Medio in foro,
circulator divinatoriam profitetur,
et inspectione manuum sortes auguratur.
Magna plebis turba stipatus est,
quam, incautam, suis praestigiis tenet.
Ecce: nuntius advenit et ei dicit,
"Effractae fores domus tuae sunt,
et latrones omnia diripiunt et asportant."
Circulator, hoc audiens, turbatus est.
Forum relinquit et ad domum currit.
Tunc quidam exclamat,
"O illusor et mendax,
si scis aliorum sortem divinare,
cur sortem tuam nescis?"
This story is based on 890. Divinator et Latrones.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Brant images. I really like the way that one member of the audience is pointing towards the thief as the crime is taking place - that's a wonderful way to translate the sequential events of the story into a single image making fun of the would-be fortune-teller.
divinator - prophet, fortune-teller
et - and
latro - thief, robber
medius - middle
in - in, into
forum - market, forum
circulator - traveling salesman, performer
divinatoria - prophecy
profiteor - declare, profess
inspectio - looking at, inspection
manus - hand
sors - lot, allotment, fate
auguror - conjecture, predict
magnus - great, large
plebs - common people, commoners
turba - crowd
stipo - press together, surround, crowd
qui - who, which, that
incautus - reckless, unprotected
suus - reflexive possessive pronoun
praestigium - illusion, trick, magic
teneo - hold
ecce - behold, look
nuntius - messenger
advenio - come, come to, arrive
is - he/she/it
dico - say, speak
effringo - break open, smash
foris - door, gate
domus - house, home
tuus - you, your
omnis - all, every
diripio - snatch away, grab
asporto - carry off, take away
hic - this
audio - hear, listen
turbo - upset, disturb
relinquo - leave, abandon
ad - to, towards
curro - run
tunc - then
quidam - a certain, one
exclamo - shout out, exclaim
O - o! oh!
illusor - mocker
mendax - deceitful, lying, liar
si - if
scio - know
alius - other, another
divino - divine, prophesy, guess
cur - why
nescio - not know, be ignorant of
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