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Poem #48

Ionas propheta
written shorty before 1535-05-04 first edition 1577

Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 16th-century or early 17th-century, B. Ossol., 168, f. 262r-262v
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, RA, Extranea IX Polen, vol. 147, f. 17v-18v
3copy in Latin, combination of the longer and shorter versions of the poem, contaminated by the numerous variants and omissions, 16th-century or early 17th-century, B. Ossol., 168, f. 257r-257v
4copy in Latin, 17th-century, B. Ossol., 334/II, p. 495r–496r
5copy in Latin, 17th-century, BG PAN, 724, f. 84r–85r
6copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6553, f. 427v
7copy in Latin, 16th-century, B. Ossol., 334/II, f. 502r
8copy in Latin, 17th-century, BG PAN, 821, f. 2r-v
9copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 51 (TN)
10copy in German, translation, 17th-century, РГБ, Fonds 68, 341, f. 6v
11copy in German, translation, 17th-century, BG PAN, 725, f. 74a–b
12copy in German, translation, 17th-century, BG PAN, 831, f. flyleaf of front cover and page unnumbered (protective) recto before f. 1
13copy in German, translation, 17th-century, BG PAN, 838, f. 16
14copy in German, translation, 17th-century, BG PAN, 907, p. 70


Early printed source materials:
1ŁASICKI 1577 Posnania (Praedictio ruinae Gedani) p. p. [1] unnumbered after p. Cv (in extenso, shorter version)
2SAMOSTRZELICKI (Praedictio ruinae Gedani) p. I iii + 2 pages unnumbered (in extenso)
3FRIEDWALD 1579 (Vaticinium reverendissimi domini Johannis Dantisci Episcopi olim Varmiensis ad charam patriam regiam civitatem Gedanensem pie scriptum) p. A iii r-v (in extenso, shorter version)
4ŁASICKI 1579 (Ein Prophecey vom Untergang der Stat Dantzig vom Johanne Dantisco des Polnischen Königes Sigismundi Secretario der auch nachmals Bischoff zu Varmia gewesen im Jar Christi 1530 beschrieben) p. F iii + 2 p. unnumbered (German translation, shorter version)
5SCHRÖER p. A3 r (in extenso, shorter version)
6AURIMONTANUS 1638 p. a2v-a4r (in extenso)
7AURIMONTANUS 1649 p. A2[c]-C3 v (Polish translation, Hiacynt PRZETOCKI; in extenso)
8SCHUPP 1657 p. C ii v (excerpt, l. 1-16; excerpt in German translation, l. 1-16)
9SCHUPP 1701 p. 358 (excerpt)
10Nachricht (Vaticinium Ruituri Gedani) p. 3 (in extenso, shorter version)
11JANOCKI 1753 p. 73-74 (in extenso)
12DANTISCUS 1764 (Ionas propheta) p. 138-141 (in extenso)
13MINASOWICZ No. I, p. 142 (excerpt, l. 79-82; excerpt in Polish translation, l. 79-82)

Prints:
1WISZNIEWSKI 1844 p. 246-248 (in extenso)
2SYROKOMLA (Polish translation, Władysław SYROKOMLA)
3KONDRATOWICZ 1872 (Jonasz prorok, o zniszczeniu Gdańska) No. 1, p. 335-338 (Polish translation, Władysław SYROKOMLA)
4KONDRATOWICZ 1875 p. 278-280 (Polish translation, Władysław SYROKOMLA)
5TOEPPEN 1881 (Vaticinium reverendissimi Dom. Johannis Dantisci, Episcopi olim Varmiensis, ad charam patriam, regiam civitatem Gedanensem, pie scriptum) Anhang I. Gedichte, No. 6, p. 368 (in extenso)
6DANTISCUS 1938 (Jonasz prorok) No. 14, p. 174-178 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
7Dantisci Carmina (Ionas propheta) No. 29, p. 162-165 (in extenso)
8NADOLSKI 1976 (Jonasz prorok, czyli przepowiednia upadku Gdańska) p. 83-85 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
9SKOLIMOWSKA 2016 Vaticinium (Ionas Propheta) p. 109-113 (in extenso, shorter version)

 

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Urbs nova, dives opum, Dantiscum sive Gedanum,
Accipe, divina quae tibi mente loquor!
Est breve tempus adhuc; si non peccata relinques,
Hoc quibus exundas tempore, fracta rues.
5
Crevisti cito, sic etiam superis male grata
Decresces; instant iam tua fata tibi.
Impietas, fastus, luxus, tria monstra, ruinam
Iam tibi, ni fuerint prorsus abacta, parant.
His tribus es iam facta tumens, infrenis et exlex;
10
Hinc, quodcumque libet, iure licere putas.
Parsque tui potior tribus his est plena: senatus;
Humor hic in plebem devius unde fluit.
Interiisse prius propter tria funditus ista
Cum populis urbes, oppida, regna liquet.
15
Haec nequit Omnipotens tria ferre diutius in te;
Quae nisi depuleris, te gravis ira manet.
Iamque tibi excidium gliscens clademque minatur,
Ni propere facias, quae mea dicta monent.
In primis redeas ad religionis avitae,
20
Quam te scis temere deseruisse, viam!
Ne veterum fuge contemnens pia dogmata patrum!
Et nova — namque novum despice! — virus habent.
Mentis et inflatae sinuosum pone tumorem,
Ex partis opibus qui tibi magnus inest!
25
Maior honestatis quam formae cura sit in te,
Ut iunctus niteat cum probitate decor!
Virgo tegat patulo fratrantes pectore mammas,
Quae, quasi prostitui debeat, ire solet!
Ne sit nupta procax, alienis compta capillis,
30
Fascia nec superet neve tiara modum!
Serica cum gemmis et torquibus exue! Vestis
Est satis huic statui lanea digna tuo.
Illa tuos decuit maiores; te malus illam
Quis pudor hoc itidem tempore ferre vetat?
35
Sisque potestati iurata mente fidelis,
Sub cuius placido tegmine tuta viges!
Copia te rerum non efferat aut maris ulla
Prosperitas, verti nam solet illa brevi!
Paeniteas laesisse Deum, commissa fatere
40
Et veniam vita sub meliore petas!
Linque voluptates, sectas erroris et omne,
In quo te Domino noveris esse ream!
Et quod adulteriis, stupris cenisque per hortos
Peccasti, supplex corde gemente dole!
45
Ingluviem vincant ieiunia, templaque luces,
Quod Thaisque fuit, sit Metanoea tibi!
Pauperibus largire libens fratrique remittas
Noxam, quod partum fraude, repende, tenes!
Te nihil hinc sequitur, nisi quod praestabis egenis,
50
Hoc siquidem vita fine carente beat.
Sic eris e multis, quae restant, libera poenis,
Mitior et fiet vindicis ira Dei.
Te plagae tandem moveant, iam ter tibi missae,
Exitium gravius ne tibi quarta ferat!
55
Ante dedit pestes aër tibi, nuper et ignes;
Quid dederint undae, non meminisse nequis.
Haec sed adhuc tria contemnens elementa superbis;
Te saltem reliquum cogat habere metum!
Si cum terrigenis — erit actum — terra moveri
60
Coeperit, in praedam facta iacebis humi.
Ultrices aquilae commercia publica tollent,
Comprimet annonae Vistula clausis iter.
Infantem draco depascens tua moenia cinget,
Alite prognatus, cuius es ipsa, Iovis.
65
Cumque lupis aderunt ursi, cum tigride pardi,
Cum catulis et item torva leaena suis.
Valleris, liceat, iungas quoque Pelion Ossae,
Non secura tamen, ni Deus adsit, eris.
Externis tunc praesidiis frustrata manebis
70
Divitiisque tuis despoliata gemes.
Tunc te destituent vires, ornatus et omnes
Deliciae, quibus es turpiter usa satis.
Quidquid in hortorum latebris festisque diebus
Plebs spatians gessit, tunc, miseranda, lues,
75
Impietas, fastus, luxus, tua numina, tecum
Tunc simul in barathrum, quod meruere, cadent.
Admonui quondam Ninivitas, profuit. Et te,
Ut prosim, moneo; si sapis, adde finem!
Longanimis solet esse Deus, resipiscat ut inde
80
Peccator, tolerans crimina multa diu.
Quae cum non cessant, castigat et acrius, affert
Cum magno poenas fenore supplicii.