Latin language -- Readers; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children
_Men_ are made
for one another’s _good_;
therefore let them be _kind_.
_Homines_ facti sunt
ad mutua _commoda_;
ergò sint _humani_.
Be thou sweet and lovely
in thy _Countenance_, 1.
gentle and civil
in thy _Behaviour_ and _Manners_, 2.
Sis suavis & amabilis
_Vultu_, 1.
comis & urbanus
_Gestu_ ac _Moribus_, 2.
affable and true spoken
with thy _Mouth_, 3.
affectionate and _candid_
in thy _Heart_, 4.
affabilis & verax,
_Ore_, 3.
candens & _candidus_
_Corde_, 4.
So love,
and so shalt thou be loved;
and there will be
a mutual _Friendship_, 5.
Sic ama,
sic amaberis;
& fiat
mutua _Amicitia_, 5.
as that of _Turtle-doves_, 6.
hearty, gentle, and
wishing well on both parts.
ceu _Turturum_, 6.
concors, mansueta, &
benevola utrinque.
Froward Men are
hateful, teasty, unpleasant.
contentious, _angry_, 7.
_cruel_, 8.
and implacable,
Morosi homines, sunt
odiosi, torvi, illepidi.
contentiosi, _iracundi_, 7.
_crudeles_, 8.
ac implacabiles,
(rather Wolves and Lions,
than Men)
and such as fall out among themselves,
hereupon
they fight in a _Duel_, 9.
(magis Lupi & Leones,
quàm homines)
& inter se discordes,
hinc
confligunt _Duelle_, 9.
_Envy_, 10.
wishing ill to others,
pineth away her self.
_Invidia_, 10.
malè cupiendo aliis,
conficit seipsam.
CXVI.
Justice.
Justitia.
[Illustration]
_Justice_, 1.
is painted, sitting
on a _square stone_, 2. for
she ought to be immoveable;
_Justitia_, 1.
pingitur, sedens
in _lapide quadrato_, 2. nam
decet esse immobilis;
with _hood-winked eyes_, 3.
that she may not respect
persons;
_stopping the left ear_, 4.
to be reserved
for the other party;
_obvelatis oculis_, 3.
ad non respiciendum
personas;
_claudens aurem sinistram_, 4.
reservandam
alteri parti;
Holding in her right Hand
a _Sword_, 5.
and a _Bridle_, 6.
to punish
and restrain evil men;
Tenens dextrâ
_Gladium_, 5.
& _Frænum_, 6.
ad puniendum
& coërcendum malos;
Besides,
_a pair of Balances_, 7.
in the _right Scale_, 8. whereof
_Deserts_,
and in the _left_, 9.
_Rewards_ being put,
Præterea,
_Stateram_, 7.
cujus _dextræ Lanci_, 8.
_Merita_,
_Sinistræ_, 9.
_Præmia_ imposita,
are made even one with another,
and so good Men
are incited to virtue,
as it were with _Spurs_, 10.
sibi invicem exequantur,
atque ita boni
incitantur ad virtutem,
ceu _Calcaribus_, 10.
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