Martial to himselfe / treating
of worldly blessednes, in Latin, English
and Walsth.
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Ex M. valer. Martialis
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as seipsum. Libro, 10.
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VItam quae faciunt beatiorem
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Iucundiss, Martialis haec sunt.
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Res non parta labore, sed relicta,
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Non ingratus ager, focus perennis
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Lis nunquam, toga rara, mens quieta.
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Vires ingenuae, salubre corpus.
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Prudens simplicitas, pares amici,
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Convictus facilis, sine arte mensa.
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Nox non ebria, sed soluta curis.
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Non tristis Thorus, attamen pudicus.
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Somnus qui faciat breues tenebras.
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Quod sis esse velis, nihilque malis.
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Summam nec metuas diem, nec optes.
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The same in English.
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O Martial, thou most mery mate,
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These things do make mans life most blest,
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Goods not gotten by labour great,
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But left by friendes, now gone to rest,
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A fruitfull fielde, a fyre styll drest,
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For sturdy strife no time to finde,
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A seldome gowne, a quiet minde.
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Strength naturall, a body sound,
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Wyse simpleness, friendes like to thee,
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Provisions easy to be found,
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A table where no Cookeries bee,
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As dronken night, but from cares free,
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No dolefull bed, yet of chast sorte,
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Sleepe that may make the darknes short.
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That thing that thou thyselfe art made,
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And by just lot pointed to bee,
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Do thou thyselfe firmly perswade,
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Still to remayne in eche degree,
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And let nought be more wisht of thee,
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The day of death feare not one whit,
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Nor yet do thou wish after it.
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The same in the Britishe
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tong, which the people at this
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day in the English Saxons
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speeche, call Walsche.
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