Latin language -- Readers; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children
In _Bargains_, 11.
let Men deal candidly,
let them stand to their
_Covenants_ and _Promises_;
In _Contractibus_, 11.
candidè agatur:
stetur
_Pactis_ & _Promissis_;
let _that which is given one to keep_,
and _that which is lent_,
be restored:
_Depositum_,
& _Mutuum_,
reddantur:
let no man be _pillaged_, 12.
or _hurt_, 13.
let every one have his own:
these are the precepts
of Justice.
nemo _expiletur_, 12.
aut _lædatur_, 13.
suum cuique tribuatur:
hæc sunt præcepta
Justitiæ.
Such things as these are forbidden
in _God’s 5th._ and _7th._
_Cammandment_,
and deservedly punish’d
on the _Gallows_ and the _Wheel_, 14.
Talia prohibentur,
_quinto_ & _septimo Dei_
_Præcepto_,
& merito puniuntur
_Cruce_ ac _Rotâ_, 14.
CXVII.
Liberality.
Liberalitas.
[Illustration]
_Liberality_, 1.
keepeth a mean about _Riches_,
which she honestly seeketh,
that she may have
somewhat to bestow
on them that _want_, 2.
_Liberalitas_, 1.
servat modum circa _Divitias_,
quas honestè quærit
ut habeat
quod largiatur
_Egenis_, 2.
She _cloatheth_, 3.
_nourisheth_, 4.
and _enricheth_, 5. these
with a _chearful countenance_, 6.
and a _winged hand_, 7.
Hos _vestit_, 3.
_nutrit_, 4.
_ditat_, 5.
_Vultu hilari_, 6.
& _Manu alatâ_, 7.
She submitteth her
_wealth_, 8. to her self,
not her self to it,
Subjicit
_opes_, 8. sibi,
non se illis,
as the _covetous man_, 9. doth,
who hath,
that he may have,
and is not the _Owner_,
but the _Keeper_ of his goods,
ut _Avarus_, 9.
qui habet,
ut habeat,
& non est _Possessor_
sed _Custos_ bonorum suorum,
and being unsatiable,
always _scrapeth together_, 10.
with his Nails.
& insatiabilis,
semper _corradit_, 10.
Unguibus suis.
Moreover he spareth
and keepeth,
_hoarding up_, 11.
that he may always have.
Sed & parcit
& adservat,
_occludendo_, 11.
ut semper habeat.
But the _Prodigal_, 12.
badly spendeth
things well gotten,
and at the last wanteth.
At _Prodigus_, 12.
malè disperdit
benè parta,
ac tandem eget.
CXVIII.
Society betwixt Man and Wife.
Societas Conjugalis.
[Illustration]
_Marriage_
was appointed by God
in Paradise,
for mutual _help_,
and the _Propagation_
of mankind.
_Matrimonium_
institutum est à Deo
in Paradiso,
ad mutuum _adjutorium_,
& _propagationem_
generis humani.
_A young man_ (_a single man_)
being to be married,
should be furnished
either with _Wealth_,
or a _Trade_ and _Science_,
_Vir Juvenis_ (_Cœlebs_)
conjugium initurus,
instructus sit
aut _Opibus_,
aut _Arte_ & _Scientiâ_,
which may serve
for getting a living;
that he may be able
to maintain a _Family_.
quæ sit
de pane lucrando;
ut possit
sustentare _Familiam_.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account