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Prudentius' Psychomachia
'Conflict Of The Soul'
Corpus Christi College, Ms. 23, c.1000
Other Illustrations of military interest
UBI PATIENTIA INTER ACIES UITIORUM INTREPIDA STAT
8v. Where Patience stands fearless amid the array of Vices
IRA PATIENTIA GLADIO PERCUTIT
10r. Wrath strikes at Patience with a sword
GLADIUS IRE FRANGITA IN CAPITE PATIENTIE
10v. Wrath's sword breaks on Patience's head
PATIENTIA CUM IOB MEDIAS ACIES TRANSIT
11v. Patience and Job pass through the midst of the array
SUPERBIA INTUR MAS EFFRENI VOLITAT EQUO
12r. Pride on a wild bucking stallion
LUXURIA AUDITIS TUBIS AD BELLUM CURRIT
18r. Luxury, hearing the trumpets, runs to war
CUNCTA ACIES UERSIS SIGNIS AD DEDITIONEM TRANSIT
19v. The whole array turns and signals surrender as [Luxury] passes
SOBRIETAS INCREPAT ACIES DICENS RE SEQUANTUR LUXURIAM
19v. Sobriety rebukes the array, saying, follow Luxury
LARGITAS PUGNAT CONTRA AUARITIAM ET SPOLIA EIUS PAUPERI & EROGAT
28v. Good-Works fights Avarice and distributes her treasure to the poor and crippled
PAX VENIT ET FUGIUNT METUS ET LABOR ET VIS
31r. Peace drives away Fear, Labour and Want
TURBES SILENT ET GLADII RECUNDUNTUR IN VAGINIS
31v. The crowd is silent and swords are restored to the scabbard
'Turbes' should be 'Tubae': trumpets.
CONCORDIA IUBET REDUCERE VEXILLA IN CASTRIS
32r. Concord orders the withdrawal of the standards to camp
TURMA EQUITUM ET PEDESTRIUM PSALLUNT
32r. A troop of cavalry and infantry sing
DISCORDIA CIRCUMDANT VIRTUTES STRICTIS MUCRONIBUS
34r. Discord surrounded by the Virtues at sword/spear point
Source: Corpus Christi College, Ms. 23