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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<STC T="T">669.f.16[10]</STC>
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<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
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<HEAD>Regulae morum o&s;ten&s;ivae, &amp; obligativae &s;unt lumine naturali cogno&s;cibiles.</HEAD>
<L>TE, Mens, ingredere; &amp; te, Mens mea, con&s;ule; &s;a|cra</L>
<L>Dige&s;ta quae &s;unt pande con&s;cientiae;</L>
<L>Hic codex. Qui&s;quis coeli mot&uacute;sque dom&oacute;sque</L>
<L>Ductore &s;en&s;u, &s;ed &s;ui mal&egrave; negligens</L>
<L>Scrutatur, coelo ut longis ambagibus alto</L>
<L>Vitae reducat regulam, cluit &s;uae</L>
<L>Is libertatis mango. Non provida parc&acirc;</L>
<L>Natura dote, larg&acirc; &s;ed Mentem manu</L>
<L>Prodiga ditavit: &s;acra haec Pandora beatis</L>
<L>Imbuta donis, &s;tirps beata Numinis;</L>
<L>Naturae artificis facies, propri&acirc;que coru&s;cans</L>
<L>Coaeva luce, vivid&acirc; foeta indole,</L>
<L>E&s;t &s;ibi <GAP DESC="foreign">, nativ&acirc; lampada plenam</L>
<L>Perennis ignis lucidi flamm&acirc; gerens.</L>
<L>De&s;ine quid Clarii cortina, aut corniger Ammon,</L>
<L>Anhela Phoebas quid reponat quaerere.</L>
<L>Claude &s;ubob&s;curas P&s;yche formo&s;a fene&s;tras,</L>
<L>Nullae pate&s;cant &s;en&s;uum infidae fores.</L>
<L>Splendeat interior mentis domus, excute lumen,</L>
<L>N&ocirc;ris teip&s;um, luce te tu&acirc; vide.</L>
<L>Epropriis cunis, Animi gremi&oacute;que recline</L>
<L>En veritatis fulget internum jubar.</L>
<L>Emicat ut ro&s;eae Cyclops Auriga diei,</L>
<L>Cujus videtur luce &amp; ip&s;e, &amp; omnia.</L>
<L>Hoc veri rectique index, exemplar hone&s;ti</L>
<L>Certi&s;&s;imum, morum &s;upremus arbiter.</L>
<L>Ecce triumphantem, veris hinc concolor error</L>
<L>(Ad recta Mentem de&s;tinatam degravans)</L>
<L>Captivus &s;equitur Rationem: oracula cujus</L>
<L>Impun&egrave; nemo de&s;picit, &s;e vindice.</L>
<L>Impia fax Animum, &s;i non pia teda, lace&s;&s;et:</L>
<L>Qu&acirc; quas merentur &s;ontici poenas luent.</L>
<L>Ip&s;a &s;ibi e&s;t Neme&s;is Mens con&s;cia, tri&s;tis Ala&s;tor,</L>
<L>Faciat timens ut qui&s;que quae pati timet.</L>
<L>Ip&s;a &s;ibi e&s;t lictor trux, &amp; &s;e Con&s;ule virg&acirc;,</L>
<L>Sui&s;que propriis feritur fa&s;cibus.</L>
<L>Fare igitur, Ratio, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non,</L>
<L>Et dia nobis explica noemata:</L>
<L>Te &s;ignante viam, nos gens &s;ecura &s;equemur;</L>
<L>Et te negante, inau&s;picatum tramitem</L>
<L>Linquemus, &s;olam no&s;tra inclinata recumbit</L>
<L>In te domus, cu&s;tos coerce provida</L>
<L>Affectus, conce&s;&s;a Animo nec fraena recu&s;ent,</L>
<L>H&icirc;c tota mentis c&ugrave;m &s;ita e&s;t felicitas.</L>
<L>Hae&s;itat in bifido &s;ine te Mens Sceptica colle,</L>
<L>Ac&ucirc;s ad in&s;tar pendulae magneticae.</L>
<L>Prae&s;t&ograve; ad&s;int igitur tua directricia fila.</L>
<L>Ratione peccans omnis e&s;t Apo&s;tata.</L>
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<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<HEAD>Anima hominis non e&s;t abra&s;a tabula.</HEAD>
<L>NUnc demum quoties Phoebus duodena revi&s;it</L>
<L>Signa, ex quo prim&ugrave;m praelorum inoleverit u&s;us</L>
<L>Tempore, quaerenti dabimus re&s;pon&s;a, quot anni</L>
<L>Fluxere &agrave; prima na&s;centis origine mundi,</L>
<L>Si nobis dicas, illud quod quaeris habebis.</L>
<L>Tunc etenim coepere typis mandarier almis</L>
<L>Libri, c&ugrave;m prim&ugrave;m divinae particula aurae</L>
<L>Carcere corporeo immer&s;a e&s;t, variata figuris</L>
<L>Coelit&ugrave;s in&s;culptis. Sic, &s;ic Natura creatrix,</L>
<L>Certet uterque lic&egrave;t populus, victricia lauri</L>
<L>Tempora praecingis vitt&acirc;, laet&oacute;sque triumphos</L>
<L>Praeclar&egrave; ducis, t&eacute;que ambitio&s;a magi&s;tram</L>
<L>Ars &s;equitur; nam c&ugrave;m duxit primordia na&s;cens,</L>
<L>Prima characteres mentis &s;acrata tabella</L>
<L>Impre&s;&s;os habuit; queis nomen Stoica turba</L>
<L>Igniculis fecit: &s;ummus Deus, ille Prometheus</L>
<L>Verior, his coelo decerptis corpora inepto</L>
<L>Ficta luto adjungit: coele&s;tis flammula no&s;tros</L>
<L>Artus intus agit pollens virtute coaev&acirc;.</L>
<L>Corporeas moles agitat mens, vivida &s;emper,</L>
<L>Quaeque &s;uas &s;pecies inducit (vocibus utar</L>
<L>Artis) connatas: neque enim dicamus inertem</L>
<L>Has transire animas vitam, quo tempore foetus</L>
<L>Nondum perfectos prim&ugrave;m intravere, nec illas</L>
<L>Quas &s;imul una dies junxit, disjunxit &amp; una</L>
<L>Corporibus: Sed finis ade&s;t, &s;it &s;era coronis</L>
<L>Quae&s;tio; Mens hominis non e&s;t abra&s;a tabella.</L>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Jul. 1. 1651.</DATE>In die Comitiorum.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Re&s;p.</HI> M^r^o Coldwell <HI>Coll. Regin. Soc.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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