1570s

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And he that strives to touch the stars,
Oft stumbles at a straw.

Edmund Spenser

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Topic

Going for it

Author

Edmund Spenser

Source

The Shepheardes Calender

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1579 1570s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Spenser, Edmund. "Julye." The Shepheardes Calender. London, 1579.

Current Citation

Spenser, Edmund. "The Shepheardes Calender." The Shorter Poems, edited by Richard A. Mccabe. Penguin Classics, 2000.

For where's the state beneath the firmament
That doth excel the bees for government?

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

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Topic

Bees Good government Government

Author

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

Source

The Week, or the Creation of the World

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1578 1570s 16th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

De Saluste du Bartas, Guillaume. La Semaine; ou Creation du monde [The First Week; or the Creation of the World]. Paris: Michel Gadoulleau and Jean Febvrier, 1578, first week, fifth day, pt. 1.

I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.

Nicholas Breton

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Topic

Enemies Loneliness Poverty

Author

Nicholas Breton

Source

A Farewell to Town

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1577 1570s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Citation

Breton, Nicholas. A Farewell to Town. c. 1577.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

Michel de Montaigne

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Topic

Quotations Self-expression

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1575 1570s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "De l'Institution des Enfants [Of the Education of Children]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Educating Children." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Kyrie eleison.

English translation: "Lord, have mercy."

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Topic

Mercy

Source

The Roman Missal

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1570 1570s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Missale Romanum [The Roman Missal] 14 July 1570.

Current Citation

Roman Catholic Daily Missal (1962). Angelus Press, 2004.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

English translation: "Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault."

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Topic

Sin

Source

The Roman Missal

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1570 1570s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Missale Romanum [The Roman Missal]. Milan, c. 1474.

Current Citation

Roman Missal. Catholic Book Publishing, 2011.