Infelix, Christum reus es quicunque colendi;
O reus infelix, quam tua culpa gravis!
Tu summis igitur, summis damnabere coelis:
O reus infelix, quam tua poena gravis!
They determined that if any man should confess Him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Alas, unhappy, own the Christ thou wilt;
Unhappy culprit, fearful is thy guilt.
The gates of heaven for aye should keep thee close:
Unhappy culprit, fearful are thy woes. A.
CXXX.
De voto filiorum Zebedaei. Matt. xx. 20.
Sit tibi, Joannes, tibi sit, Jacobe, quod optas;
Sit tibi dextra manus; sit tibi laeva manus.
Spero alia in coelo est, et non incommoda, sedes;
Si neque laeva manus, si neque dextra manus.
Coeli hanc aut illam nolo mihi quaerere partem;
O coelum, coelum da, Pater alme, mihi.
Concerning the prayer of the sons of Zebedee.
O brothers twain, may it be yours to fill
At right and left your places as ye will!
A seat remains, I trust—a fair one too—
Besides those high ones that were sought for you.
I pray not that to me some part be given,
But heaven itself, kind Father, grant me heaven. Cl.
ANOTHER VERSION.
John and James, take your place at God's command:
One at the right, th' other at the left hand.
I ask not to be placèd so, or so:
To heaven, to heaven, good Father, let me go. B.