Virtuti magis quam morbo credendum ; Pestis communicatur proximis This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A17748 of text S4578 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 4474.127). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A17748 STC 4474.127 ESTC S4578 23553519 ocm 23553519 26738 2248532013

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A17748) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 26738) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1829:41) Virtuti magis quam morbo credendum ; Pestis communicatur proximis 1 broadside. s.n., [Cambridge (England) : 1585] Contains Latin verses related to theses at Cambridge University. Place and date of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library. eng University of Cambridge. Poetry, Latin. College verse, English. eebo Virtuti magis quam morbo credendum ; Pestis communicatur proximis [no entry] 1585 1 472 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
VIRTVTI MAGIS QVAM morbo credendum . NOn omnis sanam medicinam suscipit aeger , Nec bene vindictam sustinet ille suam . Cum senior summam conscendit morbus ad 〈◊〉 Et celsus culmen creuit adusque suum : Serus adest medicus , serò medicina paratur , Maturumque suae tempus abiuit opis . Non bene quae creuit manibus conuellitur arbos Tentandus surcus , cum nouus esset , erat . Si tamen auxilij fugerunt tempora primi , Et possessa vetus viscera morbus habet : Excipe languentem lento medicamine morbum Descendens , leuiter deijciendus erit : Quassantur multis sublimes viribus arces : Quolibet impulsu praecipitata ruunt . Sin medico summam perturbas munere pugnam , Naturae letho pugna dirempta iacet . Saeuit in exhaustas hostis saeuissima vires ; Et subiens partes vindicis , hostis eris . Nec nocet immensum leuiter decerpere morbum , Attenuat vires rara medela suas : Sed leuis , & crudum permulcens leniter hostem . Sic leuior morbus , fortior aeger erit . At semper cautus violenta remedia vites . Ne vincas aegrum victus amore tuum . Nutritur pluuia , pluuia demergitur herba . Sole reuiuiscit , sole dehiscit ager . Restinguit ventus , ventusque euentilat ignem , Et cadit auxilijs obruta flamma suis . Huic nullas aegro , vellenes , caute , medelas , Vel potius nullas , si sapis , ipse feres . ERGO . Qui nimium morbo credendum consulis esse , Consilium princeps experiare tuum .
PESTIS COMMVNICATVR proximis . PEstis habet proprium , rerum commune venenum , Vt raro dominis propria damna ferat . Hei mihi quod tantum morbus communior esset , Cur non communis debuit esse salus ? Et lupus elingues conspectus reddit , & Hydrus Reddit luminibus lumina caeca suis . At non alterius virtus virtute carentes Inficit ; heu bonitas lautior esse solet . Et pecus in pecudes morbum transfundit , & omne Turpis ouis scabie foedat ouile sua . Scilicet vt riguas cursu delapsa per oras Spargit littoreos longius vada locos : Sic laedit , dominum quae tantum possidet vnum , Non tantum dominum pestis anhela suum . Nam volat , & tabes vicinos corripit artus , Et semper turbà pascitur illa sua . Et caret inudia , sociosque requirit , & ipsa Cum pateat latè , latior esse cupit . Vtque tepent , nactis adiunctas ignibus aedes , Proxima vicinae tecta calore domus : Sic atra funestae serpit contagio tabis , Sempervicino perniciosa suo . Sic aret tactu vicinus ab arbore ramus , Aret & a socijs herba tenella suis . Quid numerem diris exhaustas pestibus vrbes Quid loquar exitio regna sepulta suo . Innumeris damnis ( ne possim dicere damna ) Infecit nurneros pestis iniqua meos . Quae grassans tetri funesta tabe veneni Crescit materiae proximitate suae . ERGO . Quinegat infestam contagia fundere pestem , Vicinus viuat pestibus ille , precor .