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Frischlin, Nicodemus · 1577

Then Stahelius, a relative, bids me be with him,
Adding me to his table, which was numerous.
Here we vexed the adolescent with that dinner:
And a true form of ἐρεχελίας restlessness/agitation was stirred.
Here the youth's virtue and morals were approved:
Here he gave ample signs of his talent.
Here we praised the youth with a full mouth:
Having tested his morals and the glory of his wit.
And Mendlinus the elder, a famous part of our table,
Also a part of our School worthy of respect:
And the three Barons of Auersperg gave their recommendation,
And as many as there were, the members of that table.
For he gave excellent proofs of his future life,
Which were later made known by their outcome.
For after a milder breeze brought us back here,
And continued the path of study and morals.
Indefatigable in studies, irreproachable in honest life,
And the fame of your School, Tübingen, is not to be scorned.
Bound to himself, speech was dear to his heart,
Being free, and thus he is skilled in speaking both presumably Latin and German with elegance.
So then, well confirmed in these studies,
He sought the learned Lyceums of the Wittenberg original: "Leucoreae" School.
There he approached the fountains of Roman Law, and watered
The fertile meadows of his genius with those waters.
So that he might make his studies testified to his excellent Father,
He sent a specimen from the Wittenberg city home.
How Adam fell, who was made with his fallen wife,
With God accusing his wicked deeds, a Guilty one.
Who were condemned: what punishment followed the guilty:
What was the form, and the method, of the first court.