# Anticlaudianus 1.3835-3882

Alanus de Insulis, Anticlaudianus, Lines 1.3835-1.3882. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/alanus-de-insulis/anticlaudianus/1.3835

Stulticiam non turba minor, non rarior armat
Conuentus procerum; comes est Ignauia, Ludi,
Segnicies, Nuge, Garritus, Occia, Sompni.
Non minus Impietas seuit multoque superba
Milite, maiori uoto sitit arma nec ullam
Gaudet habere uiam, nisi fusa sanguinis unda.
Eius castra tenent illamque fatentur in armis
Nequicie, Strages, Facinus, Violencia, Clades.
In pharetris sua tela gerens arcuque doloso
Fraus armata furit; comes est Fallacia dupplex,
Calliditas, Dolus illicitus, Versucia fallax.
Peior Auariciam comittatur turba clientum,
Cura frequens, Vsura uorax turpisque Rapina,
Que uigili cura, studiosa mente recenset
Qui nummi uenentur opes, quis nummus in archa
Pigritat et nullos domine deseruit in usus.
Hanc Ignobilitas sequitur gressusque sequentis
Dedecus assequitur, heret Deiectio, Verber
Assidet, applaudit Angustia, Casus adheret.
Que, quamuis onerosa foret, deiecta, malignans,
Plus sibi concillat Fortune matris honorem,
Plusque placet matri, tantoque remissior alget
Nobilitatis amor; et jam mutare priora
Facta cupit Fortuna parens, prolique secunde
Tota fauet, temptatque prius descindere factum.
[305-316]
Nuncia Fama uolat et ueris falsa maritans,
In superos Furias, in celum regna silentum
Conspirasse refert, Manes Herebique tirannum
Tartareum reserasse Chaos, fratrique negare
Regna, nec ulterius pacem concedere mundo;
Monstraque mentitur, monstris maiora loquendo,
Dum sceleri scelus accumulat Furiisque furorem
Addit et Eumenides solito plus posse fatetur.
Thesiphones cumulat iras augetque Megeram;
Seuior assurgit Pluto; fit maior Herinis;
Desinit esse triceps inferni ianitor, ora
Mille capit; proprios Alecto dupplicat angues.
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Proposito stat fixa suo Natura nec ullo
Concutitur uexata metu, sed mente timorem
Expugnat, crescit animus bellique uoluntas
Surgit, et affectus Virtutibus insidet idem.
Armatur celestis homo superumque beata
Progenies, que tanta noui discrimina Martis
Sola subit; dant arma uiro, uiresque ministrant
Virtutes, unumque suis insignibus armant:
Pax ocreas donat, Probitas calcaria confert,
Loricam Pietas, galeam Prudencia, telum
Vera Fides, ensem Racio, Constancia scutum;

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