815 829 835 875 880 885 Captus es a captis, periit modus, hincque peristi, Leniter ergo cuba, donec pausaris, ego ibo, Si pietate cares, saltem cogente pudore Ibimus hinc pariter, me mihi redde prius; Dixit et absiliens iterum simulabat abire, Tu iubeas hodie, cras ego iussa geram." Tu piscaris adhuc et velle recedere iuras, Esse nimis captum dicis, et usque capis? 814. opperiar, subveniamque exspectem: 3E (5) (e).— 829. donec pausaris: 'while you linger.'-831. redies for redi bis. 836. Galliger: a new poetic compound; cf. v. 830. econtra: 1B (6); 3D. 891 Quid defixus iners haeres, velut inter Ianum Emolire loco, piscosaque retia subduc, Et, nisi non egeas, auxiliabor ego." Captus ad haec captor: "Nescis quid, perfide, dicas, Alligor immota firmius Alpe sedens." Galliger iratum cernens incumbere vulgus Serio festinat, iam non discedere fingit, Tam laetus caudae quam levitate pedum. - Fab. II. 893. Emolire: 'pack yourself off.' - 896. Scotia: i.e. he was as fast as if Scotland weighed him down. -898. Alligor: 2 (8). Isengrim was frozen in, as Reynard had planned it. 895 937 943 5 10 15 SEDULII SCOTI CARMINA Sedulius Scotus was an Irish-Scotch grammarian and poet of the ninth century. Probably he may be ranked chief among the poets of his time. His poems are in good form, and have a personal ring which appeals to the reader. They are on various occasional subjects. The text may be found in Traube's Poetae Latini Aevi Karolini, Vol. III. HOW TO BE A JUST JUDGE Qui cupit rector probus esse iudex, Luminum patrem rutili creantem Vota cognoscat Salemonis aequi, Ipse percepit docillemne sensum Gentis Hebraeae? The meter is the Sapphic strophe. 3. Inhians: 'eager.' 6. cosmi: 'the world.' -7. coruscis: used proleptically.-8. sophiae: 'wisdom.' 9. Salemonis: for Solomonis. 2 (4). 14. lustratus: deponent form. 10. aetram: Quid valet flavi nitor omnis auri? Gloriae quid sunt Scithicaeque gemmae? Orba si mentis acies hebescat, Lumen ut verum nequeat tueri, Unde discernat bona prava iusta Ergo rectori decus est amare Te patris verbum sapiensque lumen, Cuius in dextra requies beata De Rectoribus Christianis VI. NOTKER BALBULUS Of several Notkers mentioned often in the Middle Ages, Notker Balbulus ("the stammerer") is perhaps best known. He lived between 840 and 912 in Switzerland, much of the time at the famous monastery of St. Gall, and was formally enrolled among the Saints the year after his death. He played an important part in the development of Latin hymnody, particularly by the invention of the "sequence," a species of more or less rhythmical composition following the "Alleluia" in the services of the church. He also wrote a Martyrologium, the materials of which were drawn from various sources. His Latin is quaintly simple, but remote from classical standards. The text may be found in Migne's Patrologia, Vol. CXXXI. The sequences appear also in collections of hymns. 5 Memo 10 A SEQUENCE ON THE BIRTHDAY OF THE MARTYR ST. LAURENCE Laurenti, David magni Qui solus potuit regna Superare tyranni crudelis; Dummodo illum liceat cernere |