XXIV. 



Qux (i cun^ uelim ttnui pCTCurrere ueifu, 



Antealium reuehat Memnonis oria diem/ 

 Poftrcmus labor eft,concretos difccrciUcco*, 



Quos fcrtinnumeris Teutona terra locis. 

 Quo fal^quo nitrum.quo padlo 6at aliunen, 



Vnbus artiHcis ciim parat ilia manus: 

 Necnon chalcancum/ulfur,fluidumcp bitumen, 



Maflac^ quo uitri lenta dolanda modo« 

 Sufcipit hasc hominum mirandos cura fabores, 



Pauperiem ufc^adeo ferre famem'cp graue eft, 

 Tantus amor ui(flum paruis extundere natif , 



Et patriae duem non dare uelle malum. 

 Nee manet in terrae foflbris merfa latcbris 



Mens/ed fert domino uota precesc^ Deo. 

 Munificse expeAat^fpe plenus,munera dextne, 



Extollens animum Ixtus ad aftraiiium. 

 Diuitias chkistvs dat noticiamcpiruendi, 



Cui memori grates pecflore (emper agit. 

 Hoc quoque laudati quondam fecere Philippi, 



Qui uirtutis habent cum pictate decus. 

 Hue oculos,huc fle<fle animum, fuauiflfime Le<llor, 



Au(floremcp pia nofcito mente Deum. 

 A G R 1 c o L AE hiuc optans operofo fauftalabori, 



Laudibus eximij candidus efto uiri. 

 Dledium extollit patriae cum nomine nomen, 



Et uir in ore (requens pofteritatis erit, 

 Cun(fla cadunt letho,(ludi) monumenta uigebunt, 



Purpurei doneciumina folis erunt. 



Mifenas M* o. lu 

 cludoilluftrik 



For completeness' sake we reproduce in the original Latin the laudation of Agricola 

 by his friend, Georgius Fabricius, a leading scholar of his time. It has but little intrinsic 

 value for it is not poetry of a very high order, and to make it acceptable English would require 

 certain improvements, for which only poets have license. A " free " translation of the last 

 few lines indicates its complimentary character : — 



" He doth raise his country's fame with his own 

 " And in the mouths of nations yet unborn 

 " His praises shall be sung ; Death comes to all 

 " But great achievements raise a monument 

 " Which shall endure until the sun grows cold." 



