BACCI - De naturali vinorum historia volume IV

L 1 S S \ Ç^V A R T V S 203 A menta quçq ; propri js c i rcumf cr ibit vcrbi s , ac expr imit no r i s. V c l plane eius i n- geni j v im conijeer e l icet in rebus i am enarrati s conu i ua l i bus, quarum phrafîm Vi r g i l i us xmu l a t us c i t. Cùm in i . Od y i T c x l i b r o , c x c e p t am deferiben s côuiui o uomerï Mi ne r uam, T r i c l i n i um proponit fp l end i dum, ac var ia ornatum fuppc l iec i i le , fe- exquifita dentem facit in t o r o, extenfum fub t e r t ape t em, pu l chrum appingi r, & va l i um conuiuia. f cabc l ium, fuppof i tum pedibus, iuxtàextenfa m poi i tam menfam , Ç* * »- panes promam 5 7a ^i «y apponerc, & var ia edu i i a. Tùm í lrucìore s adcí í c Jk*- Tç *ç,qui carne s ad menfam inciderent var ias , &quÌ7nV «;utc , lances , ac fcyphos per menfa s attol!ercnt,a c aureis appofiris pocul is v i num pueros pincernas p r o– pinare . Hi nc ingrei los facit ex ordine procos confedi i fe, q ui manus fimiliter l a- uan t , i n f u fa per gu t t urn i um *t&%6ov aureum,&lebetefubter argent o fufee - j j pta aqua ,& pueros, qui cratera s coronaren t p o t u. H i nc folemne s addit cantus, f a l t a t o r umq^ f r ^eda c u l a^ud i c r a aW^^m oblectamenta , &Cy t ha r çdu m P hç mi um, qui fumpta in manibus Cy t h a ra canere t . Eadem in 111 . Ody i f. in c on– uiuio Neílorisrvb i add i t ,& vo t a ,& íupplicationes, &I i b ami na : i r em in 111 i . i n filia: Mene l a i nup t i j s , in quo^oç*a//o f Qoçuigœv, diuinus Ca n t or cy tha r i zans, & duo faltatorc s inter i p f o s, qui ad modul amen Cythara? faltantes , fe fc in g y- rum verterét , & in medio T r i c l i n i; (ne l ocum dcíìderes ) nullas hu i ufmodi omi t- t i tmi nu t i a s. Quo s i nqu am ritus imi t a t u sV i r g i l i us i n nobi li Regina? D i don is Virgilij conuiuio, t r ibus potiífimùm prxrogat iuis videtur commendâdu s : primùm qu ia tresprarro prxc l aram habuit laudat i f f imi poèta: imi t a t i onem, fcierrtijs prxf er t im à po l l e- g a t i u a . r i s ,& V i r g i l ij f x cu lo vndecumque excul t is : deinde quia & i s e x natura , e x i- Ç miam natus eft ingenij felicitatemi : & prête r h x c , quia exa&i f f imam cum his adh i bu i t a r t e. A d d c, & fub ampliífima i l io f xculo Romana maieftat c tunc A u - Exeeflen- gufto prx f e r t im imperanre : in cuius fplendore cùm in vrbem vniuer li rerrarum ua à maie orbis fuerit conuentus 5 omni expafte<leceba t f ummum poetam, & vrb i s ,& fa^- fiate vrbis cu li feruarc decorem, vt cuncì a in elimatiiïïm o poèmat e i l l am referre t maief ta- t em. Qu od pleniftimè ab co f a&um eífe,relinqu o candorem verborum, lucul en- tum hiftori ç ordinem,ornatiííima m di cendi phraf im : vt in Buchoi i c is humi l cm 1» Bucbo- i t y l um feruauer i t, fed non neglecfum , & plur imarum rerum erudttione refer - l i c i s . tum : in Gco rg i c is claboratiftimí s ^uòd f umr a a m rerrarum, ccel i, & fyderum , in Georgi &v e n t o r um, & fluminum na t u r ammi r i f i c od imen f us f i t , e x imi j s c j i i n t e r imi u- c i t . dici js fuiceptam de re agrar ia ornauerit mater iam:& fuper h i s , quon i am a l t i t u- £) d i nem He r o i c am ad fummam g l or i am euexeri t in l ibr is Ae n c i d o s. In quo m i - In j f e n e . ror equidem P l u t a r chum, tanta: per i t ix v i rum, ac mul tarum rerum commenta- v l u t a r c b i ri js,a c hiftorijs i l l u f t r em,& qui i am homo Romanus à Tra i ano fummis honor i- ^mulatto bus ornatus,a c confulari poteftat e in I l l y r i um miifuSjSuida tef te ;Thei fal i ca t a- in VtrgtL men fide, nec fine inuidenti ç nota ingrati an imi , cum minimas v f q; nxnias H o - me ri admi ratus f î t , tranfe o quòd malcdicìi s tam acri ter in He r odo t um i nue- clus eife t i ne vno quidem verbo dignatus fit commemorare V i r g i l i um*, quem M i ru V it nempe agnouiiTct e l imat i f l imo fuper omne s poemate,graui tat e Romana , a c Ro gilij nota- manorum geft a mi ro compendio amplexum,mer i t ò cuncìi s poèti s ab omni euo turmài— fui i fe pr x f e r endum. Re l i nquo innumera pal f im i ud i c i a, vnde poft emendicata c i u m . tot Home ri encomia hic inc l ytus vate s non fuilfet à P l ur a r cho pof thabendus. £ N am i n han c fententiam , qui proféran t V i r g i l i um Home r o, graui fsimos i nue- cracorum n i o, ac fumma eloquenr ia prxdi tos noftra xtat e fCr iprores iMarcumAn t o n i um poètarum, Sabc l l i cum, Iacobum Sado l e t um, Had r i anum Ca r d i n a l em, B embum, And r ea e> Latino Na u a g e r i um. Ma i o r i l l e i n g e n i o, i nqu i t, S a b e l l i c u s ^ i c d i l i g c n t i a . - i l l e c op i aj rum c e n- hievenui tate : plus i l lc carnis haber ,hic neruorum.Succentur iatur i l li A n t i m a- fura* chi graui t as ,He f i odi copia , The o c r i ti propr i etas, Apo l l on ij d i l i gen t i a, P i f a n- dri feroc ia i Hu ic nof tro Ma c ri elegant ia, Si l ij maieftas , Papinij r obu r, Luc ani v i gor F l a c c i i ndo l e s , Ou i d ij c o p i a ,& vibani tas• Equ i d em v c r òho c vn o t an- D d 1 tùm