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Publica privatis potiora.
Public is better than private
Celluy qui est mené de l’amour du païs,
Qui du peuple a le soing, celluy meine la guerre
Avecque ses soldats heureusement conduicts,
Et laisse son renom à jamais sur la terre, Link to an image of this page [L1v p162]Rien ne le rend craintif, & par sa propre mort
Pour l’amour du païs, il met fin au discord.
Codre[1] le monstra bien alors qu’il rachepta
Tous les Atheniens de la crainte eminente,
Et comme Curce fait qui se precipita,
Ainsi se voua-il à une mort sanglante,
Mais d’autant est il plus digne de grand honneur
Qu’il fut plus asseuré & bien plus grand seigneur.
1. Codrus was a mythological king of Athens, who sacrificed himself to defy an oracle in order to save Athens. Marcus Curtius was a Roman youth who sacrificed himself so that Rome could survive (also to defy an oracle), by jumping into a chasm on horseback in full armour.
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