Ad Iacobum regem, de corrupto quodam Senatore (n.d.)

The subject of this poem is unknown. Metre: elegiac couplets.

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Ad Iacobum regem, de corrupto quodam Senatore

Cur dicit jus fur? Leges cur tractat avarus?
Si vis te justum rex Iacobe vocem:
crede mihi, non vera magis sunt Delphica dicta:
'quisquis amat nummos, negligit ille νόμους.'

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To King James, on a certain corrupt senator

Why does a thief speak of justice? Why does a greedy man practice the laws? If you wish, King James, I shall tell you something right: believe me, there are none truer than the words of the Oracle: a 'whoever loves money, spurns the laws.'

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Translation

a: The priestess at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus.