1 C. Verspreide literaire teksten van Jacob Revius ... - Enny de Bruijn
1 C. Verspreide literaire teksten van Jacob Revius ... - Enny de Bruijn
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25. Gedicht op <strong>de</strong> vrije zee, voor Pontanus (1636)<br />
Plano-uitgave, met potlood gedateerd 1636. GA Arnhem, collectie Van Rhemen, bibliotheek<br />
(0993), 380.<br />
IN<br />
MARE CLAVSVM ET LIBERVM<br />
AD<br />
CL.V.D. IOANNEM ISACIUM PONTANUM<br />
Med. Doct. Philos. Profess. & Historicum Illustr. Ordd.<br />
Gelriae celeberrimum.<br />
I.<br />
Clusius cluebat olim Janus* & Patulcius:<br />
Janus unus in Britannis nunc vocetur Clusius,<br />
Janus alter in Sicambris nunc Patulcius fiet.*<br />
Ille claudit, iste pandit aequoris vasti sinus.<br />
Quem sequemur? te Patulci, namque tu faventior 5<br />
Belgicae repertus orae. tu potentior stylo<br />
Quem Suada perpolivit, imbuitque Veritas.<br />
Vive foelix, ô Patulci, liberi vin<strong>de</strong>x maris.<br />
II.<br />
Dum mare velivolum Xerxes* religare catenis<br />
Nititur, & terras perdidit & maria. 10<br />
Si placidum mare, si terris ratibusque benignum<br />
Expetitis, Reges, libera sint maria.<br />
III.<br />
Claudatur terrâ pelagus, cumuletur arenâ,<br />
Perrumpet omnia aggerum repagula.<br />
Claudatur latebris rapidae vis lucida flammae, 15<br />
Perrumpet omnes machinas & obices.<br />
Claudatur thalamo conjux assueta vagari,<br />
Perrumpet omnes artibus custodias.<br />
Ah! claustro se posse negant, Sel<strong>de</strong>ne,* teneri<br />
Θάλασσα καί πῦρ, καὶ γυνὴ, κακὰ τρία.* 20<br />
IV.<br />
Maturate fugam, Regique haec dicite vestro,<br />
Non illi imperium pelagi, fluctusque sonanteis<br />
Sorte datos, sed cuncta Deo servire supremo;<br />
Qui mare sqamigero [squamigero] pecori fulcare natatu,<br />
Ac ratibus peragrare <strong>de</strong>dit mortalibus aegris 25<br />
Omnigenis, qui pauperiem fugiuntve, fugantve,<br />
Aut mores hominum ac urbes lustrare laborant,<br />
Numinis aut cultum semota ad littora portant.<br />
JAC. REVIUS.<br />
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