A record of auncient histories, entituled in Latin: Gesta Romanorum Discoursing vpon sundry examples for the aduancement of vertue, and the abandoning of vice. No lesse pleasant in reading, then profitable in practise.
About this Item
- Title
- A record of auncient histories, entituled in Latin: Gesta Romanorum Discoursing vpon sundry examples for the aduancement of vertue, and the abandoning of vice. No lesse pleasant in reading, then profitable in practise.
- Publication
- Imprinted at London :: By Thomas Est,
- 1595.
- Rights/Permissions
-
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
- Subject terms
- Tables, Latin.
- Cite this Item
-
"A record of auncient histories, entituled in Latin: Gesta Romanorum Discoursing vpon sundry examples for the aduancement of vertue, and the abandoning of vice. No lesse pleasant in reading, then profitable in practise." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11019.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
Pages
Page 6
Déere friends this Emperour is our Lord Jesu Christ which bare a shield of siluer with fiue red roses, that is to say, his body yt is so faire, so cléere, & more ra∣dient thē any siluer, according with the Psalmist saying thus. Speciosus forma pre filijs hominum. That is to saye, hee was more speciall & fairer of shape thē all the children of men. By these v. roses wee vnderstand his v. wounds, which hee suffered for mankind. And by the King of Egipt wee vnderstande the diuell, a∣gainst whom hee fought all ye time of his life, & at the last hée was slaine for man∣kinde. Neuerthelesse, beefore his death hee made his testament to his iii. sonnes.
By the first to whom hée gaue of the Tree that was vnder the earth & aboue the earth, wee shal vnderstād such migh∣tie men & others, of all estates of this world, as not cōtent with their calling séeks ambiciously ye subuersiō of others to magnifie and cralt them selues.
By the second sonne to whom hée gaue the trée in length, bredth and déepnesse, wée vnderstand such worldly wise men in this Worlde which in their subtill
Page [unnumbered]
attempt to winne all, loose all.