A Trajan, e
ſleué par deſſus tous humains.
Si les grands te portaient au cœur & dans leurs mains,
Vertu viuroit au lieu de Venus & Bellone
La même en orthographe moderne :
Ta sage instruction sert de riche couronne
À Trajan, élevé par-dessus tous humains.
Si les grands te portaient au cœur et dans leurs mains,
Vertu vivrait au lieu de Vénus et Bellone.
English: Portrait of Plutarch, Greek historian.
The caption reads:
Your wise teaching served as an impressive crown
Of Trajan, exalted above all men.
If great men heeded you[r words] in their minds and hands [to put them to practice],
Virtue would live, instead of Venus [lust] &
Bellona [war].
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