The Battle for the Soul 0.1–1.541

Summary: The preface presents Abraham, who offered his only son and armed his 318 servants to rescue Lot from the kings, as the example of the fight the soul must wage before it can bear offspring pleasing to God.

• Preface (iambic) to the Psychomachia. Gen 17:5 (Abram to Abraham); Gen 22:1–14; Gen 14:12–16.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Sonex fulelis, prima credendi via, Abrain, beati seminis serus pater, Adiecta cuius nomen auxit syllaba, Abram parenti dictus, Abraham Doo. Senile pignus qui dicavit victimae, Docens ad aram quum litare quis velit, Quod dulce cordi, quod pium, quod unicum, Deo libenter offerendum credito. Pugnare nosmet cum profanis gentibus Suasit, suumque suasor exemplum dedit ; Nec ante prolem coniugalem gignere Deo placentem, matre virtute editam, Quam strage multa bellicosus spiritus Portenta cordis servientis vicerit. Victum feroces forte reges coeperant Loth, immorantem criminosis urbibus Sodomae et Gomorrhae: quas fovebat advena Pollens honore patruelis gloriae. Abram, sinistris excitatus nuntiis, Audit propinquum sorte captum bellica Servire duris barbarorum vinculis : Armat trecentos terque senos vernulas, Pergant ut hostis terga euntis caedere, Quem gaza dives, ac triumphus nobilis, Captis tenebat impeditum copiis. Quin ipse ferrum stringit, et, plenus Deo, Reges superbos^ mole praedarum graves Pellit fugatos, sauciatos proterit, Frangit catenas, et rapinara liberat: Aurum, puellas, parvulos, nionilia, → Senex fidelis, prima credendi via, Abram, beati seminis serus pater, Adiecta cuius nomen auxit syllaba, Abram parenti dictus, Abraham Deo, Senile pignus qui dicavit victimae, Docens ad aram cum litare quis velit, Quod dulce cordi, quod pium, quod unicum, Deo libenter offerendum credito, Pugnare nosmet cum profanis gentibus Suasit, suumque suasor exemplum dedit; Nec ante prolem coniugalem gignere Deo placentem, matre virtute editam, Quam strage multa bellicosus spiritus Portenta cordis servientis vicerit. Victum feroces forte reges ceperant Loth, immorantem criminosis urbibus Sodomae et Gomorrhae: quas fovebat advena Pollens honore patruelis gloriae. Abram, sinistris excitatus nuntiis, Audit propinquum sorte captum bellica Servire duris barbarorum vinculis: Armat trecentos terque senos vernulas, Pergant ut hostis terga euntis caedere, Quem gaza dives, ac triumphus nobilis, Captis tenebat impeditum copiis. Quin ipse ferrum stringit, et, plenus Deo, Reges superbos mole praedarum graves Pellit fugatos, sauciatos proterit, Frangit catenas, et rapinam liberat: Aurum, puellas, parvulos, monilia,.

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 0.1 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 1–30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/0-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: After Abraham rescued Lot, Melchizedek fed him and the three angels visited him, and Sarah bore Isaac; so the soul must free every captive part by an inner war, and then Christ, the true Priest, will enter it and the Spirit will make it fruitful.

• Gen 14:16–20; Heb 7:3 (Melchizedek without genealogy); Gen 18:1–15; 21:1–7. The 318 servants (Gen 14:14) as a “mystic figure”: in Greek numerals 318 is TIH, read as the cross and the name of Jesus (cf. Barn. 9.8). A footnote line (on “prole fratris”) and two lines of a footnote quotation were removed.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Greges equarum, vasa, vestem, buculas, Loth ipse ruptis expeditus nexibus Attrita l)acis colla liber erigit. Abram triumphi dissipator hostici Redit, recepta prole fratris inclitus, Ne quam fidelis sanguinis prosapiam Vis pessimorum possideret principum. Adhuc recentem caede de tanta virum Donat Sacerdos ferculis caolestibus. Dei Sacerdos, rcx et idem praepotens, Origo cuius fonte inenarrabili Sfcreta, nullum prodit auctorem sui. Melchisedech, qua stirpe, (piis maioribus. {'.j) jirole fratrls : intellig^o Lollium, qui filius fuit Aran, Ignotus, uni cognitus tantum Deo. Mox et triformis Angelorum trinitas Senis revisit hospitis mapalia. Et iam vietam Sarra in alvum fertilis Munus iuventae mater exsanguis stupet, Haerede gaudens, et cachinni poenitens. Haec ad figuram praenotata est linea, Quam nostra recto vita resculpat pede ; Yigilandum in armis pectorum fidelium, Omnemque nostri portionem corporis, Quae capta foedae serviat libidini, Domi coactis liberandam viribus. Nos esse large vernularum divites, Si quid trecenti, bis novenis additis, Nunquam bella bouis, nuuquam discrimiua desunt; Et cum quo certet niens pia semper liabet. Possint, figura noverimus mystica. Mox ipso Christns, qui Sacerdos verus est, Paroiite natus alto et ineiFabili, Cibura beatis offerens victoribus, Parvam pudici cordis intrabit casam, ]\Ioiistrans honorem Trinitatis liospitae. Animam deinde spiritus complexibus Pie maritam, prolis expertem diu, Faciet perenni fertilem de semine. Tnnc sera dotem possidens puerpora, Haerede digno Patris implebit domum. → Greges equarum, vasa, vestem, buculas. Loth ipse ruptis expeditus nexibus Attrita bacis colla liber erigit. Abram triumphi dissipator hostici Redit, recepta prole fratris inclitus, Ne quam fidelis sanguinis prosapiam Vis pessimorum possideret principum. Adhuc recentem caede de tanta virum Donat Sacerdos ferculis caelestibus, Dei Sacerdos, rex et idem praepotens, Origo cuius fonte inenarrabili Secreta, nullum prodit auctorem sui, Melchisedech, qua stirpe, quis maioribus Ignotus, uni cognitus tantum Deo. Mox et triformis Angelorum trinitas Senis revisit hospitis mapalia, Et iam vietam Sarra in alvum fertilis Munus iuventae mater exsanguis stupet, Haerede gaudens, et cachinni paenitens. Haec ad figuram praenotata est linea, Quam nostra recto vita resculpat pede: Vigilandum in armis pectorum fidelium, Omnemque nostri portionem corporis, Quae capta foedae serviat libidini, Domi coactis liberandam viribus; Nos esse large vernularum divites, Si quid trecenti, bis novenis additis, Possint, figura noverimus mystica. Mox ipse Christus, qui Sacerdos verus est, Parente natus alto et ineffabili, Cibum beatis offerens victoribus, Parvam pudici cordis intrabit casam, Monstrans honorem Trinitatis hospitae. Animam deinde spiritus complexibus Pie maritam, prolis expertem diu, Faciet perenni fertilem de semine. Tunc sera dotem possidens puerpera, Haerede digno Patris implebit domum..

Extrabiblical texts: Barn. 9.8 (Epistle of Barnabas; echo)

Topics: Trinity, Christology

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 0.31 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 31–71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/0-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: The poet asks Christ, one God with the Father, to tell how the virtues fight the vices in the soul; Faith enters the field unarmed and strikes down the Worship of the Old Gods.

• The poem’s invocation; the address to Christ, one God with the Father, as written. A line (the end of the question and the start of the next sentence) is missing in the scan after line 10; marked “…”. Eph 6:12–17.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Clinste, graves hominum semper misenite labores, Qui patria virtute cluis propriaque, sed una, (Unum namque Deum colimus de nomine utroque: Non tamen et solum, quia tuDeus ex Patre, Christe) Dissere Rex noster, quo milite pellere culpas Mens armata queat nostri de pectoris antro : Exoritur quoties turbatis sensibus intus Seditio, atque animam morborum rixa fatigat, Qnod tunc praesidium pro libertate tuenda, Quaeve acies furiis inter praecordia mixtis, Magnarum virtutum inopes, nervisque carentes Christicolas vitiis populantibus exposuisti. Ipse salutiferas obsesso in corpore turmas Depugnare iubes: ipse excellentibus armas Artibus ingenium, quibus ad ludibria cordis Oppugnanda potens tibi dimicet, et tibi vincat. Vincendi praesens ratio est, si comminus ipsas Virtutum facies, et conluctantia contra Viribus infestis liceat portenta notare. Prima petit campum dubia sub sorte duelli Pugnatura Fides, agresti turbida cultu, Nuda humeros, intonsa comas, exserta lacertos, Xamque repontinus laudis calor ad nova fervens Proelia, nec telis meminit, nec tegmine cingi; Pectore sed fidens, valido, membrisque retectis Provocat insani frangenda pericula belli. Ecce lacessentem conlatis viribus audet Prima ferire Fidem veterum cultura deorum. Illa liostile caput, phalerataque tempora vittis Altior insurgens labefactat, et ora, cruore → Christe, graves hominum semper miserate labores, Qui patria virtute cluis propriaque, sed una (Unum namque Deum colimus de nomine utroque: Non tamen et solum, quia tu Deus ex Patre, Christe), Dissere, Rex noster, quo milite pellere culpas Mens armata queat nostri de pectoris antro: Exoritur quotiens turbatis sensibus intus Seditio, atque animam morborum rixa fatigat, Quod tunc praesidium pro libertate tuenda, Quaeve acies furiis inter praecordia mixtis, Magnarum virtutum inopes, nervisque carentes Christicolas vitiis populantibus exposuisti. Ipse salutiferas obsesso in corpore turmas Depugnare iubes: ipse excellentibus armas Artibus ingenium, quibus ad ludibria cordis Oppugnanda potens tibi dimicet, et tibi vincat. Vincendi praesens ratio est, si comminus ipsas Virtutum facies, et conluctantia contra Viribus infestis liceat portenta notare. Prima petit campum dubia sub sorte duelli Pugnatura Fides, agresti turbida cultu, Nuda humeros, intonsa comas, exserta lacertos; Namque repentinus laudis calor ad nova fervens Proelia, nec telis meminit, nec tegmine cingi; Pectore sed fidens valido, membrisque retectis Provocat insani frangenda pericula belli. Ecce lacessentem conlatis viribus audet Prima ferire Fidem veterum cultura deorum. Illa hostile caput, phalerataque tempora vittis Altior insurgens labefactat, et ora, cruore.

Topics: Trinity, Christology

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.1 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 1–30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Faith kills the Worship of the Old Gods and crowns her martyrs; Chastity then fights Sodomite Lust, disarms her and runs her through, recalling Judith’s victory over Holofernes.

• Judith 13:1–10 (extrabiblical in this site’s classification). Gen 19 (Sodom). Two lines run together in the scan (“flammas / In famulos”) were separated.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): De pecudum satiata, solo adplicat, et pede calcat Elisos in mortem oculos, aniraamque malignam Fracta intercepti commercia gutturis artant, Difficilemque obitum suspiria longa fatigant. Exsultat victrix legio, quam mille coactam Martyribus regina Fides animarat in hostem : Tunc fortes socios parta pro laude coronat Floribus, ardentique iubot vestirier ostro. Exin gramineo in campo concurrere promta Virgo Pudicitia speciosis fulget in armis : Quam patrias succincta faces Soclomita libido Adgreditur, piceamque ardenti sulpliure pinum Ingerit in faciem, pudibundaque lumina flammis Adpetit, et taetro tentat suflfundere fumo ; Sed dextram furiae flagrantis, et ignea dirae Tela lupae saxo ferit imperterrita virgo, Excussasque sacro taedas depellit ab ore. Tunc exarmatae iugulum meretricis adacto Transfigit gladio : calidos vomit illa vapores, Sanguine concretos coonoso v- spiritus inde Sordidus exhalans vicinas polluit auras. — « Hoc habet, exclamat victrix regina : supremus Hic tibi finis erit, semper i^rostrata iacebis ; Nec iam mortiferas audebis spargere flammas n famulos famulasve Dei : ((uibus intima casti Vena animi sola fervet de lampade Christi. Tene, o venatrix bominum, potuisse resumtis Viribus exstincti capitis recalescere flatu ? Assyrium postquam thalamum cervix Holophernis Caesa, cupidineo madefactum sanguine lavit, (lemmantemquc torum moechi ducis aspera Inditli → De pecudum satiata, solo adplicat, et pede calcat Elisos in mortem oculos, animamque malignam Fracta intercepti commercia gutturis artant, Difficilemque obitum suspiria longa fatigant. Exsultat victrix legio, quam mille coactam Martyribus regina Fides animarat in hostem: Tunc fortes socios parta pro laude coronat Floribus, ardentique iubet vestirier ostro. Exin gramineo in campo concurrere prompta Virgo Pudicitia speciosis fulget in armis: Quam patrias succincta faces Sodomita Libido Adgreditur, piceamque ardenti sulphure pinum Ingerit in faciem, pudibundaque lumina flammis Adpetit, et taetro temptat suffundere fumo; Sed dextram furiae flagrantis, et ignea dirae Tela lupae saxo ferit imperterrita virgo, Excussasque sacro taedas depellit ab ore. Tunc exarmatae iugulum meretricis adacto Transfigit gladio: calidos vomit illa vapores, Sanguine concretos caenoso; spiritus inde Sordidus exhalans vicinas polluit auras. — « Hoc habet, exclamat victrix regina: supremus Hic tibi finis erit, semper prostrata iacebis; Nec iam mortiferas audebis spargere flammas In famulos famulasve Dei: quibus intima casti Vena animi sola fervet de lampade Christi. Tene, o venatrix hominum, potuisse resumptis Viribus exstincti capitis recalescere flatu, Assyrium postquam thalamum cervix Holophernis Caesa, cupidineo madefactum sanguine lavit, Gemmantemque torum moechi ducis aspera Iudith.

Extrabiblical texts: Jdt 13:8 (Judith [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Topics: Martyrdom, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.31 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 31–60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Chastity taunts Lust: if Judith under the Law could overcome it, much more now that the Virgin has borne Christ, God and man, the Word made flesh who remained what he was and raised human flesh to the divine; Lust is to be cast into hell.

• John 1:14; Luke 1:34–35; 2 Pet 1:4 (sharers of the divine nature). Christology as written. Line 71 is read “vis ardua” (scan “via ardua”).

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Sitrevit, et incestos compescuit ense furores , Famosuru mulier referens ex hosto tropaeum, Non trepidante manu vindex mea coelitus audax. At fortassc parum fortis matrona sul) umbra Legis adhuc pugnans, dum tempora nostra figurat, Vera quibus virtus terrena in corpora fluxit, G-rande per infirraos capnt excisura ministros, Numquid et intactae post partum Virginis ullum Fas tibi iam superest? post partum Virginis, ex quo Corporis liumani naturam pristina origo Deseruit, carnemque novam via ardua sevit, Atque innupta Deum concepit femina Christum, Mortali de matre hominem, sed cum Patre numen. Inde omnis iam diva caro est quae concipit illum Naturamque Dei consorti foedere sumit: Verbum quippe caro factum, non destitit esse, Quod fuerat, Verbum, carnis dum glutinat usuni , Maiestate quidem non degenerante per usum Carnis, sed miserus ad iiobiliora trahente. Ille manet quod semper erat, quod non erat, esse Incipiens; nos, quod fuimus, iam non sumus, aucti Nascendo in melius: mihi contulit, et sibi mansit. Nec Deus ex nostris minuit sua, sed sua nostris Dum tribuit, nosmet dona ad caelestia vexit. Dona haec sunt, quod victa iaces, lutulenta Libido, Nec mea post Mariam potis es perMngere iura. Tu princeps ad mortis iter, tu ianua leti Corpora commaculans, animas in Tartara mergis. Abde caput tristi iam frigida pestis abysso : Occide, prostibuIum: manes pete,cIaudereAverno; → Sprevit, et incestos compescuit ense furores, Famosum mulier referens ex hoste tropaeum, Non trepidante manu, vindex mea caelitus audax? At fortasse parum fortis matrona sub umbra Legis adhuc pugnans, dum tempora nostra figurat, Vera quibus virtus terrena in corpora fluxit, Grande per infirmos caput excisura ministros. Numquid et intactae post partum Virginis ullum Fas tibi iam superest? post partum Virginis, ex quo Corporis humani naturam pristina origo Deseruit, carnemque novam vis ardua sevit, Atque innupta Deum concepit femina Christum, Mortali de matre hominem, sed cum Patre numen. Inde omnis iam diva caro est quae concipit illum Naturamque Dei consorti foedere sumit: Verbum quippe caro factum, non destitit esse, Quod fuerat, Verbum, carnis dum glutinat usum, Maiestate quidem non degenerante per usum Carnis, sed miseros ad nobiliora trahente. Ille manet quod semper erat, quod non erat, esse Incipiens; nos, quod fuimus, iam non sumus, aucti Nascendo in melius: mihi contulit, et sibi mansit. Nec Deus ex nostris minuit sua, sed sua nostris Dum tribuit, nosmet dona ad caelestia vexit. Dona haec sunt, quod victa iaces, lutulenta Libido, Nec mea post Mariam potis es perfringere iura. Tu princeps ad mortis iter, tu ianua leti Corpora commaculans, animas in Tartara mergis. Abde caput tristi iam frigida pestis abysso: Occide, prostibulum: manes pete, claudere Averno;.

Extrabiblical texts: Jdt 13:8 (Judith [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Topics: Christology, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.61 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 61–90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-61). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Chastity washes her sword in the Jordan and consecrates it at the altar of the baptismal font; Anger attacks Patience, who stands calm and untouched amid the battle.

• Jordan and the font as figures of baptism. A footnote mark was removed.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Inque tenebrosum noctis detrudere fundum. Te volvant subter vada flammea, te vada nigra, Sulphureusque rotet per stagna sonantia vortex. Nec iani Christicolas, fiiriarum maxiraa, tentes, Ut purgata suo serventur corpora Regi. » — Dixerat haec, et laeta Libidinis interfectae Morte Pudicitia (•_') gladium lordanis in undis Abluit infectum : sanies cui rore rubenti Haeserat, et nitidum macularat vulnere forrum. Expiat ergo aciem fiuviali docta lavacro Victricem victrix, abolons baptismate labem Hostilis iuguli : nec iam contenta piatuni Condere vaginae gladium, ne tecta rubigo Occupet ablutum scabrosa sorde nitorem, Catliolico in templo divini fontis ad arain Consecrat, aeterna splendens ubi luce coruscet. Ecce modesta gravi stabat Patientia, vultu Per medias immota acies, variosque tumultus, Vulneraque et rigidis vitalia pervia pilis Spectabat defixa oculos, et lenta manebat. Hanc procul Ira, tnmens spumanti fervida rictu, Sanguinea intorquens suffuso lumina felle, Ut belli exsortem, teloque et voce lacessit, Impatiensque raorae conto petit, increpat or», Hirsutas quatiens galeato in vertice cristas. — « Eii tibi Martis, ait, spectatrix libera nostri, Excipe mortiferum securo pectore ferrum : Necdoleas quiaturpe tibi gemuisse dolorem.» — Sic ait, et stridens sequitur convicia pinus Per teneros crispata Notos, et certa sub ipsum → Inque tenebrosum noctis detrudere fundum. Te volvant subter vada flammea, te vada nigra, Sulphureusque rotet per stagna sonantia vortex. Nec iam Christicolas, furiarum maxima, temptes, Ut purgata suo serventur corpora Regi. » — Dixerat haec, et laeta Libidinis interfectae Morte Pudicitia gladium Iordanis in undis Abluit infectum: sanies cui rore rubenti Haeserat, et nitidum macularat vulnere ferrum. Expiat ergo aciem fluviali docta lavacro Victricem victrix, abolens baptismate labem Hostilis iuguli: nec iam contenta piatum Condere vaginae gladium, ne tecta rubigo Occupet ablutum scabrosa sorde nitorem, Catholico in templo divini fontis ad aram Consecrat, aeterna splendens ubi luce coruscet. Ecce modesta gravi stabat Patientia vultu Per medias immota acies, variosque tumultus, Vulneraque et rigidis vitalia pervia pilis Spectabat defixa oculos, et lenta manebat. Hanc procul Ira, tumens spumanti fervida rictu, Sanguinea intorquens suffuso lumina felle, Ut belli exsortem, teloque et voce lacessit, Impatiensque morae conto petit, increpat ore, Hirsutas quatiens galeato in vertice cristas. — « En tibi Martis, ait, spectatrix libera nostri, Excipe mortiferum securo pectore ferrum: Nec doleas, quia turpe tibi gemuisse dolorem. » — Sic ait, et stridens sequitur convicia pinus Per teneros crispata Notos, et certa sub ipsum.

Topics: Baptism, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.91 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 91–120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-91). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Anger’s weapons glance off the armor of Patience, who waits calmly; when Anger’s sword shatters on her helmet, Anger in frenzy kills herself with one of her own javelins.

• A line is missing in the scan after line 145 (the end of the sentence about the sad memorials); marked “…”. A stray line number was removed.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Defertur stomacbum, rectoque inliditur ictu ; Sed resilit duro loricae excussa repulsu. Provida nam Virtus conserto adamante trilicem Induerat thoraca humeris, squamosaque ferri Texta per intortos commiserat undique nervos. Inde quieta manet Patientia, fortis ad omnes Telorum nimbos, et non penetrabile durans. Nec mota est iaculo monstri sine moro furentis, Opperiens propriis perituram viribus Iram. Scilicet indomitos postquam stomachando lacertos Barbara bellatrix impenderat, et iaculorum Nube supervacuam lassaverat irrita dextram, Quum ventosa levi cecidissent tela volatu, Vertitur ad capulum manus improba, et ense corusco Connisa in plagam, dextra sublimis ab aure Erigitur, mediumque ferit librata cerebrum. Aerea sed cassis, cocto formata metallo, Tinnitum percussa refert, aciemque retundit Dura resultantem : frangit quoque vena rebellis Inlisum chalybem, dum ccdere nescia cassos Excipit adsultus, ferienti et tuta resistit. Ira, ubi truncati mucronis fragmina vidit, Et procul in partes ensem crepuisse minutas ; Mentis inops, ebur infelix, decorisque pudendi Perfida signa abiicit, raonumentaque tristitia longe Missile de multis, quae frustra sparserat, unum Pulvere de campi perversos sumit in usus ; Rasile figit humi lignum, ac se cuspide versa Perfodit, et calido pulmonem vulnere transit. Quam super adsistens Patientia : — << vicimus, inquit, loo → Defertur stomachum, rectoque inliditur ictu; Sed resilit duro loricae excussa repulsu. Provida nam Virtus conserto adamante trilicem Induerat thoraca humeris, squamosaque ferri Texta per intortos commiserat undique nervos. Inde quieta manet Patientia, fortis ad omnes Telorum nimbos, et non penetrabile durans. Nec mota est iaculo monstri sine more furentis, Opperiens propriis perituram viribus Iram. Scilicet indomitos postquam stomachando lacertos Barbara bellatrix impenderat, et iaculorum Nube supervacuam lassaverat irrita dextram, Cum ventosa levi cecidissent tela volatu, Vertitur ad capulum manus improba, et ense corusco Conisa in plagam, dextra sublimis ab aure Erigitur, mediumque ferit librata cerebrum. Aerea sed cassis, cocto formata metallo, Tinnitum percussa refert, aciemque retundit Dura resultantem: frangit quoque vena rebellis Inlisum chalybem, dum cedere nescia cassos Excipit adsultus, ferienti et tuta resistit. Ira, ubi truncati mucronis fragmina vidit, Et procul in partes ensem crepuisse minutas; Mentis inops, ebur infelix, decorisque pudendi Perfida signa abicit, monumentaque tristia longe Missile de multis, quae frustra sparserat, unum Pulvere de campi perversos sumit in usus; Rasile figit humi lignum, ac se cuspide versa Perfodit, et calido pulmonem vulnere transit. Quam super adsistens Patientia: — « Vicimus, inquit,.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.121 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 121–150; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-121). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Patience, whose law is to overcome by enduring, goes on with Job, who is told to rest and receive back double what he lost; Patience is the companion of every virtue; Pride rides out on a horse covered with a lion’s skin.

• Job 42:10–12. Stray line numbers and two lines of a footnote quotation (Juvenal, Sat. 13.189–190) were removed. “The goddess” (diva) is the poet’s word for Patience.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Exsultans vitium, solita virtute, sine ullo Sanguinis ac vitae disorimine : lex habet istud Xostra genus belli, furias omnemque malorura Militiara, et rabidas tolerando exstinguere vires. Ipsa sibi est hostis vesania, seque furendo IGO Interimit, moriturque suis ira ignea telis ». — Haec effata secat medias impune cohortes Egregio comitata viro : nam proximus lob Haeserat invictae dura inter bella magistrae, Fronte severus adhuc, et multo vulnere anhelus: Sed iam clausa truci subridens ulcera vultu, Perque cicatrictim nuraerum sudata recensens Milia pugnarnm, sua praemia, dodecus liostis. Illum diva iubet tandem requiescere ab omni Armorum strepitu, captis et perdita quaeque Multiplicare opibus, nec iam peritura referre. Ipsa globos legionum, et concurrentia rumpit Agmina, vulniferos gradiens intacta per imbres, Omnibus una comes virtutibus adsociatur, Auxiliumque suum fortis Patientia miscet. Nulla anceps luctamen init virtute sine ista Virtus; et vidua est, quam non Patientia firmat. Forte per effusas inflata Superbia turmas Effreni volitabat equo, quem pelle leonis Texerat, et validos villis oneraverat armos: « , . . quippe minuti « Simper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas Qqo se falta iubis iactantius illa ferinis Inferret, tumido despectans agraina fastu. Turritum tortis caput accumularat in altnm → Exsultans vitium, solita virtute, sine ullo Sanguinis ac vitae discrimine: lex habet istud Nostra genus belli, furias omnemque malorum Militiam, et rabidas tolerando exstinguere vires. Ipsa sibi est hostis vesania, seque furendo Interimit, moriturque suis Ira ignea telis. » — Haec effata secat medias impune cohortes, Egregio comitata viro: nam proximus Iob Haeserat invictae dura inter bella magistrae, Fronte severus adhuc, et multo vulnere anhelus: Sed iam clausa truci subridens ulcera vultu, Perque cicatricum numerum sudata recensens Milia pugnarum, sua praemia, dedecus hostis. Illum diva iubet tandem requiescere ab omni Armorum strepitu, captis et perdita quaeque Multiplicare opibus, nec iam peritura referre. Ipsa globos legionum, et concurrentia rumpit Agmina, vulniferos gradiens intacta per imbres. Omnibus una comes virtutibus adsociatur, Auxiliumque suum fortis Patientia miscet. Nulla anceps luctamen init virtute sine ista Virtus; et vidua est, quam non Patientia firmat. Forte per effusas inflata Superbia turmas Effreni volitabat equo, quem pelle leonis Texerat, et validos villis oneraverat armos: Quo se fulta iubis iactantius illa ferinis Inferret, tumido despectans agmina fastu. Turritum tortis caput accumularat in altum.

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Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.151 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 151–180; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-151). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Pride, with towering hair and billowing mantle, rides between the lines and mocks the small, poorly armed army of Lowly Mind, whose ally is Hope.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): CrinibUs, exstructos augeret ut addita cirros Congeries, celsumque apicem frons ardua ferret. Carbasea ex humeris summo collecta coibat Palla sinu, teretem nectens a pectore nodum ; A corvice fluens tenui velamine limbus Concipit ingestas textis turgentibus auras. Nec minus instabili sonipes feritate superbit, Impatiens madidis frenarier ora lupatis. Hnc illuc frendens obvertit terga, negata Libertate fugae, pressisque tumescit habenis. IIoc sese ostentans habitu ventosa virago, Inter utramque aciem supereminet, et phaleratum Circumflectit equum, vultuque et voce minatur , Adversum spectans cuneum: quem milite raro, Et paupertinis ad bella coegerat armis Mens humilis : regina quidem, sed egens alieni Auxilii, proprio nec sat confisa paratu. Spem sibi collegam coniunxerat, edita cuius Et suspensa ab hurao est opulentia divite regno. Ergo liumilem postquam malesana Superbia mentem Vilibus instructam nullo ostentamine telis Adspicit, in vocem dictis se effundit amaris : — « Non pudet, o miseri, plebeio milite claros Attentare duces, ferroque lacessere gentem Insignem titulis : veteres cui bellica virtus Divitias peperit, laetos et gramine colles Imperio calcare dedit? nunc advena nudus Nititur antiquos, si fas est, pellere reges. En, qui nostra suis in praedam cedere dextris Sceptra volunt ? en qui nostras sulcare novales, → Crinibus, exstructos augeret ut addita cirros Congeries, celsumque apicem frons ardua ferret. Carbasea ex humeris summo collecta coibat Palla sinu, teretem nectens a pectore nodum; A cervice fluens tenui velamine limbus Concipit ingestas textis turgentibus auras. Nec minus instabili sonipes feritate superbit, Impatiens madidis frenarier ora lupatis. Huc illuc frendens obvertit terga, negata Libertate fugae, pressisque tumescit habenis. Hoc sese ostentans habitu ventosa virago, Inter utramque aciem supereminet, et phaleratum Circumflectit equum, vultuque et voce minatur, Adversum spectans cuneum: quem milite raro, Et paupertinis ad bella coegerat armis Mens Humilis: regina quidem, sed egens alieni Auxilii, proprio nec sat confisa paratu. Spem sibi collegam coniunxerat, edita cuius Et suspensa ab humo est opulentia divite regno. Ergo Humilem postquam malesana Superbia Mentem Vilibus instructam nullo ostentamine telis Adspicit, in vocem dictis se effundit amaris: — « Non pudet, o miseri, plebeio milite claros Attemptare duces, ferroque lacessere gentem Insignem titulis: veteres cui bellica virtus Divitias peperit, laetos et gramine colles Imperio calcare dedit? nunc advena nudus Nititur antiquos, si fas est, pellere reges. En, qui nostra suis in praedam cedere dextris Sceptra volunt! en, qui nostras sulcare novales,.

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.181 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 181–210; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-181). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Pride boasts that she and the vices have ruled man from his birth and since Adam’s fall, and scorns the virtues as idle dreamers of a future good, unfit for war.

• Gen 3:7, 21–24 (Adam’s garments of skins). A line is missing in the scan before line 240 (the list of the virtues begins in the lost line); marked “…”.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Arvaque capta manu popularier hospite aratro Contendunt, duros et pellere Marte colonos ? Nempe, o ridiculum vulgus, natalibus horis Totum hominem, et calidos a matre amplectimur artus, Vimque potestatum per membra recentis alumni Spargimus, et rudibus dominamur in ossibus omnes. Quis locus in nostra tunc vobis sede dabatur, Congenitis cum regna simul ditionibus aequo Eobore crescebant ? nati nam luce sub una Et domus, et domini paribus adolevimus annis. Ex quo plasma novum de consaepto paradisi Limite progrediens amplum transfagit in orbem, Pellitosque habitus suinsit venerabilis Adam; Nudus adlmc, ni nostra foret praecepta secutus. Quis nam iste ignotis nunc hostis surgit ab oris Importunus, iners, infelix, degener, amens, Qui sibi tam serum ius vindicat, hactenus exsul ? Ximirum vacuae credontur frivola famae, Quae miseros optare iubet quandoque futuri Spem fortasse boni, lenta ut solatia mollem Desidiam pigro rerum meditamine palpent. Quidni illos spes palpet iners, quos pulvere in isto Tirones Bellona truci non excitat aere, Imbellesque animos virtus tepef;icta rcsolvit ? Anne pudicitiae golidum iecur utile l)ello est ? Au tenernm piotatis opus sudatur in armis V Quam pudet, o Mavors, et virtus conscia, talom Contra stare aciem, ferroque lacessere nugas, Et cum virgineis dextram conferre choreis ! Avida Sobrietas, albo ieiunia vultu, → Arvaque capta manu popularier hospite aratro Contendunt, duros et pellere Marte colonos! Nempe, o ridiculum vulgus, natalibus horis Totum hominem, et calidos a matre amplectimur artus, Vimque potestatum per membra recentis alumni Spargimus, et rudibus dominamur in ossibus omnes. Quis locus in nostra tunc vobis sede dabatur, Congenitis cum regna simul ditionibus aequo Robore crescebant? nati nam luce sub una Et domus et domini paribus adolevimus annis, Ex quo plasma novum de consaepto paradisi Limite progrediens amplum transfugit in orbem, Pellitosque habitus sumpsit venerabilis Adam; Nudus adhuc, ni nostra foret praecepta secutus. Quisnam iste ignotis hostis nunc surgit ab oris Importunus, iners, infelix, degener, amens, Qui sibi tam serum ius vindicat, hactenus exsul? Nimirum vacuae creduntur frivola famae, Quae miseros optare iubet quandoque futuri Spem fortasse boni, lenta ut solacia mollem Desidiam pigro rerum meditamine palpent. Quidni illos spes palpet iners, quos pulvere in isto Tirones Bellona truci non excitat aere, Imbellesque animos virtus tepefacta resolvit? Anne pudicitiae gelidum iecur utile bello est? An tenerum pietatis opus sudatur in armis? Quam pudet, o Mavors, et virtus conscia, talem Contra stare aciem, ferroque lacessere nugas, Et cum virgineis dextram conferre choreis! Avida Sobrietas, albo ieiunia vultu,.

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Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.211 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 211–240; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-211). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Pride, charging to trample Lowly Mind, falls with her horse into a pit dug by Fraud, one of the vices, and is crushed.

• Prov 16:18; Ps 7:15 (the pit).

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): San^uine vix tenui Pudor interfusus, aperta Simplicitas, et ad orane patens sine tegmine vulnus, Et prostrata in humum, nec libera iudice sese Mens humilis, quam degenerem trepidatio prodit. Faxo ego, sub pedibus stipularum more teratur Invalida ista manus ; neque enim perfringere duris Dignamur gladiis, algenti et sanguine ferrum Imbuere, fragilique viros foedare triumpho. » — Talia vociferans rapidum calcaribus urguet Cornipedem, laxisque volat temeraria frenis, Hostem bumilem cupiens impulsu umbonis equiui Sternere, deiectamque supercalare ruinam. Sed cadit in foveam praeceps, quam callida forte Fraus interciso suffoderat aequore furtim : Fraus detestandis vitiorum e pestibus una, Fallendi versuta opifex, quae praescia belli Planiciem scrobibus vitiaverat insidiosis, Hostili de parte latens, ut fossa ruentes Exciperet cuneos, atque agmina mersa voraret. Ac ne fallacem puteum deprendere posset Cauta acies, virgis adopertas texerat oras, Et saperimposito simularat cespite campum. At regina huinilis, quamvis ignara, manebat Ulteriore loco, nec adhuc ad fraudis operhum Yenerat, aut foveae calcarat furta malignae. Hunc eques illa dolum, dum fertur i^raepete cursu, Incidit, et coecum subito patefecit hiatum : Prona ruentis equi cervice involvitur, ac sub Pectoris impressu fracta inter cunira rotatur. At Virtus placidi moderaminis, ut levitatem → Sanguine vix tenui Pudor interfusus, aperta Simplicitas, et ad omne patens sine tegmine vulnus, Et prostrata in humum, nec libera iudice sese Mens Humilis, quam degenerem trepidatio prodit. Faxo ego, sub pedibus stipularum more teratur Invalida ista manus; neque enim perfringere duris Dignamur gladiis, algenti et sanguine ferrum Imbuere, fragilique viros foedare triumpho. » — Talia vociferans rapidum calcaribus urget Cornipedem, laxisque volat temeraria frenis, Hostem humilem cupiens impulsu umbonis equini Sternere, deiectamque supercalcare ruinam. Sed cadit in foveam praeceps, quam callida forte Fraus interciso suffoderat aequore furtim: Fraus detestandis vitiorum e pestibus una, Fallendi versuta opifex, quae praescia belli Planitiem scrobibus vitiaverat insidiosis, Hostili de parte latens, ut fossa ruentes Exciperet cuneos, atque agmina mersa voraret. Ac ne fallacem puteum deprendere posset Cauta acies, virgis adopertas texerat oras, Et superimposito simularat caespite campum. At regina humilis, quamvis ignara, manebat Ulteriore loco, nec adhuc ad fraudis opertum Venerat, aut foveae calcarat furta malignae. Hunc eques illa dolum, dum fertur praepete cursu, Incidit, et caecum subito patefecit hiatum: Prona ruentis equi cervice involvitur, ac sub Pectoris impressu fracta inter crura rotatur. At Virtus placidi moderaminis, ut levitatem.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.241 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 241–270; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-241). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Lowly Mind, helped by Hope, beheads Pride; Hope mocks the fallen vice, citing Christ’s saying that the humble are exalted and the proud brought low, and David’s victory over Goliath.

• Luke 14:11; 18:14; Luke 1:51–52; 1 Pet 5:5; 1 Sam 17:40–51. Line 281 ends “frangit Deus omne” in the scan; “superbum” is restored by sense (the line is short by one word).

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Prospicit obtritam monstri sub morte iacentis, Intendit gressum mediocriter, os quoque parce Erigit, et comi modpratur gaudia vultu. Cunctanti Spes fida comes succurrit, et offert Ultorem gladium, laudisque inspirat amorem. Illa cruentatam correptis crinibus hostem Protrahit, et faciem laeva revocante supinat. Tunc caput orantis flexa cervice resectum Eripit, ac madido suspendit coUa capillo. Exstinctum vitium sancto Spes increpat ore : — « Desine grande loqui: frangit Deiis omne Magna cadunt, inflata crepant, tumefacta premuntur. Disce suporcilium deponere, disce cavere Ante pedes foveam, quisquis sublime minaris. Pervulgata viget nostri sententia Christi : Scandere celsa humiles, et ad ima redire feroces. Vidimns horrendum membris, animisque Golian Invalida cecidisse manu: puerilis in illum Dextera fundali torsit stridore lapillum, Traiectamque cavo penetravit vulnere frontem. Ille minax, rigidus, iactans, truculentus, amarus, Dum tnmet indomitum, duui forraidabile fervet, Dum sese ostentat clypeo, dum territat auras, Expertus, pueri quid possint ludicra parvi, Succubuit teneris bellator turbidus annis. Me tnnc ille puer virtutis pube secutus, Florentes animos sursum in mea regna tetendit. Servatur qua certa mihi domus omnipotentis Sub pedibus Domini, meque ad sublime vocantem Victores caesa culparum labe capessunt. » — → Prospicit obtritam monstri sub morte iacentis, Intendit gressum mediocriter, os quoque parce Erigit, et comi moderatur gaudia vultu. Cunctanti Spes fida comes succurrit, et offert Ultorem gladium, laudisque inspirat amorem. Illa cruentatam correptis crinibus hostem Protrahit, et faciem laeva revocante supinat. Tunc caput orantis flexa cervice resectum Eripit, ac madido suspendit colla capillo. Exstinctum vitium sancto Spes increpat ore: — « Desine grande loqui: frangit Deus omne superbum. Magna cadunt, inflata crepant, tumefacta premuntur. Disce supercilium deponere, disce cavere Ante pedes foveam, quisquis sublime minaris. Pervulgata viget nostri sententia Christi: Scandere celsa humiles, et ad ima redire feroces. Vidimus horrendum membris animisque Golian Invalida cecidisse manu: puerilis in illum Dextera fundali torsit stridore lapillum, Traiectamque cavo penetravit vulnere frontem. Ille minax, rigidus, iactans, truculentus, amarus, Dum tumet indomitum, dum formidabile fervet, Dum sese ostentat clipeo, dum territat auras, Expertus, pueri quid possint ludicra parvi, Succubuit teneris bellator turbidus annis. Me tunc ille puer virtutis pube secutus, Florentes animos sursum in mea regna tetendit, Servatur quia certa mihi domus omnipotentis Sub pedibus Domini, meque ad sublime vocantem Victores caesa culparum labe capessunt. » —.

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Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.271 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 271–300; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-271). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Hope flies up to heaven; Luxury, drunk from an all-night banquet, rides into battle in a jeweled chariot, fighting with flowers and perfume, and the Virtues begin to lay down their arms in admiration.

• A line is missing in the scan before line 319 (“O new kind of fighting! No winged arrow …”); marked “…” with the sense supplied in brackets.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Dixit, et anratis praestringens aera pennis In caelum se virgo rapit : mirantur eunteni Virtutes, tolluntque animos in vota, volentes Ire simul, ni bella duces terrena retardent. Confligunt vitiis, seque ad sua praemia servant. Venerat occiduis mundi de finibus liostis Luxuria, exstinctae iamdudum prodiga famae, Delibuta comas, oculos vaga, languida vocem, Perdita deliciis, vitae cui caussa voluptas, Elumbem mollire aninuim, petulanter amoenas Haurire inlecebras, et fractos solvere sensus. Ac tunc pervigilem ructabat marcida coenam, Sub lucem quia forte iacens ad fercula raucos Audiorat lituos, atque inde tepentia linquens Pocula, lapsanti per vina et l>alsama gressu Ebria calcatis ad bellum floribus ibat. Non tamen illa pedes, sed curru invecta venusto Saucia mirantum capiebat corda virorum. Nervo pulsa fugit, nec stridula lancea torto Emicat amento, frameam nec dextra minatur; Sed violas lasciva iacit, foliisque rosarum Dimicat, et calathos inimica per agmina fundit. Inde, eblanditis virtutibus, lialitus illex Inspirat tenerum labefacta per ossa venenum, Et male dulcis odor domat ora, et pectora, et arma. Ferratosque toros obliso robore mulcet. Deiiciunt aniraos, ceu victi, et spicula ponunt Turpiter : heu ! dextris languentibus obstupefacti , Dum currum varia g'emmarum luce micantem Mirantur, dum bracteolis crepitantia lora, → Dixit, et auratis praestringens aera pennis In caelum se virgo rapit: mirantur euntem Virtutes, tolluntque animos in vota, volentes Ire simul, ni bella duces terrena retardent. Confligunt vitiis, seque ad sua praemia servant. Venerat occiduis mundi de finibus hostis Luxuria, exstinctae iamdudum prodiga famae, Delibuta comas, oculos vaga, languida vocem, Perdita deliciis, vitae cui causa voluptas, Elumbem mollire animum, petulanter amoenas Haurire inlecebras, et fractos solvere sensus. Ac tunc pervigilem ructabat marcida cenam, Sub lucem quia forte iacens ad fercula raucos Audierat lituos, atque inde tepentia linquens Pocula, lapsanti per vina et balsama gressu Ebria calcatis ad bellum floribus ibat. Non tamen illa pedes, sed curru invecta venusto Saucia mirantum capiebat corda virorum. Nervo pulsa fugit, nec stridula lancea torto Emicat amento, frameam nec dextra minatur; Sed violas lasciva iacit, foliisque rosarum Dimicat, et calathos inimica per agmina fundit. Inde, eblanditis virtutibus, halitus inlex Inspirat tenerum labefacta per ossa venenum, Et male dulcis odor domat ora, et pectora, et arma, Ferratosque toros obliso robore mulcet. Deiciunt animos, ceu victi, et spicula ponunt Turpiter: heu! dextris languentibus obstupefacti, Dum currum varia gemmarum luce micantem Mirantur, dum bracteolis crepitantia lora,.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.301 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 301–330; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-301). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: The Virtues begin to desert to Luxury, until Sobriety plants the standard of the Cross and rebukes them for exchanging the anointing and the tunic of baptism for garlands, perfumes and silks.

• A line is missing in the scan after line 337 (the end of the sentence about serving Luxury); marked “…”. The anointing with chrism on the forehead and the garment of Faith refer to baptism (2 Cor 1:21–22; Gal 3:27).

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Et solido ex auro pretiosi ponderis axem Defixis inhiant obtutibus, et radiorum, Argento albentein seriem, quara summa rotarum Flexura electri pallentis continet orbe. Et iara cuncta acies in deditioiiis araorem Sponte sua versis transibat perfida signis, Luxuriae servire volens, dominaeque fluentis Ingemuit tam triste nefas fortissima virtiis, Sobrietas dextro socios decedere cornu, Invictaraque manum quondam sine caede perire. Vexillum sublime Crucis, quod in agmine primo Dux bona praetuierat, defixa cuspide sistit, Instauratque levem dictis mordacibus alam, Exstimulans animos nunc probris, nunc prece mixta : — « Quis furor insanas agitat caligine mentes':' Quo ruitis ? cui colla datis ? quae vincula tandem, Proh pudor, armigeris amor est perferre lacertis, Lilia luteolis interlucentia sertis, Et ferrugineo vernantes flore coronas ! His placet adsuetas bello iam tradere palmas Nexibus? his rigidas nodis innectier ulnas? Ut mitra caesariem cohibens aurata virilem Combibat infusum croceo religaminc nardum! Post inscripta Oleo frontis signacula, per quae Unguentum regale datuni est, et Chrisma perenne; Ut tener incessus vestigia syrmate verrat, Sericaqiie infractis fluitent ut pallia menibris : Post immortalem tunicam quam pollice docto Texuit alma Fides, dans impenetrabile tegmen Pectoribus lutis, dederat quibus ipsa renasci. → Et solido ex auro pretiosi ponderis axem Defixis inhiant obtutibus, et radiorum Argento albentem seriem, quam summa rotarum Flexura electri pallentis continet orbe. Et iam cuncta acies in deditionis amorem Sponte sua versis transibat perfida signis, Luxuriae servire volens, dominaeque fluentis Ingemuit tam triste nefas fortissima virtus Sobrietas, dextro socios decedere cornu, Invictamque manum quondam sine caede perire. Vexillum sublime Crucis, quod in agmine primo Dux bona praetulerat, defixa cuspide sistit, Instauratque levem dictis mordacibus alam, Exstimulans animos nunc probris, nunc prece mixta: — « Quis furor insanas agitat caligine mentes? Quo ruitis? cui colla datis? quae vincula tandem, Pro pudor, armigeris amor est perferre lacertis, Lilia luteolis interlucentia sertis, Et ferrugineo vernantes flore coronas? His placet adsuetas bello iam tradere palmas Nexibus? his rigidas nodis innectier ulnas, Ut mitra caesariem cohibens aurata virilem Combibat infusum croceo religamine nardum, Post inscripta oleo frontis signacula, per quae Unguentum regale datum est et chrisma perenne? Ut tener incessus vestigia syrmate verrat, Sericaque infractis fluitent ut pallia membris, Post immortalem tunicam, quam pollice docto Texuit alma Fides, dans impenetrabile tegmen Pectoribus lotis, dederat quibus ipsa renasci,.

Topics: Baptism, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.331 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 331–360; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-331). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Sobriety reminds the deserters of the water from the rock and the manna, now fulfilled in the body of Christ, of their descent from Judah through which God became man by the Mother of God, and of Samuel, who would not spare the conquered king.

• Exod 17:6; Num 20:11; Exod 16:4, 14–15; Ps 78:25 (angels’ food); 1 Cor 10:3–4; the eucharist (“the body of Christ”); Matt 1:1–16; 1 Sam 15:3, 32–33. A footnote line was removed. Line 361 is read “Inde” (scan “Tnde”); the sentence continues the question of the previous passage.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Tnde ad nocturnas epulas, ubi cantharus ingens Despuit eifusi spumantia damna falerni In mensam cyathis stillantibus ; uda ubi multo Pulcra mero, veterique toreumata rore rigantur. Excidit ergo animis eremi sitis, excidit ille Pons patribus de rupe datus, quem mystica virga Elicuit, scissi salientem vertice saxi? Angelicusve cibus prima in tentoria vestris Fluxit avis, quem nunc sero felicior aevo Vespertinus edit populus de corpore Christi? (nerd). His vos imbutos dapibus iam crapula turpis Luxuriae ad madidum rapit importuna lupanar? Quosque viros non ira fremens, idolaque bello Cedere compulerant, saltatrix ebria flexit? State, precor, vestri memores, memores quoque Christi. Quae sit vestra tribus, quae gloria, quis Deus, et rex, Quis dominus meminisse decet. Vos nobile, ludae Germen ad usque Dei genitricem, qua Deus ipse Esset homo, procerum venistis sauguine longo. Excitet egregias mentes celeberrima David Gloria, continuis bellorum exercita curis. Excitet et Samuel, spoliiim qui divite ab hoste Attrectare vetat, nec victum vivere regem Incircumcisum patitur , ne praeda superstes Victorem placidum recidiva in proelia poscat, Parcere iam capto crimen putat ille tyraimo : At vobis contra vinci et succumbere votum est. Poeniteat, per, si qua movet reverentia sumuii Numinis, hoc tam dulce malum voluisse nefanda → Inde ad nocturnas epulas, ubi cantharus ingens Despuit effusi spumantia damna Falerni In mensam cyathis stillantibus, uda ubi multo Fulcra mero, veterique toreumata rore rigantur? Excidit ergo animis eremi sitis, excidit ille Fons patribus de rupe datus, quem mystica virga Elicuit, scissi salientem vertice saxi? Angelicusve cibus prima in tentoria vestris Fluxit avis, quem nunc sero felicior aevo Vespertinus edit populus de corpore Christi? His vos imbutos dapibus iam crapula turpis Luxuriae ad madidum rapit importuna lupanar? Quosque viros non Ira fremens, idolaque bello Cedere compulerant, saltatrix ebria flexit? State, precor, vestri memores, memores quoque Christi. Quae sit vestra tribus, quae gloria, quis Deus et rex, Quis dominus, meminisse decet. Vos nobile Iudae Germen ad usque Dei genetricem, qua Deus ipse Esset homo, procerum venistis sanguine longo. Excitet egregias mentes celeberrima David Gloria, continuis bellorum exercita curis; Excitet et Samuel, spolium qui divite ab hoste Attrectare vetat, nec victum vivere regem Incircumcisum patitur, ne praeda superstes Victorem placidum recidiva in proelia poscat. Parcere iam capto crimen putat ille tyranno: At vobis contra vinci et succumbere votum est. Paeniteat, per, si qua movet reverentia, summi Numinis, hoc tam dulce malum voluisse nefanda.

Topics: Eucharist, Christology

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.361 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 361–390; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-361). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Sobriety cites Jonathan, whose repentance saved him, and turns the Cross against Luxury’s horses; the chariot overturns, and Sobriety kills Luxury with a stone that smashes her mouth.

• 1 Sam 14:24–45 (Jonathan and the honey; in Scripture he is spared by the people’s intervention, here by his repentance, as Prudentius tells it).

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Proditione sequi ; si poenitet, haud nocet error. Poenituit lonatham ieiunia sobria dulci Conviolasse favo sceptri, mellisque sapore Heu male gustato, regni dum blanda voluptas Oblectat iuvenem, iurataque sacra resolvit. Sed quia poenituit ; nec sors lacrimabilis illa est, Nec tinguit patrias seutentia saeva secures. En ego Sobrietas, si conspirare paratis, Pando viam cunctis virtutibus, ut malesuada Luxuries, multo stipata satellite. poenas Cum legione sua Christo sub iudice pendat. » — Sic effata, Crucem Domini ferventibus oftert Obvia quadriugis, lignum venerabile in ipsos Intentans frenos : quod ut expavere feroces Cornibus oppansis et summa fronte coruscum , Vertunt praecipitem coeca formidine fusi Per praerupta fugam : fertur resupina reductis Xequidquam loris auriga, comamque madentem Pulvere foedat humi. Tunc et vertigo rotarum Implicat excussam dominam ; nam prona sub axem Labitur, et lacero tardat sufflamine currum. Addit Sobrietas vulnus letale iacenti, Coniiciens silicem rupis de parte molarein. Hunc vexilliferae, quoniam sors obtulit, ictum Spicula nulla manu, sed belli insigne gerenti, Casus agit saxum, medii spiramen ut oris Frangeret, et recavo misceret labra palato, Dentibus introrsum resolutis, lingua resectam Dilaniata gulam frustis cum sanguinis implet. Insolitis dapibus crudescit guttur, et ossa → Proditione sequi: si paenitet, haud nocet error. Paenituit Ionatham ieiunia sobria dulci Conviolasse favo sceptri, mellisque sapore Heu male gustato, regni dum blanda voluptas Oblectat iuvenem, iurataque sacra resolvit. Sed quia paenituit, nec sors lacrimabilis illa est, Nec tinguit patrias sententia saeva secures. En ego Sobrietas, si conspirare paratis, Pando viam cunctis virtutibus, ut malesuada Luxuries, multo stipata satellite, poenas Cum legione sua Christo sub iudice pendat. » — Sic effata, Crucem Domini ferventibus offert Obvia quadriiugis, lignum venerabile in ipsos Intentans frenos: quod ut expavere feroces Cornibus oppansis et summa fronte coruscum, Vertunt praecipitem caeca formidine fusi Per praerupta fugam: fertur resupina reductis Nequiquam loris auriga, comamque madentem Pulvere foedat humi. Tunc et vertigo rotarum Implicat excussam dominam; nam prona sub axem Labitur, et lacero tardat sufflamine currum. Addit Sobrietas vulnus letale iacenti, Coniciens silicem rupis de parte molarem. Hunc vexilliferae, quoniam sors obtulit, ictum Spicula nulla manu, sed belli insigne gerenti, Casus agit saxum, medii spiramen ut oris Frangeret, et recavo misceret labra palato, Dentibus introrsum resolutis, lingua resectam Dilaniata gulam frustis cum sanguinis implet. Insolitis dapibus crudescit guttur, et ossa.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.391 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 391–420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-391). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Sobriety taunts the dying Luxury; Jest, Petulance, Love, Pomp, Charm, Discord and Pleasure flee, strewing their finery, which Sobriety’s soldiers refuse to touch; Avarice appears.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Conliquefacta vorans removit, quas bauserat, oflas. Ebibe iam proprium post pocula multa cruorem, A. Prvdentii Opera, Virffo ait increpitans : sint haec tibi fercula tandem Tristia praeteriti nimiis pro dulcibus aevi. Lascivas vitae inlecebras gustatus amarae Mortis, et liorrifico sapor ultimus asperat haustu. Caede ducis dispersa fugit trepidante pavore Nugatrix acies. locus et Petulantia primi Cymbala proiiciunt : bellum nam talibus armis Ludebaut, resono meditantes vulnera sistro. Dat tergum fugitivus Amor : lita tela veneno, Etlapsum ex humeris arcum, pharetramque cadentem Pallidus ipse metu sua post vestigia linquit. Pompa, ostentatrix vani splendoris, inani Exuitur nudata peplo : discissa trahuntur Serta Venustatis, collique ac verticis aurum Solvitur, et gemmas Discordia dissona turbat. Non piget attritis pedibus per acuta fruteta Ire Voluptatem ; quoniam vis maior acerbam Compellit tolerare fugam : formido perlcli Praedurat teneras iter ad cruciabile plantas. Qua se cumque fugax trepidis fert cursibus agmen, Damna iacent, crinalis acus, redimicula, vittae, Fibula, flammeolum, stropliium, diadema, monile. Hic se Sobrietas, et totus Sobrietatis Abstinet exuviis miles, damnataque castis Scandala proculcat pedibus, nec fronte severos Connivente oculos praedarura ad gaudia flectit. Fertur Avaritia gremio praecincta capaci, → Conliquefacta vorans revomit, quas hauserat, offas. Ebibe iam proprium post pocula multa cruorem, Virgo ait increpitans: sint haec tibi fercula tandem Tristia praeteriti nimiis pro dulcibus aevi. Lascivas vitae inlecebras gustatus amarae Mortis, et horrifico sapor ultimus asperat haustu. Caede ducis dispersa fugit trepidante pavore Nugatrix acies. Iocus et Petulantia primi Cymbala proiciunt: bellum nam talibus armis Ludebant, resono meditantes vulnera sistro. Dat tergum fugitivus Amor: lita tela veneno, Et lapsum ex umeris arcum, pharetramque cadentem Pallidus ipse metu sua post vestigia linquit. Pompa, ostentatrix vani splendoris, inani Exuitur nudata peplo: discissa trahuntur Serta Venustatis, collique ac verticis aurum Solvitur, et gemmas Discordia dissona turbat. Non piget attritis pedibus per acuta fruteta Ire Voluptatem, quoniam vis maior acerbam Compellit tolerare fugam: formido pericli Praedurat teneras iter ad cruciabile plantas. Qua se cumque fugax trepidis fert cursibus agmen, Damna iacent, crinalis acus, redimicula, vittae, Fibula, flammeolum, strophium, diadema, monile. Hic se Sobrietas, et totus Sobrietatis Abstinet exuviis miles, damnataque castis Scandala proculcat pedibus, nec fronte severos Conivente oculos praedarum ad gaudia flectit. Fertur Avaritia gremio praecincta capaci,.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.421 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 421–450; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-421). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Avarice gathers up the spoils of Luxury, attended by Care, Fear, Perjury and other vices; her offspring, the Crimes, set brother against brother and son against father, and she strikes down multitudes.

• Line 479 is read “velut” (scan “vehit”).

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Quidquid luxus edax pretiosum liquerat, unca Corripuisse raanu, pulchra in ludibria vasto Ore inhians, aurique legens fragmenta caduci Inter arenarum cumulos ; nec sufficit amplos Implevisse sinus, iuvat infarcire crumenis Turpe lucrum, et gravidos furtis distendere fiscos, Quos laeva cehmte tegit, laterisque sinistri Velat oprimento ; velox nam dextra rapinas Abradit, spoliisque ungues exercet aenos. Cura, famis, metus, anxietas, periuria, pallor, Corruptela, dolus, commenta, insomnia, sordes, Eumenides variae monstri comitatus aguntur. Nec minus interea rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo, Matris Avaritiae nigro de lacte creata. Si fratris galeam fulvis radiare ceraunis Germanus vidit commilito : non timet ensem Exserere, atque caput socio mucrone ferire, De consanguineo rapturus vertice gemmas. Filius exstinctum belli sub sorte cadaver Adspexit si forte patris, fulgentia bullis Cingula, et exuvias gaudet rapuisse cruentas : Cognatam civilis agit discordia praedam, Nec parcit propriis amor insatiatus habendi Pignoribus, spoliatque suos famis impia natos. Talia per populos edebat funera victrix Orbis Avaritia, sternens centena virorum Millia vulneribus variis : hunc lumine ademto, Effossisque oculis vehit in caligine noctis Coecum errare sinit, perque offensacula multa → Quidquid luxus edax pretiosum liquerat, unca Corripuisse manu, pulchra in ludibria vasto Ore inhians, aurique legens fragmenta caduci Inter harenarum cumulos; nec sufficit amplos Implevisse sinus, iuvat infarcire crumenis Turpe lucrum, et gravidos furtis distendere fiscos, Quos laeva celante tegit, laterisque sinistri Velat operimento; velox nam dextra rapinas Abradit, spoliisque ungues exercet aenos. Cura, Famis, Metus, Anxietas, Periuria, Pallor, Corruptela, Dolus, Commenta, Insomnia, Sordes, Eumenides variae, monstri comitatus aguntur. Nec minus interea rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo, Matris Avaritiae nigro de lacte creata. Si fratris galeam fulvis radiare ceraunis Germanus vidit commilito: non timet ensem Exserere, atque caput socio mucrone ferire, De consanguineo rapturus vertice gemmas. Filius exstinctum belli sub sorte cadaver Adspexit si forte patris, fulgentia bullis Cingula et exuvias gaudet rapuisse cruentas: Cognatam civilis agit discordia praedam, Nec parcit propriis amor insatiatus habendi Pignoribus, spoliatque suos famis impia natos. Talia per populos edebat funera victrix Orbis Avaritia, sternens centena virorum Milia vulneribus variis: hunc lumine adempto, Effossisque oculis, velut in caligine noctis Caecum errare sinit, perque offensacula multa.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.451 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 451–480; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-451). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Avarice blinds, deceives and burns her victims and is the most destructive of vices; she dares to attack even the priests, but Reason shields them, and Avarice complains that her power fails.

• The priests as captains blowing trumpets recall Num 10:8 and Josh 6:4.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Ire, nec oppositum baculo tentare periclum. Porro alium capit intuitu, fallitque videntem, Insigne ostentans aliquid, quod dum petit ille, Excipitur telo incautus, cordisque sub ipso Saucius occulto fcrrum suspirat adactum. Multos praecipitans in aperta incendia cogit, Nec patitur vitare focos, quibus aestuat aurum, Quod petit arsurus pariter speculator avarus. Omne hominum rapit illa genus, mortalia cuncta Occupat interitu, neque e,st violentius ullum Terrarum vitium, quod tantis cladibus aevum Mundani involvat populi, damnetque gehennae. Quin ipsos tentare manu (si credere dig-num est) Ausa Sacerdotes Domini, qui praelia forte Ductores primam ante aciem pro laude gerebant Virtutum, magnoque implebant classica flatu. Et fors innocuo tinxisset sanguine ferrum, Ni Katio armipotens (-i), gentis Levitidis una Semper fida comes, clypeum obiectasset, et atrae Hostis ab incursu claros texisset alumnos. Stant tuti Eationis ope, stant turbine ab omni Immunes, fortesque animi : vix in cute summa Praestringens paucos tenui de vulnere laedit Cnspis Avaritiae. Stupuit luis improba castis Heroum iugulis longe sua tela repelii, Ingemit, et dictis ardens furialibus infit: — « Vincimur lieu segnes, nec nostra potentia perffrt Vim solitam, languet violentia saeva nocendi, Sueverat invictis quae viribus omnia ubique Rumpere corda hominum; nec enim tam fprrea quemquain → Ire, nec oppositum baculo temptare periclum. Porro alium capit intuitu, fallitque videntem, Insigne ostentans aliquid, quod dum petit ille, Excipitur telo incautus, cordisque sub ipso Saucius occultum ferrum suspirat adactum. Multos praecipitans in aperta incendia cogit, Nec patitur vitare focos, quibus aestuat aurum, Quod petit arsurus pariter speculator avarus. Omne hominum rapit illa genus, mortalia cuncta Occupat interitu, nec est violentius ullum Terrarum vitium, quod tantis cladibus aevum Mundani involvat populi, damnetque gehennae. Quin ipsos temptare manu, si credere dignum est, Ausa sacerdotes Domini, qui proelia forte Ductores primam ante aciem pro laude gerebant Virtutum, magnoque implebant classica flatu. Et fors innocuo tinxisset sanguine ferrum, Ni Ratio armipotens, gentis Levitidis una Semper fida comes, clipeum obiectasset, et atrae Hostis ab incursu claros texisset alumnos. Stant tuti Rationis ope, stant turbine ab omni Immunes, fortesque animi: vix in cute summa Praestringens paucos tenui de vulnere laedit Cuspis Avaritiae. Stupuit lues improba castis Heroum iugulis longe sua tela repelli, Ingemit, et dictis ardens furialibus infit: — « Vincimur, heu, segnes, nec nostra potentia perfert Vim solitam, languet violentia saeva nocendi, Sueverat invictis quae viribus omnia ubique Rumpere corda hominum; nec enim tam ferrea quemquam.

Topics: Church office, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.481 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 481–510; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-481). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Avarice boasts that she has conquered every kind of person and fills hell, yet Christians despise money; she recalls her triumphs over Judas Iscariot and over Achan at Jericho.

• Matt 26:23; John 13:26; Matt 27:3–8; Acts 1:18; Josh 7:1, 20–26. Five lines of a footnote quotation (Ovid, Met. 1.138–142) inserted in the scan after line 526 were removed.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Formavit natura virum, cuius rigor aera Sperneret, aut nostro foret impenetrabilis auro. Ingenium omne neci dedimus: tenera, apera, dura, Docta, indocta simul, bruta et sapientia, nec non Casta, incesta meae patuerunt pectora dextrae. Sola igitur rapui quidquid Styx abdit avaris Gurgitibus: nobis ditissima Tartara debent, Quos retinent, populos; quod volvunt saecula, nostrum est: Quod miscet mundus vesana negotia, nostrum. Qui fit, praevalidas quod pollens gloria vires Deserit, et cassos ludit fortuna lacertos? Sordet Christicolis rutilantis fulva monetae Effigies, sordent argenti emblemata: et omnis Thesaurus iiigrante oculis vilescit honore. Quid sibi docta volunt fastidia? nonne trinmphum Egimus e Scarioth? magnus qui discipulorum, «... itum est in viscera terrae, » Quasque recondiderat, Stjgiisque a Jmoverat unibris, » Effodiuntur opes irritaraenta malorum ; » lamque nocens ferrum, ferroqne nocentius aurum » Prodierat: prodit bellum etc. » Et conviva Dei, dum fallit foedere mensae Haudquaquam ignarum, dextramque parapside iungit, Incidit in nostrum flammante cupidine telum, Infamem mercatus agrum de sanguine amici Numinis, obliso luiturus iugera collo. Viderat et lericlio propria inter funera, quantum Posset nostra manus, quum victor conciditAchar, Caedibus insignis, murali et strage superbus, Succabuit capto victis ex hostibus auro : → Formavit natura virum, cuius rigor aera Sperneret, aut nostro foret impenetrabilis auro. Ingenium omne neci dedimus: tenera, aspera, dura, Docta, indocta simul, bruta et sapientia, nec non Casta, incesta meae patuerunt pectora dextrae. Sola igitur rapui quidquid Styx abdit avaris Gurgitibus: nobis ditissima Tartara debent, Quos retinent, populos; quod volvunt saecula, nostrum est: Quod miscet mundus vesana negotia, nostrum. Qui fit, praevalidas quod pollens gloria vires Deserit, et cassos ludit fortuna lacertos? Sordet Christicolis rutilantis fulva monetae Effigies, sordent argenti emblemata: et omnis Thesaurus nigrante oculis vilescit honore. Quid sibi docta volunt fastidia? nonne triumphum Egimus e Scarioth? magnus qui discipulorum Et conviva Dei, dum fallit foedere mensae Haudquaquam ignarum, dextramque parapside iungit, Incidit in nostrum flammante cupidine telum, Infamem mercatus agrum de sanguine amici Numinis, obliso luiturus iugera collo. Viderat et Iericho propria inter funera, quantum Posset nostra manus, cum victor concidit Achar, Caedibus insignis, murali et strage superbus, Succubuit capto victis ex hostibus auro:.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.511 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 511–540; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-511). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.

Summary: Avarice ends her boast with Achan, of noble Judah yet destroyed, and resolves to deceive by fraud; she disguises herself as the virtue Thrift and cloaks her greed as care for one’s children, so that the Virtues waver.

• Josh 7:1, 18, 25 (Achan of the tribe of Judah). A line seems lost in the scan after line 543 (naming Judah, ancestor of Christ); marked “…”, with a bracketed word supplied by sense.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout; stray line numbers, note marks, footnote and apparatus lines removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Dum vetitis insigne legens anathema favillis, Moesta ruinarum spolia insatiabilis haurit. Non illum generosa tribus, non plebis avitae Nobilis, et tali felix patriarcha nepote. Quis placet exempkim generis, placeat quoque forma Exitii: sit poena eadcm, quibus et genus unum est. Quid moror aut ludae populares, aut populares Sacricolae summi (summiis nam fertur Aaron) Fallere fraude aliqua, Martis congressibus impar? Nil refert, armis contingat palma dolisve. » — Dixerat et torvam faciem, furialiaque arma Exuit , inque liabitum sese transformat honestum ; Fit virtus specie, vultuque et veste severa, Quam memorant frugi, parce cui vivere cordi est, Et servare suum ; tamquam nil raptet avare, Artis adumbratae meruit, ceu sedula, laudem. Huius se specie mendax Bellona coaptat. Non ut avara lues, sed virtus parca putetur ; Nec non et tenero pietatis tegmine crines Obtegit anguinos, ut candida palla latentem Dissimulet rabiem, diroque obtenta furori, Quod rapere et clepere est, avideque abscondere parta Natorum curam dulci sub nomine iactet. Talibus inludens male credula corda virorum Fallit imaginibus, monstrumque ferale sequuntur: Dum credunt virtutis opus, capit impia Erinnys Consensu faciles, manicisque tenacibus artat. Attonitis ducibus, perturbatisque maniplis Nutabat virtutum acies errore biformis Portenti, ignorans, quid amicum credat in illo, → Dum vetitis insigne legens anathema favillis, Maesta ruinarum spolia insatiabilis haurit. Non illum generosa tribus, non plebis avitae Nobilis, et tali felix patriarcha nepote. Quis placet exemplum generis, placeat quoque forma Exitii: sit poena eadem, quibus et genus unum est. Quid moror aut Iudae populares, aut populares Sacricolae summi (summus nam fertur Aaron) Fallere fraude aliqua, Martis congressibus impar? Nil refert, armis contingat palma dolisve. » — Dixerat, et torvam faciem, furialiaque arma Exuit, inque habitum sese transformat honestum; Fit virtus specie, vultuque et veste severa, Quam memorant Frugi, parce cui vivere cordi est, Et servare suum; tamquam nil raptet avare, Artis adumbratae meruit, ceu sedula, laudem. Huius se specie mendax Bellona coaptat, Non ut avara lues, sed virtus parca putetur; Nec non et tenero pietatis tegmine crines Obtegit anguinos, ut candida palla latentem Dissimulet rabiem, diroque obtenta furori, Quod rapere et clepere est, avideque abscondere parta, Natorum curam dulci sub nomine iactet. Talibus inludens male credula corda virorum Fallit imaginibus, monstrumque ferale sequuntur: Dum credunt virtutis opus, capit impia Erinys Consensu faciles, manicisque tenacibus artat. Attonitis ducibus, perturbatisque maniplis, Nutabat virtutum acies errore biformis Portenti, ignorans, quid amicum credat in illo,.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Psych. 1.541 (Lanfranchi 2:lines 541–570; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-psychomachia/1-541). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged); checked afterwards privately against FOTC 52.