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Poem #99

Pro Caesare et Gallo 3
written [1540-07-06 — 1540-07-31] first edition 2006

Manuscript sources:
1author's record, 16th-century, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1, No. 704 (enclosure)

Prints:
1OSOSIŃSKI 2006 Nieznane (Aliud [Pro Caesare et Gallo]) p. 251 (in extenso)
2OSOSIŃSKI 2007 (Aliud [Pro Caesare et Gallo]) p. 42 (in extenso)

 

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Quod servata fides Francis I of Valois (*1494 – †1547), 1515-1547 King of France; son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy⌊GalliFrancis I of Valois (*1494 – †1547), 1515-1547 King of France; son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy⌋ cum Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊CaesareCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋ probro
Vertitur, authoris dedecus esse reor.
O mores, o nunc quae tempora, scilicet artis
Hoc erit, ut fidei fraus petat atra locum?
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In vitium virtus vertatur, melque venenum,
Et bona dicantur deteriora malis.
Argute siquidem, quod Francis I of Valois (*1494 – †1547), 1515-1547 King of France; son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy⌊GalloFrancis I of Valois (*1494 – †1547), 1515-1547 King of France; son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy⌋ Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊CaesarCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋ ut hosti
Stultus erat credens, tum sed amicus erat.
Hoc quoque, quod Francis I of Valois (*1494 – †1547), 1515-1547 King of France; son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy⌊GallusFrancis I of Valois (*1494 – †1547), 1515-1547 King of France; son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy⌋ stulte dimiserit hostem,
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Tum sed amicitiae foedus utrique fuit.
Recto iudicio bene si metiris utrumque,
Quos censes stultos, desipuisse neges.