
Nullus dolus contra casum.
Cunning is nothing against chance.
Ad Stephanum Gentilem, nobilem Genuensem.[1]
Qui ne s’esbahira des spectacles nouveaux
Veus depuis peu de temps, pendant que la Dunoye
Se desbordoit aux champs, & que servant de voye
Sur son dos tout glacé rouënt les chariots?
A Regenspurg la ville ou est la liberté
Qui florist en l’empire, un regnard sur la glace
Se jouant à l’escart par assez longue espace,
Trompé par le degel fut subit arresté.
Car la glace se rompt, & s’escoule en morceaux
Pendant que le soleil s’eslevoit d’aventure Link to an image of this page [G2v p100]Tout jusques au plus haut de la grandcouverture,
Là ou vont galoppant ses flamboyans cheveaux.
Le regnard est surpris assis sur un monceau
De la glace rompue: il est en grand craincte
De se voir emporté dans ceste voye feincte:
Toutesfois il ne veut sejetter dedans l’eau.
Jusques à ce qu’il est pris au fleuve il est porté.
Or dictes maintenant par quelle grande addresse
L’on eschappe du sort, & par quelle finesse
Encontre le futur on est en liberté.
1. Stefano Gentile, Genoese banker living in Antwerp, known as a patron of the arts and artists (such as the composer Lassus), and a friend of Sambucus when he was there.
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