{"prudentius-dittochaeon/1":{"o":"Eva columba fuit tunc candida, nigra deinde\nFacta, per anguineum malesuada fraude venenum,\nTinxit et innocuum maculis sordentibus Adam:\nDat nudis ficulna draco mox tegmina victor.","t":"Eve was then a white dove, then black\nshe became through the snake’s poison by deceit that counseled ill,\nand stained innocent Adam with foul spots;\nthe dragon, now victor, soon gives the naked fig-leaf coverings.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 1 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 1; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/1)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/10":{"o":"Fumat montis apex divinis ignibus, in quo\nScripta decem verbis saxorum pagina Mosi\nTraditur, ille suos, suscepta lege, revisit:\nForma sed his vituli solus Deus, et Deus aurum.","t":"The mountain’s peak smokes with divine fires; on it\nthe page of stones written with ten words is given\nto Moses; having received the law he returns to his own people;\nbut for them the form of a calf was their only god, and their god was gold.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 10 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/10)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/11":{"o":"Panibus angelicis albent tentoria patrum.\nCerta fides facti: tenet urceus aureus exin\nServatum Manna. Ingratis venit altera nubes,\nAtque avidos carnis saturat congesta coturnix.","t":"The tents of the fathers grow white with the bread of angels.\nThere is sure proof of the deed: a golden urn thenceforth holds\nthe manna kept. For the ungrateful another cloud comes,\nand the quail heaped up fills those greedy for flesh.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 11 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/11)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/12":{"o":"Fervebat via sicca eremi serpentibus atris:\nIamque venenati per livida vulnera morsus\nCarpebant populum: sed prudens aere politum\nDux cruce suspendit, qui virus temperet, anguem.","t":"The dry road of the desert seethed with black serpents,\nand now poisoned bites through livid wounds\nwere consuming the people; but the wise leader hung up on a cross\na snake of polished bronze, to temper the venom.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 12 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/12)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/13":{"o":"Aspera gustatu, populo sitiente, lacuna\nTristificos latices stagnanti felle tenebat.\nMoses sanctus ait: Lignum date, gurgitem in istum\nConicite: in dulcem vertentur amara saporem.","t":"A pool, harsh to the taste, while the people thirsted,\nheld gloomy waters with stagnant gall.\nHoly Moses says: “Give wood, throw it into this water:\nthe bitter will be turned into a sweet taste.”","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 13 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/13)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/14":{"o":"Devenere viri Mosi duce, sex ubi fontes,\nEt sex forte alii vitreo de rore rigabant\nSeptenas decies palmas: qui mysticus Helim\nLucus apostolicum numerum libris quoque pinxit.","t":"With Moses as leader the men came to where six springs,\nand six others likewise, watered with glassy dew\nseventy palms: this mystic grove of Elim\nprefigured the apostolic number also in the books.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 14 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/14)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/15":{"o":"In fontem refluo Iordanis gurgite fertur,\nDum calcanda Dei populis vada sicca relinquit.\nTestes bis seni lapides, quos flumine in ipso\nConstituere patres, in formam discipulorum.","t":"The Jordan is borne back to its source with its flowing tide,\nwhile it leaves dry fords to be trodden by the people of God.\nWitnesses are the twice six stones which the fathers\nset up in the river itself, in the pattern of the disciples.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 15 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/15)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/16":{"o":"Procubuit Hiericho: sola adstant atria Raab.\nHospita sanctorum meretrix (tanta est fidei vis),\nIncolumi secura domo spectabile coccum\nIgnibus adversis in signum sanguinis offert.","t":"Jericho fell: only the house of Rahab stands.\nThe harlot, hostess of the saints (so great is the power of faith),\nsecure in her house unharmed, displays the conspicuous scarlet\nagainst the hostile fires as a sign of the blood.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 16 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/16)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/17":{"o":"Invictum virtute comae leo frangere Samson\nAdgreditur. Necat ille feram; sed ab ore leonis\nMella fluunt: maxilla asini fontem vomit ultro,\nStultitia exundat lymphis, dulcedine virtus.","t":"A lion undertakes to break Samson, unconquered in the strength\nof his hair. He kills the beast; but from the lion’s mouth\nhoney flows; the jawbone of an ass pours forth a spring of itself:\nfolly overflows with waters, strength with sweetness.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 17 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/17)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/18":{"o":"Tercentum vulpes Samson capit, ignibus armat,\nPone faces caudis circumligat, in sata mittit\nAllophylum, segetesque cremat. Sic callida vulpis\nNunc heresis flammas vitiorum spargit in agros.","t":"Samson catches three hundred foxes, arms them with fire,\nties torches to their tails behind, sends them into the crops\nof the foreigners, and burns the harvest. So now the cunning fox\nof heresy scatters the flames of vices in the fields.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 18 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/18)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/19":{"o":"David parvus erat, fratrum ultimus, et modo Iesse\nCura gregis, citharam formans ad ovile paternum:\nInde ad delicias regis. Mox horrida bella\nConserit, et funda sternit stridente Goliam.","t":"David was small, the last of his brothers, and lately Jesse’s\ncare of the flock, shaping the lyre at his father’s fold;\nthen to the delights of the king. Soon he joins grim wars\nand lays Goliath low with his whistling sling.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 19 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/19)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/2":{"o":"Fratrum sacra Deus nutu distante duorum\nAestimat, accipiens viva, et terrena refutans.\nRusticus invidia pastorem sternit: in Abel\nForma animae exprimitur; caro nostra in munere Cain.","t":"God judges the sacrifices of the two brothers with differing assent,\naccepting the living, refusing the earthly.\nThe farmer in envy strikes down the shepherd: in Abel\nthe pattern of the soul is shown; our flesh in Cain’s offering.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 2 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/2)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/20":{"o":"Regis mitifici fulgent insignia David:\nSceptrum, oleum, cornu, diadema, et purpura et ara.\nOmnia conveniunt Christo: chlamys, atque corona;\nVirga potestatis, cornu crucis, altar olivum.","t":"The insignia of David, the mild king, shine:\nscepter, oil, horn, diadem, and purple, and altar.\nAll fit Christ: the cloak and the crown,\nthe rod of power, the horn of the cross, the altar, the olive oil.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 20 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/20)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/21":{"o":"Aedificat templum sapientia per Salomonis\nObsequium: Regina Austri grave congerit aurum.\nTempus adest, quo templum hominis sub pectore Christus\nAedificet, quod Graia colant: quod barbara ditent.","t":"Wisdom builds the temple through the service\nof Solomon: the Queen of the South brings heaped-up weighty gold.\nThe time is at hand when Christ will build a temple\nin the heart of man, which Greeks will worship, which barbarians will enrich.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 21 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/21)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/22":{"o":"Forte prophetarum nati dum ligna recidunt\nFluminis in ripa, cecidit discussa bipennis.\nGurgite submersum est ferrum: sed mox leve lignum\nIniectum stagnis, ferrum revocabile fecit.","t":"When the sons of the prophets happened to be cutting wood\non the bank of the river, an axe flew off and fell.\nThe iron sank in the stream; but soon light wood,\nthrown into the water, made the iron come back.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 22 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/22)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/23":{"o":"Gens Hebraeorum, peccamine capta frequenti,\nFleverat exilium dirae Babylonis ad amnes:\nTum patrios cantare modos, praecepta recusat,\nOrganaque in ramis salicis suspendit amarae,","t":"The people of the Hebrews, taken captive for their frequent sinning,\nhad wept their exile by the rivers of dread Babylon;\nthen they refuse, when ordered, to sing their fathers’ songs,\nand hang their instruments on the branches of the bitter willow.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 23 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/23)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/24":{"o":"Hic bonus Ezechias meruit ter quinque per annos\nPraescriptum proferre diem, legemque obeundi\nTendere: tot gradibus, quot vespera texerat umbram,\nLumine perfusis, docuit sol versus in ortum.","t":"Here good Hezekiah earned to extend his appointed day\nby three times five years, and to stretch the law of dying:\nby as many steps as evening had covered with shadow,\nthe sun, turned back toward its rising, showed them flooded with light.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 24 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/24)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/25":{"o":"Adventante Deo, descendit nuntius alto\nGabriel Patris ex solio, sedemque repente\nIntrat Virgineam. Sanctus te Spiritus, inquit,\nImplevit, Maria: Christum paries, sacra Virgo.","t":"As God draws near, a messenger comes down from the high\nthrone of the Father, Gabriel, and suddenly enters\nthe Virgin’s dwelling. “The Holy Spirit,” he says, “has filled you,\nMary: you will bear Christ, holy Virgin.”","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 25 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/25)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/26":{"o":"Sancta Bethlem caput est orbis: quae protulit Iesum,\nOrbis principium, caput ipsum principiorum.\nVrbs hominem Christum genuit; qui Christus agebat\nAnte Deus, quam sol fieret, quam lucifer esset.","t":"Holy Bethlehem is the head of the world: it brought forth Jesus,\nthe beginning of the world, the very head of beginnings.\nThe city bore Christ as man; but Christ was acting\nas God before the sun was made, before the morning star existed.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 26 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/26)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/27":{"o":"Hic pretiosa Magi, sub Virginis ubere, Christo\nDona ferunt puero, myrrhaeque et turis et auri.\nMiratur genitrix tot casti ventris honores,\nSeque Deum genuisse hominem, Regem quoque summum.","t":"Here the Magi bring precious gifts to the child Christ\nat the Virgin’s breast, of myrrh and incense and gold.\nThe mother marvels at so many honors of her chaste womb,\nand that she has borne God as man, and the highest King too.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 27 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/27)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/28":{"o":"Pervigiles pastorum oculos vis luminis implet\nAngelici, natum celebrans de Virgine Christum.\nInveniunt tectum pannis: praesepe iacenti\nCuna erat, exultant alacros, et Numen adorant.","t":"The power of angelic light fills the watchful eyes\nof the shepherds, as it celebrates Christ born of the Virgin.\nThey find him covered with cloths; a manger was the cradle\nfor him lying there; they exult eagerly and adore the Godhead.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 28 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/28)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/29":{"o":"Impius innumeris infantum caedibus hostis\nPerfurit Herodes, dum Christum quaerit in illis.\nFumant lacteolo parvorum sanguine cunae,\nVulneribusque madent calidis pia pectora matrum.","t":"The impious enemy Herod rages in countless\nslaughters of infants, while he seeks Christ among them.\nThe cradles smoke with the milk-white blood of little ones,\nand the loving breasts of mothers are wet with warm wounds.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 29 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/29)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/3":{"o":"Nuntia diluvii iam decrescentis ad arcam\nOre columba refert ramum viridantis olivae:\nCorvus enim ingluvie per foeda cadavra captus\nHaeserat: illa datae revehit nova gaudia pacis.","t":"As messenger of the flood now going down, the dove\nbrings back to the ark in its beak a branch of green olive;\nfor the raven, caught by its gluttony among foul carcasses,\nhad stayed; she brings back the new joys of peace bestowed.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 3 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 3; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/3)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/30":{"o":"Perfundit fluvio, pastus Baptista locustis,\nSilvarumque favis, et amictus veste cameli,\nTinxerat et Christum: sed Spiritus aethere missus\nTestatur tinctum, qui tinctis crimina donet.","t":"The Baptist, fed on locusts and the honeycombs\nof the woods, and clothed in camel’s garment, bathes in the river;\nhe had dipped Christ too; but the Spirit sent from heaven\ntestifies that the one dipped is he who forgives the sins of the dipped.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 30 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/30)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/31":{"o":"Excidio templi veteris stat pinna superstes:\nStructus enim lapide ex illo manet angulus, usque\nIn saeclum saecli, quem sprerunt aedificantes;\nNunc caput est templi, et lapidum compago duorum.","t":"A pinnacle stands, surviving the destruction of the old temple;\nfor the corner remains built of that stone,\nto the age of ages, which the builders rejected;\nnow it is the head of the temple and the joining of two stones.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 31 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/31)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/32":{"o":"Foedera coniugii celebrabant auspice coetu\nForte Galilaei. lam deerant vina ministris:\nChristus vasa iubet properanter aquaria lymphis\nImpleri: inde meri veteris defunditur unda.","t":"Galileans, by chance, were celebrating the covenant of marriage\nwith a gathering for the auspices. Now the servants lacked wine:\nChrist bids the water jars be quickly filled\nwith water; from them the liquid of old wine is poured out.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 32 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/32)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/33":{"o":"Morborum medicina latex, quem spiritus horis\nEructat variis: fusum ratione latenti,\nSiloam vocitant: sputis ubi conlita coeci\nLumina Salvator iussit de fonte lavari.","t":"A water that is a medicine for diseases, which breathes out\nat various hours, poured forth by a hidden cause,\nthey call Siloam: where the Savior bade the blind man’s eyes,\nsmeared with spittle, be washed in the spring.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 33 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/33)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/34":{"o":"Praemia saltatrix poscit funebria virgo\nIoannis caput, abscisum quod lance reportet\nIncestae ad gremium matris. Fert regia donum\nPsaltria, respersis manibus de sanguine iusto.","t":"The dancing girl demands a deadly reward,\nthe head of John, cut off, to carry back on a dish\nto the lap of her incestuous mother. The royal harpist\nbears the gift, her hands sprinkled with righteous blood.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 34 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/34)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/35":{"o":"It mare per medium Dominus, fluctusque liquentes\nCalce terens. Iubet instabili descendere cumba\nDiscipulum: sed mortalis trepidatio plantas\nMergit; at ille manum regit, et vestigia firmat.","t":"The Lord goes through the midst of the sea, treading the liquid waves\nwith his heel. He bids his disciple step down\nfrom the unsteady boat; but mortal fear\nsinks his feet; yet he guides his hand and steadies his steps.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 35 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/35)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/36":{"o":"Vincla sepulcrali sub carcere ferrea daemon\nFregerat: erumpit, pedibusque advolvitur Iesu.\nAst hominem Dominus sibi vindicat, et iubet hostem\nPorcorum raptare greges, ac per freta mergi.","t":"A demon had broken iron chains in the prison\nof the tombs: he bursts out and rolls at the feet of Jesus.\nBut the Lord claims the man for himself, and bids the enemy\nseize the herds of swine and be drowned in the sea.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 36 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/36)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/37":{"o":"Quinque Deus panes fregit, piscesque gemellos:\nHis hominum large saturavit millia quinque.\nImplentur nimio micarum fragmine corbes\nBis seni: aeternae tanta est opulentia mensae.","t":"God broke five loaves, and twin fishes:\nwith these he amply filled five thousand people.\nTwice six baskets are filled with the great quantity\nof fragments: so great is the wealth of the eternal table.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 37 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/37)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/38":{"o":"Conscius insignis facti locus in Bethania\nVidit ab inferna te, Lazare, sede reversum.\nAdparet scissum, fractis foribus, monumentum,\nVnde putrescentis redierunt membra sepulti.","t":"The place in Bethany, aware of the famous deed,\nsaw you, Lazarus, returned from the seat below.\nThe tomb appears split, its doors broken,\nfrom which the limbs of the decaying buried man came back.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 38 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/38)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/39":{"o":"Campus Acheldamach, sceleris mercede nefandi\nVenditus, exsequias recipit tumulosus humandas.\nSanguinis hoc pretium est Christi. Iudas eminus artat\nInfelix collum laqueo pro crimine tanto.","t":"The field of Akeldama, sold for the wage of an unspeakable crime,\nfull of graves, receives funerals for burial.\nThis is the price of the blood of Christ. Far off, unhappy Judas\ntightens his neck with a noose for so great a crime.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 39 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/39)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/4":{"o":"Hospitium hoc Domini est, ilex ubi frondea Mambrae\nArmentale senis protexit culmen: in ista\nRisit Sarra casa, subolis sibi gaudia sera\nFerri, et decrepitum sic credere posse maritum.","t":"This was the lodging of the Lord, where the leafy oak of Mamre\nsheltered the old man’s herdsman’s roof: in that tent\nSarah laughed that late joys of offspring were promised her,\nand that her decrepit husband could believe it so.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 4 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 4; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/4)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/40":{"o":"Impia blasphemi cecidit domus ecce Caiphae,\nIn qua pulsata est alapis facies sacra Christi.\nHic peccatores manet exitus: obruta quorum\nVita ruinosis tumulis sine fine iacebit.","t":"See, the impious house of blaspheming Caiaphas has fallen,\nin which the sacred face of Christ was struck with blows.\nThis end awaits sinners: their life, overwhelmed,\nwill lie without end in ruinous heaps.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 40 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/40)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/41":{"o":"Vinctus in his Dominus stetit aedibus, atque columnae\nAdnexus tergum dedit, ut servile, flagellis.\nPerstat adhuc, templumque gerit veneranda columna,\nNosque docet cunctis immunes vivere flagris.","t":"Bound in this house the Lord stood, and, tied\nto a column, gave his back, like a slave, to the scourges.\nThe venerable column still stands and bears up the temple,\nand teaches us to live free of all scourges.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 41 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/41)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/42":{"o":"Traiectus per utrumque latus, laticem atque cruorem\nChristus agit. Sanguis, victoria: lympha, lavacrum est.\nTunc duo discordant crucibus hinc inde latrones\nContiguis: negat ille Deum; fert iste coronam.","t":"Pierced through either side, Christ sends forth\nwater and blood. The blood is victory; the water is the bath.\nThen two robbers on crosses on either side\nclose by disagree: one denies God; the other wins a crown.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 42 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/42)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/43":{"o":"Christum non tenuit saxum, non claustra sepulcri:\nMors illi devicta iacet: calcavit abyssum.\nSanctorum populus superas simul ivit ad oras,\nSeque dedit multis tactuque oculisque probandum.","t":"No stone held Christ, nor the bars of the tomb:\ndeath lies conquered by him; he trod down the abyss.\nThe people of the saints went with him to the regions above,\nand he gave himself to many to be tested by touch and eyes.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 43 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/43)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/44":{"o":"Montis oliviferi Christus de vertice sursum\nAd Patrem rediit, sig-nans vestigia pacis.\nFrondibus aeternis praepinguis liquitur humor,\nQui probat infusum terris de Chrismate donum.","t":"From the summit of the olive-bearing mountain Christ\nreturned upward to the Father, marking footprints of peace.\nFrom the everlasting leaves a very rich moisture flows,\nwhich proves the gift poured on the earth from the Chrism.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 44 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/44)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/45":{"o":"Primus init Stephanus mercedem sanguinis, imbri\nAdflictus lapidum; Christum tamen ille cruentus\nInter saxa rogat, ne sit lapidatio fraudi\nHostibus. O primae pietas miranda coronae!","t":"Stephen first enters on the reward of blood, struck down\nby a shower of stones; yet, bloodied, he asks Christ\namid the stones that the stoning may not be held against\nhis enemies. O the wondrous goodness of the first crown!","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 45 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/45)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/46":{"o":"Porta manet templi, Speciosam quam vocitarunt,\nEgregium Solomonis opus: sed maius in illa\nCliristi opus emicuit. Nam claudus surgere iussus\nOre Petri, stupuit luxatos currere gressus.","t":"There remains the gate of the temple which they called Beautiful,\nthe outstanding work of Solomon; but a greater work of Christ\nshone out in it. For the lame man, bidden to rise\nby Peter’s mouth, was amazed that his dislocated steps could run.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 46 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/46)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/47":{"o":"Somniat inlapsum Petrus alto ex aethere discum,\nConfertum omnigenis animalibus: ille recusat\nMandere; sed Dominus iubet omnia munda putare.\nSurgit, et immundas vocat ad mysteria gentes.","t":"Peter dreams of a dish let down from high heaven,\nfilled with animals of every kind: he refuses\nto eat; but the Lord bids him think all things clean.\nHe rises, and calls the unclean nations to the mysteries.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 47 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/47)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/48":{"o":"Hic lupus ante rapax vestitur vellere molli:\nSaulus qui fuerat, fit, ademto lumine, Paulus.\nMox recipit visum; fit apostolus, ac populorum\nDoctor, et ore potens corvos mutare columbis.","t":"Here the wolf, once rapacious, is clothed with soft fleece:\nhe who had been Saul becomes, his sight taken away, Paul.\nSoon he receives his sight; he becomes an apostle, and teacher\nof the peoples, mighty in speech to change ravens into doves.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 48 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/48)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/49":{"o":"Bis duodena senum sedes, pateris citharisque,\nTotque coronarum fulgens insignibus. Agnum\nCaede cruentatum laudat: qui evolvere librum,\nEt septem potuit signacula pandere solus.","t":"The seats of the twice twelve elders, with bowls and harps,\nand shining with as many crowns as insignia, praise\nthe Lamb bloodied by slaughter, who alone was able to unroll the book\nand to open the seven seals.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 49 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/49)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/5":{"o":"Abraham mercatus agrum, quo conderet ossa\nConiugis, in terris quoniam peregrina moratur\nIustitia atque fides. Hoc illud millibus emptum\nSpelaeum, sanctae requies ubi parta favillae est.","t":"Abraham bought a field in which to lay the bones\nof his wife, since righteousness and faith dwell as strangers\non earth. This is that cave bought for thousands,\nwhere a resting place was gained for holy ashes.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 5 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/5)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/6":{"o":"Bis septem spicae, vaccae totidem Pharaoni\nPer somnum visae, portendunt, dispare forma,\nVberis atque famis duo per septennia tempus\nInstare: hoc solvit Patriarcha, interprete Christo.","t":"Twice seven ears of grain, and as many cows, seen by Pharaoh\nin his sleep, foretell by their differing form\nthat a time of plenty and of famine is at hand\nfor two seven-year spans: this the patriarch solved, with Christ as interpreter.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 6 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/6)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/7":{"o":"Venditus insidiis fratrum puer, ipse vicissim\nCratera in fratris sacco clam praecipit abdi.\nVtque reos furti Ioseph tenet, auctio fallax\nProditur, agnoscunt fratrem, veniaque pudescunt.","t":"The boy sold by his brothers’ treachery in turn himself\norders a cup to be hidden secretly in his brother’s sack.\nAnd as Joseph holds them guilty of theft, the false sale\nis revealed; they recognize their brother, and are ashamed at his pardon.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 7 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/7)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/8":{"o":"Sentibus involitans Deus igneus, ore corusco\nCompellat iuvenem, pecoris tunc forte magistrum.\nIlle capit, iussus, virgam. Fit vipera virga.\nSolvit vincla pedum: properat Pharaonis ad arcem.","t":"Flying over the thorns, God in fire, with flashing voice,\naddresses the young man, then by chance a keeper of the flock.\nHe takes the rod, as commanded. The rod becomes a serpent.\nHe looses the bonds of his feet; he hastens to Pharaoh’s citadel.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 8 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/8)."},"prudentius-dittochaeon/9":{"o":"Tutus agit vir iustus iter, vel per mare magnum.\nEcce Dei famulis scissim freta rubra dehiscunt,\nQuum peccatores rabidos eadem freta mergant.\nObruitur Pharao: patuit via libera Mosi.","t":"The just man goes his way safely, even through the great sea.\nSee, for God’s servants the Red Sea parts asunder,\nwhile the same waters drown the raging sinners.\nPharaoh is overwhelmed; a free way lay open to Moses.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Ditt.</i> 9 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/9)."}}