Sales epigrammatum being the choicest disticks of Martials fourteen books of epigrams, and of all the chief Latin poets that have writ in these two last centuries : together with Cato's Morality / made English by James Wright.

About this Item

Title
Sales epigrammatum being the choicest disticks of Martials fourteen books of epigrams, and of all the chief Latin poets that have writ in these two last centuries : together with Cato's Morality / made English by James Wright.
Publication
London :: Printed by T.R. for Christopher Eccleston ...,
1663.
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
Latin poetry.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67161.0001.001
Cite this Item
"Sales epigrammatum being the choicest disticks of Martials fourteen books of epigrams, and of all the chief Latin poets that have writ in these two last centuries : together with Cato's Morality / made English by James Wright." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67161.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.

Pages

Page 113

Bernardus Bauhusius.
Spiritus Sancti imago, columba.
I'lle Deus pacis, volucres hae pacis; amant{que} Candida tecta illae, candida corda Deus.
De Christo Domino & Petro Apostolo crucifixis.
Cur Petri sursum plantae, Christi{que} deorsum? Sub terras ibat Christus, in astra Petrus.
Die Veneris Christus passus.
Luce obiit Veneris, Veneris fle turba; videtur Causa Dei passi non minima esse Venus.
Tacere.
Dicendi ars magna est, major (mihi crede) tacendi; Mille loqui docuere artes, sed nulla tacere.

Page 115

In Herodi•••••• filiam aquis ••••mersam.
Mergere salatrix, mollis 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tibi vita, Undarum tibi mos devita mollis erat.
Ad Jo. Brantium de Musis suis.
Omnia si loudas mea, Branti, coecus amore es; Omnia si culpas, coecus es invidiâ.
Lex & lis.
Filia lex litis: bona filia, pessima mater. Filia lis legis; mater bona, pessima nata.
Mnemosyne, mater Musarum.
Cur te Mnemosyne, pingit ter littera terna? Ter terna est, inquit, filia docta mihi.
Ad Marianum, de Camillo avaro.
Quòd bene servet opes, laudas, Mariane, Camillum; Scrinia laudari sic, Mariane, solent.
Domitianus Imp. inter distentos pueri procul positi digitos sagittas dirigere norat.
Laudem? non faciam. Nam si tua spicula in hostem Sic mittis, sanè es, Domitiane, rudis.

Page 117

In Justi Lipsii obitum.
Sunt busto in Pario, sunt qui tumulantur eburno; Sunt qui marmoribus, Lypsius in lachrymis.
Quid Columba, & Serpens. Ad Marinum.
Ut nulli noceas, columba fias; Ut nemo tibi, sis, Marine, serpens.
Anima & Caro.
Quaeris cur animâ caro fortior? accipe causam; Hìc carnis patria est, hìc animae exilium.
De nato & passo Christo.
O nati Christi bona nox, o lux mala passi! Lux mala luce carens, nox bona nocte carens.
In obitum Christoph. Clavii.
Clavius è terris cum jam vix sidera nosset, Da Deus haec propriùs cernere, dixit; obit.
In mortem Absalonis.
Davididae crines justo librentur in auro, Scire hoc vult arbor; librat & ipsa virum.

Page 119

In Puppum pumilionem.
Dum moriens suprema animae fert frigora Puppus, Nemo paret tumulum; pyxide condar, ait.
Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.