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Cyprianus, Epistolae II-XXI

Letter XV

et cum vestra sententia, ne actus noster, qui adunatus esse et consentire circa omnia debet, in aliquo discreparet. Plane caeterorum causas, quamvis libello a martyribus accepto, differri mandavi et in ⟨n⟩ostram praesentiam reservari, ut, cum, pace a Domino nobis data, plures praepositi convenire in unum coeperimus, communicato etiam vobiscum consilio, disponere singula et reformare possimus. Opto vos, fratres charissimi, semper bene valere.

also by your judgement, so that our action, which ought to be united and in agreement in all things, might not differ in any respect. As for the cases of the rest, however, even though a certificate had been received from the martyrs, I have ordered them to be deferred and reserved for my presence, so that, when peace has been given to us by the Lord and several bishops have begun to come together in one place, having shared counsel with you as well, we may be able to arrange and set right each matter. I wish you, dearest brothers, always to fare well.

EPISTOLA XV.

Letter 15.

(Erasm., II. 4. Pamel., XVI. Rig., Baluz., Paris., XV. Oxon., Lips. XXXVII.)

(Erasmus, 2.4; Pamelius, 16; Rigaltius, Baluze, Paris, 15; Oxford, Leipzig, 37.)

AD MOYSEN ET MAXIMUM ET CAETEROS CONFESSORES.

To Moses and Maximus and the other confessors.

ARGUMENTUM hujus Epistolae habes infra, Epistola XXXI, ubi Clerus Romanus: « In quo loco, inquiunt, maximas tibi atque uberes gratias referre debemus et reddimus, quod illorum carceris tenebras litteris illuminasti; quod ad illos venisti, quomodo introire potuisti; quod illorum animos sua fide et confessione robustos tuis allocutionibus litterisque recreasti; quod, felicitates eorum condignis laudibus prosecutus, accendisti ad multo ardentiorem coelestis gloriae cupiditatem; quod pronos impulisti; quod, ut credimus et optamus, victores futuros viribus tui sermonis animasti; ut, quamquam hoc totum de fide confitentium et divina indulgentia venire videatur, tamen in martyrio suo tibi ex aliquo debitores facti esse videantur. »

The argument of this letter you have below, in Letter 31, where the Roman clergy say: 'On this point we owe and render you the greatest and most abundant thanks, that you lit up the darkness of their prison with letters; that you came to them in whatever way you could enter; that you refreshed with your addresses and letters their spirits, strong in their own faith and confession; that, having honoured their blessedness with fitting praises, you kindled them to a far more ardent desire for heavenly glory; that you urged on those already inclined; that, as we believe and hope, you have by the power of your speech put spirit into those who will be victors; so that, although all this seems to come from the faith of those who confess and from divine indulgence, yet in their martyrdom they may seem to have become in some measure debtors to you.'

I. Cyprianus Moysi et Maximo presbyteris et caeteris confessoribus fratribus salutem. Et cunctos vos pariter et singulos repraesentavit affectibus nostris, fratres charissimi, Celerinus adveniens, et fidei ac virtutis vestrae comes, et gloriosis congressionibus

1. Cyprian to Moses and Maximus, presbyters, and to the other confessors, his brothers, greeting. Celerinus, on his arrival, has brought all of you together and each of you singly before our affections, dearest brothers, being both the companion of your faith and courage and, in the glorious encounters

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Footnotes

(e) ‹congressionibus› · call in col 264

Congressibus Oxon.

"Congressibus" ("encounters") Oxon.

STEPH. BALUZII NOTAE. (Baluze) ‹Timorem Dei› · lemma note

(continued) mini suggerere nostra mediocritas potuit. Postea vero quam, etc.

(Baluze) ‹Confortandos› · lemma note Confortandos. Rigaltius posuit confirmandos, contra omnium veterum codicum et editionum fidem. Miror autem Anglos, qui lectionem quam nos revocamus inveniebant etiam in vetustis exemplaribus suis, retinuisse quod erat scriptum in editione Rigaltii. Reinhartus reposuit confortandos.

"Confortandos" (to be strengthened). Rigault printed "confirmandos" (to be confirmed), against the faith of all the old manuscripts and editions. I am surprised that the English, who found the reading we restore in their own very old copies too, kept what was written in Rigault's edition. Reinhart restored "confortandos."

(Baluze) ‹Diaconis non defuit› · lemma note Diaconis non defuit. Erant illi in tertio sacerdotio constituti, ut in libro primo ait Optatus, et multa facere poterant in absentia episcoporum et presbyterorum. Itaque recte ait Cyprianus non defuisse illis sacerdotii vigorem. Vide epistolam Augustini presbyteri ad Valerium.

"Diaconis non defuit" (was not lacking to the deacons). They were set in the third priesthood, as Optatus says in his first book, and could do many things in the absence of bishops and presbyters. So Cyprian rightly says that the vigour of the priesthood was not lacking to them. See the letter of Augustine, then a presbyter, to Valerius.

(Baluze) ‹Animum› · lemma note Animum. Hanc vocem, quae deerat in aliis editionibus, et deest in multis codicibus antiquis, Manutiana editio addidit. Inveni autem illam in octo codicibus manuscriptis. Rigaltius posuit animos.

"Animum" (the mind). This word, which was missing in other editions and is missing in many ancient manuscripts, the Manutius edition added. I found it, however, in eight manuscripts. Rigault printed "animos" (the minds).

(Baluze) ‹III.— Sive aliquo incitatore› · lemma note III. — Sive aliquo incitatore. In libro Fuxensi legitur, sine aliquo disputatore. In Divionensi et in uno Remigiano, nescio quo disputatore incitante.

III. — "Sive aliquo incitatore" (or at someone's instigation). In the Foix book one reads "without any disputer." In the Dijon one and in one Saint-Remi manuscript, "at the urging of some disputer or other."

(Baluze) ‹Proruerent› · lemma note Proruerent. Ita omnes veteres libri et editiones, etiam ea quae est Reinharti. Codex Veronensis habet prorumperent. Hinc ergo orta est mutatio quam Rigaltius invexit in hunc locum.

"Proruerent" (they rushed forth). So all the old books and editions, even Reinhart's. The Verona manuscript has "prorumperent" (they burst forth). From here, then, arose the change that Rigault brought into this passage.

(Baluze) ‹Epist. XV.— I. Celerinus› · lemma note EPIST. XV. — I. Celerinus. Cujus egregias laudes commemorat sanctus Cyprianus Epist. 34, ad clerum et plebem (pag. 47), et cujus perhonorifica mentio habetur in epistola Cornelii Papae ad Fabium episcopum Antiochenum apud Eusebium, lib. VI, cap. 43, Historiae ecclesiasticae, scripta, ut opinor, eo tempore quo Celerinus erat apud Cornelium. Omnino enim sentio cum illustrissimo Cardinale Baronio Celerinum in hac Cornelii epistola laudatum, eum esse qui fuit lector ecclesiae Carthaginensis. Illud autem obiter admonebo, Marianum Victorium in annotationibus suis ad opera sancti Hieronymi confudisse hunc Fabium episcopum Antiochenum cum Flaviano episcopo Constantinopolitano, cujus multa mentio in concilio Ephesino et in Chalcedonensi. In hunc errorem inductus 401 est vir doctissimus ex falsa lectione quae antiquitus irrepsit in librum sancti Hieronymi de Viris illustribus, ubi scriptum est Cornelium Papam scripsisse quatuor epistolas ad Flavianum episcopum Antiochenum ; pro quo vetera illius libri exemplaria et postrema Hieronymianorum operum editio recte ha- (continues)

Letter XV. — I. "Celerinus." Saint Cyprian records his outstanding praises in Letter 34, to the clergy and people (p. 47), and he is mentioned with great honour in the letter of Pope Cornelius to Fabius, bishop of Antioch, in Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History book 6, chapter 43, written, I believe, at the time when Celerinus was with Cornelius. For I entirely agree with the most illustrious Cardinal Baronius that the Celerinus praised in this letter of Cornelius is the one who was a lector of the church of Carthage. I shall note in passing, however, that Mariano Vittori, in his annotations on the works of Saint Jerome, confused this Fabius, bishop of Antioch, with Flavian, bishop of Constantinople, who is much mentioned in the councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon. That most learned man was led into this error [the "401" printed here is as in Migne] by a false reading that crept in long ago into Saint Jerome's book On Illustrious Men, where it is written that Pope Cornelius wrote four letters to Flavian, bishop of Antioch; for which the old copies of that book and the latest edition of Jerome's works rightly ha- (continues)

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marginal letters: A ‹vi et cum vestra sententia›; B ‹ARGUMENTUM hujus Epistolae›; C ‹blank space before I. Cyprianus Moysi›; D ‹in Baluze's notes at page foot: memorat sanctus Cyprianus›
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: column begins with the fragment "vi" of a word broken from col. 263; "esse et" printed with a stray mark after esse; "⟨n⟩ostram" first letter damaged; scan renders several n as u (Celerinus, convenire), set as n, UNSURE; editors' matter set: edition concordance "(Erasm., II. 4 ...)" and Argumentum "ARGUMENTUM hujus Epistolae"; Lectiones variantes and Baluzii Notae at page foot not set; left-column fragments belong to col. 263

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Dei miles. Universos vos illo veniente conspeximus; et cum charitatem circa me vestram dulciter ac saepe loqueretur, in ejus sermonibus vos audiebamus. Satis ac plurimum gaudeo quando a vobis per tales talia perferuntur. Vobiscum illic in carcere quodam modo et nos sumus, divinae dignationis ornamenta vobiscum sentire nos credimus, qui sic vestris cordibus adhaeremus. Honori nos vestro charitas vestra individua connectit, separari dilectionem spiritus non sinit. Vos illic confessio, me affectio includit. Et nos quidem vestri diebus ac noctibus memores, et quando in sacrificiis precem cum pluribus facimus, et cum in secessu privatis precibus oramus, coronis ac laudibus vestris plenam a Domino faventiam postulamus. Sed ad reddendam vobis vicem minor est nostra mediocritas. Plus vos datis quando nostri in oratione meministis, qui spirantes jam sola coelestia et tantum divina meditantes, ad fastigia celsiora mora ipsa passionis ascenditis, longoque temporum ductu glorias vestras non trahitis, sed augetis. Beatum facit prima et una confessio. Vos toties confitemini quoties, rogati ut de carcere recedatis, carcerem fide et virtute praeelegitis. Tot vestrae laudes quot dies; quot mensium curricula, tot incrementa meritorum. Semel vincit qui statim

a soldier of God. In his coming we beheld you all; and when he spoke sweetly and often of your love towards me, in his words we heard you. I rejoice amply and abundantly when such things are brought from you by such men. In a certain way we too are there in prison with you; we believe that we share with you the adornments of the divine favour, we who cleave so closely to your hearts. Your undivided love binds us to your honour; the spirit does not allow love to be separated. Confession shuts you in there, affection shuts me in. And we indeed, mindful of you day and night, both when we offer prayer with many at the sacrifices and when we pray with private prayers in retirement, ask of the Lord full favour for your crowns and praises. But our lowliness is too small to make you a return. You give more when you remember us in prayer, you who, breathing now only heavenly things and meditating only divine things, ascend to loftier heights by the very delay of your passion, and by the long course of time do not draw out your glories but increase them. A first and single confession makes a man blessed. You confess as often as, being asked to leave the prison, you choose the prison instead by faith and virtue. As many as the days, so many are your praises; as many as the courses of the months, so many the increases of your merits. He conquers once who immediately

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Footnotes

LECTIONES VARIANTES. (printed under page 128)

(a) ‹charitatem› · call in col 265

De charitate Corb.

"Of charity" Corb.

(printed under page 128)

(b) ‹adhaeremus› · call in col 265

Inhaeremus Oxon.

"Inhaeremus" ("we cling") Oxon.

(printed under page 128)

Nostra Ebor.

"Nostra" ("our") Ebor.

(printed under page 128)

(d) ‹separari› · call in col 265

Separari enim Lam.

"For to be separated" Lam.

(printed under page 128)

(e) ‹me affectio› · call in col 265

Me hic N. Fab.

"Me here" N. Fab.

(printed under page 128)

(f) ‹faventiam› · call in col 265

Domini faventiam Lam. Bod. 3. NC. 1. 2. Lin.

"The Lord's favour" Lam., Bod. 3, NC. 1, 2, Lin.

(printed under page 128)

(g) ‹spirantes› · call in col 265

Sperantes Bod. 1. Vat. Thu. Corb.

"Sperantes" ("hoping") Bod. 1, Vat., Thu., Corb.

(printed under page 128)

(h) ‹non trahitis› · call in col 265

Subtrahitis Bod. 1. Thu. Foss. Corb.

"Subtrahitis" ("you withdraw") Bod. 1, Thu., Foss., Corb.

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marginal letters: A Dei miles. Universos vos illo veniente; B cem minor est nostra mediocritas; C e Me hic N. Fab. (in the Lectiones variantes); D Ornamenta. Ita Rigaltius (in Baluze's notes)
old-edition numerals: superscript "45" after "veniente" (line 1), not set in the source
other: Baluze's notes printed under page 128 are listed in n266

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paritur : at qui manens semper in poenis congreditur cum dolore nec vincitur, quotidie coronatur.

suffers: but he who, remaining ever in punishments, contends with pain and is not conquered, is crowned daily.

II. Eant nunc magistratus et consules sive proconsules, annuae dignitatis insignibus et duodecim fascibus glorientur. Ecce dignitas coelestis in vobis honoris annui claritate signata est, et jam revertentis anni volubilem circulum victricis gloriae diuturnitate transgressa est. illuminabat mundum sol oriens et luna decurrens : sed vobis idem qui solem fecit et lunam, majus in carcere lumen fuit ; et in corde ac mentibus vestris Christi claritudo resplendens, horribiles caeteris atque funestas poenalis loci tenebras aeterna illa et candida luce radiavit. Per vicissitudines mensium transmeavit hibernum : sed et vos inclusi tempora hiemis persecutionis hieme pensabatis. Successit hiemi verna temperies rosis laeta et floribus coronata : sed vobis rosae et flores de paradisi deliciis aderant, et caput vestrum serta coelestia coronabant. Aestas ecce messium fertilitate foecunda est, et area frugibus plena est : sed vos, qui gloriam seminastis, frugem gloriae metistis, atque, in Domini area constituti, exuri paleas inextinguibili igne conspicitis ; ipsi, ut tritici grana purgata et frumenta pretiosa, jam purgati et conditi, hospitium

II. Let magistrates now go their way, and consuls or proconsuls, and let them glory in the insignia of a yearly dignity and in the twelve fasces. Behold, the heavenly dignity in you has been marked with the brightness of a yearly honour, and has already passed beyond the rolling circle of the returning year by the long endurance of its victorious glory. The rising sun and the coursing moon were illuminating the world: but for you He Who made the sun and the moon was a greater light in prison; and the brightness of Christ, shining in your heart and minds, has lit up with that eternal and radiant light the darkness of the place of punishment, horrible and deadly to others. Through the succession of the months the winter has passed: but you, shut in, were repaying the seasons of winter with the winter of persecution. To the winter succeeded the mildness of spring, joyful with roses and crowned with flowers: but to you roses and flowers were present from the delights of paradise, and heavenly garlands were crowning your head. Behold, the summer is fruitful with the fertility of harvests, and the threshing floor is full of crops: but you, who have sown glory, have reaped the fruit of glory, and, set on the Lord's threshing floor, you behold the chaff being burnt with unquenchable fire; you yourselves, as purified grains of wheat and precious corn, now purified and laid up, the lodging

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Footnotes

(i) ‹manens› · call in col 266

Manens in praeliis Lam.

"Remaining in battles" Lam.

(printed under page 128)

(j) ‹pensabatis› · call in col 266

Pensatis Bod. 1. Thu.

"Pensatis" ("you weigh / make up for") Bod. 1, Thu.

(printed under page 128)

(k) ‹conspicitis› · call in col 266

Perspicitis Bod. 1. Corb.

"Perspicitis" ("you see clearly") Bod. 1, Corb.

(printed under page 128) STEPH. BALUZII NOTAE. (Baluze) ‹Epist. XV.— I. Celerinus› · lemma note

(continued) bent scriptum nomen Fabii. Hujus porro Celerini epistola ad Lucianum extat infra inter epistolas sancti Cypriani. Vide notas ad Epistolam XXXIV. Alterius Celerini, qui pater erat Ageruchiae, meminit sanctus Hieronymus in epistola ad Ageruchiam ; alterius inscriptio vetus, edita a Reinesio, pag. 161. Celerini praetoris nomen extat in historia passionis sanctorum Chrysanthi et Dariae apud Surium, tom. V.

(Baluze) ‹Vos in illo› · lemma note Vos in illo. Ruricius, lib. II, epist. 32 : Frater et compresbyter noster Capillutus dupliciter hac vice nobis gratus apparuit, dum et ipse nobis jamdiu desideratus occurrit, et quamdam vestri praesentiam per vestras litteras repraesentat.

"Vos in illo" (you in him). Ruricius, book 2, letter 32: "Our brother and fellow presbyter Capillutus appeared doubly welcome to us this time, since he himself, long desired by us, came to meet us, and by your letter he brings before us a kind of presence of yourself."

(Baluze) ‹Ornamenta› · lemma note Ornamenta. Ita Rigaltius, propterea reprehensus in editione Anglicana. Et tamen auctorem hujus lectionis habuit editionem Manutianam, in qua ita scriptum est, eique scripturae consentiunt novem vetera exemplaria. Sane vox hortamento, quam praeferunt veteres editiones et decem item vetera exemplaria, bona esse potest. Illam ergo praetulit Reinhartus. Adjuvari autem potest ex hoc loco libri de Lapsis (pag. 183) : Episcopi plurimi, quos et hortamento esse oportet caeteris et exemplo.

"Ornamenta" (ornaments). So Rigault, for which he was blamed in the English edition. Yet he had as authority for this reading the Manutius edition, in which it is so written, and nine old copies agree with that text. Indeed the word "hortamento" (for an encouragement), which the old editions and likewise ten old copies show, can be good. Reinhart therefore preferred it. And it can be supported by this place in the book On the Lapsed (p. 183): "Very many bishops, who ought to be an encouragement and an example to the rest."

(Baluze) ‹In secessu› · lemma note In secessu. Duo libri veteres habent in secreto, quod videtur melius. Et tamen mutare noluimus, quia omnes fere libri veteres et omnes editiones habent in secessu.

"In secessu" (in retirement). Two old books have "in secreto" (in secret), which seems better. Yet we would not change it, because almost all the old books and all the editions have "in secessu."

(Baluze) ‹A Domino faventiam› · lemma note A Domino faventiam. Codices Carnotensis et Beccensis habent Domini faventiam. Festus : Faventia bonam orationem significat. Accius Oenom., apud Nonium Marcellum : Omnibus faustis acceptam habeant faventiam. Sic enim recte hunc locum emendavit Hadrianus Junius.

"A Domino faventiam" (favour from the Lord). The Chartres and Bec manuscripts have "Domini faventiam" (the Lord's favour). Festus: "Faventia means auspicious speech." Accius, Oenomaus, in Nonius Marcellus: "Let them hold the favour accepted with all good omens." For so Hadrianus Junius rightly emended this passage.

(Baluze) ‹Spirantes› · lemma note Spirantes. Codex Carnotensis, sperantes : Metensis sancti Arnulphi, spirantes vel sperantes.

"Spirantes" (breathing). The Chartres manuscript, "sperantes" (hoping); the Metz manuscript of Saint-Arnoul, "spirantes or sperantes."

(Baluze) ‹Mora ipsa passionis› · lemma note Mora ipsa passionis. Codices Fuxensis et Eligianus, hora ipsa. Corbeiensis, ad horam ipsam.

"Mora ipsa passionis" (by the very delay of the passion). The Foix and Saint-Éloi manuscripts, "hora ipsa" (in the very hour). The Corbie one, "ad horam ipsam" (at the very hour).

(Baluze) ‹Non trahitis› · lemma note Non trahitis. Codex Carnotensis, subtrahitis.

"Non trahitis" (you do not draw out). The Chartres manuscript, "subtrahitis" (you withdraw).

(Baluze) ‹II.— Honoris annui› · lemma note II. — Honoris annui. Vetus Remigianus, annuo claritatis honore.

II. — "Honoris annui" (of the yearly honour). The old Saint-Remi manuscript, "with the yearly honour of renown."

(Baluze) ‹Signata est› · lemma note Signata est. Codex sancti Arnulphi, signatur.

"Signata est" (was marked). The Saint-Arnoul manuscript, "signatur" (is marked).

(Baluze) ‹Horribiles caeteris› · lemma note Horribiles caeteris. Codex Carnotensis, carceris vel caeteris.

"Horribiles caeteris" (dreadful to others). The Chartres manuscript, "carceris vel caeteris" (of the prison, or to others).

(Baluze) ‹Mensium› · lemma note Mensium. Veteres libri habent mensuum. Quo etiam modo saepe scriptum vidi in vetustis exemplaribus manuscriptis aliorum veterum scriptorum. Mensum vero pro mensuum frequenter scriptum est in Codice Theodosiano. Mensum quoque legitur apud A. Gellium, lib. I, cap. 25. Vide annotationes Dionysii Lambini in secundam Verrinam Ciceronis.

"Mensium" (of the months). The old books have "mensuum." I have often seen it so written also in very old manuscript copies of other ancient writers. "Mensum," moreover, is frequently written for "mensuum" in the Theodosian Code. "Mensum" is read also in Aulus Gellius, book 1, chapter 25. See Denys Lambin's annotations on Cicero's second Verrine.

(Baluze) ‹Hibernum› · lemma note Hibernum. Antea editum erat tempus hibernum. Ego sustuli vocem tempus, quia plerique codices illam non habent, ideoque videtur esse ex glossemate et quia antiqui dicebant hibernum tantum. Seneca Epist. XV : Una Hannibalem hiberna solverunt. Tertullianus, lib. I adversus Marcionem : Totus annus hibernum est. Sunt etiam alia exempla. Sed ista sufficiunt. Vide notas ad Capitularia, pag. 1185.

"Hibernum" (the winter). Formerly "tempus hibernum" (the winter season) had been printed. I removed the word "tempus," because most manuscripts do not have it, and so it seems to come from a gloss, and because the ancients said simply "hibernum." Seneca, Letter 15: "One winter's quarters undid Hannibal." Tertullian, Against Marcion book 1: "The whole year is winter." There are other examples too. But these suffice. See the notes on the Capitularies, p. 1185.

(Baluze) ‹Pensabitis› · lemma note Pensabitis. Codex sancti Arnulphi, pensatis. Quod videtur melius.

"Pensabitis" (you will make up for). The Saint-Arnoul manuscript, "pensatis" (you make up for). That seems better.

(Baluze) ‹Aderant› · lemma note Aderant. Ita plerique libri veteres. In quinque tamen et in antiquis editionibus scriptum est adhaerebant. Morellius edidit adhaerent.

"Aderant" (were present). So most of the old books. In five, however, and in the ancient editions is written "adhaerebant" (clung). Morel printed "adhaerent" (cling).

(Baluze) ‹Metistis› · lemma note Metistis. Codices Carnotensis et sancti Arnulphi, metitis.

"Metistis" (you have reaped). The Chartres and Saint-Arnoul manuscripts, "metitis" (you reap).

(Baluze) ‹Purgati› · lemma note Purgati. Veteres editiones, etiam Erasmica et Manutiana, praeferunt probati. Ita etiam multi veteres libri. Pamelius maluit purgati, nullum tamen veterem librum laudans. Nos secuti sumus illius emendationem, quia credidimus illam esse bonam, eamque confirmatam vidimus auctoritate aliquorum (continues)

"Purgati" (cleansed). The old editions, even those of Erasmus and Manutius, show "probati" (proved). So too many old books. Pamelius preferred "purgati," though citing no old book. We have followed his emendation, because we believed it to be good and saw it confirmed by the authority of some (continues)

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running head: EPISTOLA XVI. 266
marginal letters: A ‹tim paritur : at qui manens›; B ‹inclusi tempora hiemis›; C ‹beside variant k Perspicitis, in the apparatus›; D ‹beside Lambini in secundam Verrinam, in the notes›
old-edition numerals: (none)
misprints kept as printed: "paritur" (first word of the column, the tail of "statim paritur"; for patitur); the English renders patitur ("suffers")

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carceris horreum computatis. Nec deest autumno ad munera fungenda temporis gratia spiritalis. Vindemia foris premitur, et profutura poculis in torcularibus uva calcatur. Vos de Domini vinea pingues racemi, et jam maturis fructibus botri, pressurae saecularis infestatione calcati, torcular vestrum carcere torquente sentitis, et vini vice sanguinem funditis; ad passionis tolerantiam fortes, martyrii poculum libenter hauritis. Sic apud servos Dei annus evolvitur; sic spiritalibus meritis et coelestibus praemiis temporum vicissitudo celebratur.

of the prison you reckon a granary. Nor is spiritual grace lacking to autumn for fulfilling the duties of the season. Outside, the vintage is pressed, and the grape that will serve for cups is trodden in the winepresses. You, rich clusters from the Lord's vineyard, bunches whose fruit is already ripe, trodden down by the assault of worldly oppression, feel your winepress in the torturing prison, and pour out blood in place of wine; strong for the endurance of suffering, you willingly drain the cup of martyrdom. Thus among the servants of God the year rolls round; thus the succession of the seasons is celebrated with spiritual merits and heavenly rewards.

III. Beati satis qui, ex vobis per haec gloriarum vestigia commeantes, jam de saeculo recesserunt, confectoque itinere virtutis ac fidei, ad complexum et osculum Domini, Domino ipso gaudente, venerunt. Sed et vestra non minor gloria, qui adhuc in certamine constituti et comitum glorias secuturi, pugnam diu geritis, immotaque et inconcussa fide stabiles quotidie spectaculum Deo vestris virtutibus exhibetis. Quo longior vestra pugna, hoc corona sublimior. Agon unus, sed multiplici praeliorum numerositate congestus. Famem vincitis et sitim spernitis, et squalorem carceris ac receptaculi poenalis horrorem roboris vigore calcatis. Poena illic subigitur, cruciatus obteritur, nec mors metuitur, sed optatur; quae scilicet immortalitatis praemio vincitur, ut vitae aeternitate qui vicerit coronetur. Qui nunc in vobis animus, quam sublime, quam capax pectus, ubi talia et tanta volvuntur, ubi non nisi Dei

III. Blessed indeed are those of you who, passing along these footprints of glories, have already withdrawn from the world, and, the journey of virtue and faith completed, have come to the embrace and kiss of the Lord, the Lord Himself rejoicing. But yours too is no lesser glory, you who, still set in the contest and about to follow the glories of your companions, wage the battle long, and, steadfast in unmoved and unshaken faith, daily display a spectacle to God by your virtues. The longer your battle, the loftier the crown. The contest is one, but heaped up with a manifold number of battles. You conquer hunger and scorn thirst, and tread down the squalor of the prison and the horror of the place of punishment with the vigour of your strength. Punishment there is subdued, torture is crushed, and death is not feared but desired; for it is overcome, namely, by the reward of immortality, so that he who has conquered is crowned with the eternity of life. What spirit is now in you, how lofty, how capacious a breast, where such and so great things are revolved, where nothing but God's

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Footnotes

LECTIONES VARIANTES (printed under page 129)

(a) ‹temporis› · call in col 267

Fugendi temporis Lam.

"Of the time of flight": Lambeth MS.

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(b) ‹comitum glorias› · call in col 267

Comitum gloriam Pem. Lin. Ebor. NC. 1, 2.

"The glory of your companions" (singular): Pembroke, Lincoln and York MSS, New College MSS 1 and 2.

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Confessio Thu. Bod. 1.

"Confession" (for "fight"): Thuanus MS, Bodleian MS 1.

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(d) ‹qui vicerit coronetur› · call in col 267

Honoretur Man. Voss. 1. 3. M. R. Thu. Foss. Corb. Vicerint honorentur Bod. 1. 3.

"Be honoured" (for "be crowned"): Manutius's edition, Vossius MSS 1 and 3, Morel, Rigault, Thuanus, Fossatensis and Corbie MSS. "Those who have conquered be honoured": Bodleian MSS 1 and 3.

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running head: 267 DIVI CYPRIANI
marginal letters: A tium carceris horreum computatis; B Sed et vestra non minor gloria, qui adhuc in certa-; C beside the Lectiones variantes (right-column notes); D autem Anglos praetulisse (Baluze notes)
old-edition numerals: 36 after corona; (402 within Baluze notes, not set)
other: column begins with the fragment "tium" of a word broken from the previous column; "ubi non" slightly blurred, read as non; headings LECTIONES VARIANTES and STEPH. BALUZII N[OTAE] run across the page and are cut off at the edge, not set (apparatus, later pass); Baluze notes not set here; editors' matter in text block: (none)