Johannes Secundus

thumb| Johannes Secundus (also Janus Secundus; 15 November 1510 – 25 September 1536) was a Neo-Latin poet of Dutch nationality. Quotes Elegies (Nil tibi sit) cantare tui victricia Caesaris arma. You are not to sing of the victorious arms of your caesar. Elegies, I, 2, 91 — Tr. David Price (1996), p. 41 Basia (Kisses) Mensura rebus est sua dulcibus.Ut quodque mentes suavius afficit,  fastidium sic triste secum    limite proximiore ducit. The wary Lover learns by measure  To circumscribe his greatest joy;Lest, what well-husbanded yeilds pleasure,  Might by the Repetition cloy. Basium 9 [8], st. 2 — Tr. T. Stanley (1652), p. 61 Occasional Poems Quae mala sint hominum rebus tria maxima scireQuaeris? Habe paucis: femina, flamma, fretum. Would'st know men's greatest dangers? They are three:Woman the first, then fire, and then sea. Tria Mala ("The Three Daughters) — Tr. F. A. Wright (1930), p. 193 Mitte peregrinis opplere coloribus ora.Nudus Amor nudae munera frontis amat. Seek not in borrowed hues your cheeks to dress,Naked is Love, and loveth nakedness. In Lycoridem ("To a Lady who used Cosmetics") — Tr. F. A. Wright (1930), p. 193 External links Thomas Stanley, Poems (London: Humphrey Moseley, 1652) Kisses, being a poetical translation of the Basia, 2nd ed. (London: T. Davies, 1778) F. A. Wright, The Love Poems of Joannes Secundus (London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1930) David Price, Janus Secundus (Tempe, AZ: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1996) Category:Neo-Latin writers Category:1510 births Category:1536 deaths