XXIV 



Quae ii cun Aa udim tcnui percuirere uccfu. 



Ante alium reuehat Memnonis oria diem/ 

 Poftremus labor eftjConcretos difccreiuccos, 



Quos fert innumeris Teucona terra locis» 

 Quo ral,quo nitrum,quo pa Ao 6at alumen, 



Vnbus artificis cum parat ilia manus: 

 Necnon chalcamum/ulfur^fluidumqp bitumen, 



Maflacp quo uitri lenta dolanda mode. 

 Sufcipit haec hominum mirandos cura iabores, 



Pauperiem ufcpadeo ferrefamem'cp gtaue efi:, 

 Tantus amor uidlum paruis extunderenatis, 



Et patriae ciuem non dare uellc malum. 

 Nee manet in terrae foilbris mer{a latebris 



Mens,fed fert domino uota preces<^ Deo. 

 MuniBcae expeAat/pe plenus,munera dextrae, 



Extollens animum laetus ad aftrailium* 

 Diuitias c h R i s t v s dat notidam'cpfruendf, 



Cui memori grates pe<flore Temper agit. 

 Hoc quoque laudati quondam fecerePbilippi, 



Qui uirtutis habent cum pietate decus. 

 Hue ocuIos,huc flede animum,(uauiflime Ledger, 



Au Aoremcp pia nofcito mente Deum. 

 A G R I c o L AE hinc optans operolb fauflialabori, 



Laudibus exim^ candidus efi:o uiri. 

 Illefuum extollit patriae cum nomine nomen, 



Et uir in ore frequens pofteritatis erit» 

 Cun(fla caduntlethojiludfj monumenta uigebunt, 



Purpurei doneclumina folis erunt. 



MiCcnx H* o. Lh 

 eludoilUiilii 



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." 



