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Parem delinquentis & suasoris cul-
pam esse.

The one who urges wrongdoing is as guilty as the one who does the wrong

LV.

Three men outside a castle, conspiring together. Two are in roman uniform.
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Praeconem lituo perflantem classica victrix
Captivum in tetro carcere turma tenet.
Queis ille excusat, quòd nec sit strenuus armis.
Ullius aut saevo laeserit ense latus.
Huic illi, Quin ipse magis timidissime peccas,
Qui clangore alios aeris in arma cies.[1]

The victorious troop holds captive in a foul dungeon a herald, who sounds military commands on his trumpet. To them he makes his excuses - he is no strong fighting man and has wounded no one’s side with a cruel sword. They reply: You abject coward, you are in fact more guilty, for you with the sound of your trumpet stir up others to fight.

COMMENTARIA.

Victores in bello tubicinem adversae partis
ceperant, quem cùm vinctum uti hostem tene
rent & fortè plecterent ille se excusationibus
defendere conabatur, dicens neminem laesisse
nec contra quenquam pugnasse, nec etiam
unquam aliis armis praeter solam tubam usum
fuisse. Cui illi vicissim dixerunt, O timide, hoc
Link to an image of this page  Link to an image of this page  [f8r p95]magis peccasti, caeteros nanque milites tuhae [=tubae] so-
no ad arma incitasti. Pariter apud Aesopum
in fabula de Buccinatore. Ostenditur non mi-
nus eos qui ad delicta alios instigant & per-
suadent, quàm ipsosmet delinquentes punien
dos esse. Hoc ipsum etiam iure cavetur, & in
Lege Si quis servo. Codex de furtis.[2]

Notes:

1.  This is a version of Aesop, Fables 325.

2.  The Codex or Code (usually CJ) is part of Justinian’s Corpus Iuris Civilis. See O. F. Robinson, Sources of Roman Law (London: Routledge, 1997).

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Que los pequeños tambien se han de temer.

Ottava rhima.

A beetle flying at an eagle.
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Guerra el Escarabajo mantenia
Con l’aguila mayor en fortaleza,
Mas con consejo la fuerça vençia
D’ella que en poco tuvo su nobleza.
Entre las plumas d’ella se escondia
Hasta subir a’l nido, y con destreza
Quebrandole los huevos, satisfecho
Quedava de aquel mal que le avia echo.[1]

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1.  For the feud between the eagle and the beetle, see Aesop, Fables 4; Erasmus, Adagia 2601, Scarabaeus aquilam quaerit.

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