Quaefi cunAauelim tcnuipercurrereuetfu. 



Ante alium reuehat Memnonis oixa diem, 

 Poftrcmus labor eft,concretos difcerefuccos, 



Quos fcrt innumeris Teutona terralocis. 

 Quo ral,quo nitrum,quo padlo Gatalumen, 



VHbus artificis ciim parat ilia manus: 

 Nccnon chalcafitum,fulfixr,fluidum(^ bitumen, 



Maflacp quo uitri lenta dolanda mode. 

 Sufcipit haec hominum mirandos cura labores, 



Pauperiem ufcpadeo ferrc famem'cp gcaue eft, 

 Tantus amor ui<flum paruis extimderepatis, 



Et patriae ciuem non dare uelle malum. 

 Nee manet in terrae foflbris merfa latebris 



Mens,red fert domino uota precesi:^ Deo» 

 Munificae expedat,fpc pleQUs,munera dcxtrx, 



Exiollens animum Ixtus ad aftra fiium. 

 Diuitias c H R i s T v s datnoticiamc^fruendi, 



Cui memori grates peftore Temper agit. 

 Hoc quoque laudati quondam fecerePnilippi, 



Qui uirtutis habent cum pietate decus. 

 Hue oculos,huc fle^fle animum.ruauiHime LeAor, 



AuAoremcp pia nofcito mente Deum, 

 A G R I c o L AE hinc optans operofo faufiialabori} 



Laudibus exim^ candidus efto uiri. 

 Dleluum extollit patriae cum nomine nomen, 



Et uir in ore frequens pofteritatis erit, 

 Cun(5};a cadunt lethojftudij monumenta uigebunt, 



Purpurei donecluminalblis erunt. 



Mifenae »• d. u, 

 cludoilluftrL 



For completeness' sake we reproduce in the original Latin the laudation ot 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 gruws cold." 



