloruni. Inhorref-
co te mem or ante i quafi
ipft interfim ptrlculo*
B. Imo, atli laborcs
Junt jucundi wz$Az.. Ea
/20c7r/z/j. I freinble^'/; 1 ///
>' danger.
Nay, ##/2 labors #/v plea fa at
tome. That W7£#/ fomething
happe?ied,\vhich rn a great biea-
Jure took away ihehopts of lafc
ty from the ma//e>\
What, I pray you ?
B. Era*
NAUFRACIUM.
B.Er» fullu/lris nox,
it q ui d am e naut is {lab at
in galea ; parn/tc vocant,
opinor; circumfpeBans,
ft viderat quavi terram.
Quctdam fpbgpra ignea
ccepit adfi/lere huic ; 7 a?
e 11 / r ifiijjim t/moflentura
nattiiji fi quando ignis
f// folitarius, jte/?'.* cum
gernim. -Vetuftas fr^
2^/// hos effe Caftorem et
Pollucern.
A. Quid illis cum
nautis, quorum zher fa-
il c q u e s , a //.<* r p ug i ] ?
B. vSic z>?y&/?2 <*// poe-
f is . Na uclei u s* q iii tzy^-
*Wtf/? clavo, inquit, So-
c\efna?n naut as compel-
lant fe rruuuo '0#r things ;
but ft is not fit that &/£ MJhould
be endangered for the lake {?/
jwftr box, otherwise we will
thro\* )•#& headlong *>?/canentesyi/^regina,
implorabant virginem
rnatrem^ appellantes earn
ftellam mans, reginam
&&li, dominam mundi,
portam falutis, ac blcrtlr
dientes illi multis aliis
titulis ,quos Jacroz li terse
nujquam tnbuunt Mi.
He falutes us. Friends, fays
he, the time exhorts that every
one commend himfeli to God,
and prepare h\mk\i for death.
Being afked by fome not un-
skilled in the Jailing bufinefs,
for how many hours he believed
he could maintain the /h?p, he
denied that he could' promife
any thing, but that he could not
above three hours.
This fpeech was 0ar^.y,\vorfhipped the lea, pour-
ing whatsoever oil ^r^ ^^zj,
into the waves, flattering it #0
other wife //taw we ufe to do an
angry prince.
What did they fay ? ■■
O mo ft merciful /?# / O
mod noble fea ! O mod rich
Jea ! grow mild, favt us. They
fung many things of this kind
to the deaf fez.
Ridiculous fuperflition !
what did others ?
Some did nothing elfe than
vomit, 7110 jl put up* vows.
There was there acertainF.ng-
lifhman, who promifed golden
mountains to the maid o\ Wal-
fingham, \\ he touched land a-
live. Others promifed viany
things to the wood of the cro/s 9
Which was in fuck a place, oth-
ers again to that which was in
fuch a place. The lame was
done as to the virgin Mary : who
reigns in maay i) laces f and ^ nifi ex-
prunas iocum.
A. Ridiculum ! qua/i
divi non habitant in ccc-
lis.
B. Erant qui prorrnV
terenty? fore Carthufia-
nos< Erat nnus qui
Ridiculous ! as though the
faints do not dwell in the heav-
ens.
There were who promifed
that they would be Carthujians.
There was one who promifed
polliceretur fe aditnr- that he zvould go to James, who.
urn Jacobum, qui habit- dwells at Compojteua, barefoot
at Compq/ie/l&i nuiispe- and head^ with his body only
dibus et capite, corpore covered with an iron coat of
tantum \ei\ojerrta Ion- mail, befides this : begging his
ca, ad hac emendicato meat*
cibo.
A. Nemo merninit Did nobody mention Chrift-
Chriftophori ? op her ?
B. Audivi unum non I heard one,r\o\. without {m\\ m
fine rifu, qui clara voce, ing,who with a clear voice, left
nznon ex a u diretu r, p o 1 - he Jli aula not he hea rd prom i fe d
Jiceretur Chrifiophoro, Chrijlo pher jabo is at Paris, en
qui ^y? Lutetian injum- the top of a church, a mountain
»w temple, mens verius more truly than lower, to wit 3
ille ??2- left Chrijiopher fhould hear,
vend us. Turn
quit voce jam preffiore, hold your tongue, ycu fool ; do
videlicity ne Chriftopho- you think I Jpeak from my
rus
io
NAUFRAGIUM.
rus exaudiret, Tact, fa-
tue ; an cr ceils me lo-
qui ex animo ? Si fe-
mel contigero terram,
non daturas fum ei Jc m
baceam candelam.
A. O era ffum ingeni-
u m I fu fp ic i ofwffe B a -
tavum.
B. N on $ Jed erat Ze-
I andus,
A. Miror Paulum A-
poftolum venffe nuili
in mentem, qui naviga-
vit ipje olim, et nave
Jracta, defilierit in ter-
rain, nam is haud igna-
rus ?;2a/z <\\&\c\t fuc cur m
rere miferis.
B. Erat nulla rnentio
Pauli.
A. Precabantur inte-
rim ?
• B: Certatim. Alius
canebat, Jalve regina ;
alius, credo, in Deuni.
Erant^ttz habebant quaff
dem pecutiares preculas,
non dijjimiks magicis,
adver/us pericute.
A. Ut religio/os affile-
tin Jacit ! Sec and is re-
bus, nee Deus nee divus
vemt in mentem : 0/zV
tuinterca f nuncupabas
vota nulli divorumf
B. Nequaquam.
A. Curz/fl ?
heart ? z/* onee 7 touch land, 7
oj*7/ not give him a tallow can-
dle.
grofs zvit ! I fufpeft he
<^fljaL)utchman.
No, buthe was a Zealander m
1 wonder that Paul the A-
poftle ca?ne\nto nobody's mind,
who failed himfelj former! y,and
the fhip being wrecked, leaped
out upon land; for A^not be-
ing ignorant of evil has learnt
to Ju c cor the miferable.
There was no mention of
Paul
Did they pray in the mean
time ?
Hard. One fung, God five
you O queen ; another,! beiieVe
in God, There were who had
Jcme peculiar prayers, not un m
//^magical ones, againjl dan-
gers.
How religious affliction makes
us ! in profperity, neither God
nor faint comes into our mind :
What didyon in the mean tune ?
did you make vows to none of
the faints ?
Not at all.
Why fof
B. Quia
NAUFRAGIUM,
n
B. Quia non pacifcor
cum dwis. Nam quid
eft aliud quam contrac-
tus juxiajormulam. Do
Ji facies, aut faciam fi
facfes. Dabo cereum Ji
cnatem ; ibo romam, Ji
ferves.
A. At implorabas
praefidium alicujusdivi.
B. Ne id quidem.
A. Quamobrem ?
B.Quiactf/wm eRJpa-
tiofum. Si commendaro
mtumfalutem cui divo x
puta Sanclo Petri, 0M&
fortafle audiet primus,
#W0d? aftet ojiio j priuf-
quam z7& conveniat Dc-
um 9 priufquam exponat
caufam egojam,periero*
A. Quidjaciebas igi-
*ur ?
B. Adibam r£<7
condemning before him 7?/jy un-
righteoufnefs #/?^ imploring /zz>
mercy.
Whither would you have gone %
Wyou had died fo ?
1 left this to God my Judge.
For neither would I be the Judge
oj myfelf: yet feme good hopes
in the mean time poffjfed my
w?W. Whilft theje things are
doing, ihefailor returns /0 us
weeping. Let every one pre-
pare himftlft fays he, for the
fhip a;?// /20/ be of ufe to z/J for
a fourth part 0/ #/& hour. For
«0Z0 being broke til Jeveral plac-
es, 2* /a j z/2 the fea. -^ /?/-
/& alter the Jailor told wi"
that he faw far ofF a /acred tur-
ret, advi/ing that icejhould im-
plore the ailiftanee 0/ the faint,
whofoever t0£j- the prefident 0/
M#£ Church. All fall down
dW pray to the unknown faint.
If you hadfpoke to himbyhh
name, perhaps he would have
heard you.
It was unknown. In the mean
time the mafler fteers the JJnp
navem
H
NAUFRAGIUM.
n&vem jam laceramjam
combibentem undas undi-
que^c plane dilapfuram,
ni fuiffet Juccincla ru-
dentibus, co quantum
pote/L
A. Dura conditio re-
rum.
B. Provecli fumus eo
ut incolce ejus loci prof-
picerent nos periclitan-
tes ; ac procurrentes cq-
tervatvn in extremum
littus, togis fublatis, ac
galeris imp o fins in lan-
ceas, invitab.ant ad f'efe ;
ac brae hi is jaclatis in
c ce I u m , /i'g n if cab a nt f e
deplorare no ft ram j^r-
tunam.
A.Expeclo quid eve-
nerit.
B. Jam 7**2 ;r occupa-
ver&C totam navim, nt
fuutri eiiemus «z/zi7d tu-
tiores in navi quara z«
77^77*7.
A. Heic conjugien-
damerat ^&facraimw
ckoram.
B. Imo ad miferam.
NautcE exonerant J'ca-
pkam aqua, ac demit-.
tunt in mare. ^ Omnes
cortantur conjicete Ji
in banc, nautis recia-
mantibus magna tumul-
tu. fcapham non eife ca-
pace in ta n tae w^ llitudi -
??ff> quifque arriperet
now /077*, now drinking in the
waters z tfiejea.
Here j'0?j &^rd pofTet ac nata-
ret. Acs non patieba-
tur lenta confilia, tf/Ztti'
arripit remum, alius <:##-
/ww alius alvenum, alius
Jitulam, aiius tabulam :
ac quijque rntentes/tttf
prczndio, commitlunt j£
flufciibus.
A. Quid interim acci-
dit t7& mulierculae, ###
fola 720;* ejuldbat ?
B. Ilia pervenit prima
Omnium ad littus.
A. Quipotuit ?
B. Impoiueramus £-
£tf* rapandae tabula; et
a/ligave ram us fie, ui non
poflet facile decidere ;
dedimus illi tabellam in
nianum, #fctf uteretur
i>^£ remi ; tfc precantes
i^« ?
By what z7/ fate happened
that ?
Before it could deliver it/elf
from the great fhip, it was o-
verft by its tottering.
O ill done ! what then ?
I, whiljl. I take care of other s t
had well nigh perifhed.
After what manner ?
Becaufe nothing was left^fa
for fwimming.
There cork would have been
of ff.
In \hdit j unci ure cf affairs /
had rath' r hav^ had mean cork
than a golden candleftick. At
lajl it came z>?/0 my mind, as I
was looking about, to think of
the low part of the majl becaufe
I could not get it out alone, I
take a companion : we both
leaning upon that, commit our-
felves to tkefea, (o that I /fo/#
the right £/zaf, he the left.
Whilft zve were t off ed about io,
that prieft, the fta chablain,
threw him/elfin the middle up-
on our JJwulders. And he was
of a huge body* We cry out
who's that zVzzW .? he toil I ruin
us all : He, on the other hand,
/zyj, fmoothly, beoi good cour-
age, there is room enough, God
will be with us.
Why did he begin to be a
fwimmer fo /#& ?
B. Imo
NAUFRAGIUM.
B % Imofuturus erat
cum Dominicano infca-
pha ; nam omnes defe-
ftbant hoc honoris iili ;
Jed quanquam confejji
irant invicem in navu
famen obliti nefcio quid
circumftantiarum,f0;y£-
ientur rurfus in ora na-
vis, et alter imponit ma-
num alteri ; interim
Jcapha perit ; nam Ad-
amus narravithoc mihi.
A. Quid aclum eji
de Dominicano ?
B. Is, ut idem narra-
bat z implorata ope divo-
rum, abjeciis veflibus,
eommifit fe nudum nata-
tion!.
A. Quos divds frivo-
cabat r
B. Dominicum, Tho-
mam, Vincentiuin \ Jed
confidebat imprimis Ca-
tharine Senefi.
A. Chrift'us non ve-
niebat itti in mentem ?
B. Ita facrifcus nar-
rabat.
A. Enataffet melius,
fi non abjcajfet facram
cucullam j ea depofita^
qui potuit Catharina Se-
nffis agnofcere turn ?
fed perge narrare de te.
B. Durn volvebatnur
z&\\\icjuxta navitn vo 1 -
vcntem fe hue aique illuc
B 2.
Nay, heJJieul5 have beenwith
the Dominican in the boat \for
z\\ gave this honor to him ; yW
although they had confffed to
one another in thejlup^zi hav-
ing forgot I do not know JrAtfrl
cirtum fiances, they corfejs
again w/torc the edge of the fhip ;
and one lays his hand «/;07z /fe
0//z^r ; in the mean titirp rife
£00/ is loft ; /sr Adam /'0/tf
this to me.
What became of the Domin-
ican ?
He, as the fame teldme, hav-
ing implored /Ac? Ae/p of the
faints, having cajt off his
clothes, c0#2?«.?7/£*/hiiiiIelf #<«A-
€ on to .
tell of your/elf.
While &4 j&JtfVfc rozi'Ji.ng- as
yet 7J2V/2 the (hip rozuling iffelf
hither and thither % at the plFaf-
arbitrio
i8
NAUFRAGIUM.
arbitt \o flufiui.i,, clavus
f range bat ejus femur,
qui tenebat laevurn cor-
72u:fic ille revulfuseft.
Sacrificus precatus illi
cCternaHi requiem, fuc-
ce flit in locum illius&Ar
h or tans 7^, ut tuer^r
meum cornu magno an*
7?no ac mover em pedes
flrenue. Interim pota-
bamus multumT^v^ a-
quee. Neptunus teni-
peraverat ko^z'j non
tantum falfum balneum,
icdetia?n falfam polio-
nem ; quanquam/icn-
jfoaj raonftrahat remcdi-
urn ei rei.
A. Quid obfecro ?
B. (3uoties wWa oc-
curreretw^'j, \Wzoppo-
Juit occipiturn .ore claa-
fo.
A. Narras #nAz ftre-
nuum fen e?n.
B. Ubi natantes^ fie
aliquamdiu, promovifle-
mus jam no n nihil,/? m -
ficus quoni*m erat mirte
procentatis, inquit, a fait drink, though the
prie/l (hewed a remedy for that
thing.
. What, / befeech you ?
As oft as a wave rati us, he
oppofd the ba'ckfideot his head
with his mouth fhut. •
You tell me of a flout old
fellow.
When fwimming thus fome
time, we had advanced now
fomeuYing, the priejt, becaufe
he was of wonderful tallnefs %
fays, be of good courage, I feel
& bottom. I W0* ^nw^ to
hope for /0 02*0$ happinefs,y^y
we at e farther from the more/
//zdw that *A* bottom is to be
hoped for. Nay, fays he, I
perceive earth with my feet.
// is, fay I, perhaps fome 0/"
*& boxes, which Md ^/?fl has
tumbled hither: Nay ; y^i 4e? f
tfcnniis %
NAUFRAG1UM.
*9
efcriniis, quod mare de-
volvit hue : Imo, inquit,
fentio plane terram
Jcqipiu digitorum* Cum
nataffemus adhuc ali-
quandiu, ac fentiret va-
dum rurfus, tufac, in-
quit, quod videtur tibi
optimum faclu, ego ce-
do tibi totum malum, et
credo me v ado, fi??iu I que
expe£lato dece[fu fluc-
Xuum, /quutus e/i pedi-
bus quanto curfu potuit.
Run'us undis accidenti-
b\is complexusxitnxmqnt
genu unaque manu, ob-
nitebatur fluclibus, oc-
cultans fefe fub undis,
quemddmodum mergi et
anates folent » rurfus
fluclu abeunte, promica-
bat et currtbat. Ego
videns hoc fuccedere illi
Jiim imitatus. Stabant
in arena, qui fulciebant
fe adverjus impeturn
undarum, prae Iongis
haflilibus porreclis in-
ter fe, robufli viri, et
affueti flufiibus, fie ut
ultimus porrigeret haft-
um adnatanti ; ea con-
tafta, omnibus recipien-
tibus/*ad littus, pertra-
kebatur tuto injiccum.
Aliquot Jervatijunth&c
ope.
A. Quot ?
B, Septern. Verum
I perceive plainly the earth
with the /crate king of my toes.
When we had fwam as yet fome
time, and he perceived the bot?
torn again. Do you, faith he,
what Teems to you be ft to be
done j I give you the whole
maft, and truft my ft If \o the
bottom, £tfd £/ /^ /#772£ ft|g£
having vraited the going in ot
the waves, he follows on his feet
zw'M as great pace jj ^ £e?w in the
fliip ?
fifty «]gA/.
O cruel fea 1 at lea ft :V ww£4/
Adi^ £ c r# content with the
tithes, vthxch Jufficeihe priefts ;
did it return fo few out of /^
graz/ a number ?
There we experienced the in-
credible humanity of the nation,
furmjliing us rift/8 all things
with wonderful cheer fulnejSy
lodging,J?rUR ita vifum ejl
V^pJerifque commo-
rari biduam aut tridu-
um Lugduni ? Ego in-
grejfus nmexi Jeme I ,non
conquiefco, donee per-
venero quo conftitui.
B. Imo, ego admiror
quenquam poffe avelli
illinc.
Ar. Quamobrem tan»
dem ?
B.Ouia Hlic eh locus
unde Jocii UlyiTis non
poterant avelli ; illic
S irenes. Nemo trafita-
tur melius fuae do mi,
quarn zV/zV i:« pando-
cheo.
A. Quid Jc?
B. Aliqua mulier af-
tabat menjk kmper, qua:
exhilara'ret convivas/#-
riflfm ac leponbus. Pri-
mum mater fa nihas ad-
ibat, ^z/# falutabaty«-
fo/zj' nos ^ hilares,
ac r eh qui con vivas con-
falutandi, quaedam pu-
ella adftabat continen-
ter f inftru&a ad omnes
focos. Una erat fatis
excip ien dis o m n i u m ja -
cults : hasc Jujhnebat
fabulam, donee fiiia re-
al ret ; nam mater erat
natu grandior.
A. Sed qualis erat
apparatus tandem; «(2W
venter non expletur fa-
bulis.
B. Profefto lautc, «f
^0 miror zY/tfj" pofle
accipere hofpites tarn
vili : rurfus convivio
peraclo, alunt hominem
\t^\A\s Jab v lis, ne ^a^
taedii obreperet. Vide-
bar ?;zz/iz effe ^^z? # non
pertgrir
ry, Ma/ me might divert t]!ato
himfelf. Nor dfo M^y talk as
ewVA unknown gue/ls, but jj
with people formerly known to
them, and familiar friends.
I perceive M* civility of the
French nation*
But becaufe //jfy could not
^ prefent always, becaufe the
bufinefs 0/"/^ hotife was /0 fo
minded,and the rejioi theguefts
/0 £
d^r^ ; She kept up the farce,
till the daughter returned ; for
*/z
you go # // together into a ftove,
tw/A your boots, baggage %
dirt, 77/dtf is one common to all.
pocauflum
DIVERSORIA.
*5
pocauftum, cum ocreis,
/arcinis, Into. Id efl u-
num coinmune omnibus.
B. Apud Gallos de-
fignant cubicula, ubi
exuant fefe, extergant,
calefaciant, aut quief-
cant etiam, fi libeat.
A. Hie nihil tale. In
hypocauflo exuis ocre-
tt % induis calceos. 52 vis,
mutas indufium ; fuf
pendis veftes madidas
pluvia juxta hypocauf-
tum ; ipfe admoves te
ut ficcas. EJl et tf<7«tf
parata,y? libeat, lavare
ma.nus; fed ita munda
plerumque, ut alia 0-
##a fit quxrenda tibi,
^#tf abluas €j£#-
im ad quartam ho ram
a meridie, tamen non
cannabis <2«/e nonam, nee plures expec-
tantur \zx\\.ux\,[enex fa-
mulus prodit cana ^r-
&j, tonfo capita, torvo
vultu> fordido vejlitu.
B. Oportebat ^/2^ 0#, or, «j- fome
ca// 2V the French, though it
be comynon to all nations. I
think //z^n? ij nol war A lefs
danger from M^/ky
purgat
30
DIVERSORIA.
purgai Jib i per 'otium,
dum pultes coquuntur.
Ita Jedentur nonnun-
quam ferme fpatio ho-
B. Nullus hojpitum
efllagitat cibum inter-
im ?
A. Nullus cui inge-
nium regionis eft no-
tum. Tandem vinum
upponitur, bone Deus,
quam non Jumo/um !
O portebatf ophiflas non
bibere aliud ; tanta eft
fubtilitas et acrimonia.
Quod /i quis kofpes, pe-
cunia oblata privatim,
rogat ut aliud genus
vuii paretur aliunde,
primum di/jimulantjed
to vultu, quaji interfee-
turi. Si urgeas, res-
pondent, hie tot Comi-
tes et Marchiones di-
ver fatifunt, neque quif-
quam que ft us eft de meo
vino ; fi non placet,
quaere tibi aliud diver-
forium ; nam habent
nobilesyj^ gentis Jolos
pro hominibus, et ojlen-
tant horurn infignia
nufquam non. Jam ig-
itur habent offam quam
objiciant latranti fto-
jniicho. Mox difci
Jit fometimes, ahnojl the fpace
oj an hour.
Does none oj the guejls call
for the meat in the mean time ?
None to whom the temper*?/'
the country \$ known. At length
wine is ferved up, good God,
how far Jrom being tajlelefs I
It behoved Sophijters ,not to
drink any other ; Juch is the
thinnejs and JJiarpnefs. But if
any guejl, money to'flg offered
privately, dejires thatjome oth~
er fort oj'wine may be got from
Jomewhere elfe, at firft, they dif-
Jemble the matter \ but with that
countenance, as if they would
kill you. If you prefs them,
//$ey anfwer, here Jo many Earls
#7^ Marquifles have lodged,
nor ul-
fu, ut hypocauftum vi-
dealur corruiturum.
Neque qui f quam audi-
at alterum loquentem.
^interim videntur &
clothes, comes out, a/is if we
have a mind to any thing. By
and by fome more generous
wine is brought. But they
love thofe who drink plentiful*
ly 9 though he pays no more
who drinks moll wine, than A grow warm with drink.
What need? many words ? all
places are full of noife. Pre-
tendedyWj thru ft in thernf elves
frequently, with which kind
of men, though there be none
more deteftable, yet you will
fcarce believe how much the
Germans are delighted. They
caufe by tinging, prating,
{houting, dancing, thucnping r
that the Hove/eems ready ta
fall. Nor can any one hear
another fpeaking. But in the
mean time they fee m to them*
felves to live fweetly ; and
you mud fit there willing or
bi
DIVERSORIA.
33
bi vivere fuaviter ; at-
que defidendum eft il-
lie, volenti nolenti, uf-
que ad multam noc
tern.
A. Nunc tandem ab-
folve convivium ; nam
me tadet quoque tarn
prolixi.
A. Faciam. Tan-
dem Cafeofublato, qui
vix placet ilh s, nifi pu-
tris acjeatens vermi-
bus, Me barbatus^rtf-
dit, adferens pinacium
fecum, in quo pinxit
creta aliquot circulos,et
femicirculos, deponiuV
in menfam, tacitus in-
terim ac triftis, diceres
quempiam Charontem.
Qui agnofcunt piftu-
ram, deponunt pecuni-
am, deinde alius at que
alius, donee pinacium
expleatur. Deinde no-
tatus eos qui depofut-
runt, fuppiKat tacite ;
fi nihil defit, annuit
capite.
B. Quid Ji quid/w-
perfit ?
A. Fortafle redderet,
txfaciunt hoc nonnun-
quam.
unwilling,, until late at night.
Now at lafi finifli the enter-
tainment ; for I am weary too
oj Jo long a one.
I will do it. At laft the
cheefe being taken away, which
fearce pleafes them, unlefs rot-
ten and foil of maggots, that
bearded fellow comes fortk %
bringing a trencher with him,
in which he hath drawn with
chalk fome circles and femicir-
clef, he lays that upon the ta-
ble,^/*?/?/ in the mean time and
fad \ you would fay he was
fome Charon. They who
know the pi8ure, lay down
their money, then another and
another, Hill the trencher be
filed. Then having obferved
thofe who laid down, he reck-
ons filently ; if nothing be
wanting, he nods with his
head.
What if any thing be over ?
Perhaps he would return it,
and they do this Jo metimes.
A, Nemo
34
DIVERSORIA.
B. Nemo reclamat
rationi iniqua?
A. Nemo qui fapit,
nam audiret protinus,
qui tu es hominis ?Jbl-
z/ejnihilo plus quam a*
lit.
B. Narras liberiim
genus hominum.
A. Quod Ji quis la/
/us ex itinere, cupiet
mox a carta petere lec-
turn, jubetur cxpeclare,
donee cceteri quoque
cant cubitum.
B. Videor mi hi vL
derePlatonica?nmbem.
A. Tum/uus nidus
cftenditur cuique, et
vere 222^2/ aliud quam
cubiculum ; nam ibi
Jitnt lefti tantum, et ni-
hil praeterea, quo ma-
ris, aut quod/ureris.
B. Eft mundities il-
iic P
A. Eadem qua in
convivio, lintea lota
forte # 22te fex men/es.
B. Quid interim fit
deequis?
A. Tra&antur £ df e-
andam difciplinam, ad
quam hoinines.
B. Sed £/? eadem
tra&atio ubique ?
A, Alicubi ejl civil-
Does nobody £27 out upon
the reckoning # j unjujl ?
Nobody that is wife ; for
he would hear jorthwitk,\V hat
arc you of a man ? you Jhall
pay no 22202-* than others.
You tell oia/ree kind of men*
But 2/ any one, weary with
his journey, dejires prefently
after /upper to go 2*0 2W, he is
ordered /0 a^zi* 'till the rejl
too £0 to bed.
I feem to my /elf to fee a P/j-
tonic city.
Then Azj neft is/hewn to
every one, a?2
D1VERSORIA.
35
ior, alicubi durior quam
narravi ; verum in gen-
cre eft talis.
B. Quid Ji ego nunc
narrem tibi quibus mo-
dis hofpites traftentur
in ea parte Italic, quam
vocant Longabardiam,
rurfus in Hifpania, de-
inde in Anglia, et in
Wallia ? Nam Angli
obtinent partim Gal-
licos, partim German-
icos mores, ut mix*
ti ex his duabus genii-
bus. Walli prcedicant
fe aborigines Anglos.
A. Quaefo te ut nar-
res, nam nunquam con-
txgit mihi videreezs.
B. In praefentia non
eft otium ; nam nauta
jujjit adeffem ad ter-
tiam \iox*vn,niJi vellem
relinqui ; et habet far-
cinulam : alia oppor-
tunitas dabitur nobis
garriendi ufque ad fa-
tietatem.
in fome places harder than I
have told you ; but in general
it is fuch.
What if I now tell you af-
ter what manner guejls are
treated in that part of Italy,
which they call Lombardy, a-
gain in Spain, then in Eng-
land, and in Wales ; for the
EngliJJihave. partly the French,
partly the German manners, as
being mixed of thofe two na-
tions. The Welch pretend
themfelves the orginal En-
glifh.
I pray you that ^z/ would
tell me, for f/ never happened
to me /tfy&s them.
At prefent there is noti\vat\
for the failor ordered me to be
with him by the third hour,
unlefs I would be left, and he
has my baggage : another
time an opportunity will be
given us of prattling to fatif-
ia&ion.
SPECTRUM.
A# O ulD hona rei
^Zs ejt quod rides
tecum tarn fuaviter,#&tf-
Ji naflus fis thejaurum?
B.Tua divinatio non
aberrat procid a fcopo.
A. Annon imperties
fodali quicquid boni
iftuc £/? ?
B. Imo, jumdudum
optabam que mpiam dari
million cujus finum ^/-
Junderem hoc gaudu
urn meum.
A. Age zgzVar im-
perii.
B. Audivi modo le-
pidiflimam jabulam
quam jurares effe com-
icum figmentum, mji
locus, perfonce ac tota
res ejfet tarn nota mihi,
^waw tu es notus wzAz.
A. Geftio audire.
B. Nofline Polum
enerum Fauni ?
A. Maxime.
B. Is ejl et auclor et
i??.
J3. Agnofcis igitur You know therefore the way
viam feptam utrinque hedged in on both fides zzi&A
arboribus digellis /y^rz /r^j placed at an equal dif-
intervallo. tance.
A. Ad \?zvzvc\ partem O^ the left fide of thehoufe,
sedium,ye;'e altero jaftu almojl two bow fliots off.
baliilao.
B. Tenes. Alterum You ha/e it. ##? fide 0/
iatus vice habetjiccum the way has a dry diich /et
alveum obfitum dumis with thorns and briars ; over
et yeribus ; e ponticulo the bridge, there is a way into
eft iter in planitiem. a plain.
A. Me mini. I remember.
B.Jampridem vaga- Some time ago there met it a
torrutnor, tfc tabula report, ^?2d\-z flory, among the
/w ruflicos e/wi loci, coumry people of that ptace,
Jpeffrdtim obverfari juxta that a /pint haunted nigh this
nunc ponticulum, cuju.s bridge, whofe miferable howl-
tnijtrahdi ejulatus e>¥- ings a/^rd heard now and then ;
audirentur lubinde ; M^y fuj peeled that it was M$ fecum, i>z-
■m or tale in, Deum ! #&fdf
ego video ; Rcganiibus
t] 1 1 1 ££« 2 /<2 £<2 H 6 p i'OX -
3ii)c, <7&?' little cloud. Tlure
Pool o;*a4 /nj" ^i directed to-
wards Heaven marked all his
iace and (houlderblades with
thefign of the Crofs, and with
a countenance compofed to af-
tonifliment,/i?^Mz^ with him-
felf, immortal God ! What do
I fee ? They afung, who rode
next, g/jfta/ he faw, again fign-
ing huvfe If with*, greater crofs,
the moil merciful 6W avert
this omen, fays %. When
they urged him, out of a defire
of knowing, he having fixedhis
eyes tt/?£>rc heaven, andfiewing
tke place /2/ ^ Heaven with
nofcendi
SPECTRUM.
39
hofcendi, ille dejixisoc
c i\\ is in caelum, ac com-
m o nfl ra n s locum call
digito, inquit, nonne
viaetis immanem draco-
nem, armatum igneis
cor nib us, cauda re tor-
(a in circulum ? Cum
negarent fe\ 7 idere,atque
Rtejif$lffci 9 intenderent
oculos, azfubinde com-
monftraret locum, tan-
dem units quifpiam ne
vidcretur parum ocula-
tus, ajfirmavit fe quo*
que videre : unus item
at que alter imitatus ejl
hunc ; nam pudebat
non videre quod ejfet
tarn perfpicuum. Quid
multis ? intra triduum
hie rumor pervajerat
totarn Anglian, tale
portent urn apparauilTe.
Mir urn autem quantum
popularis farna addidit
fabulae. Nee deerant
qui ferio interpretaren-
tur quid ojlentum vel-
vet fibi. ///^ qui c^/7z-
mentusjuerat argumen-
ium,jruebatur horum
ftultitia cum magna vo-
luptate»
A . Agn of c o inge n iu m
hominis ; Jed redi ad
JpeSrum^
his finger, fays; do you not
fee a vafi dragon, armed with
fiery horns, with his tail turn-
ed up into a circle ? 7///^
they denied thai tkgy faw it,
tftttf 7 he bade them diiefl f&eir
£}'£./, and fttfttf c^W $f*i (hewed
them the place , atfarijbme one,
left he Jliould feem bad fighted,
affirmed that he /tfi 1 Jaw it :
0«« likewife and another imi-
tated him ;Jor they were a-
Gxamed net to fee w h at & a s To
plain» What needs many
word s ? Wi thin three d ay s th x s
report had gone through all
E ngla nd, that f u c h a m o n/l t r
hath appeared, But it is zven-
derjul how much popular faaje
added to the ftory . Nor were
there wanting fome who in
Ceiled interpreted what this
prodigy meant. He who** had
invented the matter, enjoyed
theh'Jolly w'uh great p leaf u re-
I know the temper of the.
man ; but return to the appati-
iion%
B. Interea
4o
SPECTRUM.
B. Interea divertit
quidain F annus facer-
«ios ad Polum commo-
dum, ex contra genere,
q tubus von Jatis eft ap-
p Hari . - ' e cl ri , c a m Po 1 u sjentz-
ret hunc ru?ncrcm non
fo ! u m a & di i u m ejfte Fa u -
noj vet Hm etiani credi-
iicn, coepit obujlari
nominem, ut doclus ac
p i u s vz r fu c c urreret an-
: m idx patien t i tam di- .
ra ; et fi quid dubitas,
inqu.it, explora rem,
obambula ad decimam
juxta ilium ponticulum,
etaudies rmfev&m eju-
tatum, adjunge tibi
quern iWej comitem,
ito auclies et tutior et
cerrius.
A. Quid delude ?
R.Coena peracla^o-
has ex mora abit vena-
In the mean time comes one
Faun, a prieft to /W/ oppor-
tunely, of their kind to who itu/
z> not enoughtobe cdilediu Lat-
in rtguht's^unltfs the fame /a r-
$4'/K£ be lung tothemz/z Greek,
a parfon tf/'^z neighboring town
//2d*r the dark-
nefs ^#J ta.&# flo/ay a certain
judgment of things, a/ length
he hears mi/erable groans,
77z§/2 the artifl Ptfz ear them pot
^z'??g w/&/ for that purpofe !
^/z^ the "voice &fcflig returned
from the hollow, might found
fomething more mournfully*
This farce, as far as //? lf& cunning-
er man was joined with them,
the myftery of (he iarcefhould be '
bet rayed, j oi n s t o h i m a ce:> ia i n
p^rfon of the neighborhood, to
whom he difclofes the whole
matter ; for fo the acting of the
farce required, and he was one
that was not averfe to fuch
fport. The day after, all things
being prepared rightly, about
the tenth hour Faun, with the
parfbn, enters the circle. Pool,
who had gone before? groans
miferably out of the bufay place, ,
Faun begins the exorcifm. In
the mean time Pool withdraws
himfelf privately in the dark,
into the next village. Thence
he brings another atlor of the
play j ior it could not be acled
but by many.
What do they ?
They mount black horfes ;
they carry covered fire with
them, wlun they were not far
from the circle, theyfliew their
fire, that, by fear' they might
drive Faun cut of the circle.
A. Quantum
44'
SPECTRUM.
A. Quantum opera
fumpfit i lie Pol us, ut
falleret !
B. Sic homo eft- Verum
ea res propemodumcef-
ferat pe/Jime ill is.
A. Qui fie ?
B. Nam equi confter-
nati igne fubito prolato,
parum abfuit quinprae-
cipitarent et fe, et feiTo
res. Habes primum ac-
tum fabulae. Ubi red-
ditum eft in colli quium,
Pol us velut ignarus om-
nium % rogat quid effet
acl-am- Ibi Faunus
'tiarrat duos leter rimes
Dcemonos confpeftos/?.
fri, in nigris equis, igne-
is oculis, aefpirantes ig-
nem nanbus, qui ten-
taffent ingredi circulum r
verum abaclos in maiam
rem effcacibus verbis.
Curn animus accrevifftt
Fauno his rebus, die
poftero rediit in circu-
lum cum fummo appa-
ratu : cumque provo-
cafjet fpe&rum rn.ultis
«bteftationibus, Pol us
rurfum cum collega of
tendit fe procul ex atris
equis, horrendo fremi-
/tf,quafi cuperentinutn-
pere circuto.
A. Habebant nihil f
B. Nihil, nam id cef
Jartt rnzte* Sed audi a*
How much pains took tliat
Pool, that he might deceive !
So the man is. Rut that thing
had well nigh fallen out very
badly for them.
Howfo ?
For the horfes being frighted
with the fire fwddenly product d y
had like to have thrown both
themfelves,tfW their riders. You
have the firft acl of the play.
When they returned to confer
together, Pool, as if ignorant
of 'all things ,afks what had been
done. There Faun tells him that
two very ugly devils had been
fcen by him, upon black horfes^
with fiery eyes, and breathing
fire 0#/ of their nqfes, who Aaaf
/nVd? to enter the circle, but
a/£r£ driven away with a ven-
geance by powerful wordsv
When courage grew upon Faun
by thefe things, the day follow-
ing he returned into the circle
with his utmoft furniture* And
when he had called out the fpir-
it with many intreaties, Pool a-
gain, with his colleague, Jhe we d
himfelf at a diflance from black
horfes, with a horrid muttering
noi/e, as it they dejired to break
into the circle.
Had they nothing of fire.
Nothing, for thatfell out bad-
lyt-Zfalhear another invention.
Imd
SPECTRUM.
45
liud commentum, Du m
cebant Ion gum funem s
eo iraclo lev iter per hie
mum, dum uterque pro-
ripit fe hinc atque hint,
velut abacli exorcifmis
Faunu provolvunt in
terrain utvumque facer-
do tern, una cum vafe
quod habebant plenum
iacrae aqu$£
chqfe rather to fatter //h\.r, than
to Jo? fake the play&g#»« Thefe
things tettg- /&«£ thus., when
j£ey returned ^ the conference*
% .in tells 10 Pool z>2 how great
danger /z^a;
ftoutly he had put to flight both
the -devils with his words ; 3/id?
now he had conceived # cer-
tain a durance that there was
no devil {omifchievdus, or im-
pudent, who a?
inquit, ejl tibi nihil ju-
ris in bane aniviam x eft
»&£&, ac fubinde procur-
r i 1 ^/# « ?i-
ncijhictibus. Cum ta- r vattly by his friends, cfpecial-
men ille nufquam non /}' by his abbot, //W /2^ would
depredicaret {aamjlul- not give a different fpecimen of
titiam, admonitus eft himfelf /0 a// /rc*», who /2 2*M-
c/# tfz ab amicis, prafer- erto had been accounted a ^ra-
ft' /# ab abb ate fuo ft£ cWz/ man. y^/ he could be
tft/r?/ diverfum fpeci- moved by no man's tali, from
men de fe omnibus, qui believing M^/ ^ matter was
haclenus habitus effet mz/ ; And /&j imagination
prudens vir. Tamen Jeized the mind of the man fo
ille potuit commoveri thoroughly, that he dreamt
nuiLiks oratione, quo .
B. Reddam^^ tibi,
Polus et f/wj gerafr
commenti funt hajuf
modi teclipam. Effinx-
erunt epijtolam defcrip-
tam in raris Uteris,
Idque non in vulgari-
bus chartis. Sententia
epi(tol3D& tibi
gratias coram. Inte-
rim cura z^ vivas fu a-
viter. Datum ex em-
pyreo ccel-o, idibus Sep-
tembribus, anno mitle-
Jimo quadragintefimo
nonagijjimo octavo, Jab
figillo mei annuli. Haec
epijlola pofua eft clam
in altari, z*^' Faunas
Jaclurus erat rem divi-
nam. Subornatas,<\\i\,
ea peracla, fubmoneret
'*eu?n de re qua/i depre-
head a caju. Nunc
circ umje ret earn epifto-
lam, ac credit nihil
certius, quam earn per-
latum e ccelo *
horis.
5«
ALCUMIST1CA.
koris, ant q
quaque perte&u-s. Ills
vir habet hoc navi in-
ter multas egrcgias do-
tes. Jam oTim infanit
in artem quam vacant
-Ale u mi ft i cam.
A. Haud tu narras
nceviun quictern, Jed in-
fignem morbum.
B. Utcunque £/?, ille
toties delufus ab hoc
geneie ho mi nu?n, tamen
paffus ejl fibi c/^rz ver-
^mirifice dudum.
A. Quo pa£lo ?
B. Quidam facerdos
adiitz7/w?tf,falutavit ho-
norifice : Mox yfr ex-
orfus eft, DoffJJime
Balbine, ?ni?-a!?ere tor-
tafis, quod ignotus in-
terpellem te Jlc, quern
Jcio nunquam non £ more eafy
faciiius 7722/h* apud vi- /0/- 772^ with a man, /0 whom
rum, raz hoc totum ne- this 20/20/^ bufinefs ti fo a/*//
gotiurn efiSic notumut known, that it is better known
toties nulli. • to no body.
A.Depingis rhetorem You defcribe a rhetorician
mihi,. non .alcumiftam. to me, 72c?/ an Alcumift.
B. M.ox audies alcu- By aud by you will hear of
mifiam, HceP felicitas, theAlcumilr. J/z/jhappinefs,
inquit, contigit mihi a yi/M he, befel ?;z/z0 hitherto Aot^
fweat in that &'/^-
rz/7/ eft tutijjima. Ne
hhoYzJnquit Balbinus,
etiamji fit ^^/j bien-
nio, mo do fidas /z/^ ar-
ti. Ut conferam rem
in pauca ; convenit in-
ter eos, a* aggrederen-
tur m;* clam in cedibus
Balbini, hac lege ut ille
fuppecfitaret opera m t
Balbinus fumptum ac
lucrum divideretur ex
that curtation, whofe name T
have not fo much as heard ev-
er, fo far arri I from under-
ftanding it, tell me in good
faith, do you under/rand lon-
gation exaclly ? Puh \fays he,
to a tittle, but the length dijl
pleafes me. When Balbinus
had ajked, how much time was
required, Too much, fays he,
almoflz whole year, but 2» //*£
;tz^;j time it is very fa fe. Do
not trouble yourfelf, /iyj Bal-
binus, though there be occajion
for two years, provided you
can tmjft to your art. That!
may bring M* matter into few
words : // &;# j agreed betwixt
them, ^tf/ they mould attempt
the matter privately in the
houfe of Balbinus, upon this
condition, that he fhould give
his labor, Balbinus the charge, '
and the gain mould be divided
equally and fairly, though the
mode [I cheat offered, of his
own accord, to Balbinus the
whole gain that fuould accrue.
They (wore on both fides to fi-
lence, which they do who are
initiated ifc myfierits* Now
prifently money 7 s paid, where-
with ^ #77?yi fhould buy^tf^,
glaffes/W, and other things,
which are proper^ r furmfli- ■
rftg the forge. There our -#/-
ALCUMI5TICA.
6i
etfuo et bono, quanquam
modejlus impoftor de*
ferrebat ultro Balbino
totumlucrum quod pro-
veniret. Juratum eft
utrinque de filentio,
quvd faciunt qui initi-
antur inmyjlriis. Jam
illico pecunia numera-
/#r,unde artifexmerca-
r.etur ollas, vitra, car-
bones, reliquaq^ue, qua
pertinent ad injlruen*
dam officinam. Ibi
nofter alcumijla deco-
quit ea?n pecuniam fu-
aviter in fcorta, akam
et compotationes.
A. Hoc nimirum eft
vert ere fpecies rerum.
B. Balbino urgente,
ut aggrederetur rem,#«
non tenes, inquit, illud^
Qui capit bene, habet
dimidium facli ? Eft
magnum praeparareflza-
teriam bene. Tandem
fornax caepit adornari.
Hie rurfus eratopusno*
vo auro veluti illecebra
auri venturi ; Jiquidem
ut pifcisnoncapituv abf-
que ejea, fie aurum
non provenit alcumifhs,
nifi pars auri admifct-
nlur. Interea Balbi-
cumiji fpends that money
fweetly upon whores, dice and
drinking*
This indeed is to change the
fpecies 0/ things.
Balbinus urging him., that
hejhouldfet about the bufinefs,
do younot under/land, fays he t
that, he that hath begun well,
has done \\M his work? It is
a great thing to prepare jy^^r
materials well. ^ length the
furnace ^w^ to be prepared,
/ten? again M*r* am need of
new gold, # j zV were a wheedie
? j- 7/2?//^ unciis ;
decreverat injurfoe-
re tantum. Cu*i A leu-
mi ft a dec ox"' [f et hanc
■nam quoque,jflw
c7^£ fimulaffet mult urn
7. circa folles et
t gold is not
made with any glajfcs. By
how much the more was /rifrf
0/^, by fo much the lets had
he a mind to dejjft.
So gamejlers ufe to do ; tfj
though it were not «tfCjfc bet-
ter to loje that than all.
So i/ z'j\ The Alcumift
/wore thac he was never im noT-
ed on///, Now the mijtake .
ing dii covered, ///rt
is worshipped, as you know at
coiit«r a
6 4
ALCUMISTICA.
colitur, ut lc\s,Paraliis,
nam artem effe facram
neque remgeri prof per e,
abfque favore numinum.
Id conftliumvehemQnter
flacuit Balbino pio ho-
mini, ut qui pretermit-
teret null urn diem quin
perageret dmnam rem.
Alciumjla fufcepit re-
ligiojam prof eft ion em,
mmirum, in proximum
oppidum, atque ibi de-
eoxit pecum&m in gan-
eis. Reverfus donuim
ntmciat iibi efle /«w-
mum fpem, negetium
fucceflurum £# Jen ten •
tia % adeo divam vifam
annuere fais votis. £/<£?
fu da turn effetjam multo
tempore, at ne mica
quulem auri nafceretur
ufquam, refpondit Bal-
bino expojlulanti, nihil
tale unquam accidi]] e fi*
hi 1« i-'z'ta, experto artem
toties, tw polle conjee-
tare iatis #^V/ effet az#-
y<2. Ouum druinatum
tjfet dm, tandem illud
ftutz/ in mentem Balbi-
ni nura prater mi fiffet
quo die audire lac rum,
«tt/ dicere/Wtfntfjpre*
k;c*> quas vocant. Nam
nlA;/ iuccedere //2i o-
miilis. J£* impollor
inquit, mc miferum !
Paralia, for /A* dr/ was /acred,
nor would the thing be managed
fuccefslully without the favor
0/^ Me faints. That advice
mightily pleafed Balbinus, a
/72^wj* man, dj who omitted no
% but ^ performed divine
fervice. The Alcumijl under-
took the religious journey, to
wit, into the next town, and
there he fpent the money in tav-
erns. Being rcturnedhome, he
tells- him, that he had the great-
efl hopes that the bu fine] s would
tucceed to their mind, fo the
Jaint fcemed to agree to his
prayers. When he had fweat
now a long time, and not a bit
indeed of gold was produced
anywhere, he anjwered Balbi.
nus, expqflulating, that no fuch
thing had ever happened to him
in his life, having tried his art
lb often ; nor could he guefs
well what was the r eaten*
When they had gueffed a long
time, at length that came into
the mind of Balbinus, whether
he had omitted any day to hear
mafs, oriohytke horary pray-
ers, as they call thenu For noth-
ing would fucceed, thefe being
omitted. There the cheat ]ays,
woe's me ! Mtf/ was done .
through for getfulnejs once and
agafn : Arid lately n/5V?£ from
a long feaft, I forgot to lay M*
falutation of the virgin. 2ftm
Balbinus /ayj, no .wonder, ?/
ALCUMISTICA.
xWadmiflum eft per ob-
livibnem femel at que
iterum, et nu per Jurl
gens a prolix o conviv-
lb, oblitus fum dicere
falutationem virgin is.
Turn Balbinus inquit.
Non mirum,y£tanta res
non fuccedit. Artifex
recipit, pro dtiobus,/i-
en s p r 3£ t er m i fii s , au di ■
turum -duodecim, et pro
unica falutatione re.po/t-
turum decern. Cum
pecunia deficijfet prodi-
gurn alcumiflam lb bin -
de, nee caufe petendi
fuppeterent, tandem
commentus eft kanc
technam; rediit domum
admodum exanimatus ;
ac lamentabili voce, pe-
ril, inquit, funditus,
Balbine, peril, actum efl
de capire raeo. Balbi-
nus obflupuit, et avebat
J are caufam tan'fi. maii.
Au ha f ubo d e ra f i f u n t ,
inquit. quod egimus ;
nee expetlo aliuri quam
ut mox deducar in car-
cerem. Ad hanc vocem
Balbinus expalluit fe~
no. Nam fas apud
nos effe capitale, ft quis
tx ere eat alcurnifiicam
ah/ que perm i flu pr ma-
ps. II ie pergit. Non
metuo mortem, inquit,
utinam ilia conturgat ;
F2
fo great a thing doe?: nor fuc-
ceed. l 77; //r quatn /a/z'j vita ? I-
bi res ventilata ejl con-
fuitatione . ifa Ibinusq u o-
niarn ca/iebat ailem rhe-
toricam, pulfavit omnes
flatus fi tf&rt periculum
p0^(^tf ^ d i 1 a i . Nee
poterat Jaclum quidem
defh\di ob mamjejlam
legem. Cum mmiis ad m
dutlis in medium, tii*
(h zetur nibi 1^ ///2 / p r ce-
fidii, tandem alcumiila,
cui erat jam •
but //^ ^<>;o- requires # prejent
remedy. I fuppofe M^y will
be here prefently, that will hur-
ry me into an evil conditiqp.
Lajlly when nothing occured
to Baibinus \ at length the alcu*
vtift fays, nor does any thing
occur to me, nor do I Jet any
thing left, unlefs that I die
bravly. unlefs perhaps this
pleqfe you x which alone is left,
if Jul rather than honorable,
but that necefjity is a hard weap-
on. y&a W, quoth he, ^/?/
M?j foit 0/ 7^;* are greedy ot
money; and thef^fore may £e
corrupted more eafily /0 te^r*
/r/ as matters now 4j/ melius. I-
dem vifum eft Balbino^
ac numeravit triginta
aureos, quibus redinie-
rtt filentium.
A. Liberalitas Balbi-
m eft /#z>#.
B.Imo alius exiudif
fes dentem ah eo quam
nummum in honefta re.
Sic profpecium eft ahu-
mijlcr, cui nihil erat pe-
riculi, niJi<\uo& non ka-
beret quoA daret arnica.
A. Demiror nihil effe
nafi Balbino in tanlum.
B. Heic lantum ca-
fet nafo t nafutiflimus in
ceteris. Kurfum for-
nax inftruitur novate-
cunia, fed precatiuncula
prximjfa ad virginem
matrem % ut faveret
cceptis* Jam totus an-
nus exierat dum illo
of gold, whereby he mtght pur*
chafe filenc-e.
The liberality of Balbinus is
wonderful.
Nay, you mouldfooner have
got a tooth from him than a
piece of money in an hone ft
matter. Thus provifion was
made for thealcumifl, who was
in no danger, but that he had
not to give to his Mifs.
I wonder Balbinus Jhould
have nofenfe to fuch a degree.
Here only he wanta^w/?, be*
ing fenfible enough in other
things. Again the furnace is
fitted up with nezv money, but
with a prayer put up fir ft to the
virgin molh'r, that^ Jhe would
favor their undertakings. Nor*)
a whole year was gone, zohilfl
he pretending now Mzj, then
caufitnU
ALCUMISTICA.
caufante nunc hoc.nunc
7 Hue/, luditur opera, et
impenfa j^nV. Interim
extitit quidara ridiculus
cafus.
A,, Quifnam ?
B. Alcumifta habuit
furtivam. confuetudinem
cum uxore ^ cujufdam
aulici J marit\is,conccp-
ta fufpicione, capitob-
fervare hominem. Tan-
dem cum nunciatum ef-
fect ?7/2,facrificum "ejfe in
cubiculo, rediit domum
prater expe&ationem,
^//fl/oftium.
A. Qui d f "aclur us ho-
mini ?
B.Ouid ! nihil fuave,
aut occifurus erat aut
exfecuuus. Ubi maritus
in/tans minitareiury£d-
fraclurum oflium vi ni
uxor aperiret, trepida-
turn eft magnopere, et
aliquod prasfentaneum
con/ilium circumfpici-
tur. Nee erat a/tud,
quam quod res ipfa da-
bat. Abjecit tunicam,
ac dejecit/g/J neifenef-
tram angujiam, nonjine
pericuio, nee fine vul-
nere, acfugit. Scis ta-
les fabutesjpargi iilico;
itaque permanavit et ad
Balbinum ; at que. arti-
fex diuinaret id lore.
that, his labor is loft, and the
the expenie thrown away. In
the mean time there happened a
certain comical adventure.
What ?
The alcumift had a private
commerce with the wife of a cer-
tain courtier ; the hufband iay
ing conceived a fufpicion, began
to watch M^ fellow. At la ft
&r&^8 it was told him, that the
prieft z*wj in the bedchamber,
he returned home contrary to
their expectations, knocksat the
door.
What &>£j he for doing with
the fellow :
What! nothingp\eafont,either
he would have killed him, or
have gelded him. When the
hufband being very earnejl,
threatened that he would break
the door by force^ unlefs the
wife opened it, they trembled
mightily, t and fome prefent con-
trivance is confidered of. Nor
was there any other than what
the thing it/elf offered. He
Jlriptoffb.is waiftcoat,<2/2tff threw
hvmfelj through a narrow win-
dow , nor without danger, -nor
without a wound, and /led, you
know that fuch ftories are J'p read
prefently ; therefore it came
alfo to Balbinus, and the artift
had ' gu>ffed that it would be.
A. Hcic
ALCUMISTICA.
69
A. Heic itaque tene-
• tur medzus*
B. Imo elapfus eft
hinc felecius quam e cu-
f J?iculo. Audi tecknam
i hominis. Balbinus ni-
, hilexpofl.ulabat,/ ; ^nu-
, bilo vultu iD.di.cabaty£
, non ignorare £w! 0/; 2 /a /tf -
r^/"r. Nee mora, re-
peto feneftram, (nam
ire nccefitas urgebp.r) et
reperi amp lam fatis ad
ejfugium.
A. Credidit Balbinus
iftis ?
B. Credidit ! imo ig-
ndvit, Hiam, et ad ir on>
uit religiofe, nt pr2 had
drawn me into /221 Inares, and
O woe's me ! of a prie/l, I am
become a cuckoldma.ker. Yet
/Azj prefent, which we fent /f et
audiam lubens, e* pen-
fabo fabula*
j t\on, for here bias no danger
of the cheats he underflood as
much of the art as any tf/5yand
cheating in this kind Hri favor-
ed. But if he. had laid againft
him the crime of felony, Azj
un&ion rendered hifn fecure
from hanging / nor would any
one maintain willingly fuck a
fellow in the gaol for nothing."
1 fhduld pity Bafbinui, un*
lefs /fo loved ta be deluded.
Now / mujl haflen to court;
fome other time 1 will tell you
much more foolifh things even
than thefe.
When jytfw Jhall be at leifure 9
I both fliall hear you gladly
and requite Jiory with ftory.
hippoplanus:
^
H1PP0PLANUS.
A.TMMORTALEM
1 Deu
m !
qu
am tor-
ve intuetur noJierPhtt-
drus, eifabindejujpicit
in caelum ! adoriar.
Quid novce rei accidit,
Phaedre ?
B. Quamobrem in-
terrogas i{\uc,.dule ?
A. Quoniam vicferis
nAhiJaffus. CatoeP/ice-
dro ; eft tanta fe Veri-
tas in vultu.
B. Non mirum, ami-
ce, conjejfusjum inoay
me a peccata.
A. Phy ! jam dell no
mirari, fed age mini
£#/?£ yfcfc, ccnieilus es
omnia ?
B. Omnia quidem
-quae veniebant in men-
tern, &/nc2 duntaxat *#-
cepto.
A. Cur reticuijli hoc
.unum ?
B. Quiznondum. po-
iuit difplicere ?/n/n.
G
IMMORTAL G 1 turned oflf into the next
vicuia ;
H1PPOPLANU3.
vie urn ; iilic depofui
equum apad quendam
notum mihi, et conduxi
a Itt rum ; pro feci u s f u m
quo deiliaarem, rever-
jus fnn reddo condiuli-
tium equum ; repcrio
w.n\i\x\fo phi ft ampler at ^
cbefum . et pukhre pc-
quiet urn, vcflus eo, re-
de o adimpoftorcm,r0g"tf
vx alert t aliquot dies in
fuo ii-dbulot donee repe-
tiero. percunclatur
quam commode geiicnt
mt. Ego dejero per
omnia iacra, me nun-
quam confcendille ter-
gum felicioris cqui in
' vha,ro!aj/epoumqua)?i
ambuluiie, nee Jenfijfe
laflit.udinem tarn longo
itinere, nee factum ^z/tf,
xnacriorera oh laborem.
Cum perfuaferam illi
kttceffc vera, cogitabat
iacitus fecum ilium e*
qurnn efte alium, quam
Iiaftenus fufpicalus ej-
fiet. Itaque priufquam
abirem, rogabat rnim
na hi equus eflet vena-
lis; piimo negabam,
quod fi iter incident
denuo, nonforet facile
mnjcifci fitnilem ; at-
tamen nihil eiTe tarn
eharura mxhi % quod no a
town : There I fet up my
horfe with one //W was known
to me, <2tf J hired another ; I
went whither I had defigned,
returned^tiioxc mykiredhoik ;
1 find my cheat, as ^e &'tf j fat
## J finely rejled /. riding upon
him, / return to the rogue : /
beg of him that he would keep
him fome days in his ft able,
/2// I come for him again. Ht
aflis me how well he carried
me. If tear by #// that s fa-
cred, Mfi/ / never got upon//z£
£#£/£ of a better horfe in my
life ; that he flew rather than
paced, and was not fenfble of
wearinefs in fo I mg a journey,
nor made a hair the leaner for
his labor. When / had ptr-
fuaded him that theje things
were true r he thought filtntiy
with himfelf, that the horfe was
another fort of one, than hith-
erto he had fuf peeled him.
Therefore before I went away,
he ajked me if my horfe was t9
be fold : At fir It I [aid no, be-
catafe if a journey fliould fall
out again, it would not be eafy
to get the like ; but that noth-
ing was fo dear to me 9
which was not to be fold
for a leirge price ; although
any one [hould defire to buy
myftf lay U
eft
HIPPOPLANUS. ■*
77
effet venal e p retro lar-
go • etiamfi quis cupe-
ret emptum map/urn,
inquam,
A. Nee hi agebas
Cretenfem pule hre cum
Cretenfi.
B.Quid multis ? Non
dimittit me, donee in-
•dicarem, Indicavi non
paulo pkmsiyjwrai erne-
ram. DigreJJus ab nom-
ine, 7no x iuborno qui
age re t pa rtem h u j u sfa -
bulce mihi, pule hre in-
flruflum £/ edocium.
/ringreffus domum in-
rlamat locatorem, ait
fibi opus effe injigni e~
quo et egregie patienti
labon s. Alter 0/ikrc-
B#l m-uitos, et prasdicat
pejjimum quemque maxi-
me; non laudat ilium
Jolum, quern vendiderat
mihi, quoniam exifti-
mabat r/^r* talem, £7#<2-
lern prsedicaveram. At
alter rJ/zVi rogat numct
ille ^/ venalis. Lo-
cator primum obticef-
ceret atque prozdicaret
alios ambitioje. Cum
*/?y aW />j/ I fuborn one,
who fhould act a part of this
■/>/#y for me, well in Unified
and taught. He entered the.
houfe, calls upon the jockey, he
fays that he had need of a very
good horfe^ and excellently ca-
pable of enduring labor. The
other Jliezvs him many, and
commends every iheworji hdrje
m.oft. He does not commend
him alone, which he had fold
to me, becaufe he thought him
truly fuch, as I had commend-
ed him for. But the other
prefe ntly afks whether he too
was to befold. The jockey at
fir ft was f lent, and commended
others mightily. When he %
the reft being approved of \\x
fome meafure, always treated
about that alone ; at lafl the
jockey fays to hmff my
judgment of (hat horfc plainly
tun
HIPPOPLANUS.
urn meum de ilio equo
plane fjeilit me. Si-
quidem hie peregrinus
fatim agnovit kunc in-
ter omnes. Cum Hit.
k) ft a ret, tandem, in quit,
hie eft ven alis, kdfor-
tajft deterreberis p rctt d.
Pretium, inquit ille,
ncn eft magnum, y? dig-
nitas rei refpondeat.
Indica. Indicavit all-
quanta pluris, quam in-
dicaram xpfi, cap tans et
hoc lucrum. Tandem
convenit de pretio ; Ta-
lis magna arrha datur,
ne?npe regalis aureus, ne
qua fufpicio Jimulata
emptionis incident.
Emptor jubet pabulum
dan cquo. Ait fe redi-
turum mox et abdu&u-
rum. ZWetiam drach-
mam flabulario. Ego ,
iimul atque cognovi
paclionem ejfe firmam
Jic ut nonpojfet recindi,
cedo rurfus ad locaio-
7c?n armatus ocreis et
caicanbus. Clamo an-
helus, ille adefl, rogat
quid velim. Me us e-
*quus adornetur, illico,
inquam nam p r o ft a fee n-
dum eftt ve ftigio max-
\mtftriam rem. /Uqui
vaQ&o % inquit } mandabas
deceived me : Since this ft ran-
ger immediately knew him a-
mong them all. When he urg-
ed him, at lafl, fays he, he\%
to be fold, but perhaps you
will be frighted with theprice.
1 he price, fays he, is not
great, if the worth of ' the thing
anfwer. Set your price. He
fet him at fomething more than
I had fet him at to him, catch-
ing alfo at this gain. At length
they agreed about the price ;
a good large earnef penny is
given, to wit, a royal crown,
left any fufpicion of a counter-
jeit purchafe fiould happen.
The buyer orders hay to be
given to the horfe. He fays,
that he will return prcfently,
and take him away. He gives
alio a fix pence to the hoftler,
I, as foon as / knew the bar-
gain was firm,/? that it could
not be broken, returned again
/0 the jockey, drefled in my
boots and [purs, I call out of
breath, he comes, afks me a/tatf
I would have. Let my horfe
be got ready prefently,^)- /,
for / m it ji go i id m ed i at r I v upon
a very /enou r affair. But juft
now, quo ik he, you ordered
i&rf I flbould keep v0«r horfe
/^;;zo,
non vender em eum e-
quum, etiamfi quis nu-
xuerat quadruplum. ln-
cipio rixam % clamo we
perditura. Tandem et
illc incaluit. Quid
opus, inquit, jurgiis ?
In die a/It equum, ego
vendidi; fi numeroprc-
tium, Adtaf nihil quod
cgas mecum. Sunt
leges in hac urbe : non
potts compellere me ad
exhibendum equum.
Cum clamaflem flftii,
aut eitJii (met equum f aut
torem ; tan dun ira-
tu3 numeral firepufli.
Emeram quindecim. au-
i vi-
befides my expeclah on , and that
//£.£ King's, which admits no
delay. Here he /aid, you may
choofe (7i// 0/ ^ which ji?^
a?///, you cannot ^ai/* your
own : I afk, what for ? Be-
cauje, fays he, he is fold. There
pretending a great diflurbancc,
I fay, God forbid, whatjy^w
ya>i. This70#r ney being fallen
out, / would not fell that horfe,
although any one would pay
me four times the worth. I
begin a folding, I cry out
thai I am undone. At length
he too grew hot. What need,
quoth he, of all this bawling :
you fet a price on your horfe,
I have fold him, it I pay you
your price, you have nothing
that you can do with me.
There are laws in this city ;
You cannot compel me to pro-
duce tht horfe. After 1 had
bawled a long time, either that
he fliould produce the horfe, or
the buyer, he pays me my
price. X had bought him for
fifteen crowns. I had v lued
him at twenty fix, he had valu-
ed him at thirty two. He
thought to him/elf it is better
to make this advantage, than to
return the horfe. 1 go away
like one grieved, and fcarce
appeafed with the money given
gmti
8e
HIPPOFLANUS.
jjinti fex, ilk aeftima-
*at tnginta duo bus.
Cogitabat apud fe ;
prieftat facer e hoc lucri,
quam redrlere equum.
'Abeofmilis dolenti,£C
xixplacatus pecuniaaftf-
ta. Ille rogat ut £0/22
confulam, fe penfatu-
rum hoc incommodi fit
tt/n'j rebus. Sic 2?w-
pofitum ejl impoilofi.
Ha bet equum nullius
pretii. ExpeQat ut
qui 6 edit arrh a ffi,venidLt
numer&tum pecuniam ;
at nemo venit nee &#-
quam venturus eft.
A. Interim nunquam
cxpojlulavit tecum ?
B. Qua fronte aut
quo jure facer et id ?
Convenit quidem Jemel
at que iter urn. Con-
queftuseft de fide emp-
tor is. Verum ego ex-
poftulavi w/jVtf cum no-
mine dicens ilium dfrg*-
722/7/2 eo inalo qui fpoli-
avit /72 ^ tali equo pra-
propera venditioni
Hoc f/? crimen ta7/z &?-
ne collocatum mcafen-
ttntia y ut non pqjjim
inducere animum con-
fiteri.
772^. Hi? ^i- that 'I would take
in good part, that he would
make amends for this inconve-
nience in other things. So I
cheated the cheater. He has
a horfe of no value. He ex-
petls that he who gave the ear-
nejt penny, may come to pay
his money ; but nobody comes,
nor ever will come.
In the mean time did he
never expoflulate with you'?
With what front or with
what right could he do it ? He
met me indeed once and again.
He complained of the honejly
of the buyer. But I expostu-
lated of my own accord with
the man, faying that he was
worthy of that misfortune, who
had robbed me of inch ahofe,
by too hafty felling of him.
This z'jacrime/tf o#// placed,
272 ?72> opinion, that / cannot
bring 7/2^ mzW to confefs it.
A. Ego
C0NV1V1UM FABULOSUM.
A. Ego pofcerern^a-
tuam mihi, ft defignaf-
fem aliquid tale.
B. Nefcio an loque-
ris tx ammo : tamen
addis animum mihi,
quo magis Wbcdtjactre
jucum talibus.
I fhould demand a Jlatue
for myfelf, if I had contrived
any fuch thing.
I know not whether you
[peakjrom your heart: Yet
you give encouragement to me,
that I have the more mind to
put thetrick upon fuch fellows.
CONVWiUM F4BULCSUM,
Poly my thus, Gelafinus, Eufcrapelus, Aftacus,
Phylythlus, Phitogelos, Eugloitus, Lerocha-
res, Adolefchcs.
A.T TT nendecet bene
w inftitutam civi-
talem define legibus
ac principe, ita nee o~
port't convivium.
Ge. I flue vero pep-
placet, ut unus refpon-
deam nomine totius
populi.
Po. Heus puer, adfer
hue talos, ho rum J af-
freights regn u m decerne-
tur cukunque Jupiter
AS */ aWj 720/ become a well
ordered /fate to be with-
out laws A/?ia Prince, fo nei-
ther a&j z7 become a feait to be.
That indeed pleafes us very
well, that 1 alone ^z^v anfzver
in the name of the whole peo-
ple.
Soho, />tf>', bring hither the
dice, Ay ^/zecr 1/0 tej the king-
dom fnall be difpofed of to
whomfoever Jupiter lhafi fa-
fa ver it,
«2
CONV1VIUM FABULOSUM.
faverit. Euge ! Jupi-
ter favit Jlutrapelo.
-Sortes non fuere cara:.
Magis idoneus non po-
terat eUg\,etiam/i punc-
ta colletlafuiffent viri-
tim per fingulas tubus.
Vulgojugatur prover-
biurn, non tam vanum
quoin parum Latinum,
novus rtfa novus kx.
„ £u. Quod fit felix
fauflumque huic con-
vicio. Primum edico,
ne quis prefer et heic
prater ridicuias fabu-
las. Cui dceritf abula
multator drachma. Ea
petunia infumitor in
vinum. At que extem-
pore confida habtntur
in legitimis fabulis,/#0-
do probabile et deco-
rumfervetur. Si nulli
deer it tabula, duo pew
dunto pretiura vim,
quorum alter dixerit
kpidifjimam alter fri-
gidijjrmam fubulam.
Convivator eflo im mu-
nis a fumptu vini : u-
nus juppeditato fump-
tu m ciborum. Si quid
controverfce incident,
Gelafinus efto arbiter et
judex kujus rd* Si
vor. Well done ! Jupiter has
favored Eutrapelus. The lotf
were not blind. A more fit
man could not have been c-hof-
en, though the votes had been
taken man by man through ev-
ery tribe. There is common-
\ytoffed about a proverb, not
fo filly ash is bad Latin, a new
king, a new law.
That which may be lucky
and fortunate for this feaft.
Firjt I proclaim that nobody
produce any thing here befides
comical J 'lories. He that wants
aflory, let him be fined^Zv-
pence. Let that money be
fpent in wine. And let things
-invented extempore be reckoned
among lauful llories, provided
probability and decency % be
preferved. If nonefiall want
a ltory, let tkofe two pay the
charge of the wine, whereof
the one mall tell the prettuji,
the other the dullefi ftory. Let
the mafler oj the fenfl be free
from the charge of the wine :
Let him alone bear the charge
of the vicluah. If .any dtf-
pute happen, let Gelafinus be
the decider and judge oj that
affabr. If you confirm tkefe
things^let them be eftablifhed.
He ■t-fa&Y/ill «tot obey the la%,
CONVIVIUM FABULOSUM.
83
vos fciveritis haze rata
funto. Qui nolueritjfoz-
rere icgi, abito tamen
Jic, ut Jit jus Jafque re-
dire pojlridie ad com-
potationem.
G . Volu mu s legem
la tarn a rege effe rat am
noftris Jujfragiis, fed
uncle circulus J'abula-
rawproficifcetur?
Eut. Unde ni a con-
vi/atore ?
Af. Jureconfulti ne-
gant elTe /^7» quae
nonjit aequa.
Eu. Alfentior.
At. At /«£ /^a" eequat
optxmam fabulam pejji-
me.
Eut. Ubi voluptas
quaeritur, ibi premore-
tuxnon minus laudis, qui
*//a7 peffime quam qui
opti?ne, velut inter can-
tores ??£?;2 yet fo that it may
be lawful and allowable jo r
him to return the day after to
the club.
We will that the law made
by our king be confirmed by
our votes ; but whence lhall
the circle of Jlories proceed ?
From whence but from the
entertainer ?
The lawyers deny it to be a
law which is notjuft.
I afient to it»
But your law- equals ihe l^
ftory to theworft. , T j t
Where pleafure is fought,
there he deferves «0 \eSsprai/e 9
who Jays very badly ///#?* he
who fays very zvell, as among
fingers no ma a pleafes, unltjs
he thdit Jirtgs either notably well,
0r extraordinary ?7/. Do not
more laugh, upon hearing
the cuckow, than the nightin*
gale? Here indifference ha s no
praife.
Rut why are they punifhed
who get praife?
Eut. Ne
H
CONVIVIUM FABULOSUM.
Eut. Ne nimia felici-
tas provocat aliquam
Nemefm Mis, fi aufe-
rent ct laudem ttimmu-
nitatem fimul.
Af. Per Bromium
Minos ipfe nunquam
tulit aequiorem legem.
Phylyth. Feres nul-
lum legem de modo bi-
bendi ?
Eut. Re defpefla, fe-
quar exemplum Agefiiai
r-egis Laced^emonio-
rum.
Phylyth. Quid is fe-
cit ?
n\i£« Cum is quodum
piety ore delectus tjfet
ui Mipofiarchus, arbitrio
laiorum ; architnclino
rogante quantum vini
iuberet apponi. cuique,
inquit, Ji largior co-
pia vini parata eit, data
cuique, quantum po-
pofcerit ; Ji malignior,
di/iributio omnibus ex
aque.
'Phylyth. Quid fibi
\o\u\t ille Lacon cum
diceret hcec ?
Eut. Agebat hoc ut
ccnvivium neque eflet
temulentiwi, neque rur»
Jam querulum.
Left excefwe happinefs mould
provoke/^*: Nemefis o,gainJl
them, if they Jliould get both
praife and immunity together.
By Bromius Mvnos himfelf
never made a more reafonable
law.
Will you make no law con*
ceming the manner of drink-
ing ?
o
The thing being con/idered,!
will follow the example of A-
gefilaus, King of the Lacede-
monians.
What did he?
When he on a certain time
had been chofen governor of a
feaiW the plea Jure of the dice ;
the m after of the houfe atfking
how much wine he ordered to
be ferved up to every one, he
fays, if a large plenty of wine
be provided, give to every one
as much as he calls for; if a
more fparing, divide to every
one alike.
What meant that Lacede- «
monian when he faid theft
things ?
Fie meant this that thefeaft
fhould neither be drunken, not
again quarrelfome.
Phvlvth.
•CONVIVrUM FABULOSUM.
%5
Phylyth. Qui fie ? How fo ?
Eut. Quia funt qui Becaufe there are fo me who
gaudent bibere largius, love to drink plentifully , there
funt qui gaudent par- are others who love to drinle
cius. Reperiuntur et fparingly. There are Hkewife
abflemii, qualis Romu- found abflemious people, fuch
lus dlcitur fuiffe. Ita- as Romulus is faid/# havebeen»
que Ji vinum datur Therefore if wine is given t»
nulli niji pofcenti, pru none but him that calls for it
mum nemo compellitur firfl, nobody is forced to drink,
ad bibendum, et tamen und yet they want nothing, to
dejiderant nihil, quibus whom plentiful drinking is a-*
largior potatio eft gra- greeable. So it comes about
ta. Itaft ut nemo fit that nobody is fad in the feafL
Again, if -a lefs quantity of
wine is diftributcd 272 equal
/hares to each, they have e~
nough that drink moderately,
nor can any one murmur in e-
bibunt moderatius, ne- quality, fince he that would
qne poteft quifquam have drunk plentifully ,compof-
obmuvmur^re in a^qual- es him fe If to temperance zoitk
ztate ; quando qui hauf- a contented mind. If this ex*
turus em largius^com- ample pleafcs you, / will ifeit*
iponitfe ad temperan- for we would have this to be a
tiam azquo animo. Si itory telling, not a drunken
hec exempium placet, feafL
utar, nam volumus hoc
e/fe fabulofum, nonv'i-
nofnm convivium.
Phylyth. Quid igi-
tur bibahat Romulus ?
Eut. Idem quod ca-
nes be bunt.
Ph) ] ylh. An -non if
tud inJitrnum re?e ?
triflis in convivio.
Rurfus, fi parcior co-
pia vini diftribuitur ce*
quis portionibus in fin-
gulos t habent fatzs qui
II
What then drank Romulus?
The fame that dogs drink ?
Is not that unworthy of a
king ?
Eut. Nihil
.86
CONVIVIUM FABULOSUM.
.Eut. Nihil ?nagis
quara ! quod reges Jpu
rant sere communi cum
canibus, nifi qnodzllud
interefl, rex non bib 4
eande?naqudLm,quam ca-
nis bi beret, fed r<2?uj
haurit tfre ;»■ quetn r€#
efflavit. Et viciffem
rex haurit cerem quern
ratffj efflavit. Alexan-
der Hie Magnus tuliflet
^/z/j* glorias, J? bibiffet
<:w/ra canibus. Nam &£.
•St/ pejus rege qui tfrgi*
/at tot millibus homxn-
u?n, quam vinolentia,
-Casterum Romulmniu-
2 fie abfle?niu?n, apo-
thegma diclum ab illo
.57(7« infejlivittr 4ecla-
rat. Etenim cum ywi-
dfara videns tV/z/wi ab-
ftinere 6 nW dixiflet,
vinum futurum azVe, fi
omnes bibcr cut que mad-
modum ille : Imo, z«-
^wz/, turn arbitror fore
cari{ji/mum,Xi omnes bi-
berent vinum quemad-
rnodum e?o, nam fo'^0
quantum /z&tf.
Ge. Utinam nojlcr
Joannes Botzemus ca-
aionicus Conflantinenjis
'^de/frt /*e?c. Nam et
No ?72t7ra/ that Mere t'j Ma/ d//
ference ; the king does nol
drink the fame water which the
dog dra nk, but Me dfog draw*
in the air which Me /$?'7?£breath.
ed out. And again Me king
draws in Me azr which the dog
breathed out. Alexander the
great had got more glory, if he
had drunk with the dogs. Foi
nothing is work for a king,
who watches over fo many
thoufand we/z,then drunkenne/s,
But M#* Romulus was ery dear, if well,
inquitj par calceorum quoth he, would a pair of fhoes
duplicatis foleis cor*- with double folcs, agree jz'z/A
grueret /zzi" ocreis. /?#- //z^/I? leather flockings. Being
gatus an velUt et calce- afked whether he would have
os, annuit» Keperti Jhoes too. he agrees to it* They
funt et additi pedibus. were found, and put upon his
Maccus laudabal ocre- feet. Maccus commended the
as, laudabal calceos. ilockings y com?nended thefhoes.
Calcearius gaudens la- The five ma her rejoicing fiknt-
cite fuccinebat illi lau- ly % agreed with /22/72 commend-
danti, fperans a?quius fng them, hoping for a better
pretium, pofteaquam price, feeing the ware pleafed
?nerx placeret emptori the buyer lo much. And now
tantopere. Et jam non- Jome familiarity was contracc-
nulla familiaritas erat ed. Here Maccus /ays, tell
contrafta. litic Mac- me in good faith, did it never
cus inquit, die ?nihi bo- happen to you, that one whom
na fide nunquamne ufu youhadjurniftedthuswithlea-
vtnit tibi, #2* quern «r- ther floe kings and /Wi for a
maffes tic ocreis et cal- race,as nowyou have me,wen toff
ctis ad curfum quemad- without paying the price ?
viodum nunc armafli Never, fays he. But if by
me, abierat non name- chance, fays he, itfnould hap-
rato pretio ? Nunquam, pen, what would you do then ?
ait ille. At que tifor- I zoould follow Mm, fays //i quam
poflea refolvit.
Ge. Verumenz/aclio
furti.
Po. Ea quidem inten-
tata eft pojt, fed jam
Maccus innotuerat ali-
quot in agi fir ah bits.
Ge.Ouid attulitMac-
cus ?
Po. Quid attulit, ro-
gas in cafu tarn vincibi-
\\ ? Aclor magis peri-
clitatus eft quam reus.
Ge. Qui fie ?
Po. Quia gravabat
ilium aclione calumniae,
et intendebat Rhemian
legem % qua? did at, ut
quin intenderet crimen
quod non pqfpt probare?
jlret pcenarn quam reus
laturus erat 9 (i juiffet
conviclus. Negabat fe
g o n tr e 6ta fle zke na m rem
invito domino, Jed de-
ferente u!tro 9 nee til lam
xnentionem pretii inter-
ceGifle ; fe provocajfe
calcearium ad certavien
cur jus-/. Ilium accept jfe
'conditionem,firc. habere
qucd querentur cum
ejj'it fuperatus curfu,
Ge. Uaec atlio non
mukum abefl ab umbra
afini. Quid tandem ?
Pivhaps money wag not at
hand which afterwards he paid.
But (here was an aftion of
the/}.
That indeed was brought af-
terwards, but now Maccus was
become acquainted with fome
magiflrates.
What did Maccus plead ?
What did he plead, do you-
ajk, in a caufe, fo eafy to bs.
carried ? The prqjecutor was-
more in danger than the perfon
indifted.
How fo ?
Becaufe he loaded him with
an acHon of'flander ; and urgecr
the Rhemian law, which orders,,.
that he who brings a charge.
which he cannot prove,, Jliall
fi-'Jfe r the p un i (h m e n t wh ich
the perfon indlEted Jliiuld have
Juffered, \\ he had been convift-
ed. He denied th3t he med-
dled with the other's ware a-
gainft the will of the owner,
but on his giving it of his own
accord, and that na mention of
price had paffed betwixt them ;.
that he had challenged the fhoe-
maker to the running of a race ,\
That he had accepted 'the propo-
fal, and had nothing that he
could complain 0/" feeing he was
beat in a .ace.
This action is not muchJJiort
of the fhadow of the ajs. What
came of it at laft ?
P,
CONVIVIUM FABULOSUM.
9*
P. Ubi rifum ejl fatis,
qui dam e judicious vo-
eavit Maccum ad cce-
nam, et numeravit cal-
ceario pretium. Quid-
dam fimile accidit Da-
ventnoz me puero. E-
rat ill ud temp us, quo
pi/ cat ores regnant, lann
frigent. Ouidam afta-
bat ad fenejtra??i fruftu-
aviae, vehementer cbefae
fanuna, .oculis intentis
in ea quoz pofita erant
venum. Ilia invitabat
hominem ex wore fi
quid vellet. Et cum vi-
deret intentum ficis, &£f
ficos ? ait, {unt per quam
el'gantes. Cum ille an-
nuiflet, rcg-fl^ quot /z-
^r^j vellet. J'u, in-
quit, quinque libras ?
Annuenti eflfudit t "ant urn
ficorum in gremium.
Dum ilia reponit lan-
ces > i\\e fhbduatfe, non
curju, fed placide. Ubi
prodijjet acceptura /tf-
cumam, vidit emptor em
abire ; infequitur ma-
jore t/0t' cceperat 2r/^/z fhe faw him intent upon
the fig, «uz// jy#& Aat/* fl?zy figs ?
faxsjhe, they arc very fine- ones.
When he agreed on it, jhe a/ks
him how many pounds he would
have. Will you kave s fays fhe,
five pounds ? On his agreeing
to italic poured/3 manyhgs inio
his hg/pm'i W nil R Jhe lays by
the Jcales, he withdraws* not
running but eafily. When Jhe
came out to receive her money \
ihe faw her chapman was going
off.Jke follows with a greater
W02/5? than pace. He taking no
notice) goes on whether he had
begun /0 £ fed
r arprntece. Quidam im-
; poftor animadv?rterat
id. yWnV facrifcum,
qui ge/labat crumenam
turgidam numm'xsin zo-
na j falutat avi liter,
narrat fibi datum nego-
hum a fuis, ut m rcare-
tur novum facrum pal-
, Hum parocho fui vici,
qua eftfumma v eft is
Jacerdoti per3genti di"
vinam rem. Rogat ut
commodaret/^f tantil-
lum operas, ut irct ie-
cum ad eos s qui vendunt
ejufmodi pallia ; quo(\i m
rneret majus aut minus
ex modotllius corporis,
nam ip/ius ftaturam vi-
dtn fibi congruerz ve-
hementer caw magni-
tudine parochi. Cum
hoc vuleretur love 0^z-
a«//i, facrificus facile
pollicitus efl. Adeunt
aedes cujuj'dam. Palli-
um prolatum ejl. Sacri-
fices induiL Venditor
ajfxrmat mire congru-
e/e, caw impoftor c$n*
ver» A certain cheat had ob-
Jervedit. He went to theprie/i^
who carried the purfe ftuff'd
with money ?rc Azj - i he tells him
that he was employed by his
neighbors *0 buy a new farplice
for ike par/on of their town,
which is the upper garment of
the priejt performing divine fer-
vice* He afks him that he
would lend him a little of his
help, that he would go with
him to thofe who fell /tfc/a-
gowns ; that he might take it
bigger or /r
CONVIVIUM FABULOSUM.
95
tis. Eft/ catena, quae
demifja in terras pertin-
get did Joveni.
Eu. Redeundum ad
Jabulas.
As. Ordo rtdit ad te,
j£ fas eft c0g4J
huntings got acquaintance with
0?2£ Conon, a country fellow,
but of an hcneji and Jincert
mind ;j^r monarchs ^r
he was prefently known bv the
king and Jent for. He offered
his prefent with great cheerful*
nejs j the king received it with
greater cheerlulnefs ; ordering
one of thofe next him» that
itfzouldbe laid up diligently
among thofe things which he
ptorepfifTel
CONVIVIUM FABULOSUM.
97
arorepfiflet in aulam,
}ua rex erat iturus,Hdr
:im agnitus eft a rege,
it accerjitus. I lie dt*
Yklit munus cum m»g-
I J a alacritate, rex acce-
hit cum majore alacri-
ate, mandans cuidam e
fyroximis, ut reponere-
tur diligenter inter ea
jua haberet charijjima.
/\w\>zlCononem prandere
tecum ; a prandio agit
'gratias Cononi,^ juflit
\mille coronatos numera-
ri pro rapa Mi eupienti
repetere fuum rus. Cum
ifama kujus r ei, ut Jit per*
vagata effet per omne
regis famulitium, qui-
dam ex aulicis dedit re-
gi non inelegant em e-
quum dono. Rex in-
telligent ilium provo-
tatum benignitate qu am
pi aeftiteret Cononi, cap-
tare pra:dam, accepit
mwnus vultu major em
in modum alacri,^ con-
vocatis primoribus,ccc-
pit confultare quo mu-
nere penjaret tam bel-
lum tamque pretiofum
equum. Interim qui
doaarat equum, conce-
pt opimas fpes animo,
I
counted mojl dear» He or-
ders Conon to dine with him ;
after dinner he gave thanks to
Conon ;#w^/ordered a thoufand
crowns to be paid For his tur-
nip to him, defiring to return to
his own country. When the
fame §J this things it happens*
had gone through all the king's
fervants, one of the courtiers
gave the king no uhhandfoma
horfe as a prefent. The king
under/landing that he being
encouraged by the kindneis
which he had (hewn to Conon t
catched at a prize, received the-
prefent with a countenance
?nore than ordinarily cheerful ;
and having called together his
nobles, he began to ccnfult with
thzmwhditpYtkniheJIiGuldfnake
as a return/or fo fine and Jo
valuable a horfe. In the mean
time he who had given the
horfe, conceived rich hopes in
his mind thinking thus, if he
made fuch a return for a tur-
nip prefented by a country fel-
low,^?*; much moregeneroudy
will he make a rtturnfor fuch a
horfe given him by a courtier !
When one anfwered one thing,
another another, Jo the king,
confulting a/about a grand af-
fair, and this catching fellow
had ieenfed a Jong time with
covitans
98 CONVIVIUM FABULOSUM.
cogjtans fie, fijk pen- vain hopes, at laft the kinghA
javit rapam donatam a it comzs into my mind what J
ruflico, quanta munifl- JJiould give him, and one oftht
centius penjaturus ejl nobles being called to him, ht
talemequum oblaturn zvhifpe red in his ear, that he
ab aulico. Cum alius fhould bring that which fa
refponderet aliud regi fnould find \nh\s bedchamber,
confultanti vehdi de and atthe fame ftWhed'efcribei
magna re, et captator the place jwrappedun dilige?ztl)
latlatus ejfet dm vana in (ilk. The turnip is brought,
fpe, tandem rex inquit, 77z ?g ^ 0^? ce o i
other. Lewis offering himfeif,
/ze /j ? 4 off t ! i e I o u fe, a n d 1 1 i r e w
it away privately. The king
z?/7z z tfg W h ut i t wa s , he tea f djha m -
td to confefs. When the king
urged him, he con fe fled /A a/ if
a.'tf.y a loufe.// zj a joyful omen,
quoth he, y#r it declares that I
^/72 a man, becaitfe this kind ^jT
vermin does infeit w£^ peculiar-
ly, ejljeciatiy in his yo.::h, $i^
he ordered forty crozvns to be
\paid him /i)r hisfervice. After
a good many days, /> minding that
there is a great deal of differ-
ence whether you do a thing
/rtf/, 7 z zVzr2*M kings in waggery :
Jir as lions c^er themfelves
fometimes quietly to one tha
rubs them, the fame, when M!iffimus omnium regum, wait, fays he> another occa-
,ui habeam tarn opu- fioru
-ntum cancillarium.
leic fpes accenfa eft
aagis omnibus, futu-
' umut pecunia diftrib-
heretur ceteris, quan-
iloquidem ille ambiebat
\ihiL Ubi rex lufiflet
id hunc mo dam fatis, . ". ' \ . .
liu, coegit cancellaji-
jm, ut aujerret totam
:am fammam domum.
Moxq ; verfus ad cac-
:gt os ja?Ji mceftos, vo-
bis ent expeclanda, in-
quit, alia occafio.
Phil, Fortaffe vide- Perhaps it milt appear flat
friiur frigidius, quod zvhic h I am going to tell, wh ere'
fum narraturus vproin- fore 1 bar thefujpicion of evil
ie deprecor fufpicio- deceit, or roguery, that I may
\nem mali doli fucive \ not Jeem to have fought immu-
ne videar ambiffe im- nity on purpofe. A certain
munitatem deinduflria. man went to the fame Lewis,
Quidam adiit eundem defiring that he would order
Ludovicum, petens ut an office, which by chance was
juberet munus, quod vacant in that dijtric7,m which
/auditafeutione,.rfpon- you will da nothing. The pe-
dit expedite, effices ni- titioner likewife prefently hav-
hil. Petitor ■ etiam mox ing given thanks to the king,
aclis grains regi dif departed. The king gather-
cejfet. Rex, colligens ing from his very look, that
ex ipfo fronte, effe ho- he, was a man by no means of
mincm
i04
CONV1V1UM FABULOSUM.
minem non omnino fm-
iflri ingenii, fufpicans
que ilium non intellex-
iffe quod refpondiffet,
jubet cum revocari.
Redit. Turn rex in-
quit, intelligebas quid
refponderim tibi f In-
tellexi. Quid igitur
dixi ? Me efftclurum
nihil. Cur igitur age-
bas gratias ? Ouoniam,
inquit, eft quod agam
domi : proinde perfe-
cuturus eram ancipi-
/
I want not fomething to re-
late of Lewis, but I had rather
CONVIV1UM FABULOSUM. 105
fed malo de nojlro tell of our Maximilian : TVho 7
vMaximiliano. Qui ut as he ufed not to bury his mow
\nequaquam folitus eji ey, fo he was very merciful to
elefodere pecunia?n, ita thofe who had/pent their efiate t
erat clememiffimus in fo they were recommended by a
\eos qui decoxerant, mo- title of nobility. Being dt fir-
do commendarentur ti- ous to help a certain young
tulo nobilitatis. Cum ?»tf# of this fort of men, he
vellet opitulari cuidam committed tohim* deputation,
juveni ex hoc genere that he mould demand a hun*
hominum, mandavit il- dred thoufand Jlorins from a
li legationem, ut pete- certain city upon I know not
vet centum miWia jlore- what title. But the title was
\norum a quadam avi- fuck, that 2/ any thing a^j 0^-
^^ nefcio quo tituio. tained by the dexterity ^/ /^?^ broth immediately to be
poured out zwto another earth
em pot, ?Y/£ him, but ?2^>/^ was
found. What needs many
word 9 ? The pot was demand-
ed of him z>2 earneft, becaufe he
alone had entered the kitchen, at
what time 2* a^j mfjing. He
conjrjjed he borrowed a certain
pot, Z>^ which he had fint back
to him of whom he had it. When
they denied it, a^ the conten-
tion ^T^a/ warm,&\\\\ionyJbmc
witneiTes being taken to ium %
fays,yfe how dangerous it is to
deal with werc of tbele times
without a note : an aflion of
th [ft would be almoft laid a-
gain ft me, unlets / had the
hand of the ufurer ; and he pro-
duced the note. The roguery
was under flood ; ihejtory was
fpread through the whole coun-
try with a great deal oi laughs
Anton lus^
J 10
CONVIVIUM FABULOSUM.
Antomius, aliquot, tefti-
bus ad/nbitis/mqyxh, vi-
de te quam pen cut of urn
eft agere cum komimbus
horurn temporum line
ckirographo J atliofur-
ti properr;odum inten-
deretur rnihji m habe*
rem manum fanerato-
ris, et prctulit lyngra-
pham. Dolus intc Hec-
tus eft ; fabula difiipa-
ta e ft per tot am regio-
nem cum magno rifu,
ollam oppignoipatam ip-
ficujmerat. Homines
favent hujufniodi do lis
libentius, Ji commiffi
lint in odiofas perfonas,
prxfeuvm eps qui folent
imponere aliis.
A. Nae tu apperuifti
nobis mare babularum,
norninato Antonio :
Jed refer am dunraxat w
nam, earn que brevem,
quam audivi nuperri-
ine. Aliquot belli ho*
munculi, ut dicunty agi-
tabant convivium fimul,
quibus nihil in vita pri-
1.1 s quam ridere. Inter
has erat Ant on i us, atquc
item alter, et ipfe Cele-
bris 2,7 hoc genere lau-
dis,-?/ velut amulus An*
tonii. Porro quemad-
modum inter pkilofo-
pkos, fi quando conve-
niuat, quefliunculx la-
ter Mfl/ Mrz-
wafw laudem hone/iatis
on ob aiiudi nifi /yw?! called a rude
droll. ^tfJ" Anthony recover-
ed the glory /0// before. ffV
have atljaid, it remains Mo|
the judge pronounce fentence.
I will do it, but 770/ before
every man drinks off his glajs.
Lo / begin, but f/ze a;'^ in the
table.
Levinus Panaga&us brings
no unlucky omen»
What A/W tarn ,,-
L. NiG/a/^zraiwihoc Unlels yctii cflw/g/J that this
Jwffe jucundius vobis rvas more plea fan t to you than
fdbiloib convivio, non the fabulous feaft, / do not re*
recufo daie poeoas in fufe to fuffer punifhment^^/p-
cxna. Nihil jucundius per. Nothing is more pleafant
quam cum nuges trac- than when trifles are handled
tamur/?rz?.
Ch EfTer ?£-//« r quod Declare M^/fc what )1 4
CHARON,
riaviter quam feliciter,
mfecerunt omnes partes
oibis tartareis malis
diffidiis, bellis. latroci-
«its, peftilenttis, adeo
uty&mfint plane calvcz %
emiflis colubris, et c-
bambultnt exhauftae ve-
neniSi quaerentes quic*
quid viperarum atque
efpidum eft ufquam,
quando fmt t am glabra
quam ovum, et non ha*
bent pilum in capite ,nec
qu?dquamefih™c\s fucci
in pttlore. Promde tu
fac appares cymbam ac
remos: mox enim tcmta
multitude) umbrarum
ventura eft, ut verear
ne non fufficias tranf
mittendis omnibus.
Ch. Ik&nonjugerant
nos.
Al. Unde refcibas ?
Ch OfTa ptrtuhrat
ante biduum*
Al. Nihil
fonsy fe^king zvhatfoever vipers
and afps there are any wh re r
feeing they art as bare as an egg 9
and nave not a hair upon their
head, nor any thing of effectual
juice intheirbreaji. Wherefore
ak ycu fee you make ready) apud
H* [panes, apud Brnan
nos- apud Italos, apud
IGallos, Ad hacc noyam
Ifotfra natam » calamo, et adhor-
tari ad pacem.
A!. I lie nanit fardis
jampridem. OYimJcrip-
Jit querimoniam profli-
gates pacis, nunc fcnp-
fit epitapkium eidem
extinclcz. Sunt alii
contra, qui juvant nof-
trani rem non minus
quam ipfas furia3.
Ch. Quinam ifti ?
Al.Sum quadavi an.
of men will arikfYvm hence tc
hereafter, if the thing comi
fromhon^ues and quills to ham
OfTa /p/i all theft things ver
truly ; for I j&t; more &/$
thefe eyes, being a conftar
companion 2nd aj/i/lant of tl
furies, which at no time
dared themfelves 772nr a complaint J/
xjanquifhed peace ;?lumis. Haec nunquam
ecedunt ab aulis ^rz«-
|^z/77z .* ififlillant in au-
em amorem belli :
-fortantur procures et
^lebem, eundem. Clam-,
tant in evangelicis
oncionibus, bellumeffe
\itjlum, fan&um et pi-
lm. Ouogue magis
mireris fortem anu
mum hominum, clam-
\tant idem apud utram-
que partem. Apud
Gallos concionantur
D^um flare pro Gallis,
nee poffe vinci. ^m ha-
beat Deum protefto-
refti. Apud Anglos et
IHifpanos, hoc helium
jnon geri a Ccefare, fed
\a Deo. Tantum prse-
Ibeant fe fortes viros,
vitioriam effe certam.
Qucd fi quis inter ci de-
nt, cum non perire,{(ti
r eel ef ub volar t\\\ ccelum
armatum ficut er^/.
Ch. Et tanta ji.de $
habetur iftis ?
A I, Quid non potefi
fim u la t a relig 10 f Hue
accedxt juveatus % m-
black and white garment, with
ajhcolored tunicks, adorned
with divers feathers. Thefe
never depart from the courts
ofprinc.es : they inftil in their
ear the love of war : They
advife the nobles and common
people to the fame they batvl
cut in their fermons, that the
war is jufl, holy and pious.
And that you may the ynor-e ad-
mire the flout mind of the
men, they fay the fame with
bolhftdes. Among the French
they preach that God fands up
for the French, and that he
cannot be conquered, who has
God for his prote&or. Among
the Engiifh and Spaniards,
that this war is not carried on
by Cct/ar, but by God. Let
them only fhew them/elves
ftcut we>2, the viclory is cer-
tain. But if any one /i//j that
he does not per fit, bnx flies di-
reclly into heaven, armed as he
was.
And /jyj? ^raz/ credU given
to them ?
What cannot pretended re"
ligion do ? To this is added
youth, ignorance of things, a
peritia
n8
feritia rerum ,jitis glo-
riae, ira, animus pro-
mts natura ad id cui
v'ocatur. His facile
imponitur, nee plau-
Jlrum propellxtur diffi-
cile, pro pendens ad ru-
iuam Juapte Jponte.
Ch. Ego lubensjecero
aliquid boni iftis ani-
malibus.
Al. Appara I an turn
conviviurn. Potes ni-
hil gratius.
Ch. Ex malvis, lupi-
nis, et poms, nam non
eft alia annona apud
nos, tufas.
Al. lino fcft per did-
•ins, capis # phafianis,
i^f vis j^L' gratus convi-
vator.
Ch. Sed quarts mo-
vet iftos, z/£ promove-
ant helium tantopere ?
Aut quid commodi me-
tuntAtW.
AI.Quia capiuntphis
emolumenti e morienti-
bus quam e vivi.s. «S#/2/
teftamenta, parentalia,
bullae, mvltaque alia/w-
cra non afpemanda.
Denique ma hint v er fa-
ir i ?/7 caflrts, q&arn &
*/#ii alvcanbus, Bel-
CHARON.
Mzr/? of glory, finger, a Tmri
/?r0flu\\z&fuddcnly out of a grofs
era (To
*20
CHARON;
era (To corpore, ferunt
multum corporece molis
fecum. Apoplexia au-
tem, fynanche, pefti-
lentia, fed praecipue
bcllum, mitt it tales.
AL Non opinor
Gallos aut Hfpanos
adferre. multum pende-
ns.
Ch. Multo minus
quam et ho rum animce
non veniunt omnrno
plumeae. Ccetevum ta-
les veniunt aliquoties
e BritanntSy e Germa-
nis belle paftis, ut nu-
per peri clitatusfian ve-
hens decern duntaxat,
et n\{\feciJJ'emje>Muram,
perieram una cum cym-
ba, vefloribus, £ this one thing \ as
nui
€HARON.
121
.quoties <*/2bellum,
veniunt ad me, fau-
cii lacerique,nt denirer
ullum faperejfe apud
fuperos. Nee veniunt
\\folum onufti crapula,
\etabdomine, verum c-
\tiam bullis, facer 'do >tiis,
plurimifquetf/2*V rebus.
Al. Sed non dtferunt
i&ajecu?n.
Ch. Verum ; fed
quae veniunt recentes
ddferunt fomaia talium
rerum.
Al. Itane gravant
fomnia ?
Ch. Gravant meam
cymbam. Quid dixi,
gravant ? Demerferunt
jam, Poftremo putas
tot obolos habere nihil
farcin as ?
Al. Equidem arhi-
tror, tijerani asreos.
Ch. Proinde cerium
eft ?nihi profpicere de
vavi, Qndzfufficiat on-
eri.
Al. O felicem te !
Ch. Quid ita ?
Al. Quia diie/ces
propediem.
Ch.Ob multitudintm
umbrarum.
Al, Nae.
often as there is a war,yS> many
come to me, wounded and man-
gled, that I wonder that any
one is left with thofe above.
Nor do they come only loaded
with the dregs of hard drink-
ing, ?nd big bellies, but alfo
with balls, livings, and very
many other things.
But they do not bring thofe
things with them.
True ; but thofe which
co vie frefh, bring the dream of
fuch things.
Do dreams load you fo ?
They do load my boat.
What faid I, load it ? They
funk itjujl now. Finally do
you think fo many half pennies
have no weight ?
Truly / think fo, if they
bring brazen ones.
Wherefore / am refolved to
look outfonajhip which may
fuffice for the burden.
O happy you !
Why fo ?
Becaufe ^£d72 /craped together by
me -
.quod corrofum eft mi- .720?#thefe three thoufand jyc^rj, I
hi ja?n ter mille annis, d\\ xhat 7nujl be laid out in one
galley.
5/2
id totum ejfundendum
in unam tiremem.
Al. Sumptum faciat
oportet, qui cua?rit lu-
crum,
Ch. At ?nor tales, ut
audio, negotianturjtc/z-
C?Wf f ouxfavente Me?-
curio ditefcunt intra
inennium,
Al. Sed nWm deco-
quunt nonnunquam :
iuum lucrum mi» us,
y^/ certius.
Ch. Nefcio quam
certum. Si quis deus
cxoriatur nunc, .qui
CQinpcn.it res pr ina-
pt um, hsec tota {qxs pe- loft by me
ficrit mihi.
Al. De iila re <7«z-
t/ewz jubeo dormias in
iitramvis aurein. JW-
hilzfl quod metuas pa-
cem intra' decennium.
He muft-be at charge, &;/*£
kzks gain.
But men, as / hear 9 trade
?;z jy the favor
of Mercery, grow rich 272 three
years.
But t//£ fame break fome-
times. Your ^azw is lefs, £*/£
more certain.
I know not how certain. If
any .God mould arife now, that
fliould fettle the affairs of prin-
ces, this 20/20/* booty will bt
For that matter truly 1 bid
you fZeep on either ear. You
need not fear a peace within
theft ten years. The Roman
pontiff "alone exhorts diligent-
Roman us
itorrjanm bontifex unus
hortatur fedulo quidem
ad'concordiam, fed la-
, vat later em. Et civi-
Itates murmur ant ta^dio
I vialorum. Nefcio qui
( populi confer unt fufor-
ros, diclitantes iniqu-
u m effe a / h u m a n le n' *
I mitceantur J urfu/n de~
' orfiuri, ob privatas ' iras
i fl&f arnbiiionern. d/W-
r#7/* triumve. vW cre-
de mt'^'tj furias vincent
con'fih'a quamlibtt rec-
ta. Cceterum qivAopus
erat peterefupe.ro a ? At"
Bon ftint fabri a pud
nos ? C^rte habemus
Vulcanum.
C. Pi!!chre,y? quae*
ram ceream n a vim.
Ak A Ho ins accerle-
tur minimo,
Ch. Ita 5/?, fed-tfztf^-
rz# deficit «&?.
AI. Quid Wz'tf P
nihil fylvarum illic ?
Ch. Etiain vemora
quzefuerant in ElviTiis
campis abfumpta funt.
Ch. In quern ufum
tandem ?
Ch. Exurendis &;;z-
^r?i haereticorum, aafea
a/ nuper coaQiJimus
CHARON i*g
]y indeed to concord ; but her
w allies # brick. The cities
tod murmur out of wearinefs
of their calamities. I know
not what people join' their
whifpers, faying, it is unrea-
fonabie that human affairs'
mould be jumbled up and
down, for the private relent-
ments, or ambition, of two or
three. But believe ?ne, the
furies will conquer counfels
never fo good. But what need'
was there £0 go to thofe above?
Are there no workmen with
us ? Certainly we have Vulcan ,■
Right, ?/I wanted braze:*'
ftip.
Somebody wtzy befentfor
for a fmall matter.
So z/ zj, but owa? fails as,
What^ I hear ? Is there
nothing of woods there ?
Even the g ro ves to 1 \\ c h &•2 navem
gale at a ?n ?
B. Nequaquam,/^/
Synod ii.
A. Periclitatuses bu-
limia in tam opulenta
urbt ?
FROM whence are you fai
void of juice ^ as \$ you had
v ^/z y^^ with dew with the.
gr a/shoppers. You feem to
me nothing elfe than thejkin of
a man.
In hell ghojls are fed with
mallows and onions, but /
/z^r/tf /zWaf- ten months where
notfo much as that fell to my
fhare.
Where, / pray you, were
you carried aboard a galley ?
No, but at Synodium,
Were you in clanger by jam*
inciii foriehtf city,
B; Maxima j
126
OPULENTIA SORDIDA.
B. Maxime.
A. Quid in caufa ?
An deerat pecuma ?
B. Nee pecunia nee
amici.
B. Quid erat mali
igitur ?
B.Mihi res erat cum
hofpite Antronio.
A. Cum illo opulen-
to?
B. Sed fordidiffimo .
A. NdLrrasJimilc raon-
ftro.
B.Minime. Sic di-
vites Jiunt qui emur-
gunt e furnma inopia.
A. Quid ita libuit
commorari tot menfes
apud ta/m hofpitem ?
B. Erat quod dWiga-
xet t et fie animus erat
A. Sed die obfecro,
qui apparaiu' v\v\t i!le.
B.Dicam qkandoqui-
dem commemoratio
a do rum 1 a'fepr u m folet
Gflejucunda-
A. Futura eft mihi
certe.
Be Illud incommodi
acceffit a ccelo, cum a-
gerem illic. Boreas
Tpirabat tres totos ffze??-
/272£ unlefs it was corrupted^
that he might by it cheaper.,
Left any of it fhould be loft»
now and then he mixed dregs
of ten years old, rumbling and
jumbling all tpgether, that it
might feem nezv wine. For he
would not have^ fuffered any,:
bit of dregs to be loft.
But if any credit muft be
given to the doclors, fuch wine
breeds the jl one of the bladder*
They were not doclors ; for
there was no year in thathoufe
y2> happy, but one ##0ar^0w his mk^fons^
rem, filios, BWam, gen- daughter, foninlazo, workfolks,
erum, operas, ap«dSynodos ?Re- fwered foftly, that Antronius
fpondit commodeAntro
nium adfuturum brevi.
Cum viderem nihil ap-
■parari, ctjlomachusla-
Itraret ; heus, inquam,
lOrthrogone^rlt pereun-
dum fame hodie ? Ex-
cufabat horam, aut ali
would come prefently. When
I /aw nothing got ready, and
my flomach barked ; Joho i I
fay ,Orthrogonus muft we per-
ifli with famine today ? ife
alledgedin excufe the hour, or
fome like thing. When /
could not bear the barking of
| quid fimile. Cum non my flomach, I interrupted him
jerrem latratum^/? oma- being bufy again. What wiU
cki 9 interpellabam oc- become of us ? fay I, muft we
cupatum rurfus. Quid die of hunger ? When now
futurum ejl ? inquam, Orthrcgonus had fpent all his
erittemoriendumfame? excufes, he went to thefervants,
Ubi jam Orthrogonus and ordered the table to be
confumpfiffet omnem fpread. At length, when nm-
tergiverfationem, abiit ther Antronius returned, nor
ad famulos, juffitque anything was got ready, Or-
throgonus, being prevailed up -
*>n by my reproaches, went
down to his wife, motherinlaw,
and children, crying out, that
theyjhould make ready fupper.
menfam adomari. Tan
deni cum nee Antroni-
us rediret nee quidquam
apparatum, Orthrogo*
nus viclus meis convi-
ciis, defcendebat ad
uxorem, focrum, ac li-
beros, clamitans, ut ap-
pararent caenam.
A. Nuncfaltem ex- Now /lozuevw I expecl; the
peQo ccenam. /upper.
B. Ne propera. Tan- Be not hafty. At length a
dem claudus famulus lame fervant came out appoints
prodibat prafetlus ei ed for that bufinefs, not very
negotio, non admodum unlike Vulcan ; he covers the
difimilis Vulcano ; in- table zoith a doth. That was
M flernit
*34
OFULENTIA SORDIDA.
fernit menfam linteo.
£a prima fpes cczruz.
Tandem pojl longam
voaferationem, vitrei
phiahz aiTeruntur cum
aqua limpida fane.
A. Altera fpes cce-
B. Ne propera, in-
qua?n. Rurfus pojl
atroces clamores, p/iia-
la plenis ijiius fecu-
lenti neclaris adfertur.
A. O bene factum !
B. Sed Jine pane.
Nihil periculi adhuc.
Nemo famelicus bibit
tale vinum lubens. Cla-
Saturn eft iterum uf-
que ad ravim. Turn
demum ilk panis op*
ponitur, quern urfus
vix frangeret dentibus.
A. Certe /#w con-
fultum eft vitce.
B. Sub multam noc-
tem tandem Antronius
r/^/zzV, fere hoc inaufpi-
catifiimo prooemio ut
dicer et ftemacbum fibi
dolere.
A. Quid mail aufpi-
cii hie ?
B. Quia tunc erat
nihil quod ederetur.
A. Dolebat re vera ?
thejirfl hope of Juppsr. At I
laft after long fhouting, glafs
t/m/j- are brought^ »tM water I
clear indeed.
Another hope of (upper.
Do not haften, If ay. A*
gain, after fierce clamors, a
vial full of that dreggy neclor
is brought,
O well done I
But zvithout bread. Ncnh-,
ing of danger yet. No hun-
gry body drinks fuck wine wil-
lingly. I fhouted again even
to hoarfenefs. Then at laft
that bread i*j ft on, which a
bear could fcarce break with
his teeth.
However now provifion is
made for life.
Late at night at lajl Antro-
nius comes, commonly with
this moft unlucky preface, that
he faid his ftpmach was out af
order.
What ill luck was here ?
Becaufe/te there was noth-
ing to eat.
Was it out of order indeed ?
B. Adeo
C'PULENTIA SORDIDA,
*3$
B. AJeo tit fo'lus
\devoraturus Juerit tres
capos fi qias dediflet
I gratis.
A. Espe£lo conviv
turn*
B. Primum patina
cum Jab a cea farina ap-
pontbatur ilH, quod
genus opfonii venditur
illic tenuibus. Aiebat
ie uti hoc remeclio ad-
verfus attme genus
xnorbi.
A. Quot c'onvivce e-
ratis ?
B. Interdum but
^027 forne-
times three giltheads areferved
up, nor thefe great ones, z^rc
there are /even or «gA* guefts,
Nothing be/ides ?
Nothing but that Jlony cheefe.
You tell me of a new Lu-
cullus : But how £0&/af fuch
fender provitionfujficv fo ma-
ny guefts, efpecially refrefhed
•with no breakfaf ?
Nay, thai you may not be ig-
norant, a mot her inlawed daugh-
ters n law, the younger fon, a
maid, an&fome little ones were
fed out of the remains of that
meal.
You indeed have increafed
my admiration, not taken it
a way.
I can hardly defcribe that ta
you, unlefs firf 1 paint the or*
der of the feafh
Paint it then.
A, Antronius
140
OPULENTIA SORDIDA.
B. Antronius 0^2*?*-
bat primum locum, nifi
quod ego fedebam dex-
ter illi, #0*/y could touch what ttftfj
ferved up, be/ides three, before
whom the difh* ftood ; unlefs
any one would have en'du red to
be t/(?ry impudent, and /4 /ra^
0##
bovem eodem die.
A. Irnmortalem De-
ism ! o? licet" /wen va-
le tud in em tarn parvo
vi£lu, quantum impen-
diorum per it Germa-
nis, Angus., Danis, et
Polonis ?
B. Plurimum hand
dubie, et quidtm non
fine gravi detnmenlo
turn valetudims, turn
ingenii.
A. Scd £K2/W£ day,
partem foiz^j diei, /?i jytffc /flr/e to loofe what is M^
gaudes perdere quod mojl precious in the molt pre-
eft pretiojijjimum in cious things
pretiofiffima re,
B.An hoc perit^W Is that loft, which is given
datur cdrpufculo ? to the body ?
A. Imo detrahitur Nay, it is taken from the
eorpufculo, quod, turn body, which then is mojlfwect-
fuavijjime ajjiciturmax- ly affetled, and mo ft of ail re~
imeq ; vegetatur, cum cruited, when it is refrefhed
reficitur tempeflivo mo- with Jeafon able and moderate,
deratoq ; fomno,ex ccr- Jltep y and is Jlrengthened with
robatur matutina vigi- morning watching,
lia.
B. Sed eft dulce dor- But it is plea/ant to fleep.
mire.
A. Quid potejl. efle What raw be pieafant to one
«eW^ fentienti 722/22/ ? that perceives nothing ?
B. Hoc ipfum eft This z/*ry Mzw^ is plea/art
dulce fenti're nihil mo- tc perceive nothing of trouble,
leftiae.
A.Atquifunt felici- But they are more happy in
ores
DILUCULUM.
*<53
ores ijlo nomine, qui
\dormiunt in fepul-
Ichris ; nam nonnun-
Iquam inf omnia funt
molefla dormienti.
B. Aiunt corpus fa-
ginari maximt eo fom-
no.
A. Ifta eft fagina
glirium, non hominum.
Animalia quaz parantur
epulis rcfte faginantur.
Ouorfum attinet homi-
ni accerfere obefitatem,
nifi ut incedat *nuftus
graviori farcina ? Die
mihi, Ji haberesfamw
lum utrum malles obe-
fum, an vegetum et ha-
bilem ad omnia mu-
ni a ?
B. At qui ncn Jum
famulus.
A. Sat eft attz'/h',quod
malles miniftrum aptum
officiis quam bentja-
ginatum.
B. Plane mallem.
A. At Plato dixit
animum horn in is effe
hominem, corpus eife
nihil aliud quam domi-
-c ilium, aut inftrumen-
tum. Tu cent fate-
bens, opinor, animam
effr.principalem portio-
that refpefl whojleep in their
graves ;for fometimes dreams
are troublejome to a man a-
fleep.
They fay that the body is
fattened mojl of all with that
fleep.
That is the fattening of dor ^
mice, not of men. Animals
that are prepared Jorfeafs are
rightly fattened. What figni-
fts it for a man to procure
fatnefs, but that he may go
loaded with a heavier- pack ?
Tell me, if you had a fervant >
whether you had rather have
huii fat, or lively and fiifor
all fer vices \
But I am not a fervant.
It is enough for ?ne, that
you had rather have a fervant
fit for fervice than well faU
tentd.
Indeed I had rather.
But Plato faid that the foul
of a man is the man, that th*
body is nothing elfe than a
houfe, or inftrument. You
however will confefs, I fup-
pofe, that the foul is the pmn-
cipal part of man, the body the
fervant of the mind.
aem
*54
DILUCULUM.
ncm kominis % corpus
miniflrum animi.
B. Efotj&yk*
A. Cam tibi nolle s
miniftrum tarclum ab-
domine, Jed malles a-
gilem et alacrem, cur
pares ignivum et obe-
fum minijlrem animo ?
B. Vincor veris.
- A. Jam accipe aliud
difpendium. Vt ani-
mus longe pr aflat cor-
pcri, €# fateris tf/w an-
irni longe prsecellere
bona corporis.
B. Die is pjrobabile.
A. Sed inter bona
animi, fapientia tenet
primam.
B. Faieor.
A. Nulla pars diei
eft utilior ad paran-
dam hanc, unam dilu-
culum, cum fol exori-
ens novus adjtrt v\go-
rem e/ alacritatem 0>;z-
nibus t difcutitque ??£-
bulas confuetas exha-
hari e ventriculo, qua:
(blent obnubilate &Q m
micilium mentis.
B. Non repugno.
A. Nunc fupputa
mihi quantum erudi-
tionis pojjis parare tiki
Let it be fo, if you will.
Since ^tfzz would noi have &
fervant heavy with a great bel-
ly, £&/ had rather have on
nimble and brfk, why dfo j'0
provide a lazy £?z<^ Idifervan
for the mind:?
I am overcome with truth»
Now Atf/zr another lofs. As
M€ tfn*7z# learning y
DILUCULUM.
*55
i'ilis quatuorhoris,quas
f>erdis intcmpejhvo
fomno.
B . M ultum profeclo.
A. Expertus fum
•plus effici in Jludus,
^una hora matutina %
xjuam fn^z/j poftmerid-
ianis>z"dtywenullo detri-
ment o corporis.
B. Audivi.
A. Deinde reputa H-
Jud ;Ji conferas infum-
mam ja&ur am fingulo-
~jum dierum, quantus
cumulus fit futurus.
B. Ingens profeclo.
A. Qui profundit
jremmas et aurum te-
merejnahetur prcdigus,
et accipit tutorem ; qui
perdit iiozc bona tanto
pretiofiora, nonne eft
mu\totur piusyr o&\gus?
B. Sic apparet, fi
papendamus rem 7£ff<2
ratione.
A. Jam expende illud
quod Plato Jcripftt, ni-
hil ^ pulchrius, gz&l
amabilius fapientia,
qwxji poffet or???' cor-
poris 0£ulis t excitaret
incredibilem amorem
J™;
B. Atqui ?'/& non
jpoteft cerni.
which you lofe z/z unfeafonable
Heep.
Much indeed,
1 have experienced jVzaz:
/W(?r<; is done i» gtzs'j' jludies,
in one hour 2« the mornings
than 272 Mra? in the afternoon,
and that with no damage to
^he body.
I have heard fo.
Then confider that ; i/" you
caft up into a fum the lofs of
every day, how great a mafs it
will be.
A huge one, truly.
He that Jquanders a&ay)t\*-
els and gold rajhly, is reckon-
ed £ prodigal, and receives a
guardian; he that throws away
Me good things^ y/zz/cA more
precious, ij not he much w2-
Jww apparentem, ^/W
adventantem cantu ;
cum elephantus adoret
I confefs, with bodily eyes,
but it is feen a/zVA the eyes of
the mind, which is /Ae better
part of man, and tt/^erc there il
incredible love, M*re muft fo
the greater pleafure, as oft as
//z^ rather among the dead.
nee
DILUCULUM.
*59*
nee inter inoriuos % fed
tamen potius inter mer-
inos.
An Ita videtur omni-
no.
R . Nunc fubdu cito
rationem mki t quan-
ta ?n portionern vitas re
j'ecent fibi qui fmgulis
diebus per aunt tres nut
quatuor horas fomno.
A. Video immenfam
fu tn mam.
B. Nonne haberes
ale a mi jl am pro deo,qui
'pulfet adjicerc decum
annos fa mm re vitce, et
re v . > c a re /> ) v veclic re m
sst item ad vigoren dd o-
1 c f, curiae ?
A. Qui J ne baSe-
rem ? ^
B ♦ Sed p otes p rae fl a re
,&?/■ tarn diviuum ben-e-
un hbu
A Qui fie 7
B.Quia ofc/ri» efi ado-
Ir/teniia diei, juvenilis
fervet ufq&e ad merid-
iem. Af (m v i r i I i s fctrfa s ,
en ? fu c c eel i { wy^f ra p ro
fenccla ; occajas exci-
p-j t 8f$® ram 9 vel u t
mats diei. Parfmonia
au tan eft magnum vec-
fjgal, y?48? nufquam »&:
jfa/quanl 0M, An non
igitur adjunxit /?fo in.
gens lucrum, qui jtfyfcl
perdere mag nam partem
So itfetms indeed.
Now ca/i up the account for
me, how great # part of life //z?/? \qk$?l fatis caique,
y? difpenfetur par re,
Nee eft mediocris ^r officina floina-
chrij peragentes offici-
um ccncoclioms ad fu-
periora /^//0 minus #
cctna. At ^002.0 eft
/0/#j homo matutinis
/iorzs 9 dum corpus eft
habile ad omne minif-
terium, ^w alacer ##-
t/WMi 1 viget* dum omnia
org ana mentis J ant
tranquilla tt ferena,
dum particula divince
KwxTtJpiralt ut ait il-
le, ac fapit fuam origi-
You fay true.
Wherefore their compliant.
feems very impudent, who ac-
cufe nature for having bound-
ed the life of man within jo
narrow a compafs, when they
' Biffici'e germs
hominufi) ; fed vifne
lit imponamus illis ?
Po. Libcrety? Iu>e-
ret.
Eli. Simulemus nos
velle a Lire {imul pedi-
bus.
Po. Credant alius
czncrosvolaturos ^unm
nos tarn grandes con-
fecluros hoc iter pedi-
bus,
Gl. Vultis retlum ac
verum confilium ?
Po. Maxime.
Gl. llli potant, quo
diutiusyia'z/w/ id, hoc
plus pcnculi erit, ??£ w-
^2 'dejiciant fltfi in lu-
tum.
Po. Oportet venias
admodum diluculo, ft
z^j 1 aurigamy^m?#2.
G i. Quo per veniamus
maturius Antwerp? am,
ftipuiemus currum no»
bis quatuor foiis. Oft-
/£0 tanfcillurn pecuniae
contemnendum. //t?c
damnum* penfabitur
muhis commoditatibus.
Sedebimus commodius,
ac tranfigemus hoc zV^r
fuzviffimemutuis fabiu
(jr.
We are not yet agreed a/?7A
the coachmen.
A hard kind of men ; But
afeyou willing that we {houid
impoie upon them.
It. would ple'afe me if it
could be.
Let us pretend t-hat we will
g
fill am.
Pa. At *« » fo quanta
in aqua lit as ? Nam
Glycion habet «ifoV fe r
nii, t/ Polygamtis /02-
Tell me, ?'/? gwaf faith, G/y*
cion, how many j^/cj do you
reckon ?
More than ducats*
How hi any at la[?
SLxtyy^A.
* But by what arts have you
kept off- old age ? For neither
boarinefs, war a wrinkled^rrc
isyei. come upon you, 7&* ■
eyes are brlik, ^ r#i^ of teeth
on each fide is neat, the color
ii 4u»r/^ and the body jail of
bi&od.
I will tell ffzy arts,[o be you
tell #5" again your arts, ^y
which you hafteioedon old age*
I undertake £fltf'&^/ m
£«/£ mernet'wH///j 'ne- l fe\l from that which a^/W /10
gotiis, /?; fence of many. Wherefore;
.quae $» poterant fuf- a fiiend jfjr to be affifted, / bt
, that / proem
rum. I'taque/F amicus ho eri$tny to' inyfeif upon the
erit juvandus, bene.fa- account. And if any J d?flei
C20 iliifc, ut j&*>m ^^arifes^z any hand, Ie
nullum inimicum mihi ther fofteri it £y clearing myfd
kac de c'aufa. Et fi or quajhit by ■ kindnefs,^ fuff<
Qaidjw.utiatis otmva it to die away, by taking 1
COLLOQUIUM. SENILi
iji
\ialicunde, aut le-
nip purgatione, aut^v-
tiuguo officiis, aut pa.
tior intermori difftmu-
latione, Abflineotem-
per a contentione ;
q^'&ji incident, 7723/0
facer£ '[J^tvrHTil 7di
Qf&fc ami cilice.
h
•At-terjs ago quendam
Muione???, amdto om~
- ; jaiiito et ff/#-
Q&gW JH!-i;i;S ammo.
D a i n n o * /?//' ■ V rf / cv /72, a u t
jauum .n nil Ids ; praeft-
ro rr;e runvni ; quod
t'c/.m vdctn, credo ne-
Wirri ; R072 fcrutor a!i-
orum arcana* tztfi for-
te /,'vc't q-:;.i nunquam-
effulw. Am taceo Jv
zr£ ac civil iter, hl^g-
m pars limuitaturn 2/2-
fer homines nafcUurcx,
itftemperaiitia lingua.
Nee excico h#j alo #/2-
* fiia-.wiates. oW
I'bicunqmi s hatlenus vitavi (a-
vidaam.y $t tfAu benevo-
Isnfciana ?;zn;/. a/jfc, i v in rri.
; « Pa. Noil fenfifti cce-
li&atum gravem f
notice. I abflain always/nm
contention; which if it hap-
pen, 1 had rather fuflfer the
lofs 0/ money than friendfhip,
In other things 7 ## a Mi tie,
I J mile upon ail men ; IJalute
Kid .i/~lt' re kindly. J eppfd
in» ^in'C wfo^ZiijTlS, I COIi-
dejrin Ms ujage or a [lions or
no man. I prefer myfelf £?-
/enefcere una mecum, et
rz'j ; fed quando v*T"fulrri
eft ati'ter fuperis, /#/?-
cavi fie expedire map?)
utriquc ; nique pinavi
cm jam cur djcrucia-
rem me in am luetu,
prajattm cum u nihil
piodeffet defuntlcE.
Po. Nunquamne in-
cclfit libido repetendi
matrimonii, praefenim
ca/g iftui ciffijfet ieli-
citer ?
Gl. Incest libido ;
Jed dux-eram uxor em
caufa liber or urn ; non
duxi rur/us caufa /;£?/£ lor the fake of
children ; 1 did not marry &-
PTzzw for the fake of children.
But it is miferable to lie a-
3one whole nights.
Nothing?* difficult to one
that is wilung. Then confider
how great advantages a (ingle
life has. Some take out of
every thing, z/any incoaven-
iency is in it : Such as that
Crates feems /0 /for/* £**«, un-
der whefe name goes an epi-
titulo
COLLOQUIUM SENILE,
m
titulo ferkur epigram-
ma caligens mala vita»
Iftud fir over hum pla-
cet his, optimum non
fiafci. Metrpdprus ar-
*idet mi hi magis, de-
cerpe&s undiquaquc,y£
-quid <£<3#z ineft. A 7 a/#
fie vita fit dulcior. Et
igpi induxi anirnum fie,
a/ oderim po£ expetam
gram, colktling the evils 0/
/?/?. That proverb pleajes
then? Vzj £{/? not to be born.
h&eirodorus pleafes me more,
gathering from all fides, //any
g^W be in a thing. For fo
life becomes ?&are plea f int.
And / have brought my mind
to that, that 1 hate or deiire
W$iwg very much. So it
comes to pafs } tkatii anygood
nihil vehememer. ita happens to me, I am not elated
fit, zit h quid bom con- or infolent ; if any thing is
tingat, non efferar nut lojl, I am nut much troubled.
infoJefcam, ft quid de-
cedat, non admodum
cruder.
Po. Nae /# espkilof-
ophus fapientior Tha-
itit ipfo,y£ quidem ^?0-
tes iftud.
Gl. Si y&z<2^/ effe
probro vel wnta" vel
w^'i" Iiberis ; na?n ni-
hil Lufri, fupdidibefl no a
No ?«{?r^ than the day of my
birth troubles vie. 1 know /
mujl die. That trouble per-
haps would take away from
mefome days 0/ #*y /?/£, how-
ever it could add nothing.
Wherefore / commit tYxhwhole
care to God. I wzW nothing
elfe but Ma/ I may live wclll
and pleafantiy.
But / (houid grow old with.
wearinefs, if I Jhould live fo
many years in the fame city
although it fhould happen to
me /0 #c£ at Rome.
The change of [place indeed
has fornething of plea/ure ;
but as travelling into foreign
countries gives prudence per-
haps, fo has it very much dan-
ger. Ifeem to myfelf to pafs
over the whole world more
faftly in a map, ##/^
I divert, not torment myjtlf
with them^ For I ftudy «JA*r
for pleafure, or for the conve-
nience of life, and not f or ofien-
iation. After meat /#/# £zM<*r
cheered with learned^? rzw, or
/ employ a reader. Afar do I
ever mind my books above an
hour. Then / rif\ and taking
up my riddle, / either play
whilft I walk a //////? in my
COLLOQUIUM SENILE.
s 77
TufgAy et arrepra teftu-
dine, vel contillo obam-
bulans faulifptr in cu-
biculo, vel repeto me-
cum quod legerim, etji
congerro eft in promp-
tu, refer o ; mox redeo
ad I i brum.
Eu. Die bona fide,
Jen t is nulla incommoda
ienefttuis, ^z/^ ierun-
tur M& plurima ?
Gl. Somtras eft ali-
quanto deter? or 9 nee ^
memcrria pennde, te-
nax, »^f infixero #/<-
^W. Libera vi meam
ridem, exp-Jui vg&J£
rneas magtcas artes,
q u i b □ s a 'V meam ju ven -
tutem. Nunc refer at
Pclygamus pari jfjfV,
unde colleger it tann^m
Jenii*
Po, Fquidem cetabo
nihil tarn fid os fodales.
Eu. Narrabis e//^^
tacituris.
Po. Cum agf.rem Lu-
tetias, ipft noils a/mm
non abhor ruerxm ab E-
picuro.
Eu. Sane meminimus t
fed arbitrabamur te
relicluriim iilos mores.
chamber, #r I run over arc/A
myjelj what I have read, and
2/ a companion ^. Mirer dabatrxon»
inh\\J~urtim,zc pnxterea
plus- /^zi 3&ris aiiem
conflatum eft.
Eu. Reperieba-nfcur
#wti fatui tit crederent
Fo. Sunt qui credent
with. your, youth, at^ans.
Of w^tty .*vhich 7 had !oved %
there, / carried one with me
home, and her with -child.
Into your failures houfe ?
DkreErly ; but pretendingA^ >
jhe* was the wife of a certain
friend pi mine^ &/j£ would
come by. $nd by.
©id yourjather believe it ?
Nay, he [melt out t|>e rraHe.r
zv'uhin four days, Piefcmly
there was cT^/fcolling. ifor
ytx did 1 abjiamm the mean
time jromfeafls, from dice, <3 /7 J
0/,W ;;«d ■ «-W j, Wl-at needs
m 5 n y w o r d s ? Wk ei&m y fa : h e r
ivovld not make and end c$
^fcoidrzz. denying that ht would
j&tp fuch •rk , ??j at home, tf/ii.
now ancl then iLredi-nt^g to.
dil'card me, I ran azvay 9 and
removed to anocher piacs zvjih
my #fff. She 'brought mtfoms
chickens.
Where had you money ?
"My mother gave me fo-me-
thing by jkalth. and beftdes^
more ^&h enough of debt :
eon traded.
Were there any found ^
foolifh z/f ?
Words of the future time
had poffed betwixt us, but a
rencounter of the prefent /m
An eighth ! you were not
called Poly gam us witkovt au-
• gury. Psrhaps they all died
barren.
Nay/?'.f?7 one \chjbme young
ones "m ?ny houje.
1 had rather have as many
( kens, that might lay eggs for
vie at home. Are you not wta*
ry cA marrying fd often ?
I am lo weary, that if this
. kcec
&5o
COLLOQUIUM SENILE,
hose oflava moreretur
hodie, ducerem nonam
perinde. Imo hoc male
nabet me, quod non lice»
at habere duinas aut
ternas, cum unus galius
poffideat tot galltnas.
Eu. Equidem ^tfW
miror, {\barum pingutf
ti t quocique collegeris
tantum fenii : Nam ni-
hil acceierat feneclutem
aeque quam immodiclerumque magnis ma-
is.
Pa. Sic eft. Itaque
f*ter numeravit fatis
k \plam fortem, ut auf.
S'arer negotiationem.
*ique uxor cum
*&£>& dote ambiebatur,
UsrTeaJorma, quae /w/
Pa. Nihil eftfaclum, fed
ccepi cogitare defufpendio.
Gl. Erat pater adeo //«-
placabilis ?
Pa. Interim excidi 4b
uxore, mifer. Namparen-
te? puellce frmul atque ro^-
nonjerunt haec aufpicia, re-
uunciunint affinitatem \ et
aftiabairi perditiffime.
Gi. Mifeieleir me *#i.
Sed interim quid confilii
tentatum eft ?
Pa. Id quod lolet /« *fe/*-
peratis rebus. Pater ab-
dicabat, ref perierat, uxor
perierat. Quid pluris P
Deliberabamy^rio meeum,
an fufpenderem me, an
conjicerem memet aliqho
in monafterium.
Eu. Crtidele con/ilium.
Scio utrum eljgeris mitius
genus mortis.
Pa. Imo quoi vifum eft
Did it fucceed ?
Nay, &?/or* I returned home.
both principal and */* was gone.
By fhipwreck, perhaps.
Plainly by Jhtp£*/ rock?
Or what *#/#£ has it >
I cannot /*>// the fea ; but the
rock is infamous for the ruin of
many. In Latin it is called tflea :
How you Greeks name it, I know
not,
you fool !
Nay, my father was more fool-
ilh, {/> was
gone . #7xz/ «^/ wo re words ? I
deliberated ferioufty with myfeli,
^whether i (hould hang myfetf, or
^#/ my tetffomeivAe re into a mon-
aftery. , . .
A cruel refoluthn. Iktiowwbich
you chofe the milder kind of death*
Nay* wAtf* ftem€4 '0 ** &*".
COLLOQUIUM SENILE.
**f
mibi turn crudelius, adeo
totus difplicebam mibi,
Gl. Atqui compluresde-
ficiunt/> eo t ut viyantfua-
Pa. Corrafoviatico fub-
duxi me furtim procul a
pafria.
Gl. Quo tandem ?
Pa. In rliberniam. II lie
faclus fum canonicus ex
ho rum gene re, Qui rant
llnei extime, /tftf^i in time;
Gl. ?-J.ybernaffr igitur a-
pud Hibernos ?
Pa. Non. 3W ver'atus
apHd\\S3& ^oj menfes, tftf -
cviga-ui in heottara.
G I . ■<> i i d otfendk te #jW-
Ma Nihil »#/£ quod ?//«//
• lUt&fi .? non admodum fam,
I* folitudinew, iff *> #z#/ they may live W0r«?
pleafantly.
Having fcraped together money
for my journey , I withdrew my f elf
privately /9 a £rra/ diftance from
my country.
vV hither *# krjl ".?
Into Ireland, "here I was made
«ar cannon of their kind, Ao are
//W/z without, and Q&y : qUen within.
Did vou winter then amono- the
Injh ?
No. But having been 'with them
two months, Zfa/ied-into &cotiarid.
What tjrendedyQu -among them >
_ Nothing &*/ that that eonfti tu-
ft on feemed to me more gentle than'
to futtrve defertx of him tu^o was
T^r/Aj not cf a fugle hanging.
What did you do hi Scotland ?
There a/ # fitaf* man I became- «
leathern^ one among the Carthu-
nans.
Men plainly dead to the xvcrld.
So it appeared to me ou/j^w I
heard /^/«iinging.
What do the d*adfng too ? Hotjj
many months didyoujpend with-
thofe Scots }
Aimo r r ./?:*•.
G onJiancy !
What ojfcidedyeu there ?
Becaufe the life feemed to me la-
zy and nice ; then I fbuud war/ry
th e re o/ a Jft#' i no t 1 1 i £ e -
cauje of the hlitude, as / imagine.
\ had hut U;tle bra : n, / tv^j ajraid
left itjhould.ail be loft.
rebri
1*4
COLLOQUIUM SENILE,
rebri, .W hos &/#* decern ;*ra«
Eu. Quid ofendebatlnc ?
Pa. Nihil admodum ;
nam reperi hos i fodales
commodes fans. Sed
Gracum proverblum /&£-
*> Greek proverb moved me.
Wherefore I was refolved either wot
to be « monk) or /0 &z a monk *v-
markabty. I had heard there ivere
f j me £ r^r t den fa n s , men .' n* /y ce -
leftial. i betook myfeif /t> /jfc^7?i.
How many months did you fpend
Two days,«or that indeed entire*
Did this kind of life difpleafe yoit
fo much ?
They admit no one that does not
bind himfelf immediately to the
feflioni
COLLOQUIUM SENILE*.
feflTioni. At e£o nondunt
adeo infaniebam ut prabe-
rem me facile ca.p\ftrd,quod
nunquam liceret exeuiere.
Et quoties audiebam vir-
gines canentes, uxor erepta
e rue i a bat an i mum.
Gl. Qjad deinde ?
Pa. Anrmus- ardebat- a*-
more faucli monies. Tan-
dem' ogctynbulans incidi in
quo/dam praefe rentes eru~
ce i n. Hoc Jignum arrWit"
mihi vvot'mus, fed varietas
remorabatur electionem.
Aui gethbant albam> alii
rubr am, alii viridem., aUi
verfcoHrem, alii Junpii-
cem, alii dupli em; Ego,'
w^ reltnquerem quid /'«-
testatum, gefli ferme om-
nzsformas. Veru.n? fr/ ipfa re, ^ ionge <*£/-
im£ c i r cu m f e r re domunv onuftus
f&ntlimvnia.
Po. Nuin- profectus es
ev P
Pa. Maximc
Po. Undtfuppetebat vr-
aticiMi-r
Pa. Dimiror V/?//^ venire
tibi innientem «f/«r deni-
q.u'e «> rogares, ac «vi
fsreundatum fuijfj ma ho
<*«/tf i^ o/. And as often as
I heard {he virgins (inging, the'
wife I had loll tormented my
mind.
What then P
My mind was inflamed with the"
love of hblmefs. At laft, #f / was
walking, 1 lighted upon some car-
rying a crofs. Th ; s badge pleaied
tfjr immediately, but the variety
hindered my choice. «Sow* bore /7
white one, feme /»/ ?*
Pa- Atque /r# liberos
at jam .
Eu. O fenem imfcie pi-
um ! Atque rediiih illinc
fanclus ?
Pa. Vis fatear verum ?
Aliquant o deterior quam
iveram-
Ku. Sic, ut audio, amor
reli^ionisexculfus eft*
Pa. Imo magis tncandu-
it. Itaijue re : verfut \\\\-
tsliam, addixi me mili-
tia.
Eu. I^ane venabaris re-
ligionem r* btllo ?■ Quo
^//i^ pote.\ ejfe fceteratius"?
• Fa, Er&xfancla militia.
En. Fcmliis in lur-
cw ?
Pa. I mo ckoddam fane-
tins, «/ pneaicabant /&//;.
Eu. Quidnim f
Pa. Juhus/fi undus bel-
Under what matter ?
Him avho teaches every things
the belly. / foretold things paft^
prefent, and /o come.
And did you know them ?
Nothing lefsy but I guejftd bold-
ly, and that fafely, that is, my
reward being received firft.
ponld/o ridiculous aw ar/ main-
tain you '?
It could, and indeed tvlth two
fer-vants ; fo many [foolijh men and
foolijh women are there every-
where. Yet when I went /o 3^-
rufalem, I joined mfelf to the
company 0/<* c/rtain great man,
ffry >***&> who being fe^ma*
Urum.
Pa Ita. compfri $o(i. I?i
tamen fr omnes terras et
maria j vident multa, an-
diunt multa, penetrant 2//
omnes domus, plebeicrum .-.
nob Hi urn atque re gum
Eu. At non.caupQnan.-i
tur.
Pa*, Ssepefelicius nobis. .
Eu, Qjiod ^«w/ ex his
delegijli ?
Pa. Expertus firm a**-
3f j lor mas,
. Eu». Nulla .placuit ?
Pa^ lmo, smnes perpla-
cu*runt y ft lieu i net ttegoti-
ari ftatim. Verum per-
pendebam fudandum mihi
diu in ehoro priufquam ne-
fotiatio c rede ret ur mi hi.
am que ice pi cogicare de
*venanda abbatia» Sed
primum hie Diana nan fa-
vet omnibus, et venatio.
eft tape tonga. Icaque oe-
to annis confumptis in nunc
gainft the French. Moreover \ thfe.
experience of many things likeujifn
recommended war to me.
Of many, but bad things.,
So I found afterwards. And yet-
1 lived more hardly here than in
the too naileries.
What then afterwards ? * *
N'ovj my mind began to waver,
vobeiber f fhould return /3 mer-
chandize, which I had given over %
or ptrfue religion*: flying from me*
ln< the mean time /"/ came into my;
mind that they might . be joined to-'
gether.
What? that you * might be at
once both a merchant and a r monk;
Why not > Nothing, is more re-
ligious than the orders of the men*
dicants \ and yet nothing is more
like merchandize ; they rove.
thtough ali lands ax\\feas y they fee
/tftf/ry tbingsAlicj hear many things^ ,
they thruit /«/0 all houfes ct-com-
, moners, noblemen and kings.
But they do not traffic.
Oftentimes morefuccefsfully tha;*
us.
What /sr/ of thefe rfirf. jo«.
cboofe ?
I tried #// forts»
Did none pleafe you ?
Nay, /£^>> a// plea'ed me very
nvellj if I might have traded im-
mediately, ifo/ I cenfidered that I
muft fiveat a long time in the com~
fany, before tie > bidfnefs of traffic
would be trusted to me* And now
1 began to think cf hurting after an
abbot's place. But in the tirft place
/^r^ Diana does not favor all men,
tftf^ the hun»ng /* often longs
'there fore eight years being fpei:t-
after this manner/ ■'when the dearh
madum
1 8*
COLLOQUIUM senile;
modum, aim mors fatris
elfet nuntiata, rever(us
domum, ex confilio matris^
duxi uxorem, et re ail ad
vetevemnegotiqtionem.
Gl. Die /«//•/', cum fume ■-
&es -fubinde nouam veftem,
*z<: velut transformareris
in aliud animal, qui ^o/w-
//?/ fe re decorum £'
Pa. Qui minus quam A/
qui /« e:\demfafrula agunt
v arias perfonas ?
£u. Die «o£i,r bona /£^,
qui expertus es nullum
non genus vitae, ^.^V/ pro-
bas maxime omnium ?
Pa. Omnia wo/? congru-
unt omnibus : Nullum ar-
ridet mibi mag,** rc hoc
yao returning.
home by the advice of my mother,
I married # ivife, and relumed to
my old traffic.
Tell w•£ nowand
then * »*&» coat, and as it wers
changed into another rr^a^/n^how
could you keep uy at decorum P
Why /^/> than ///^y who iff the
fome playacl various parts* ?
Tell «i in good earnejl, you who
have tried \-\::y k:ndo\ XM^ivhick
do you ap.:>; ^ve rn&ft of ail ?
Airthin«R d* not agree with all
men : Noxe pleafes wfi more /6#*
this which I have followed.
Yet merchandfee.'\\a& many in-
conveniences.
So it is,. B.ut feeing no £i#<3/7r partem ^^avw .nacfcus got. But' now- remains Kuiel uss
rLt^& will not think much to\releue>
fQUie /^«£ of s h is i ///'"mtQ nty
tr-iam, deliberafvi*$\\& me own ; country, / deliberated- with
annum q,uod nam #*««/:. vi- vny{e\$ayea.r. whdi fond - of life A-
fyou-ld >e mb irate a An d a t t he f & me>
time I 'examined n\y Mi, for wka*ti
kind I. atw inclinable on tit. /«>
//>t' /«r-'/« tit&e a prebend t/jult o/w
fere.i 'me, as they call \t,vfagq9&
rich income'. I accepted />.
tae velum ample c^i . Si-
mula ue. exployaw meip-
nim, .^r/ " ^wffc/ genus .z exap,-
This /e?rf of life commonly got&
under an ill name.
lt-feein$73 me defirablq, enough; .
tanduia
C0LLOQURJM SENILE.
ig9
iaadum/a/zV, xxt human*
res font. An putatis ejfe
mediocrem fe licitatem, tot
commoda dari fubito vekit
e c<2?/d,dignitatein, bonejlas
^edes, beneque inftructas,
/Sr/Ef amplos annuos redi-
tus, honorificum fodaliti-
itm, deinde templum, ubi,
fi Iibeat,tf c^j religion! ?
Pa. Iilic luxus otfende-
bat /Txf, et infamia concu-
binarum, /#« quod tleri-
que ejus generis oaerunt
litera*.
E u . Ego « on f peel o qu id
#/// agu>it,/>*/ quid ^/r a-
gendum mi hi ; et adjungo
me melioribus, fi non pof-
Jam reddere tf/iw melio-
res.
Po- Vixifti per pet uo in
ii\o genere ?
Eu. ? ; erpetuo, #7/* quod
yzquatuor annos primum
Po. Quamobrem ?
Eu. Partitus fum hos an-
nos z/tf, ut da rem feffjui-
amuim fiud'io medicine,
rtliquum tempus theolo-
Po. Cur id?
Eu. Quo melius mode-
rarer et animumet corpus,
et nonnunquam conjulcrcm
amicis. Nam et concionor
nonnunquam pro mea fapi-
entia.S , /rhacteni»s'yi.*itran-
qulle/«/if, contenius z/-
nico facerdotiu, nee ambi-
ens quidquam pr#terea y
recufaturus etiam li offera-
tUr.
Pa. Utinam lie ere t dif-
cere, quod caeteri noitri fo-
dales aganty quibufcum
miximus familiaritcr.
Eu. Pollum commem?n*~
as human affairs are. Do you
think it to be a (malt happinefs y x\\aX.
fa many good things (Hould be giv-
en a man en afudden, as it were
from he&men, honor, a band fame
houfe, and ivell furniftied, a gooi
large yearly income , honorable
company, and then a cburcbywhere,
if you have a mmd,_V0K way enter
upon divine woffhip ?
i here luxury attended me y and
the infamy of concubines, ar»4 */-
y*• a year and a halt za the ftudy
of phytic, the rejl of my time to di-
vinity.
Why that?
That / /night the better manage
both mir.d and body, and feme-
times affljl my friends. Fori preach
too fometimes according to my
vviidom Thus [o far 1 bame li\ed
quietly enough, content 'with one
\ i '''tn,,and not Jeekirg tor any thing
hejtde's, and w. old retufe it too 9 n
it jbould be offered.
I wifh ive could learn what the
reft of our companions are domg f
with whom ȣ/" fenes fub
levarw.t meum cur rum e-
gr^gle, $£* totuin */?r. gur~
rienres perpetuo. Nun-
q.iuin vidi meliores.
del eu.tr i talibus
Hen Sed /»i (eniculi sunt
boni.
Hug. Qni sets ?
, Hen. Cjnaia bibi per eos
te r per via u infig n ite r b o -
nam cerenjifiam.
Hog. Ha, ha, hae. Sic
$W#bmz tib'u
of them ; but / *^? we are not far
/row the city ; wherefore, */ it
feems good, we 'will repair to the
fame inn . T here at our leifure we
will confer about other tilings at
large.
Where got thou To miferable a
tuggagt, blinkard ?
Nav, whither art thou carrying
that bawdy company, thou rake ?
Thou fttouldeft have thrown
thofe frigid old fellows fomewhere
into a bed of nettles,*© warm them.
Nay, do thou take care of that
enmpany, to throw >them some-
where into a deep ditch, to cool,
for they are more warm than e-
nough.
i do not ufe to overthrow my
load.
No ! Rut T fow-tbee lately th^ouo
fix Carthufians into the dirt, so that
f/tey came out black, in dead of
•White. Thou in the mean time
Ivj ghedft, as if the. tiling had been
well done.
Not without r-eafon.;. they were
all ajleep, and added m\ich