IIII. Responmm disciplino/e
IIII. Responmm disciplino/e
And again, from that turbulent cloud, I heard a voice responding to this image: "You most wicked one, you are like a wind that blows around the playful habits of men, and in your variety, you resemble worms that dig into the earth." For when people see you, they agree with you, and you joyfully meet them, just like a dog’s custom; and you persuade them in this way, so that they desire whatever they want. But you also speak idle and criminal words, which wound the hearts of men, and you establish your ways in the customs of the law, by which you ensnare people. But I am the belt of holiness and the robe of honor; I am fittingly joined to the royal wedding, where I appear joyfully as the offspring of discipline, and where I shine with all the ornaments of justice.
Read the original Latin
Et iterum de praedicta turbida nube audivi vocem huic imagini responsum dantem: c Tu scelestissima, in scpialidis moribus joculantium hominum circumflanti vento similis es, ac in varietate tua vermibus terram effodientibus assimilaris.
Nam cum homines te viderint, tibi consentiunt, quibus tu gaudens occurris, sicut mos canis est; ac eis hoc modo persuades, ut exoptent quidquid vo> luerint, Sed et otiosa et criminalia verba profers, quibus corda hominum vulneras, ac mores tuos in consuetudine legis tibi constituis, quibus homines com> prehendis.
Ego autem cingulum sanctitatis et pallium honestatis sum; ac in regalibus nuptiis honorifice adjuncta sum, in quibus cum gaudio soboles disciplinae appareo, et in quibus cum omnibus ornamentis justitiae corusco.»
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