Link to an image of this page [G4v p104]
Sapientia insipiens.
Unwise wisdom
Arnoldo Arlenio suo.[1]
Le sens vient du cerveau & sespand largement
Cā & lā dans le corps par les membres: si est-ce
Que le donneur n’a pas ce dont il faict largesse,
Et ce qui faict mouvoir n’a point de mouvement.
Ce que je dis n’est point sans grand estonnement
L’esprit prompt & gaillart & tout plain d’allegresse
Vient d’un lieu qui est vuide: ainsi la meulle dresse
Et la poincte & le fil a un lourd ferrement:
Bien que lourde elle soit, le fer elle amenuise.
Direz vous que ceux la sont de sage entreprise
Qui vont donnant leur bien? ils ont le nom & rien. Link to an image of this page [G5r p105]Sois plus prochain ā toy, puis tu feras largesse
A ton pauvre voisin: ainsi tu pourras bien
Assez commodement jouīr de ta richesse.
1. Arnaud de Lens (also known as Arnoldus Peraxylus, Arnoldus Monoxylus Arlenius, or Arnoldus van Eyndhouts): philosopher, Hellenist and poet from the Netherlands.
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