XXIV 



Qu ii cuncla uelim tenui perairrere uetTu, 



Antealium rcuehat Memnonis oria diem,' 

 Poftremus labor eft,concretos difctrcdfucccs, 



Quos fert innumeris Teutons terra locis, 

 Quo fal,quo nitrum ,quo pa&o fiat alumen, 



Vfibus artificis cum parat ilia manus: 

 Nccnon chalcamum,fulfur,fluidumqj bitumen, 



Mafia q? quo uitri lenta dolanda modo. 

 Sufcipit haec hominu m mirandos cura iabores, 



Pauperiem ufqjadeo ferrefamem'cp graue eft, 

 Tantus amor ui&um paruis extundere pan s t 



Et patriae ciuem non dare uelle malum. 

 Nee man et in terrae fofToris mcrfa latebris 



Mens,fed fert domino uota preces'qj Deo, 

 Munificae expe&at/pe plenus,munera dextre, 



Extollens animum lactus ad aftra ilium. 

 Diuitias CHRIS TVS dat noticfamcpfruendi, 



Cui memori grates peclore (emper agit. 

 Hoc quoque laudati quondam feccrePhiiippi, 



Qui uirtutis habent cum pietate decus. 

 Hue oculos,huc flecle animum,(uauiflime Lector, 



Au&oremcp pia nofcito mente Deum. 

 AGRICOLAE hinc op tan s operofb fauiialabori, 



Laudibus cximfj candidus cfto uiri, 

 Ulefuum extollit patriac cum nomine nomen, 



Et uir in ore frequens poftcritatis erit, 

 CundiacaduntlethOjftudijmonumentauigebunt, 



Purpurei doneclumina folis erunt. 



Mifenac n D. LI. 

 cludoilluftri 



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." 



