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Poem #98

Pro Caesare et Gallo 2
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. 41 (in extenso)

 

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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⌊CaesarisCharles 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⌋ et 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⌋ fidei servantia monstrat,
Quam verus Christi cultor uterque fuit.
Ille, quod ex animo generoso detulit hosti,
Perdere quem potuit, iussit abire tamen.
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Alter item noscens bona, quae percepit ab hoste,
Perdere quem potuit, iussit honore coli.
Principibus quondam non mens ea forte fuisset
Tempore, quo vanos excoluere deos,
Una fides modo, sed sanctae pietatis et aequi
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Cultrix, heroum pectora firma facit.
Utile qui quavis causa praeponit honesto,
Quisquis is est, certe vir bonus esse nequit.
Iustitiam prudens amat, odit stultus, et ergo
Cum 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⌋ quomodo stultus erit?