The Book of Playing Cards

Walls and roofs, once the high home of nuns original: monialibus; this suggests Erasmus may have been associated with a former convent or monastery building, common in the administrative shifts of the 16th century, O ERASMUS;
Yet if I ponder the countless gifts within your noble breast,
You seem second to no brother in splendor,
To none are you last, to none do you seem to have yielded:
Such virtue shines in your heart, such great
Honor for Religion, such constant love of Law and Equity original: iuris & equi; a legal concept where justice is tempered by fairness and natural law,
And of Piety; such is your prudence, such your
Passion for the divine Muses; such grace,
Such venerable modesty in your peaceful countenance,
Such gravity flourishes implanted in your mind, such a
Wealth of learning, and so many arts of beautiful Pallas The Greek goddess Athena; here she represents wisdom and the liberal arts.
O illustrious souls, O twice-two lights, you brothers,
Fortunate beyond measure, whose sweet merit has made
Many remember you, for whom all love
And labor is found in this: to extend your noble line through deeds;
What thanks for such merits shall the venerable crowd
Of the nine sisters The nine Muses of Greek mythology who preside over the arts and sciences give, what rewards shall Phoebus Apollo, the god of the sun and patron of poetry and music,
What rewards shall Virtue return: what gifts shall Piety repay?
If in the passing ages of old, a praiseworthy time
Enrolled among the gods and mingled with high heaven
Any man who brought forth something extraordinary for mortal use,
And gave anything useful to the unrefined world;
This is a thing that does not differ much from our own years:
For God, that God who founded the great world,
Teaches that He must be embraced with the primary piety; and that the
Mortal race must be embraced with the second; thus can men
Look toward the stars, and ascend to the citadel of Olympus;
You four indeed, O my greatest care, the RULANDS,
Blood brothers, for whom the single goal of your labors
Is sacred Religion, sincere Piety, and faith
Uncorrupted; to give yourselves first to God alone,
Then to be of benefit to your fatherland, to be of benefit
To human welfare; to protect sacred laws, and sacred