TO THE EDITION OF PSELLUS

Psellus original: "Ψέλλος" 1 having obtained fame contrary to his name was revealed,
Initially seeming to be a stammerer original: "ψελλός" faulty in speech;
For now, in our own ears, he speaks quite clearly original: "περίτρανος" 2
Of ethereal lineages and demonic natures,
And of all the prodigies for mortals, those of many-sounding
Voices, changing often, of demons.
For these things, great thanks go to Gaulmin, who alone
Was the cause for Psellus to speak clearly,
Adorned with great eloquence in his youth 3
And knowing more than those with grey temples.
Is this demonic matter of a knowing youth
Not one that made use of Socratic demons?

1) This epigram was edited again among the Exposed Poems of Nic. Borbonius, Paris, 1630, p. 163, sometimes more correctly. He wrote the proper name with a retracted accent, as did the author of the following epigram, not incorrectly, considering the grammatical rule regarding proper names, but against usage.
2) The excellent man erred; since the penult of the name "tranōs" is lengthened by the ancients.
3) Gaulmin, born in the year 1585, was then in his thirtieth year. Cf. the following epigram, v. 5.
4) Nic. Borbonius the Younger, Royal Professor of Greek Literature.