Staurostichon: A Poem on the Mysteries of the Lord's Cross

western soon agitated the stirring up of war
May the hostile people of the faith disturb the western world with sudden incursions, just as when, stirred by a voice,
exasperated
The pack of dogs wakes up, and with bare teeth they meditate on battle.
terrified
Regarding hunting dogs that bark before they see the enemy, for nothing prevents them from pouring out their empty barks.?If a pack of dogs perhaps rushes at a deaf enemy,
They restrain nothing, nor does the barking contribute anything to shedding empty
barking
Sounds, they hasten an assault, by which the terrified enemy
prepare
Might shudder, and fear might be turned upon him.
face
Break the delays, let the Gangetic see by arms
water near the Indians
Of Caesar, that the Persians are cut down; do not despise the Hydaspes
river of the Indians
Or the Hypanis, the bridges; do not visit the ancestral glades
river of the Indians
Until you have cheerfully climbed the fragrant Indians.

A woodcut printer's mark for Valentin Schumann. The central shield contains a vertical staff topped with a crossbar and an arrow point. A large letter 'S' and 'V' are entwined or superimposed on this staff. The shield is flanked by the letters 'L' and 'D'. The entire emblem is set within a rectangular frame with floral rosettes in the top left and right corners and shaded cross-hatching in the background.

Born from the family of Francesco, Count of Mirandola, he had as a father Giovanni Pietro, son of Giovanni Martino, who pursued the good arts with such avidity that he was able [to study] at night, and was a man most learned in all things, of an honest disposition, and everywhere [distinguished] by doctrine and sweetness. I say that he abundantly published [works on] these most liberal [arts], as well as moral and sublime theology; he had stirred up almost every learned man through his [work], and explained the hidden things of all his theology in the year of our Lord 1483. At whose death ... and they attacked the frog ...?