Christus prohibet cuidam regi, ne recipiat quendam adulatorem et sagacem in consiliarium, quia cupidus et dolosus est, et comminatur regi, si contrarium faciat.
The Danger of the Deceptive Advisor
Christ warns a king against trusting a flatterer who hides a predatory nature behind a mask of friendship.
The Son of God speaks to his bride about a certain clever flatterer whom a king wanted to promote and take on as an advisor, saying: That man you know, whom the king now wants to take on as an advisor, is a wolf. And what else will he do but snatch, devour, and deceive?1 That’s why I say that if the king wants my friendship, he must be on his guard and pull away from that man’s friendship and company; he shouldn’t grant him even the smallest patch of land he’s asking for, nor should he help him with his own men or resources. For he wears sheep's clothing, but he has an unquenchable thirst and the poison of deceit in his heart.✦
The Consequences of Misplaced Trust
The Lord warns that choosing a deceptive counselor leads to public shame, the loss of the kingdom, and spiritual ruin.
But if a king listens to his advice, seeks his friendship, and fully commits himself to him in trust, he will be rejected by me and will become a proverb and a laughingstock to many who will say: Look, such a king is more like a crowned donkey than a prince. He should also be afraid that he might lose his kingdom in sorrow. The Son speaks: That lady, once dear to me, has turned back and is seeking the fruit of marriage from the seed of a wolf, and from her own fruit, against my will and my words. So know for certain that he won't find joy in its fruit, nor will its seed take deep root, nor will the inhabitants find joy in his heir. This is because the king lacked justice in his rule, as the lesser has supplanted the greater.
Read the original Latin
Filius dei loquitur ad sponsam de quodam sagaci homine adulatore, quem rex quidam volebat exaltare et in consiliarium recipere, dicens:
Ille homo, quem tu cognoscis, quem nunc rex in consiliarium recipere vult, lupus est. Et quid aliud facturus est, nisi vt rapiat et gluciat et fallat?
Ideo dico, quod, si amiciciam meam querit inuenire rex, caueat et recedat ab amicicia et conuersacione illius, non tribuat ei vnum minimum passum terre, quam ille querit ab eo, non iuuet eum hominibus vel muneribus suis.
Quia ille vellera habet ouina, sitim inextinguibilem, et fraudis venenum in corde.
Si vero rex audierit consilia eius et vult amiciciam eius et dissoluerit se cum eo confidendo plenarie de eo, reprobabitur a me et erit prouerbium et ridiculum multorum dicencium:
Ecce rex similior est asino coronato quam principi. Et eciam timendum est ei, ne cum dolore amittat regnum.
Filius loquitur: Domina illa prius michi cara nunc conuersa retrorsum querit de semine lupi fructum coniugii de fructu suo contra voluntatem meam et verba mea.
Ideo scito pro certissimo, quod de fructu eius non gaudebit nec radices altas dabit semen eius nec incole gaudebunt de herede. Quia rex iusticiam non habuit ad regnum, quia minor supplantauit maiorem.
Scripture echoes
- ↩Matt.7.15 — Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Notes
- 1 ↩The Latin 'gluciat' (to swallow/devour) is a vivid, visceral term here, emphasizing the predatory nature of the advisor.
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