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Prudentius
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“Fervent bella horrida, fervent ossibus inclusa fremit et discordibus armis non simplex natura hominis.”
Prudentius (348–413) said by 413 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Psychomachia, line 902; translation from C. S. Lewis The Allegory of Love (London: Oxford University Press, [1936] 1975) p. 72
“Corde natus ex parentis Ante mundi exordium A et O cognominatus, ipse fons et clausula Omnium quae sunt, fuerunt, quaeque post futura sunt. Saeculorum saeculis.”
Prudentius (348–413) said by 413 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hymnus IX: Da puer plectrum ("Of the Father's Heart Begotten"); translated by John Mason Neale, Hymnal Notes, pt. 2 (1856)
“Nunc suscipe, terra, fovendum, gremioque hunc concipe molli. Hominis tibi membra sequestro, generosa et fragmina credo.”
Prudentius (348–413) said by 413 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hymnus X: Ad Exequias Defuncti", line 125; translation from Helen Waddell, Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (London: Constable, [1929] 1943) p. 45
“Illic, precor, optime ductor, famulam tibi praecipe mentem, genitali in sede sacrari quam liquerat exsul et errans.”
Prudentius (348–413) said by 413 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hymnus X: Ad Exequias Defuncti", line 165; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (London: Constable, [1929] 1943) p. 47