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Poem #63

In Hymnorum libellum praefatio. Libellus proloquitur
written before 1548-07-10 first edition 1548-07-10

Early printed source materials:
1DANTISCUS 1548 (Monocolon dimetrum iambicum Archilochicum Acatalecticum. Libellus proloquitur) p. Bv-B2r (in extenso)
2DANTISCUS 1571 (Monocolon dimetrum iambicum Archilochium Acatalecticum. Libellus proloquitur) p. 1v-2r (in extenso)
3DANTISCUS 1576 (Monocolon dimetrum iambicum Archilochium Acatalecticum. Libellus proloquitur) p. 1v-2r (in extenso)
4DANTISCUS 1764 (Libellus proloquitur) p. 186 (in extenso)

Prints:
1HIPLER 1857 (Libellus proloquitur / Prolog des Büchleins) No. 2, p. 82-83 (in extenso; German translation, Franz HIPLER)
2DANTISCUS 1934 (Libellus proloquitur / Książeczka przemawia) No. 2, p. 8-11 (in extenso; Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
3Dantisci Carmina (Hymni 2. Libellus Proloquitur) No. 48. 2, p. 218-219 (in extenso)
4DANTISCUS 1973, 1987 (Libellus proloquitur / Mówi książka) p. 102-105 (in extenso; Polish translation, Anna KAMIEŃSKA)
5Antologia 1996 (Hymni: Libellus proloquitur / Hymny: Mówi książka) No. 10. 2, p. 150-153 (in extenso; Polish translation, Anna KAMIEŃSKA)

 

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Ecclesiastico breves
Pro more versus hic vides,
Lector, boni quos consule
Et simplices non despice!
5
Fuco carent, non Aonis
Sunt fonte loti, non olent
Cirrhae poeticum nemus,
Sed saucium Christi latus.
Hos si probe perpenderis
10
Et saepe cogitaveris
Poenas, quibus redemptus es,
Fortasse non fastidies.
Spondeus hic frequentius
print 1548, 1571 Iambi,
print 1576 Iambici⌈Iambiprint 1548, 1571 Iambi,
print 1576 Iambici⌉ locum pes occupans
15
Nec displicebit; est enim
His dimetris accommodus.
Lenis gradus demissius,
Ferocius citatior
Profertur, ergo lentior
20
Est substitutus crebrius.
Nemo modis pungentibus
Rabie litis perstringitur,
Sed hoc, cor ardens in Deum
Quod sublevat, depromitur.