Alexander Rex,
olim cum pirata colloquens,
ei dicit,
"Quo iure tu mare infestas?"
Pirata respondet,
"Eodem iure, quo tu terras infestas.
Ego autem latro vocatus sum,
quod mihi una tantum navicula est;
tu victor appellatus es,
quod classes et exercitūs magnos habes."
Fabula docet:
Piratarum et victorum maleficia differunt
non meritis, sed magnitudine.
This story is based on 913. Pirata et Alexander Rex.
(image: from a Confessio Amantis ms. in the Pierpont Library)
pirata - pirate
et - and
Alexander - Alexander
rex - king
olim - once, once upon a time
cum - with
colloquor - speak, have a conversation
is - he/she/it
dico - say
qui - which, what
ius - right, law
tu - you
mare - sea
infesto - harass, molest, disturb
respondeo - answer, reply
idem - the same
terra - land
ego - I, me
autem - but, however
latro - thief, robber
voco - call
quod - because
unus - one
tantum - only, hardly, so much
navicula - little ship
victor - conqueror, victor
appello - call, name, address
classis - division, fleet, navy
exercitus - army
magnus - great, large
habeo - have
fabula - story, fable
doceo - each
maleficium - crime, bad deed
differo - differ, delay, defer
non - not
meritum - value, merit
sed - but
magnitudo - greatness, size
M0913 (not in Perry)
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