Imperabat Suevis, Saxonibus cunctis,
Bauvaro truces Sclavos fecit pacatos.
Heinrico requiem, rex Christe, dona perhennem !

Possumus mirari de domino tali:
Res tractando laicatus fit litteratus,
Prudens in sermone, providus opere,
Viduarum tutor bonus, orphanis pius.
Heinrico requiem, rex Christe, dona perhennem !

HENRY II AND SUBJECT LANDS DOING HIM REVERENCE
(From a manuscript miniature)

Heinricus secundus - plangat illum mundus-
Fines servans Christianos pellit paganos;
Stravit adversantes pacem persequentes;
Voluptati contradixit, sobrie vixit.

Heinrico requiem, rex Christe, dona perhennem!

Quis Cesar tam largus fuit pauperibus?

Quis tam laute sublimavit atque ditavit

14. Bauvaro: Nom.; Henry was the head of the Bavarian stem of the reigning family.-17. laicatus: 'the laity.'-27. sublimavit: 'exalted.'

Atria sanctorum ubere bonorum?

Ex propriis fecit magnum episcopatum.

Heinrico requiem, rex Christe, dona perhennem!

Ploret hunc Europa iam decapitata.
Advocatum Roma ploret; Christum exoret,
Ut sibi fidelem prestet seniorem ;

Recognoscat grave dampnum ecclesiarum.
Heinrico requiem, rex Christe, dona perhennem!

Dicamus Heinrico, Domini amico:

Ut quiescat post obitum semper in evum.
Dicat omnis clerus anime illius:

'In pace Christi quiescat; gaudia noscat.' Heinrico requiem, rex Christe, dona perhennem ! 40

A CLEVER LIAR

1. Mendosam quam cantilenam ago
Puerulis commentatam dabo,
Quo modulos per mendaces risum
Auditoribus ingentem ferant.

2. Liberalis et decora

Cuidam regi erat nata,

Quam sub lege huius modi

Procis obponit querendam :

29. magnum episcopatum: the bishopric of Bamberg, founded and endowed by Henry. He was buried there also. -32. Advocatum : the head of the Holy Roman Empire was called its 'Protector.'33. seniorem: 'seigneur,' 'lord.'

1 sqq. A poem in the form of a sequence of uncertain scheme, with scant traces of rhyme, and so as old as about 1000 A.D. It is believed to be the earliest, of German origin, of this type of tale of famous liars. 8. querendam : 2 (1).

5

6. Que servum te firmat esse meum."
"Mentitur," rex clamat, "karta et tu!"

7. Sic rege deluso Suevus

Arte regius est gener factus.

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caedo.

13. Suevus: the Swabians apparently had something of a reputation as sharpers.-20. cedo - 23. leva: 2 (1). — 25. Sotiaque: 2 (3). - 26. pisarum: late Latin for pisorum, 'peas.' 30. Kartam = Chartam ; 2 (2); 2 (4). —31. Que

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Quae.

Atque preclari
Pocula vini

Porrexit cunctis

Vocatis sanctis."

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7. Herigêr ait:

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"Prudenter egit
Christus Iohannem
Ponens pincernam,
Quoniam vinum
Non bibit umquam.

8. Mendax probaris

Cum Petrum dicis
Illic magistrum
Esse cocorum,
Est quia summi
Ianitor celi.

9. Honore quali

1. Heriger was bishop of Mainz from 913 to 927; but the poem is probably of somewhat later date, and is believed to be a Latin version of an original in the vernacular German. The probable loss of a stanza after No. 5, in which Peter was referred to as magister cocorum, was first noticed by Thomas Wright. It is written in rhyming Adonics. 5. infernum: 'the after-world.' - 26. pincerna: 'cupbearer.' 48. manducasses: 'had to eat.'

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5

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15

In vitis patrum veterum
Quiddam legi ridiculum,
Exemplo tamen habile;
Quod vobis dico rithmice.

Iohannes abba, parvulus
Statura, non virtutibus,
Ita maiori socio,
Quicum erat in heremo:

"Volo," dicebat, "vivere
Secure sicut angelus,
Nec veste nec cibo frui,
Qui laboretur manibus."

Respondit frater: "Moneo
Ne sis incepti properus,

Frater, quod tibi post modum

Sit non cepisse satius."

58. cedi

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caedi; 2 (1). 60. arguendo: 3E (4) (d).

1 sqq. Iambic dimeters, often reckless of quantity.-8. heremo: 'desert place'; 2 (4). — 16. cepisse coepisse: 2 (1).