View source for Poem, 1620-01-31, Ambrosius de Bruyn to Joachim Morsius

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| Author=Ambrosius de Bruyn
| Recipient=Joachim Morsius
| Type=Poem
| Date=1620-01-31
| DatePresumed=
| Place=Westminster
| Pages=1
| Language=lat
| Editor=Julian Paulus
| SourceAuthor=Cornelis Drebbel
| SourceTitle=De quinta essentia Tractatus
| SourceEditor=Joachim Morsius
| SourcePlace=0
| SourceDate=1621
| SourceBP=BP.Drebbel.1621-01
| SourceSig=B4v
| SourceBPother=BP.Drebbel.1621-02
| SourceSig_other=E4v
| Translation=1
| AbstractGPT=Ambrosius de Bruynbelga praises the enduring nature of solid learning over the ephemeral nature of life and time. He suggests that those who dedicate themselves to the Muses, or the arts and sciences, achieve a form of immortality, transcending even death. He commends Morsius for his deep understanding and dedication to ancient knowledge and disciplines, implying that Morsius's contributions will be remembered by future generations.
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{{Pagemark|sig|B4v}} <i>{{MarkupInitial|Omnia}} mors mordet, vis temporis omnia solvit,
: Doctrin&aelig; ast solid&aelig; stat sine fine decus.
Hinc si quis Musas parvo contentus amavit,
: Ille vel invitâ morte superstes agit.
Hoc quia solerti perpendis pectore {{MarkupUppercase|Morsi,}}
: Te voveo nostra, & postuma secla legent.</i>
</poem>

{{MarkupSubscription|Scripsi L. M. Q.{{Apparatus|Expl|L. M. Q.|lubens meritoque}} viro doctrin&aelig; prisc&aelig; & disciplinarum digniorum maximè studioso, D[omi]n[o] {{MarkupUppercase|Joachimo Morsio}} Patricio Hamburgensi,}}

{{MarkupSubscription|<i>{{MarkupUppercase|Ambrosius de Bruynbelga,|u=v}} VVestmonasterij Ian[uarii] ult[imo] M.&nbsp;DC.&nbsp;XX.}}

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Death devours all, the force of time dissolves all, but the glory of solid learning stands without end. Hence, if anyone has loved the Muses, content with little, that person acts as if immortal, even against the will of death. Because you, Morsius, consider this with a keen mind, I dedicate you to our era, and future generations will read [about you].

I wrote this willingly and deservedly for the man most devoted to ancient learning and the most worthy disciplines, Mr. Joachim Morsius, a patrician of Hamburg,

Ambrosius de Bruynbelga, at Westminster, on the last day of January 1620.