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Poem #49

Carmen de Iudaeis
written 1535 - 1536? first edition 1621

Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, Polish, copy from the print KOŁUDZKI 1707, 18th-century, BK, 190, f. 29v-30v


Early printed source materials:
1SLESZKOWSKI 1621 (Carmen de Iudaeis : Quid sit gens Iudaica, et eius epitheta) p. O2v (in extenso)
2SLESZKOWSKI 1622 p. f. Ar-v (in extenso)
3KOŁUDZKI 1707 (Quid sit gens Iudaica et eius epitheta / Iana Dantyskana biskupa warminskiego poema Co to jest Narod Zydowski y nazwiska iemu przyzwoite) p. 75r-76v (in extenso; Polish translation)
4Pamiętnik (O Zydach Iana Dantiskana biskupa warminskiego poema Co to iest Narod Zydowski y nazwiska iemu przyzwoite) p. Cc3 + [2] (Polish translation)
5KOŁUDZKI 1727 (Quid sit gens Iudaica, et eius Epitheta) p. 116 (in extenso, last distich skipped)
6Błędy (O zydach Jana Dantyskana Biskupa Warmińskiego) p. f. [14r-15r] (Polish translation)

Prints:
1BARTOSZEWICZ (Carmen de Judaeis) p. 14-15 (Polish translation)
2Dantisci Carmina (Carmen de Iudaeis) No. 40, p. 166-167 (in extenso)
3KOT 1952 (Carmen de Judaeis, quid sit gens Judaica, et eius epitheta) p. 10 (excerpt, l. 1-4)
4SEGEL 1996 (Poem about Jews) p. 33 (English translation)

 

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Barbara, inhumana est, petulans, furiosa, proterva,
Perfida, blanda, procax, insidiosa, rudis,
Fallax, deceptrix, invita, dolosa, superba,
Effera, crudelis, invida, iniqua, fera,
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Improba, fraudulenta, scelesta, nefanda, profana,
Atrox, immanis, callida, prava, loquax,
Insipiens, fatua est, malesana, maligna, petulca,
Detractrix, mendax, livida, saeva, rapax,
Astuta, inconstans, labilis, furiosa, bilinguis,
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Mobilis, impatiens, ambitiosa, levis,
Ingrata, imperiosa, bibax, onerosa, rebellis,
Ebria, adulatrix, desidiosa, vorax,
Garrula, vana, minax, temeraria, querula, avara,
Litigiosa, tenax, impetuosa, vaga,
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Obscena et mordax, simulatrix, impia, torva,
Nugosa, iniusta est, rustica, amara, salax,
Foeda, immansueta ac violenta, ingloria, dira,
Importuna, ferox, segnis, inops, timida,
Versuta, obscura et famosa, improvida, saeva,
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Immemor, indocilis, indiga, turpis, iners,
Nulla est cui ratio recti iustive cupido,
Nulla est cui pietas aut probitatis amor.
Si quidquam poteris superaddere, candide lector,
Adde, tibi Dominus praemia digna dabit!