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88, Ontnes ccelicolas. All the denizens of heaven, all those who dwell 



on high. 



89. Dafidei. Leave to faith the things that are of faith. 



91. Veni in nomine Patris. I am come in my Father's name and ye 



receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will 

 receive. 



92. Felix terrarum [doctrince] prcedo. Glorious plunderer of the earth 



[learning]. 



Illic Pellaei proles. There lieth the mad son of Philip the Macedonian, 

 the glorious plunderer of the earth (line 4 of text), swept away by 

 avenging fate. . . . For he had been kept as a laughing-stock in 

 case freedom should ever restore the world to herself, he who had set 

 the world so useless an example (lines 4-5 of text). 



Eadem Magistratuum vocabula. The same official terminology. 



93. Limus ut hic. One hardens like clay, and the other melts like wax in 



one and the same fire. 

 De mundo. Concerning the world, concerning the universe. 



94. Formavit hominem. [The Lord God] formed man of the slime of the 



earth and breathed into his face the breath of life. Producant agues. 

 Let the waters bring forth, let the earth bring forth. 

 DatcB natures. Theaim and purpose of human science is to discover 

 the form of a given nature. 



95. Efficiens et materialis. The efficient and the material cause (which are 



transient causes, mere vehicles, i.e. causes giving rise to a form in 



individuals). 

 Vita brevis, ars longa. Life is short, the art [of medicine] is a long 



business. 

 Opus quod operatur. The work that God hath done from the beginning 



even to the end. 



96. Ter sunt conati. Thrice they attempted to heap Ossa on Pelion, and 



then to pile leafy Olympus upon Ossa. 

 Sancte! Holy! Holy! Holy! 



LatcB undique. Broad everywhere are the ways for the wise. 

 Via justorum. The way of the just is without obstacle. 

 Rerum divinarum. The knowledge of things divine and human. 

 Non arctahuntur. Thy steps shall not be straitened, and if thou 

 runnest thou shalt not stumble. 

 100. Premendo littus. Hugging the rugged coastline. 



102. Non canimus. We sing not to deaf ears : all woodland creatures answer. 

 109. Eruditus luxus. Refined excess. 



no. Purumque reliquit. Left undefiled the ethereal sense and the fire ot 

 essential breath. 



111. Ipse repertorum. [The father almighty] himself with his thunder 



thrust down to the waters of Styx the finder of healing so potent, 

 this son of Apollo. 

 Dives inaccessos. [Circe] the Sim's rich daughter [awoke] the woods 

 that none may enter. 



112. Et quoniam variant. And because sicknesses vary we shall vary the 



art [of healing] ; a thousand kinds of ill, a thousand remedies. 

 114. Hinc Stygias. Drunk, he lapped thence the Stygian waters. 



rdv dKparov. He seized the cup, then swallowed down cold Hades. 



118. urbem venalem. Oh, if this venal city, soon to perish, could find a 



buyer! 



119. olov iv Kardnrfxi). Like image*? reflected in a mirror. 



120. In sudore. In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread. 



121. Est enim animorum. For the study and contemplation of nature is, 



as it were, the natural nourishment of men's minds. 



122. Ad ollas carnium. To the flesh-pots. 



123. Cuique in sua arte. One should trust every artist within the limits of 



his own particular art. 



