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MEDIEVALINUOVA SERIE

DIRETTA DA

P. FEDELE - F. ERMINI - P. S. LEICHTE. LEVI - A. MONTEVERDI - L. SUTTINA & V. USSANI

VOLUME SESTO1933 .

In radic« arbcwisnulla prcwsusappare' pulchritudinis species, et'amen quicquid es' in arbcwepul-chritudi"is lIel deccwis e~ illaprocedit.

A. Augustini Super Joha"".

CASA EDITRICE

GIOVANNI CHIANTORESUCCESSORE ERMANNO LOESCHER

TORINO1933 - XII

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Some unprinted fraSJmentsof Matthew of Vendöme (9):

A Description of the Bodleian MS Mise. Lat. D 15.

This MS consists of r6 parchment leaves, which have comeloose from their original binding and in the time of the LibrarianNicholson were gummed at the margin on to white paper andbound up afresh. They measure 8% by 5% in., but many of themhave been cut at top or bottom, or at the outer margin, thuslosing anything from I to 4 lines of text in the first case, and thebeginning or end of lines in the second. One of the leaves (II) hascertainly been wrongly gummed, recto for verso, since II V followsla V in the text. The handwriting is an excellent bookhand ofthe rjth cent. The text has been written in two columns of 42lines each, with occasional rubricated initials. The titles are alsoin rubric, sometimes occupying a line to themselves, sometimesadded in the margin. .

I begin with a catalogue of the contents in their present order.

Fol. I R (a = Flesh side) col. i and Ü 1-22: elegiac poem whose beginn-ing is lost (II): the 64 lines begin with a pent., and a pent. isomitted after 62. rst 4 lines are lost from each col. Col. ü 23:title • de mascula uirgine incipit prologus'. 24: the •Alda' ofGuillelmus Blesensis begins, 24-42.V (b = Hair side)' Alda' continues (20-33, 62-5 of poem lost,

see ed. of Lohmeyer, Leipzig, 1892). .Fol, 2 R (b) • Alda ' cont. 189-90 follow 172•

V (a)>> »221-3 are omitted. ..Fol. 3 R (a) » »314-6 (col. i) 355-8 (col. 11) lost.

V (b). • 397-400 ». 442-4 » •, uix dulcia - infert " 429-31 are omitted.

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Fol, 4 R (b) <Alda ' cont. 445 (col. i) 489 (col. il] lost.462, 3 are omitted.V (a) 'Alda' concluded, col. i 1-36, 531-66. 531 lost. col. i37-42

, Sponsus de sponsa' begins, and continues col. ii, rst line col. iilost. - Remainder of poem lost. Printed Migne, 171, 1453 amongworks of Hildebert.

Fol. 5 R (b) , Passio Sanctae Agnetis', 248-298 end, col. i and ii1-9. col. ii10-42 'Passio Sancti Laurenci ' with rubr, title. printed Migne,171, 1607 among works of Marbod.V (a) P. S. L. cont. 33-n6, 33-6, 75-8 lost.

Fol. 6 R (a) P. S. L. J II7-200, Il7, 8, 159, 60 lost.V (b) P. S. L. » 201-284, 201, 2, 243, 4 lost.

Fol. 7 R (a) col. i and col. ii 1-14 ,last 56 lines of elegiac poem (I) col. ii15-42 ' Versus de Sancta Susanna ' with rubr. title. Printed Migne171, I287 (Hildebert), Haureau, N. et E., xxvi (Petrus Riga),cf. my text in Studi Medievali, Ill, 1930, p. 27·V (b) Susanna, cont., 28-110, with rubric in col. ii ' defensio

Susanne per Danielem '.Fol. 8 R (b) Susanna, cont., 111-195, 129 is omitted.

V (a) Susanna ends, 196-8. Col. i 4-42 and col. ü 'De SanctaAgnete' with rubr. title. The middle part of this work is lost.Printed with ' Mathematicus ' of Bernardus Silvestris by Haureau,Paris, 1895 (Petrus Riga), also in Migne, 171, 1307 (Hildebert).Lines 81-247 would just fill one fo1.with one line prob. for a rubric.

Fol. 9 R{a) col. i 1-3 lost, 4 last line of some poem. 5-24 poem withrubric in mg. (querimonia) "clerl ', 25-42 and col. Ü 1-10 (I-4 lost)poem with rubric (de) 'patre' 'pro filio'? II-36 poem withrubric'responsio matr(is)'. 37-42 poem with rubr, ' de Horeste ')begins.

V (b) poem contd. col. i (1-3 lost) and ü (do.) 1-30. I print thesepoems as one (IV). 31-40 rubric in mg. 'epitaphium', printedby Haureau in N. et E., xxxi, p. 96 as prob. by Petrus Riga. 41-2'descriptio domus', begins.

Fol. 10 R (b) col. i 1-24 rest of 'descr. dam. " printed in Migne, 171, 1388 .~ascribed to Hildebert, = 'de tribus mansionibus'. 25-42 poemwith rubr. in mg. ' de Anglia '. Col. ii 2 poem ends. Printed inMigne, 171, 1444 (Hildebert) omitting 15, 16 and adding tho otherlines after 9: after this poem follow 2 unconnected lines:

5-42 'Pergama fiere uolo " often printed, e. g. Haureau, N. et E.,xxviii. (last 2 lines lost); also in col. i).V (a) poem contd. col. i and col. ii 1-6. Col. ii 7-42' Ardet amore

Paris' begins, printed Carmina Burana, ed. Schmeller, 1884,p. 63, Last 3 lines of each col. lost.

Fol. I I V (a) poem contd. col. i rubric in mg. ' item de troia' 1-20. Col. i21-42 and col. ii ' uiribus arte minis'. printed Migne, 171, 1471,du Meril, Poesies pop.lat. ,1843, p. 400. Last 2 lines of each col. lost.R (b) poem. contd. col. i and ii 1-8. 'Ajax and Ulysses' (V)begins 9-42. Last 2 lines of each col. lost.

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Fol. 12 R (a) col. 1 1-25 part of •Callisto' (?) ofMatthew de Vendöme (IX)26-42 and Ü 1-13 poem with rubric' monachi conquestio', 14-42poem with rubric 'de •. ' (X and XI)

V (b)poem contd. col. i I-lI. Altercation of Spider and Fly begins12-42 and ii (with rubrics • responsio musce' and • iudicium ').Outer mg. cut. (XII). "

Fol. 13 R (a) col. i 1-5 On the lantern (1-3 lost), 6, 7, 2 proverbial ~ines,8-29 M. de V. on the seasons, printed in Faral, Arts Poäiques,p. 146, 2 prov, lines, 32-42 and col. ii M. de V, on Agenor andbeauty of Europa (VI).V (b) poem contd. col. i 1-17 (1-410st); 18-42and ii1-2~(1-410st)

• Beroe " printed Faral, op. cit., p. 130; 24-39, M. de V. hnes Faral,p. 148; here with rubric • descriptio An(glie)'; 40-2 rubr. • hecsunt officia laterne ', (VII, VIII).

FoI. 14 R (a) col. i and Ü 1-10apparently an altercation between a soldierand a cleric (XIII) rst 4 lines of each col. lost. Altercn. of Grammar& Logic (?) begins (11-42).V (b) poem contd. both coll. (rst 4 lines of each lost) rubric in

mg. col. ü • iudicium' (XIV)..Fol, 15 R (b) and V (a) contains Matthew de Vendöme's descriptions

of a Pope, an Emperor, Ulysses and Davus (printed in Faral,op, cit., pp. 121 sqq. Instead of •Davus' there is a rubr. in mg.• descriptio legatoris '. Ends after 7th line of latter. 2 lines lostat top of each col. of R., 3 of V.

Fol. 16 R (b) and V (a) contains continuation of •Ajax andUlysses':left unfinished, rubr. in mg. col. iiof V•• responsio Ulyxis'. 3 lineslost at top of each col. Mg. cut.

The original order of the leaves can to some extent be conjectu-rally recovered; we have (I) the sequence of the texts themselves,(ü) the regularly observed rule that verso and following recto mustbe both either hair- or flesh-side of the parchment, (iii) the factthat foI. 3 and fol. 10 were originally one sheet, which was cut

wide of the centre, so that part of the rubric on fo1. IO V, d Tilt~e rioia,appears on fol. 3R. together with the binding holes. Assumingthat the leaves were arranged in quaternions, we find that thesheet 3-IO cannot have been the topmost one, as the text of 10 doesnot follow that of 3 (nor vice-versa), but at least 2 foIl. must follow'3, to complete' St. Agnes ', Further, as 3R-IOV is flesh-side, it was,probably not the bottom sheet, as the first recto of each quaternionwas usually hair-side. We can work back then from the position

.:of 3'-10 as the znd sheet of the quaternion, and we get a scheme

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which is set out below, and assumes the existence of four quat er-nions, i. e. 32 leaves, of which half are lost. There may of coursehave been more as well.

Quat. I.

b foI. I (-) · foI. 8 (I) a'a • 2 (7) II 7 (-)bb • 3 (8) II 6 (6) aa » 4 (-) » S (5) b

Quat. II.

b fo1. 9 (2) · fol. 16 (r r] aa » 10 (3) » IS (10) bb » 11 (4) • 14 (9) aa • 12 (-) » 13 (-) b

Quat. Ill.

b foI. 17 (16)a » 18 (-)b » 19 (-)a » 20 (13)

· fol. 24 (14) a» 23 (-) b» 22 (12) a» 21 (-) b

Quat. IV.

b foI. 25 (-)a » 26 (-)b J 27 (IS)

a » 28 (-)

. foI. 32 (-) a» 31 (-) b» 30 (-) a» 29 (-) b

Description.

I: poem I begins.2: ~em ends ' Susanna' begins.3: Susanna' ends, 'St. Agnes'

begins.4: • St. Agnes ',S:·, St. Agnes' ends, 'St. Lau-

rence '.6: • St. Laurence ',7: • St. Laur. ' ends, poem Il beg.8: poem ends, 'Alda' beg.9: • Alda '.10: •Alda '.I I: ' Alda ' ends, • Sponsus ' begins.I2: •Sponsus' ends.13: poem? (last 4 n. on next fo1.).14: poems Ill, IV, Epit. Deser.IS: Deser. ends, De Anglia, poems

on Troy.16: Trojan poems end, •Ajax and

Ulysses' begins.~r~,Ajax and Ulysses ' contd.19: •Ajax ' ends.20: Matthew on Seasons, Europa,

Beroe, England.2 I : ? 'Callisto' begins.22: •Callisto' fragment,' 'Fly and

Spider' begins.23:· ends. 'Soldier and Clerk' beg.24: ends.' Grammar and Logic' beg.25: ends.26: .?27: Matthew's descriptions (Pope,

Caesar, Ulysses, Davus) .28: Davus ends.

29: I30: ?31:32:

Note: a, b, denote the recto of each fol. whether flesh- or hairside. The nos. in bracketsdenote tbe present arrangement. For hair-side at the bottom of a gathering, see Rand,MSS of Tours, I, Cambridge Mass., 1929, p. 12.

A comparison of these pieces with the other extant poems ofMatthew de Vendöme would suggest that most, if not all of themare either by him or very close imitations. I and II are perhaps

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least like him of all (except the two popular sayings that I havemarked VIII); Ill. IV and V are most characteristic. except fora passage in IV where for 14 successive lines the two halves ofeach line rhyme (see under IV); I have not printed V. as thereexists a complete text in MS Vat. Reg. 344, from which it shouldbe edited, if it is to be printed at all. .VI, VII may also be considered as genuine. As to IX, there are

reasons for doubting its genuineness. but X and XI seem to beby Matthew. except that the latter consists of a bitter attackagainst Gaul. i. e. the kingdom of France. Matthew was bornat Vendöme, and spent his life either at Tours or in Paris; hemay be writing in disgust at the vices of his own countrymen.particularly the people of Paris. or of course the author may bean Anglo-Norman writing in the style of Matthew. There seemsno special reason for supposing that XII-XIV are not by him (1).

Some characteristic features of his style are: (i) the sense-pausein the last foot and a half of the hexameter. (ii) Zeugma. and'Hypozeuxis (see Faral, Arts Poäique« du XII' et XIII' siecleParis. 1923, p. III sqq.), (iü) Antitheta (Faral. p. 74). (iv) ofte~repeated words and phrases.

Examples will be found in the pieces printed as under:(i) Pause: i 33. ~~ 15. iv 3. 5. 11. ~9. 39 etc .• vi 27. 35. x 7. 21. 23. xi 13.

xii 37. 39. 51 etc .• Xlll I. 13. 27. 31• XlV I. 3. 9 etc.(ii) Zeugma etc.: ill ~.4. iv, 17:..18.39. 40. 71• 72. vi 1-4. 21. 22. 31. 32.

ix 7. x 3. IJ. 13-16• 19. xu 59. 67 (xiii 5. 6. 19. 20). xiv 7. 13.(iii) Antitheta: iii 19. 20. xi 33-38• xii 29-31. 61. xiii 9. 10(iv) Diction: references are to •Tobias' (col. in Migne)•• Ars Versi-

ficatoria' ed. Faral, op. cit. (sections of bk. i unless otherwise stated) •• Pyramus and Thisbe • (ed. Lehrnann, Pseudo-antike Litt. des MA .• pp. 31-35).

aurula vii 8 Ars bk. ii3. compacior iv 4. 92. 132. xiii 14 freq, in Tobias,Pyr. 34. 172. concilium petit in medium xi I xiv 109. cornicor iii 17. xi 29Ars bk. iii 19. cortice de tenero spirat odor xii 28,73. Arc;52.55. dedecus dampnopreponderat xi 21. xii 17. Tob. e. 952. dispensaf in usum xiv 41. Tob. c. 938•Ars 53. iii 19. denigrat xii 27. Pyr. 76. [racta repagula xi 6. xiii I. migratin exilium iv 29. 67. xiv 115. Ars 18. 27. 5°,53 (cf. Henr. Sept. Elegia 733.ed. Marigo), mendicat iv, I, 58. xü 67. Ars 53. freq, in Tob .• nuda tropisxii 68. Tob. c. 978. penso Ü 55, iv, 71, 122. xiv 29. Ars 52. 53. Pyr. 67. 165.prenosticat x 21. xii 51, xiv 37. Tob. c. 966. primiciare xii 54 xiv 38, Tob. c.963. 970. Ars iii 35. iv 51, significata iv 50. 8o, xiii 24. xiv 88. 100, Ars .51•iv SI, Pyr. II6, uas figulum iv 39. xiii 5. Tob. c. 938, Ars iii 35, iv 51. patnssoiv 25. xiv 46. Tob. c. 938.(I) It must be ~dmitted that the rhyming hexameters in IV, Xl and XIV do not sugge~t

the authorship of Matthew. ' .

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For Matthew's other works see the list (with references) in Faral,op. cit., pp. 7 to I3. A poem on the favourite theme of Pyramus andThisbe appears on p. 33I, while another was published in the sameauthor's Sources Latines des Romans Courtois du Moyen Age,Paris, I9I3, and by Lehmann, Pseudo-antike Litteratur des Mit-.telalters. Leipzig, I927.Some of the pieces contained in this MS are in the favourite

form of I Altercations' or disputes (for which see H. Walther,Das Streitgedicht des Mittelalters, Munich, 1920). They are IVFather and Mother, Son and Father, V Ajax and Ulysses (seeWalther, op. eit. p. 91), XII Spider and Fly, XIII Clerk and Sol-dier ( ?), XIV Grammar and Logic. A peculiarity of some of thesepieces is the occurrence one or more couplets before some of thespeeches, which seem to be spoken not by the combatants, butby the writer or actor impersonating them; as though, for instance,they were rival exercises or declamations read or spoken by students,who begin by modestly apologising for their lack of skill. Forinstance, in the pieces printed see XII 65-74, XIV 1II-II4,where in both cases the lines introduce the I Iudicium' and noteither combatant; but in IV 1-4 the Father's speech is introducedin this way, and in XIII that of the Soldier:

excusat puerile metrum puericia, metrisuester inomatis compaciatur honor.

Walther suggests that as in the Vatican MS Reg. 344 twoAjax and Ulysses debates are found, which in places agree wordfor word, there is either a common source, or I wir es mitUebungen zu tun haben, die aus derselben Schulstube stammen '.Is it not possible that, just we have typical letters of the• Poetischer Briefsteller', • Clergy to Pope', •Monk to Abbot',and the amusing series of students' letters, so here we havepoems written by Matthew in the form of schooldebates, model•·streitgedichte '?To take the pieces in order: 1. is a fragment of 56 lines, of which

the subject seems to be an amorous intrigue; in 1-14 the mistressseems to be aiding her lover to escape, in 15-24 the lover has adream of walking on a glassy bridge, in 25-56 he has triumphedover his rival, and celebrations are made in the house, 41-52.?eing a description of paintings of the tale of Troy.

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Probably, as Mr. W. B. Sedgwick suggests, the first 4 lines andalso IS to 24 should be understood as being spoken by the lover.(I am also indebted to him for several conjectural emendations).

A phrase in 9. • ergo rotam lingue' etc. suggests a couplet in·Petrus Riga's • de Sancta Susanna ': .

ergo reuoluatur res ordine ducta rotamquelingue currentis iuris habena regat.

11. This is another fragment, of 55 lines. The subject seems tobe a saint, whose body, presumably after martyrdom, is discoveredand brought home in triumph. Lines 2-II apparently contain anelaborate description of sunrise, and 22-38 of spring, unless • luxnoua iure nouo' and • noua lex' (8. 22) imply something mira-culous.Ill. A short piece of 20 lines, of which the first two and one

other occur in the first of the letters in the •Poetischer Briefsteller'of Matthew, edited by Wattenbach (Sitz. Bay. Akad., I872);here, as there, it is a clerical grumble, probably against the Pope.

IV. The first part, I-54, is a dialogue between a husband anda wife, in which ~he fot;ner complai~s that the latter is suppor- .ting his son agamst him; she replies, accusing him of being aTantalus to his Pelops (it will be remembered that Tantaluscut his son into pieces and boiled him), • sed multo seuior'!There is a mutilated rubric at the beginning of the poem whichis probably for • de patre et filio '.

The • responsio matris ' (rubric) begins with a phrase thoroughlytypical of Matthew •migrat in exilium preceps natura', continuing:

flebilis impietas instat, dum lege sepulta 'in Pelopem tantalizat iniqua manus,

also very characteristic in the avoidance of caesura (see Watten-bach, op. cit., I. I. 48, I. 3. 16, 2. 6. 30), and so 2 lines later:

qui genitor simulatorius esse studet.

she replies in like strain to his • zeugmata':in uas immeritum figulus presumit. acerbat

nux nucleum, riuum fons, genitumque pater.

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The second half of the poem is marked in the MS « De Horeste "and consists of an accusation of a son for killing his mother, towhich he replies. Each part ends with a rhyming hexametercouplet. The style is characteristic of Matthew, except that in thefirst part of the second half there are 141ines with internal rhymeswhich are most rare in Matthew, and in fact expressly discouragedby him (see Faral, op. cit., p. 166, § 43) e. g.:

heu graue peccatum, rabies noua, flebile fatum .quod natura perit quam grauis ira ferit. ,

Two lines occur in the description of Davus (Faral, op. eit.,p. 127 « uirtus ' for « pietas ': « quo nascente suum' etc.); there isalso a quotation from Juvenal (6, 165), and from « Sponsus aduersussponsam " v. supr.:

rarius in terris nichil est quam femina uericonscia, fida uiro, quam nota nulla notat.

V. Inc.: uernat ubi uirtus redolet prestancia, seuitAtropos, eneruat fortia, seua domat.

Expl.: dum Thetis Eacidem tenet, hanc dum nodus amorisnectit, iter uobis officiale paro.

This is a fragment (I88 lines) of the debate between Ajax andUlysses, of which Haureau printed some lines in Notices et Ex-traits, xxix, pt. 2, p. 350. The "responsio Ulixis' begins here at

. the :x8Sth line, and the whole poem contains (in the Rome MS,Reg- 344) 414 lines. Besides being imperfect, the poem has sufferedfrom the cutting of the margins, so that from 80 to !IS the endsand from 122 to 160 the beginnings of the lines are lost.

e. g.: Naupliades testis accedit quod si(mulatusille fuit tacita calliditate fu(ror.

uim rationis habet error, simu(latio ueri,in sapiente sapit desipuisse lo(co.

heu Peantiades ltace molimine (fraudisexulat, Argolice nobilitatis a(pex.

artis Ulixee uicio Palamedis h(onestasstemitur, hoc Itaci pectoris ampl(a fides.

(3 lines lost)talia cu)r meritis talibus arma petat?

sic fructu)s sibi consimiles mala pullulat arbor,sic sterili)s sterili flore redundat ager.

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contrahi)t in partem nos criminis, immo propinqueArpie si)milis lilia nostra premit.

deperit omn)e decus nostrum, mendica)t honestas. paupera), marcescit robur, aceseit honor (I).

The writer follows the passage in Ovid (Met. 13, init.) prettyclosely, as does the author of the other Ajax and Ulysses debatein the Vatican MS, probably Matthew also (see above). Waltherseems unreasonable in doubting his authorship of this poem..Haureau's judgement is perhaps too severe, expecially as he ~rintswhat is undoubtedly the worst part of it, the grotesque antithetawhich go on for 10 lines, and little else. The following are muchbetter examples:

arrna duds gaudent me successore, reposcitAiacis rigidas Pelias hasta manus.

ad nostros humeros suspirant arma, priorilatorem similem nobile poscit onus.•.

armorum grauitas, clipeus tibi dissonus egroassuetaro poterunt debilitare fugam.

te reprobat clipeus tuus integer, integra telaesse tui possunt expositiua metus ...

iste meus clipeus plagis perfossus honorisuirtutisque mee significata gerit.

gestantis titulos gestamen predicat, undesufficit heredem promeruisse nouum,

sed quid fando moror conflictum? uendicet armamaior; marte decet marcia tela peti.

175

180

Walther points out that we have here the Streitgedicht in itsregular form: statement of the case, the two rival speeches, andthe Judgment, the latter by the poet, not by a character in thecase. The same applies to the other • ludicia ' in this MS (XII,XIV, implied in IV expl.).

VI. Faral, Opecit., p. 7 prints a metrical summary by Matthewof his own works, or rather of some of them.· Among them ismentioned' louis incesti mugitus', i. e. the story of Jupiter andEuropa. It would seem that here we have a fragment of thiswork, which begins with a short description of Europa's fatherAgenor, then of his wife, their marriage and the birth of their

(I) •Arpie similis' occurs a few lines later.• paupera' occurs in NIGELLUS, Mi,aculaB. V. M., ms. Cott. Vesp. D xix, fol. 8 b.

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daughter; the picture of Europa ends with the same 12 linesas occur in the' Ars Versificatoria' (Faral, p. 130, § 57, 12-24)onHelen. Doubtless they constituted a stock description of a beau-tiful woman which could be used where required. As the piecesboth in this MS and in the' Ars' end at the same place, it looksas though the compiler had copied from the latter. Other suchextracts from the' Ars' are the' Beroe', immediately following,and those on fo1.15.

VII. 'Descriptio An(gliae)'. In the' Ars Versificatoria' it iscalled 'descriptio loci' , and contains 62 lines, of which thefirst 7 and 9 others are found here. After 7 Faral indicates a lacunain the MSSof 103 lines, which our extract only goes a little wayto fill.

VIII. The lines on the lantern occur twice, at the top of 13R.where the first two lines (with one line for rubric?) are lost, andat the bottom of 13Vcol. ii, where only 1-3are found. From thesethe epigram of 4 lines can be completed. The proverb ' paupereditato' etc. occurs in Werner's collection (Lateinische Sprich-wörter und Sinnspräche des Mittelalters, Heidelberg, 1912), p. 69,(p. d. nichil acrius e. p.), but not the followingline. The lines onthe seasons seem to have been copied from the Ars (Faral, p. 146,7).

IX. In the metrical summary above mentioned a work ofMatthew is referred to in the following couplet:

nee simulata Ioui Phoebes essentia, uendensParrasidi rigidum pro muliere marem.

The 24 lines in our MS may possibly form part of this work,the story of Callisto. If the first line (now lost) was a pentameterthere were more lines on the preceding folio, but quite possiblyit was a title. There are however, internal rhymes in 3, 4, 8, 10,and hex. and pent. rhyme from 9 to 24. also 5, 6, and the style isnot quite that of Matthew.

X. The monk's complaint does not call for much comment.One may gather that he is attacking the unworthy members ofhis order. He quotes Juvenal at the end of the fragment (Sat. I,

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169), cf. Ars, § I02. 'demonacare' is used by Nigel Wireker inhis 'Miracula B. V. M.' no. ix 'demonachabatur. moribus ipsemalis', (cod. cit. fo1. 12 b, col. i).

XI. A bitter attack upon Gaul, that is to say the kingdomof France, with which Normandy was in the rath cent. continuallyat variance. The situation appears to be that the Normans have.recently inflicted a defeat upon France. In 27 'rabies' must belongto 'Gallorum " and • Rotomagi' be a locative, the sense beingthat Gaul is beaten and vainly tries to resist the Norman leaders(, friuola bella in duces Norm. retorquere '). The couplet 25,6 ispuzzling and is perhaps an interpolation, for Caesar can onlybe the Emperor, who was not concerned with the quarrels ofFrance at this time. If' magnus Mechmacia ' (or ' Mechmatia ')is Saladin, he was not conquered by Frederic I, although perhapsthe words are to be taken as looking forward to a victory, beforethe 3rd Crusade. The name presumably means ' Mohammedan','Mahmud " unless it be 'he of Michrnash ' (Machrnas in Vulgate),i. e. Philistine, the enemy of Christendom.

XII. A debate between a spider and a fly, with ' Iudicium 'in conclusion, unfortunately imperfect. The mutilated lines canbe restored with fair probability; some, in fact, occur elsewhere.

XIII. In 1-12 we have the end of the first part of an' altercatio'between a cleric and (probably) a soldier, a pair commonly pittedagainst each other. The clerk speaks first, claiming to be theprotector of religion; the couplet

me duce grana patent quorum farragine gentisIudee tegitur inueterata lues

is obscure, but presumably the metaphor is that of sowing theseed. He quotes Juv. 2, 29, ' si fur displiceat Verri aut homicidaNeroni' (for 'Miloni '), to which his antagonist replies with'iustum Verres, Epycurus honestum trux humilem reprobat',and continues with scurrilous abuse; 1. 26 occurs in the «De« Susanna » of Petrus Riga.: it was probably a favourite pun. (seealso Faral, A. P., p-.169)-. The only clue we have as to the statusof the second antagonist is the line of Juvenal above-quoted; a

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soldier would naturally be described by his opponent as a looterand a murderer. There is a similar' Altercatio militis et elerici "attributed to Henry of Avranches, in Camb. Univ. Lib. MS Ddxi 78, printed by Walther, Das Streitgedicht, p. 250. See also thequotation in the 'Ars Versificatoria' (Faral, p. I74) «uel sic de milite« redarguente clericum».

XIV. Possibly the' metra rhetorici conflictus ' of the metricalsummary of Matthew's works (I9); Faral was inclined to see aconflict between Rhetoric and Poetry (at the cost of a false quan-

. tity and doubtful grammar' nee metro rhetorice (gen.) conflict us '),but the phrase can only mean' the metrical rhetorical conflict',i. e. a rhetorical altercation in verse. The combatants here areGrammar and Logic, reflecting the rzth cent. struggle betweenthe study of literature, championed by Orleans, and Logic,championed by Paris, as in the Battle of the Seven Arts by Henrid'Andeli (c. 1250). French, Bretons, Normans and Burgundiansare mentioned as supporters of Grammar (if I am right), andthere is a mysterious reference to someone 'cui compatriot aSabelus '; if 'Gabelus' were read, one could explain the phraseas = ' a Jew', for Gabelus is a character in Tobit, and Matthewof Vendöme's metrical version of that book would be well-known,even if the piece were not by Matthew himself. There is also themention of Rufinus, under which name Matthew in his' Ars Versi-ficatoria' designates his enemy Arnulf of Orleans; here the name iscombined with that of ' Albinus', a name perhaps suggested'by the "flaui alumpni' of (?) England. Albinus and Rufinusare the fair- and the red-haired, and they occur together ina satirical couplet, quoted by Fierville (N. et E., xxxi, p. I22) froma St. Omer MS, on the efficacy of relics:

martyris Albini seu presulis ossa RufiniRome siquis habet quod uolet efficiet.

Although the lines in which these names occur are unfortunatelymutilated, the words "irradiare ' and "luxuriare ' (lines 58 to 60)suggest that we have here the medieval punning on the names,by which' the relics of Albinus and Rufinus' mean silver andgold, cf. P. Lehmann, Parodie im Mittelalter, pp. 44-49.

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The plea of Grammar ends with a hexameter couplet, 71, 2,

as does that of Logic, 107, 8. As a parallel to the former may be-quoted one from the lesser works of Nigellus (MS Cott. Vesp.D xix f. 3)

uera dies, deus, alma quies, hune arce serenaut foueas non indigeas stimulo sed habena,

probably a familiar tag. The speech of Logic is very short in com-parison, 36 to 72 lines. Were it not for II5, 6, where only 2 sistersseem to be implied, I should have thought it possible that a second,Rhetoric perhaps, began at 37, each then having 36 lines; but thisseemsunlikely. In 97 there is an allusion to the rzth cent. conflictin Philosophy between Realism and Nominalism. For the last4 lines compare IV 1, XII 65, XIII 13, I4. One column of thetext has been badly mutilated, and restoration is extremely dif-ficult; the general sense seems to be (i) a contemptuous descriptionby Grammar of her opponent as garrulous, restless, occupiedwith the unintelligible and courting disaster, (ii) a descriptionof her own pupils.For 1. 57 cf. Ysengrimus i 595, Tarn fidus fido quam concolor

Anglicus Indo. In 1. 55 it is unlikely that the reference is to I Fa-cetus " the author of poems containing maxims in the mannerof pseudo-Cato, and precepts for behaviour at table.

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« restituit sumptus fortis arnica fides;nam rnihi diues amans loculos saciauit inanes,

milic-i-eque mee premia Jarga dedit.ter latui latebrisque tribus tria funera fugi lI.

de tribus ille duas explicat, una latet.dum lingua stolidum rerum uia ducit in archam

obuiat instanti prouida lingua malo.incautum bene cauta pedem pede tangit arnica,

hoc uelut eloquio percipit ille suam.

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ergo rotam lingue mutato limite fieetitsic portu uiso per leue ducit iter.

a sibi uicina reuocans sua uela caribdiper placidam uerso remige ducit aquam.

uerbis uerba quidem non fictis ficta periteaddidit, ut ficti uelet imago fidem.

c pons uitreus pontum complexus utrumque momorditlitus, in hunc ueni uitrea terga premens.

parua fides uitri primum seruare rigoremnoluit, et rapide me sociauit aque.

dum ceeidi timuique cadens maduique cadendo,deleuit subito sompnia nostra timor.

sic mihi sompnus opes et sic mihi fecit ...•.. aquam.

hec dedit accedens, hee abstulit ipse reeedens;naufragium sensi letus abesse meum ».

sie laqueum laqueo, sie fraudem fraude redemitmiles, sic caruit perfida lingua fide.

uindieat in eiuem germane crimina frater,pugnis et pedibus uapulat ille miser.

exilii paetus uitam mendieat inhertis,exul abit, linquit plurima, pauea uehit.

quos prius illeuit firmum bene gluten amoris,firmius irretit firma cathena tori.

primi non meminit domini domus ipsa, seehundopene resultat hero, pene reelamat e aue •.

se uario flexu crispare superbia uoeumnititur, et pugnant non sine pace sonus.

ianua crinitur ramis, clamis aurea murumpurpurat, ista suam uestis adomat aeum.

picta uelut uiuens oeulo blanditur imago,mille modis temptat uiuere pictus homo.

hie est nauta Paris, hie raptor ibique maritus;hinc arat, inde metit, possidet inde reus.

hie Danaos fert ira duos, hie carbasa uentus,hie Danais instans Troia superbit adhuc.

illic Pergamei uenit calor igneus ignis,hie fugit Eneas, est homo patris equus.

est pia flamma, pio lambens sine uulnere parcit,ne tepeat pietas intepet ipse calor.

ningit in Aneisa torpentis bruma seneete,ac ibi mirantur aurea fila niues.

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simplex Archadü barbam non cogitat etas,palliat Enee leta iuuenta genas.

fundit ubique suos auri lasciuia risus,uix bene dignatur aurea uasa cibus.

dum sua corpus habet, sua sunt conubia cordi,illis uer animi nulla perurit hyemps.

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n.(fol. I R col. i)

nee sterilis fraudat semina messe labor.tercia iam sensum primos subridet in ortus

erumpens tenebrls semisepulta dies.lux perlt, umbra perlt, pereunt s-ibi- sic sub utroque;

nescio qua specie pallet imago duum.oppositis uicibus horum commercia pugnant,

transit in alterutrum neuter uterque 'color,lux noua iure nouo uerso preit ordine solem,

et stupet in tenebrls anticipata dies.nescia noete premi uicibusque obnoxia nullis

lux radio signat splendidiore solum.corporis indicium sacri pia conperit urbis

sedulitas, petitur indice sole locus.precipitat mens prona moras, nee deside motu

pectoris infirmat gaudia lenta manus.solatur, canit, examinat, mens gaudia notis,

lingua deum precibus, dextra ligone solum.sic mens, lingua, manus, suspirat, adorat, anhelat,

mens uotis, precibus lingua, ligone manus.hispida pugnat hyemps rigidasque seuerius iras

asperat, ingentis turbinis arma mouens.sed noua lex rerum confundit federa, metas

egreditur, quassat iura, relinquit iter.desipiens natura stupet, confusa queruntur

tempora, prescrlptas dedidicisse uices.bruma peregrino natiua resoluitur estu,

conciliat mestum gracior aura louem.detergens brume scabiem torpore soluto

blandior indulget gracia ueris opes.sub brume senio lasciuit uerna iuuentus,estiuumque diem uema resoluit hyemps.

aI fraudet MS . II lax MS' 13 MS has aptitur with e willen over

MS 20 que om. MS 26 notiua MS

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castigat Boream domitoque rigore relegans .mitis adulatur flamina blanda tepor.

arboribus suus instat honor, festiuat agellumpurpura, luxuriat uemus ubique decor. 35

cespis amat uiolas, gemmas spineta resoluunt,ardua succingit lilia canna u!rens.

picta loci facies, zephirs spiramina, florum

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exequitur plebis officiosamanus.nescio quo noua temperies mellita sapore

funditur, irrigui nectaris instar habens.exit in affines populos nimioque stupore

nescio quid nouitas predicat ista nouum.confluit orbis, opem uestigat odoris in auras,

sectaturque nouum nectar hanela sitis.hisstimulis sacri studium certaminis instat,

hoc pietas calcar religionis habet.militis ergo sacri 'populus monimenta reportat,

uotiua celebrans simplicitate preces.iste labore carens labor est, sine pondere pondus

fertur, honos honeris pensat honoris honus.turn pompa celebri pia turba triumphat, agonis. gloria nudato cespite uestit iter. . .summa manus claudis uia, uox mutis, ualor egris

. (one line omitted)fama fidem titulis dignoque fauore coronat

et meritum populo teste perorat honor,

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militat et sepelit nominis umbra malum

Ancillatur apex rerum, primatus obedit,libertasque tributaria facta gemit.

pastorem causatur ouis, plebea potentem,condicio, dominos istrio, cauda caput.

clerus ubique iacet, habeat iam papa pudoremni redimat eleri depereuntis opes.

in clerum laicus, in regem seruus, in agnumpessimus exicium prodi-gi-ale mouet.

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dum seruis seruire suis sub iure tributicogitur, articulo sub. grauiore iaeet.

nos laicus, nos bruta premunt animalia, mundipernicies, rerum dedecus, egra lues.

eleri delicüs cruciatur nostra potestas,seruilem rabiem luxuriare facit,

c1erus ad antidotum suspirat uulneris, optatme duce uindictam conciliare malo.

improbe, mentis inobs, cur comicaris acerbanssensaturn stolid us innocuumque nocens?

seruis presideo, fles rideo, gaudeo rneres,regno subis, sordes floreo, mando uenis.

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IV.-patrepro filio .

flagitat a uobis recipi mendica supeIlexmetri, schematiee que grauitatis eget.

gracia uestra metri maciem non respuat, egrisuersiculis uester conpaciatur honor.·

presidet impietas ubi iura tepent, ibi furtumregnat ubi regnum iudiciale tepet.

rara auis in terns nigroque simillima cignoest in feminea debilitate fides.

rarius in terns nichil est quam femina uericonscia, fida uiro, quam nota nulla notat.

molliciem mulier nescit nescire, reatumultiplici gaudet anticipare mares.

femina femineum uicium testatur in actusacrilego, sexus immemor esse nequid.

hoc tamen indignor quia meme femina probrisobiurgat, semen iniciale mali ..

non natum quia mater amat, sed praua malignumprotegit, infidum perfida, seua trucem.

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...uirgula sordem,materie sordes materiata notat.

delirat cum fonte palUS, cum semine messis,uirgula cum trunco, cum genitrice puer.

? (De) patre (conquerente) pro filioteriata ega MS 23 con fonte MS

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patrissare negans dum matrissare laborat, 25detrimenta crucis non meminisse nequid.

iusta lege quia facinus quosinquinat equat,matrem prole decet cum moriente mori.

Responsio mat(rismigrat in exilium preceps natura, furoris

deprimitur pietas asperiore iugo.flebilis impietas instat, dum lege sepulta

in Pelopem tantalizat iniqua manus.desinit esse pater, nudus pietate fit hostis

qui genitor simulatorius esse studet.si pater est, pius est; sed non pius, ergo probatur

non genitor sed atrox, set magis hostis erit.sub titulo pietatis obest simulacio ceca,

sorde simultatis peccat adultus amor.in uas inmeritum figulus presumit, acerbat

nux nucleum, riuum fons, genitumque pater.non patris usurpat nomen mens impia, uoei

inuidet ho-s-tilis nec patre digna manus.he-u- trahor in labern socialis criminis uxor,

coniugis infesta prodicione premor.non nequeo comes esse mali que perdita nupsi

uicta malo, sonti sancta, benigna reo.Tantalus alter adest, sed multo seuior, egram

nequiciam picta sub pietate tegens.seue mentis hyemps cum nomine disputat, almi

nominis impugnat significata furor.hostiles natura manus accusat, amore

. dum fracto inmeritum destruit auctor opus.quo nascente suum pietas dum conperit hostem,

bella mihi, uideo, bella parantur, . ait.

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gaudeo patronos et iuris adesse colonosquos probat esse bonos mentis et oris honos.

lex titubat, male fida fides mentitur, honestasmendicat, sensus desipit, odit amor.

egra dolet uirtus uicio dare terga, furoripax, seeleri pietas, perfidieque fides.

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qui pietatis inops, qui rationis eget.causam mortificat efIectus, sulcus aratrum

ledit, materiam non reueretur opus.

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migrat in exilium pietas, pietatis amictuypocrlte tegitur prodigiale malum.

heu quid agis, rationis inops? in uiscera. matrisque rabies armat inpetuosa manus?

ira bIandicias quid pensas, gaudia fietu,sanguine lac, uitam morte, furore bonum?

heu rabies digna cruciatu, digna cathenis,digna louis trifido fulmine, digna mori I

te duce defectum patitur natura, laboratreligio, ratio nil rationis habet.

heu natus furlt in matrem, qui nomine solonatus sub titulo nominis huius abest.

usurpat nomen nati matremque trucidansnominis absentat significata pii,

heu graue peccatum, rabies noua, fiebile fatum,quod natura perlt, quam grauis ira ferlt.

huius in heredes ue I pullulet impia cedesIhunc cruciate reum numina saera deum I

ecce recens pestis, furor impius instat honestis,ius perlt, ira uiget, et scelus omne rlget.

naturam ledit, leges deprauat, obeditaetibus ignauis, mente manuque grauis.

immerlte matris pietas perlt ictibus atris,talibus heu talis non crucianda malis.

ergo nature sint cunctis uulnera cure,ultio digna dei conpaciatur ei I

concio legalis, discretio iusticialis,iusta triumphalis sit medicina malis I

Heu racio datur exicio, mendica uagaturreligio, perlt ambicio, probitas reprobatur.femina fraude patens nocuos suspirat ad actus,

uisa nocere sibi dum nequid esse nocens.femina digna mori, uirtutis nescia, prona

ad facinus, uicüs dedita, fraude patens.consulte legis est aduersarla, fomes

nequicie, semen iniciale mali.

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sexus in armatas degenerare uices.fallere uota fidem denigrat, fallere gaudet

et fallendo negat immemor esse sui.ledere praua bonum presumit femina regem,

sponsa uirum, totum porcio, eauda capud. IIQ

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blandimenta minis, odio conpensat amorem,peste bonum, fletu gaudia, fraude fidem.

femina fraude docet que sit, stabilisque nocendonaturam nescit euacuare suam.

in thalamis mechum refouet gladiosque propinat IISin sponsum, spondet premia, -spondet-opem.

coniugii fedus eneruat iniqua, maritum,fedus adulterium prodigiale quatit.

pro mecho moritur coniunx queriturque reatuminiuste Veneris soluere iusta Venus. 120

'non nati scelus est ope cuius funere funuspensatur, pestis peste, cruore cruor ..

dum uindex patris esse studet, pietatis amicansiura sibi, proles degener esse negat.

est fouisse patrem pietas, incommoda patrls 125subtentasse, patris condoluisse malis.

se prolem patris esse negat qui funera patriset uidet et uindex respuit esse patris,

cui racio, cui proloquitur natura, peroratreligio, pietas disputat, arma mouet. 130

iudicium peto non precium, ne nutet honestashis medeatur, conpaciatur uestra potestas.

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in dominos dominatur amor, domat omnia, forteseneruat, superum sub pede colla tenet.

est studio belli prec1arus Agenor, honesticultor, consilio prouidus, urbe potens.

ditat eum species, insignit forma, uenustaseloquii, titulus sanguinis, agger opum.

imperat hie Tirie genti, diadema coronatceruicem, tractat regia sceptra manus.

non uariat uariata uicem fortuna, moueriinstabilis nescit mobilitate rote.

copia tantorum bona non est causa malorum,mores tantus honos non uetat esse bonos.

illi lege thori sociatur sponsa uenusta

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morum presumit debilitate decus.perspicui uultus deitas fastidit honorem

uultibus humanis attribuisse suum.illam prestituens rebus natura creatis

in uultu studuit satque superque satis.respondent ebori dentes, frons splendida(lacti, .

colla niui, stellis lumina, labra rosis.non mores causatur honor nee semina fastus

uiuificant generis gloria, forma decen(snubit formoso formosa, pudica pudi(co,

nubit sollerti callida, parque pari.nubere uirtuti uirtus letatur, honestas

gaudet honestatis comparis esse comes.forma maritatur forme, prestancia mor(um

moribus egregiis egregiosa comes.hos uetat esse duos compar consensus, amoris. integritas. mentis unio, firma fides.sunt duo non duo sunt, quia mens est una d(uorum

una fides, unus spiritus, unus amor.tot bona dum mentis confederat unio, g(audet

uite iocunda prosperitate frui.nexibus attentis dum gaudent, claustra p(arentis

. concipiunt, sponsi semine sponsa tu(met.ut nouies Phebe reparauit cornua (lune

maternum mater euacuauit honus.nature studium uirguncula, cuius (amoris

respondet species deliciosa dee.hanc deitas speculo quasi diuine speciei,

res natura suas appropriauit ei.in reliquis donando tenax, his prodiga, (pulchri

nil retinens, propriis est uiduata bonis.tantus honor, tante speculum deitatis (in illa

inuito laudem promeruisse potest.nil mortale sonat decus oris, sed mul(ierem

dedignans redolet forma uenusta deam.preradiat morum titulo mentisque uenus(te

uultum conatur amplificare bonum.crescit honor forme numero crescente (bonorum

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nature studium locus est quo ueris habundant Descriptio An(gliedelicie, ueris gratia. ueris opes.

blanditur natura loco. donando fauorisprodiga, donatis rebus egere potest -.

donandi transgressa modum, sibi nulla reseruans 5purpurat ornatu floridiore locum.

tellus luxuriat crinito gramine, gramenuemat flore, tepet aurula, spirat odor,

perpetuat zephirus flores hirsutaque brumanon infestat humum pauperiore coma. 10

pullulat in flores humus, humida gleba maritatse glebe. redolet flosculus, herba sapit.

non rabies canis aut cancri, uemantis honoremfloris commutat pauperiore toga.

lilia contendunt uiolis, rosa ueris arnica 15uemat odoratus dcliciosa comes.

VIII.hee suntofficialaterne.

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officio triplici tueor tria, sunt periturame sine lux oculus liber, aura luce litura.uis mea procurat q';l0d lux quod pagina durat,sum ne lux lumen uiolet, ne cera uolumen.

(£01.13 R col. i)paupere ditato grauius nichil esse putato,paupere nil peius dum sors res ampliat eius.

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nature contenta bonis non arte decoremauget, nee forme splendidioris eget.

qui tantus talis domine fuit exicialisheu decor iste bonus non honor est sed honus.

his nocuit natura datis, uultus specialisdum fomenta dedit iniciurnque malis.

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fiorida serta legit, decerpit lilia, gaudetsub titulo tall uiuere, ceca mali.

gaudet uirgineas plantis agitare choreas,floribus ornari, ludere sorte pari.

dum ninphe studium placet hoc et luctus amenus,dissonat hiis studiis insidiosa Venus.

dum colit hoc studium uirgo, uidet et speculaturet stupet omnipotens hic color unde datur.

queque uidet sibi uisa placent, amor anxiusurit,hinc magis atque magis captus amore furit.

maiestas sub amore iaeet, subcumbit amorifama genus uirtus ethereique chori.

in dominos dominatur amor, telo Cithereicedit cui cedunt sidera terra dei.

omnipotens tarn pauca potest rationis egenus,plusque potente potest imperiosa Venus.

ut fallat quod amat, diuinum ponit ad horamuultum dum uoti nescit habere moram.

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uexatur ratio, pietas affiicta pudoremconcipit, heu casto derogat ausa Venus.

cum menbris doleat capud egris, religionireligio, fratri concio, pastor oui.

religio pro me loquitur, mihi uita perhoratreligiosa, doli nescia, labe carens.

militat in cells mea conuersatio, mundistercora concelebras, friuola queque sitis.

ditor at in cells, thesaurus sum meus illicmens mea, tbesauro prouida, fida comes.

pondus habent monachi fades macilenta, ciborumariditas, uestis arida, rara quies,

fletus pena farnes me uexant, gaudia fletusinuenient, requiem pena cibumque farnes.

hircus ouem reprobat, niueum nigredo, cicutamellis opes, laurum spina, mirica rosam.

concolor est menti uestis nigredo, nigrescis

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demonacant hodie clerum tria crimina, cecusambitus, instabilis cauda, gulosa lues.

nigra superficies mentem prenosticat, egracauda nigre uestis non meminisse nequid.

sancto propositoBacus preiudicat, egralingua sonos geminat conciliante m(anu.

pone miser sanctus habitus, reuerentia u(estissalua sit, hec de se sumit habetque (satis.

non tarnen ista potest poni, remanente (iuuenteflore pudor factus integritate caret.

sero reus cessat, galeatus sero reponittela, cucullatus sero reflectit iter.

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consilium petit in medium defectus (amoris,lex queritur lex opprimitur grauitate (furoris,sobrietas iacet, impietas uesana (minatur,pro precio sedet ambicio, uicium domi(natur.inuidet emula perfida garrula turba (Neronis,obruta regula, fraeta repagula sunt (racionis.presidet inpia, parcere nescia, Gallica (proles,of-ex noua rnilitat, ad -s-celus occitat insc(ia moles.proh pudor ecce scelus, habeant decreta p(udorem,

dum reprimit rabies perniciosa fidem.. inguinis et capitis que sunt discrimin(a nescit

GaIlia multiplici prodicione uigens.pestis auaricie Gallos exasperat, egris

egra sitis fraudes luxuriare facit.fraus auide mentis comes est, inpugnat (auari

pectoris ambitio perniciosa fidem.seruiet eternum quia paruo nesciet u(ti

Gallica gens, cauda mobiliore rigens.predo pudoris amor, uirtutis luxus, ad(ultus

eris amor triplicant Parisiense scelu(s.dedecus illatis dampnis preponderat, au(det

dum seruus dominum depreciare suum,dum captiuorum sopitis legibus audet

uictorem uietor depreciare suum.magnus Mechmacia uictus sub Cesare nun (quam

Cesareum poterit debilitare statum.Rotomagi rabies Gallorum uicta reto(rquet

in Normannigenas friuola bella deuces.quare magnificas, quid cornicaris, auara

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Roto)magensis adest uindex, sub iudice tantodeici)t et uoluit Gallia uicta capud.

pello) ruis, pugno renuis, fugis insto, timescisaceed)o, titubas ualeo, precedo tepescis.das ca)pio, rapis accipio, lucror insidiaris,effug)is audeo, pelleris arceo, persto fugaris.cedo cad)is, faris ferio, conduco locaris,

uinco subis, pateris inpero, regno peris.Gallia u)icta tace, quia uinceris utere pace,

inproba terra) iace, Gallia uicta tace.

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(Altercacio aranee et musce)in mediis) reor esse bonis, quod carpere dotes

MUScas)uas certat, collaterale malum.proh pudo)r ecce scelus, ratio sopita fauillis

luxur)ie nescit sobrietatis iter. .luxur)ie stimuliacruciatur musca, nouerca

mundi)cie, uiciis dedita, feda lues.que ru)dis artificem, studiosam noxia, doctam

insen)sata, probam pemiciosa premit.quo pre)cio precium reprobat, qua dote superbit,

qua uir)tute turnet, qua ratione preit?cuius) delicie fex, aula coquina, cloaca

triclin)iurn, stercus esca, cadauer opes.quoque u)igente sapor mentitur, gratia fallit,

marc)et honor, precium sordet, aceseit odor.que sibi pri)micias libans a stercore quonis

aque cad)aueribus feda tributa capit.sarcina) dedecoris dampno preponderat, audet. dum pre)ciurn tabes depreciare meum.

sim lic)et informis, sensus mihi fama perorat,et redi)mit uicium corporis artis honor.

mentis enim g)rauitas mihi dat preconia, sensuspredica)t, attribuit fama, propinat odor.

mentis) opes stupet egra cutis, stupet area messes,nux nu)cleum,' cortex robora, grana seges.

urtice) tegit umbra rosam, splendoris obumbratdelicia)s nubis exterioris hyemps.

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umbra) nocens denigrat ebur, meliorque sophistauultu, sujb fragili cortice spirat odor.

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uolueris) edifice, scio nescis, machinor erras,

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ergo ream iudex reprimat, ne noxia pestisaudea-t- humanum mortificare genus.

-l-iuor sorte dolet ridente, propheta doloris. contrahit ex uisa prosperitate crucem.

proh dolor in uetitum rabies exuberat, armaprotrahit in precium depreciata lues.

in mea dampna nocens presumit aranea, pestisnoxia, pemicies pessima, tabe turnens.·

fex strumosa, grauis, mala, peior, pessima, uisuhorrida, contactu feda, magistra necis.

nature uicium, sed lama, sed ira deorumaut infemalis impietatis opus.

filia Thesiphones neptisque pudenda MegereTartareos simili peste prophetat auos.

uas immundicie, truncus deformis, in aluo

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eructat letale malum, defundit in usumfuneris, unde perit Claudius, unde Cato.

noxia forma truces anirnas prenosticat, extraintima se nescit dissimulare lues.

presidet ad plenum mea summa potentia, sola'regales soleo primiciare dapes.

mel uarias mihi fundit apes, mihi ridet in auroBachus adulterio non reprobatus aque.

basia dat regina mihi, mihi nectar odoremfulehra thorum, sedem purpura,... '

florida pregusto, prelibo roseta labelliuirginei, calli lilia, frontis ebur.

glorior horrescis, pendes uolo, gaudeo meres,. regno gemis, torpes cursito, poto sitis,

ergo premat nocuam discretio uestra, nocentesexpedit exicio perdicione premi.

-l-itera nix reptans de uena paupere dotespectoris examen iudiciale timet.

mendicat metri series ieiuna coloris,expers artis, egens schemate, nuda tropis.

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pigmee modulus nature uocis in usumprouecte puerum luxuriare uetat.

mens preit etatem, tenero preponderat euosensus et amplificat quod minus esse potest.

cortice de tenero mens spirat adulta, patronumin puero reddet, in leuitate statum.

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si taceam, fidei sunt fracta repagula, regnantidola, mendicant latria, iura tacent.

me duce Catholice fidei cultura redundat,in fructum colitur spiritualis apex.

me duce uas figulum reueretur, uirgula lessestirpem, plantantem plantula, plasma Deum.

me duce grana patent quorum f(r)arragine gentisIudee tegitur inueterata lues.

cedo neronizas, rapis accipio, reprobarisapprobor, auellis Iucror, adoro negas.

si fur displiceat Verri aut homicida Neroni,lex titubat, languet intumulata fides.

excusat puerile metrum puericia, metrisuester inornatis conpaciatur honor.

insto lacessitus, lesus paro ledere, lediledentem ius est perdicione pari.

quis furor, unde furis, que tanta licentia, cultorfraudis ? quid reprobas condicione bonos?

proh facinus, iustum Verres, Epycurus honestum,trux humilem reprobat innocuumque nocens.

si uerbum comitetur opus, mens consonet ori,clericus a claro nomen habere potest.

clericus hic non re sed nomine, nominis actuIudice, mentiri significata facit.

huius amor siccare cifos, hie totus in escis,plus in salmone quam Salamone legit.

cum garrit loculus nummis ieiunus, ad arteseuolat ut nummum multiplicare queat.

seminat ergo Dei uerbum, sed dissipat artes,auxilio loculi cogit abire famem.

vox humilis facinus mentis picturat, inescatuoce rudern, populum qui sibi credat habet.

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emunctis loculis congaudet et inchorat hymnosgutturis altisoni uociferante tuba.

post predam redit ad scortum, communicat illa 35quas illi fallax lingua parauit opes.

ambo cibis chiatisque student, studii labor huiussemina luxurie uiuidiora facit.


huie sine meIle fauus, sine froctu :tl(osculus, illeme reprimit pro quo mens bona bella m(ouet.

ne reprobet uitam faleratus sermo, se(cundoindice eoncordet mentis et oris ho(nor.

hie, quia laus omnis proprio sordescit (in ore,earmina eastigans nostra Talia tace(t.

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Est manus interpres latitantis crim(inis. huiusindice mentis hyemps enuc1(eata nitet.

ad nocuos actus pestis suspirat, (in actudispensat rabiem mentis et oris opus.

heu pacior, que lactis opem, que gr(ata ministroubera, que uobis officiosa uaco.

affiigi doleat proles cum matre, s(colariscum nutrice boni, cum refouente (puer;

uisitet infirmam radicem ramus, (obumbretaltricem messis, semina menbra t(egant •.

doctrine quotiens pulsatur ad hos(tia. uobisfabrico, premonstro, limino, par(ticipo.

sum pueris oculus lampasque prea(mbula, lumendoctrine, radius artis, honoris it(er.

sillabicis elementa ligo compagibus, a meuocis commoditas articulata choit.

si mea desistat uirtus, si fabrica ces(set,deperit ars, reticent dogmata, (iura cadunt.

ordo ministrorum facit ad mea (uerba recursum,inperio soluit officiale meo.

me recolunt Muse, uariat metap(hrastica sermos-ch-emata, sustentant-

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me celebrant artes, me declinatio (laudat,me canit accentus, me positura notat.

sintasis edificat rata fundamenta (loquendi,sintaseosque parat ortographia (uiam.

quod struit ad uocem prior ortogra(phia, loquelasintasis ad sensum commodiore st(ruit.

proh dolor, ausa soror dampnis bona (pensat, honestainsidüs, fedus seismate, fraude fidem.

me logice rabies odiis exasperat, (illaius sibi presumit appropriare meum.

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u)olans studii prenosticat usum)us primiciando uiam.

gramma)cice ieiunis limite uersoc)eca garrulitate uolat. .

uanis exu)ndat, nugas dispensat in usum)iu sillabicare studet.

abstinet a) planis, ignotum circinat, heretobscuris, d)ubiis palpitat, ima colit.

mox tristis r)edit ad partes paciensque ruinam,nam qui p)atrissat Ycharus esse potest;

stultus et absur)dus; quia notio eonpositorumnon nisi simpli)cium cognicione patet.

plurima si) rapias mihi raptis plura supersunt;nee solet ecl)ipsim copia Iarga patio

G)alli mihi sunt prediuite uena)um perpetuare que(r)at.

his sunt ad)iecti Britones, ad iurgia quorumnu)mquam perueniendo uenit.

)Normani crine faceti)lis si paciatur humus.

Anglica calli)ditas flauos mihi legat alumpnosquos solet A)lbinus irradiare comes

Albi)no Rufini massa peroratau)etorum luxiriare facit.

Jus abest eui conpatriota Sabelus)palpat nobiliore pilo.

discipulos la)rgos mihi dat Burgannia, quorumquisque sibi tant)um gaudet habere dueem.

. Tot nostris aff)licta bonis, soror improba, cogatte procul hinc ta)nte prosperitatis honor,

ite uiri, pu)nite ream, doctorque seolareserrantes red)igat in mea castra meos.

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siquis me) neget esse ream, mihi fronte serenaut faueat non i)ndigeat stimulo sed habena.est speculum) mentis actus precursor, acetum

commiscens) nescit dissimulare manus.

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ad' mea suspirat lamenta domesticus hostis,immo soror, set atrox, sed pietatis egens,

mentis inobs, ueterana, dolet quia iunior etasme beat, intitulant dogmata, fama canit.

me mediante sapit ratio, facundia pallet, .mens memorat, redolent dogmata, lingua docet.

me mediante patet dubium proble(u)ma, sophismasoluitur, ambiguum scitur, enigma nitet.

concio me melior colit, ut melior meliorisartis discipulus significata gerat.

fundit auarus opes, mihi Gallia disputat, amplamassa saginati gutturis arma mouet .

. canicies balbo mihi clamitat ore, sophistelingua loquax -grauiter prestrepit, immo tonat.

artifices uocum iuncturas fabrico, uerbopredatore uiros illaqueare queo. .

discutio uerum, nugas existimo, uenorargumentosa calliditate fidem.

distrahit in uarias sectas me' turba realisset rea; set titubans deteriore uia. '

pars bona, pars melior, pars uero consona uocespredicat et subici significata negat.

heu tua canicies sordet, mea docta iuuentusprenitet et redolet in muliere uirum.

cum. soleocismo crepita, qui uocis adultercomplexe gladios in tua iura mouet.

me colit et celebrat summorum concio, pectusdedecet emeritumcastra relicta sequi.

ut memini iuuat ut cecini cecinisse, profanacontieeat, mihi subiaceat iuueni ueterana.concilium petit in medium lis ausa sororum,lex patitur quia congreditur mixtura bonorum.

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non utensilibus festiuis pallio metrum,non uersus falero splendidiore toga.

scripture tenuis presumit riuulus almosirritare uiros pauperiore metro.

migrat in oppositum ius naturale, sororemprouocat in lites pemiciosa soror.

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ADDENDA

I. Fragment I is part of Miles Gloriosus printed in ComMie Latine enFrance au X'H« si~cle, Paris, 1931, vol. I, p. 196, published since this paperwas written. . .

2. On p. 217 and elsewhere for 'Anglie' read' ameni loci',

J, H. M.

studi - mgh-bibliothek.de filethe middle part of this work is lost. printed with 'mathematicus...

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