1.1 Narrābō I shall tell tibi to you lector reader rem a matter parvam small et and rūsticam rustic quae which mihi to me in in vīcō a village quōdam certain accidit happened cum when Lovaniō from Louvain Basileam to Basel iter a journey facerem I was making
1.2 Annus the year erat was mīllēsimus thousandth quīngentēsimus five-hundredth vīcēsimus twentieth prīmus first et and autumnus autumn iam already in into hiemem winter vergēbat was turning
1.3 Lovaniī at Louvain diūtius longer manēre to remain mihi to me nōn not iam any longer tūtum safe vidēbātur seemed quod because theologī the theologians quī who illīc there docent teach mē me Lutherī of Luther fautōrem a supporter esse to be clāmābant were shouting Lutherānī the Lutherans autem however mē me Pontificis of the Pontiff adūlātōrem a flatterer esse to be scrībēbant were writing
1.4 Ita so factum est it came about ut that inter between duās two factiōnēs factions quārum of which utraque each mē me suum its own esse to be vellet wished neutrī to neither placērem I was pleasing
1.5 Equus the horse meus my quī which mē me per through tot so many urbēs cities patienter patiently portāverat had carried haud not procul far ā from Rhēnō the Rhine claudicāre to limp coepit began et and caelum the sky quasi as if theologōrum of the theologians partēs the part ageret it were playing imbrem rain sine without fīne end in onto caput head meum my effundēbat was pouring
1.6 Itaque and so in into vīcum the village proximum nearest dēflexī I turned aside cuius whose nōmen name tacēbō I shall keep silent nē lest incolae the inhabitants quī who mē me benignē kindly recēpērunt received propter on account of hanc this fābulam story rīdeantur they be laughed at
1.7 Ūna one ibi there erat was caupōna inn humilis low et and fūmōsa smoky quālēs such as in in Germāniā Germany plērumque for the most part inveniuntur are found sed but lectus the bed siccus dry erat was et and vīnum the wine nōn not malum bad quod which in in hāc this regiōne region nōn not semper always contingit falls to one's lot
1.8 Caupō the innkeeper cui to whom nōmen name erat was Ottō Otto mē me ad to fornācem the stove dūxit led ut so that vestīmenta clothes mea my quae which pluvia the rain penitus thoroughly madefēcerat had soaked siccārentur might be dried
1.9 Circā around fornācem the stove iam already sedēbant were sitting virī men ferē about vīgintī twenty quī who nōn not dē about pluviā the rain neque nor dē about Lutherō Luther ut as exspectāveram I had expected sed but dē about molā a mill quādam certain ācriter fiercely disputābant were disputing
1.10 Audiēbam I heard enim for aliōs some clāmāre to shout molam the mill cum with omnibus all agrīs fields Wernerī Werner's esse to be aliōs others prātum the meadow saltem at least ad to Conradum Conrad pertinēre to belong nōnnūllōs some autem however tōtam the whole rem matter ad to episcopum the bishop dēferendam to be referred esse to be
1.11 Ego I quī who tot so many annōs years inter among theologōs theologians disputantēs disputing vīxeram had lived statim at once intellēxī understood hanc this contrōversiam controversy nōn not minus less ācrem fierce fore to be going to be quam than illās those dē about grātiā grace et and dē about lībertāte the freedom arbitriī of the will et and fortasse perhaps nōn not minus less longam long
1.12 Rogāvī I asked igitur therefore Ottōnem Otto quid what reī of matter esset it was et and ille he dum while vīnum wine īnfundit he pours in rem the matter tōtam whole ōrdine in order narrāvit told
1.13 Tē you autem but moneō I advise lector reader ut that caupōnem the innkeeper sīc so audiās you hear quemadmodum just as ego I audīvī heard nōn not ut as iūdex a judge quī who iam already scit knows quid what dēcernere to decide velit he wishes sed but ut as is one quī who prius first quaerit asks quid what scrīptum written sit has been
1.14 Nam for quī he who ut as iūdex a judge audit listens eam that fābulam story audit hears quam which iam already crēdit he believes quī he who autem but librōs books cōnferre to compare solet is accustomed is he etiam even in in caupōnā an inn duās two vōcēs voices exspectat expects et and locum a place ubi where dissentiant they disagree
2.1 Narrābat was telling Ottō Otto molitōrem a miller quendam certain nōmine by name Henricum Henry ante before duōs two annōs years mortuum esse to have died hominem a man probum upright et and parcum thrifty quī who molam the mill ad by rīvum the stream per for quadrāgintā forty annōs years exercuisset had worked
2.2 Eum him duōs two relīquisse to have left fīliōs sons Wernerum Werner nātū by birth māiōrem the elder quī who cum with patre his father semper always in in molā the mill labōrāvisset had worked et and Conradum Conrad minōrem the younger quī who vīneās the vineyards in on colle the hill suprā above vīcum the village coleret tended
2.3 Frātrēs the brothers ut as aiēbat he said nec neither amīcōs friends nec nor inimīcōs enemies fuisse to have been quod which dē of frātribus brothers plērumque generally dīcī to be said potest can dōnec until pater the father moriātur dies
2.4 Henricum Henry cum when morbō by illness gravī grave premerētur he was being pressed plaustrō in a cart in into oppidum the town vectum esse to have been carried ut so that apud before tabelliōnem a notary testāmentum his will faceret he might make quod which rūsticī peasants rārō rarely faciunt do
2.5 Tabelliōnem the notary senem an old man dīligentem careful quī who iam now et also ipse himself mortuus esset had died verba the words aegrōtantis of the sick man in into commentāriōs register suōs his excēpisse to have taken down adstantibus standing by tribus three testibus witnesses ut as mōs the custom est is
2.6 Deinde then eundem the same man manū with hand suā his own exemplum copy ūnum one in on membrānā parchment dēscrīpsisse to have written out quod which Henricus Henry domum home sēcum with him tulisset had carried
2.7 Henricum Henry paucīs a few post after diēbus days obiisse to have died et and Wernerum Werner exemplum copy illud that in in arcā the chest paternā of his father dīligenter carefully servāvisse to have kept
2.8 Sacerdōtem the priest autem however vīcī of the village Udalricum Ulrich hominem a man pium pious nec and not indoctum unlearned voluisse to have wished alterum a second quoque also exemplum copy in in arcā the chest ecclēsiae of the church habēre to have nē lest quid anything post after mortem the death molitōris of the miller in into dubium doubt vocārētur be called
2.9 Itaque so scrībam clerk suum his iuvenem a young man ācrem keen et and sēdulum diligent in into oppidum the town mīsisse to have sent quī who ex from commentāriīs the register tabelliōnis of the notary testāmentum the will dēscrīberet should copy out
2.10 Hoc this alterum second exemplum copy Udalricum Ulrich quotannīs every year eō on that diē day quō on which Henricus Henry obierat had died in in ecclēsiā the church recitāre to read aloud solēre to be accustomed ut so that populus the people memoriam the memory molitōris of the miller piē piously coleret might honour
2.11 Hactenus thus far rem the matter simplicem simple fuisse to have been difficultātem the difficulty ortam esse to have arisen cum when frātrēs the brothers duo two exempla copies inter among sē themselves nōn not cōnsentīre to agree animadvertissent had noticed
2.12 In in exemplō the copy enim for Wernerī of Werner quod which tabelliō the notary ipse himself scrīpserat had written haec these verba words legī to be read Wernerus Werner fīlius son meus my hērēs heir estō let him be Conradō to Conrad fīliō son meō my vīneās the vineyards in on colle the hill lēgō I bequeath
2.13 In in exemplō the copy autem but ecclēsiae of the church quod which scrība the clerk dēscrīpserat had copied out post after vōcem the word colle hill quattuor four vōcēs words additās esse to have been added et and prātum the meadow ad by rīvum the stream
2.14 Prātum meadow illud that optimum the best esse to be tōtīus of the whole vallis valley et and sine without eō it molam the mill vix scarcely ūllum any frūctum profit ferre to bear quod because ibi there equī the horses molitōris of the miller pāscerentur were pastured et and faenum hay ad for hiemem the winter secārētur was cut
2.15 Ita thus Wernerum Werner exemplum the copy suum his own Conradum Conrad exemplum the copy ecclēsiae of the church prōferre to bring forward et and utrumque each alterum the other fraudis of fraud accūsāre to accuse
2.16 Vīcum the village in into duās two partēs parts dīvīsum esse to have been divided plērōsque most tamen however Conradō Conrad favēre to favour quia because verba the words ecclēsiae of the church quotannīs every year audīvissent they had heard Wernerī Werner's autem but membrānam parchment numquam never vīdissent they had seen
2.17 Hoc this quoque also Ottō Otto addidit added nē lest quid anything omitteret he should omit frātrēs the brothers iam already trēs three mēnsēs months inter between sē themselves nōn not loquī to speak et and Conradum Conrad frūmentum grain suum his in into alterum another vīcum village ad for molendum grinding portāre to carry quamvīs although longius farther esset it was
2.18 Haec these things cum when audīvissem I had heard rīsī I laughed sed but nōn not laetē merrily nam for hanc this ipsam very fābulam story in in librīs books sacrīs sacred totiēns so often invēneram I had found ut that eam it iam by now memoriā by memory tenērem I held duo two exemplāria copies ūnus one locus place et and hominēs men quī who prius sooner inter among sē themselves accūsant accuse quam than librum the book antīquiōrem older quaerant they seek
3.1 Dum while Ottō Otto haec these things narrat tells vir a man quīdam certain ē from turbā the crowd quī who mē me diū for a long time attentē attentively īnspexerat had looked at subitō suddenly surrēxit rose et and digitō with his finger mē me mōnstrāvit pointed out
3.2 Hunc this man ego I nōvī know inquit he said vīdī I saw eum him Argentorātī at Strasbourg in in officīnā the workshop typographī of a printer ubi where omnēs all eum him ut as rēgem a king salūtābant were greeting
3.3 Hic this est is Erasmus Erasmus quī who ēvangelium the gospel ēmendāvit corrected
3.4 Tum then omnēs all ad towards mē me sē themselves convertērunt turned et and ego I quī who eō for that nōmine name saepius more often accūsor am accused quam than laudor praised cōnfitērī to admit coāctus sum I was compelled mē me illum that man esse to be
3.5 Sed but statim at once addidī I added mē me ēvangelium the gospel nōn not ēmendāvisse to have corrected quod which nēmō no mortālis mortal facere to do posset could sed but exemplāria copies eius of it Graeca Greek et and Latīna Latin inter among sē themselves contulisse to have compared quod which quīvīs anyone dīligēns diligent facere to do posset could
3.6 Hanc this subtīlitātem subtlety nēmō no one audīvit heard satis enough erat it was illīs for them hominem a man doctum learned adesse to be present quī who litterās letters legere to read et and lītem the dispute dīrimere to settle posset could
3.7 Ille that man quī who mē me agnōverat had recognised sūtor a cobbler ut as posteā afterwards cognōvī I learned mē me ōrāvit begged ut that sententiam a verdict dīcerem I should give quod which exemplum copy vērum true esset was quod which falsum false
3.8 Respondī I replied mē me nūllam no sententiam verdict dictūrum esse to be going to give nam for nec neither iūdicem a judge mē me esse to be nec nor hērēdem an heir sed but peregrīnum a stranger cuius whose vestīmenta clothes adhūc still madērent were wet
3.9 Sī if tamen however vultis you wish inquam I say utrumque each exemplum copy hūc here afferte bring et and mēnsam a table et and lucernam a lamp et and chartam paper nihil nothing vōbīs to you dīcam I shall say sed but aliquid something ostendam I shall show
3.10 Murmur a murmur ortum est arose aliī some hoc this sapienter wisely dictum said esse to have been putābant thought aliī others mē me timidum timid esse to be et and lītem the dispute effugere to escape velle to wish
3.11 Neque nor illī those omnīnō altogether errābant were wrong nam for saepe often mihi to me obiectum est it has been objected mē me nihil nothing umquam ever asserere to assert et and nōn not semper always iniūriā unjustly
3.12 Brevī shortly tamen however Wernerus Werner ipse himself advēnit arrived vir a man rōbustus sturdy et and farīnā with flour etiam even tum then albus white membrānam the parchment suam his in in pannō a cloth involūtam wrapped manū in hand tenēns holding
3.13 Paulō a little post later Conradus Conrad quoque also vēnit came macrior thinner frātre than his brother et and iūnior younger nec and not membrānam parchment ūllam any sed but sacerdōtem the priest ipsum himself sēcum with him addūcēns bringing quī who exemplum the copy ecclēsiae of the church sub under palliō his cloak portābat was carrying
3.14 Ita thus duo two exempla copies in on mēnsā the table posita sunt were placed et and turba the crowd tam so prope near accessit came ut that lucernae of the lamp flammam the flame paene almost exstingueret it put out
3.15 Wernerus Werner membrānam parchment suam his sine without verbō a word posuerat had set down quasi as if dīceret he were saying sē himself nihil nothing timēre to fear Udalricus Ulrich autem but exemplum copy suum his priusquam before dēpōneret he set it down signō with the sign crucis of the cross mūnīverat had fortified
3.16 Ego I hōs these duōs two gestūs gestures nōn not minus less attentē attentively quam than exempla the copies ipsa themselves notāvī noted nam for saepe often ex from eō this quōmodo how homō a man librum a book tenet holds intellegitur it is understood quid what ab from eō it exspectet he expects
4.1 Prīmum first utrumque each exemplum copy tōtum whole lēgī I read et and invēnī I found paene almost omnia all things cōnsentīre to agree nōmina the names diem the day testēs the witnesses ipsa the very verba words quibus with which Henricus Henry animam soul suam his Deō to God commendāverat had commended
4.2 Deinde then chartam the paper in into duās two columnās columns dīvīsī I divided et and in in sinistrā the left exemplum the copy Wernerī of Werner in in dextrā the right exemplum the copy ecclēsiae of the church verbum word prō for verbō word dēscrīpsī I copied out ita so ut that versūs lines versibus to lines respondērent corresponded
4.3 Hanc this ratiōnem method nōn not ego I excōgitāvī devised lector reader Hispānī the Spaniards enim for Complūtī at Alcalá Graeca Greek et and Latīna Latin in in columnīs columns iūxtā side by side posita placed typīs in type expressērunt printed antequam before ego I Novum the New Testāmentum Testament ēderem published quamquam although liber book meus my prior earlier in into tabernās the shops pervēnit came
4.4 Nōlō I do not wish enim for quemquam anyone putāre to think mē me id that invēnisse to have invented quod which aliī others prius earlier fēcērunt did quī he who tōtam whole vītam life in in eō this cōnsūmpsit has spent ut that quid what rē vērā in fact scrīptum written sit has been cōnstitueret he might establish dē about hāc this rē matter vagus vague esse to be nōn not dēbet ought
4.5 Cum when columnae the columns perfectae finished essent were nihil nothing in in eīs them notāvī I marked nisi except ūnum one locum place eum that scīlicet namely ubi where exempla the copies dissentiunt disagree ibi there līneam a line sub under verbīs the words dūxī I drew nec nor quicquam anything amplius more
4.6 Tum then chartam the paper ad towards turbam the crowd vertī I turned et and tacuī I was silent
4.7 Hoc this est is ut as mihi to me vidētur it seems tōta the whole ars art mea my nōn not dīcere to tell hominibus men hoc this aut or illud that falsum false esse to be sed but duo two things ante before oculōs the eyes pōnere to place ut so that ipsī they themselves videant may see
4.8 Nam for quī he who sententiam opinion meam my audit hears ab by aliō another quī who māiōre greater auctōritāte authority pollet is strong in facile easily āvocārī to be drawn away potest can quī he who autem but duo two verba words oculīs with eyes suīs his own vīdit has seen eī from him nē not episcopus a bishop quidem even ea them ēripere to snatch away potest can
4.9 Diū for a long time illī they tacitī silent chartam the paper īnspexērunt looked at deinde then sūtor the cobbler quī who sōlus alone ferē almost legere to read sciēbat knew how verba the words quibus beneath which līneam a line subdūxeram I had drawn clārā in a clear vōce voice recitāvit read aloud et and prātum the meadow ad by rīvum the stream
4.10 Statim at once ortus est arose clāmor an outcry amīcī the friends Conradī of Conrad dīcēbant said tabelliōnem the notary senem old et and dēfessum tired haec these verba words in in exemplō the copy Wernerī of Werner omīsisse to have omitted amīcī the friends Wernerī of Werner contrā on the other side scrībam the clerk sacerdōtis of the priest ea them dē from suō his own addidisse to have added
4.11 Utrumque each fierī to happen posse to be able mihi to me certē certainly nōtum known erat was nam for scrībae scribes et both dēfessī when tired omittunt omit et and sēdulī when diligent addunt add sed but hī these saepius more often quam than illī those et and magis more nocent they harm quia because bonō with good animō intent nocent they harm
4.12 Hoc this tamen however illīs to them nōn not dīxī I said nē lest ipse I myself ab on alterā one parte side stāre to stand vidērer I should seem
4.13 Rogāvī I asked potius rather utrum which exemplum copy antīquius older esset was et and unde from where utrumque each dēscrīptum esset had been copied
4.14 Cum when respondissent they had replied Wernerī Werner's exemplum copy ā by tabelliōne the notary ipsō himself scrīptum written esse to have been alterum the other ā by scrībā the clerk ex from commentāriīs the register tabelliōnis of the notary tum then dēmum at last intellēxērunt they understood neutrum neither exemplum copy esse to be id that quod which quaererēmus we were seeking
4.15 Exstantne do they still exist illī those commentāriī the register rogāvī I asked Nam for quī he who eōs it habet has is he testem a witness habet has utrōque than either exemplō copy antīquiōrem older
4.16 Respondit replied Ottō Otto tabelliōnis of the notary successōrem the successor Nicolāum Nicholas quendam a certain omnēs all eius his librōs books in in oppidō the town servāre to keep quod which nōn not longē far ā from vīcō the village abesset was distant
4.17 Placuit it was agreed igitur therefore ut that puer a boy prīmā at first lūce light in into oppidum the town currēns running Nicolāum Nicholas cum with librō the book arcesseret should fetch ego I autem and cuius whose equus horse adhūc still claudicābat was limping manēre to remain cōnsēnsī agreed
4.18 Turba the crowd paulātim little by little discessit departed aliī some spē with hope aliī others īrā with anger plēnī full et and ego I sōlus alone ad by fornācem the stove cum with chartā paper meā my relictus sum was left
4.19 Diū for a long time duās the two columnās columns contemplātus sum I contemplated et and mēcum with myself cōgitāvī I thought quam how parva small rēs a thing essent were quattuor four vōcēs words et and quam how magna great things ex from eīs them penderent were hanging
5.1 Eādem on the same nocte night cum when cēterī the others discessissent had departed et and ego I iam already in in lectō bed iacērem was lying aliquis someone ōstium the door cubiculī of the bedroom lēniter gently pulsāvit knocked
5.2 Erat it was Udalricus Ulrich sacerdōs the priest lucernam a lamp manū in hand tenēns holding quī who veniam pardon petīvit asked quod because hōrā at an hour tam so intempestā unseasonable mē me turbāret he was disturbing
5.3 Sēdit he sat in on sellā the stool et and diū for a long time nihil nothing dīxit said deinde then haec these things ferē roughly locūtus est he spoke quae which nunc now tibi to you referam I shall report quam as fidēlissimē most faithfully poterō I shall be able
5.4 Sē himself nec neither Wernerō Werner nec nor Conradō Conrad favēre to favour et and prātum the meadow ipsum itself nihil not at all ad to sē him pertinēre to pertain sed but exemplum copy illud that ecclēsiae of the church per for duōs two annōs years sē he cōram before populō the people recitāvisse to have read aloud et and omnēs all eius its verba words memoriā by memory tenēre to hold
5.5 Sī if nunc now vir a man doctus learned et and peregrīnus foreign ostenderet should show in in eō it verba words esse to be quae which Henricus Henry numquam never dīxisset had said quid what populum the people dē about cēterīs the other quoque also verbīs words crēditūrum would believe
5.6 Fore it would come about ut that dubitārent they would doubt etiam even dē about eīs those things quae which vēra true essent were et and ecclēsiae the church ipsī itself nōn not iam any longer fidem trust habērent they would have
5.7 Nōlī do not quaesō I pray inquit he said dīcere to say exemplum the copy ecclēsiae of the church errāre to err nam for hoc this simplicēs the simple scandalizābit will scandalise
5.8 Agnōvī I recognised verbum the word quod which ex from vulgātā the common ēditiōne edition sūmpsit he took nec and not mē me offendit did it offend nam for Graecum Greek est it is et and bonum good sed but quotiēns as often as ego I id it audiō hear aliquis someone mē me rogat is asking ut that vēritātem the truth tegam I should cover nē lest quis anyone offendātur be offended
5.9 Hīc here fateor I confess aliquid something in in mē me ipsō myself sēnsī I felt quod which nunc now invītus unwilling narrō I tell
5.10 Nam for sacerdōs priest ille that mē me nōn not minīs with threats sed but miseriā with wretchedness urgēbat was pressing et and vōx a voice interior inner statim at once respondit answered mollem gentle et and prūdentem prudent esse to be virum the man quī who tālī to such precī a prayer cēderet should yield
5.11 Sed but cognōvī I knew vōcem voice illam that ea it enim for est is quae which mihi to me saepe often cessiōnem yielding meam my sub under nōmine the name moderātiōnis of moderation commendāvit has commended et and quī he who intus inside est is prūdentiam prudence ā from timōre fear nōn not discernit distinguishes
5.12 Respondī I replied igitur therefore mē me nihil nothing dē about exemplō the copy ecclēsiae of the church dictūrum to be going to say neque neither vērum true neque nor falsum false crās tomorrow enim for librum the book tabelliōnis of the notary adfutūrum to be going to be present et and eum it nōn not mē me locūtūrum esse to be going to speak
5.13 Tū you autem but inquam I say sī if vīs you wish populum the people ecclēsiae the church crēdere to trust nōlī do not eī to it ostendere show ecclēsiam the church vēritātem the truth timēre to fear
5.14 Ille he diū for a long time tacuit was silent deinde then surrēxit rose et and in on līmine the threshold cōnstitit stopped et and rogāvit asked num whether ego I umquam ever in in tālī such rē a matter cessissem had yielded
5.15 Respondī I replied mē me nōndum not yet cessisse to have yielded Hoc this tunc then vērum true erat was
6.1 Postrīdiē the next day sub towards merīdiem noon pluviā the rain nōn not minūtā lessened puer the boy rediit returned et and cum with eō him Nicolāus Nicholas homō a man pallidus pale et and brevis short quī who librum a book magnum large coriō with leather tēctum covered ut like īnfantem an infant in in bracchiīs his arms gerēbat was carrying
6.2 Caupōna the inn iterum again complēta est was filled aderant were present Wernerus Werner et and Conradus Conrad aderat was present Udalricus Ulrich aderat was present sūtor the cobbler et and mulierēs women quoque also quās whom prīdiē the day before nōn not vīderam I had seen
6.3 Nicolāus Nicholas librum the book in on mēnsā the table posuit placed et and folia the leaves diū for a long time versāvit turned dōnec until ad to diem the day quō on which Henricus Henry testāmentum his will fēcerat had made pervēnit he came
6.4 Ibi there manū in the hand tabelliōnis of the notary parvā small et and dēnsā close scrīpta written erant were verba the words morientis of the dying man eadem the same prōrsus exactly quae which in in exemplō the copy Wernerī of Werner lēgerāmus we had read Conradō to Conrad fīliō son meō my vīneās the vineyards in on colle the hill lēgō I bequeath
6.5 Nihil nothing dē about prātō the meadow in in ipsō the textū text itself erat was
6.6 In in margine the margin autem however ē regiōne opposite hōrum these verbōrum words ātrāmentō in ink pallidiōre paler quattuor four vōcēs words adscrīptae written beside erant were et and prātum the meadow ad by rīvum the stream et and sub beneath eīs them minōribus in smaller litterīs letters haec these pauca few words rogat asks Conr. Conrad pater the father tacet is silent
6.7 Haec these things cum when vīdissem I had seen nihil nothing dīxī I said sed but librum the book ad to Udalricum Ulrich trānsmīsī I passed et and rogāvī asked ut that ipse he himself omnia everything et both textum the text et and marginem the margin populō to the people recitāret should read aloud
6.8 Hoc this cōnsultō deliberately fēcī I did nam for dē about eō him quī who exemplum the copy ecclēsiae of the church per for duōs two annōs years recitāverat had read aloud nēmō no one dīcere to say poterat could eum him contrā against ecclēsiam the church loquī to speak
6.9 Udalricus Ulrich lēgit read prīmum at first lentē slowly deinde then vōce in a voice paene almost frāctā broken et and cum when ad to illa those verba words pater the father tacet is silent pervēnisset he had come librum the book dēposuit he put down
6.10 Tum then prīmum for the first time vīdī I saw turbam the crowd rem the matter intellegere to understand quod which prīdiē the day before nūllus no clāmor shouting efficere to bring about potuerat had been able
6.11 Scrība the clerk enim for ille that sēdulus diligent cum when ex from commentāriīs the register dēscrīberet he was copying verba the words in in margine the margin adscrīpta written beside vīderat had seen et and putāverat had thought ea them ā by tabelliōne the notary prīmum first omissa omitted et and posteā afterwards restitūta restored esse to have been quod which in in librīs books saepissimē very often accidit happens
6.12 Itaque so ea them in into textum the text recēperat he had taken adnotātiōnem the note autem but minōrem smaller aut either nōn not lēgerat he had read aut or nōn not intellēxerat he had understood et and ita so quod what fīlius the son petīverat had asked id that pater the father lēgāvisse to have bequeathed vidēbātur seemed
6.13 Nūllus no corruptor corrupter testāmentī of the will fuerat had there been iuvenis a young man fuerat it had been bonī of good animī intent quī who adiuvāre to help voluit wished quod which genus kind scrībārum of scribes perīculōsius more dangerous est is quam than quodvīs any aliud other
6.14 Mīrābile wonderful dictū to say nēmō no one iam any longer clāmābat was shouting Conradus Conrad autem however ad to mēnsam the table accessit came et and cum when digitum his finger in on illa those verba words rogat asks Conr. Conrad posuisset he had placed submissā in a lowered vōce voice dīxit said Rogāvī I asked Hoc this vērum true est is
6.15 Wernerus Werner nihil nothing respondit replied sed but frātrem his brother diū for a long time aspexit looked at quasi as if eum him tum then prīmum for the first time post after mortem the death patris of their father vidēret he were seeing
6.16 Sacerdōs the priest autem however quī who nocte in the night tantopere so greatly timuerat had been afraid nunc now nōn not timidus fearful sed but paene almost laetus glad vidēbātur seemed quod because vēritās the truth ex from ōre the mouth suō his own nōn not ex from meō mine prōdierat had come forth
7.1 Hīc here omnēs all ad towards mē me oculōs their eyes rūrsus again convertērunt turned quasi as if nunc now dēmum at last sententiam verdict meam my dīcere to pronounce dēbērem I ought
7.2 Et and dīxī I said aliquid something quod which hīc here tibi for you exscrībō I copy out quia because nōn not sententia a verdict fuit it was sed but adnotātiō an annotation quālem such as in in librīs books meīs my facere to make soleō I am accustomed
7.3 Dīxī I said quattuor four illās those vōcēs words et and prātum the meadow ad by rīvum the stream in in exemplō the copy ecclēsiae of the church legī to be read in in exemplō the copy Wernerī of Werner nōn not legī to be read in in commentāriīs the register tabelliōnis of the notary nōn not in in textū the text sed but in in margine the margin legī to be read cum with adnotātiōne a note dē about petītiōne the request fīliī of the son et and silentiō the silence patris of the father
7.4 Haec these things certa certain esse to be et and testibus by witnesses probārī to be proved nec nor quemquam anyone quī who oculōs eyes habēret had ea them negāre to deny posse to be able
7.5 Testāmentum the will igitur therefore quāle such as scrīptum written esset it had been prātum the meadow Conradō to Conrad nōn not lēgāre to bequeath hoc this nōn not opīniōnem opinion meam my esse to be sed but id that quod which tabelliō the notary ipse himself scrīpsisset had written
7.6 Quid what autem however Henricus Henry tacēns being silent voluisset had wished utrum whether silentium silence illud that negātiō a refusal fuisset had been an or dēlīberātiō deliberation an or sōla mere dēfectiō failing vīrium of the strength morientis of a dying man id that nūllō by no librō book cōnstāre to be established
7.7 Dē about hāc this rē matter mē me nihil nothing scīre to know nec nor quemquam anyone quī who in in illō that cubiculō room nōn not fuisset had been et and quī whoever hoc this sē himself scīre to know affirmāret should affirm eum him plūs more dīcere to say quam than testēs the witnesses dīcerent said
7.8 Trēs three quidem indeed testēs witnesses adfuisse to have been present quī who fortasse perhaps vultum the face patris of the father vīdissent had seen sed but eōs them ut as Nicolāus Nicholas narrāverat had told aut either mortuōs dead aut or in into aliās other regiōnēs regions dīgressōs departed esse to be et and hōs these in in adnotātiōne annotation meā my nōmināre to name mē me tamquam as testēs witnesses quōs whom adīre to approach nōn not potuissem I had been able
7.9 Hīc here adnotātiō annotation mea my fīnem an end habuit had Nihil nothing addidī I added dē about frāternō brotherly amōre love nihil nothing dē about misericordiā mercy quamquam although linguam the tongue mihi to me vehementer violently prūrīre to itch sentiēbam I felt
7.10 Nam for adnotātiō an annotation quae which lectōrī to the reader praecipit prescribes quid what sentīre to think dēbeat he ought cōntiō a sermon est is minūtīs in tiny litterīs letters scrīpta written et and quī he who eam it scrībit writes idem the same thing lectōrī to the reader facit does quod which sibi to himself ab by aliīs others factum done esse to have been queritur complains
7.11 Quid what deinde next factum sit happened paucīs in few words narrābō I shall tell nam for paucīs in few words cognōvī I learned
7.12 Wernerus Werner diū for a long time librum the book īnspexit examined quasi as if vultum the face patris of his father in in litterīs the letters quaereret he were seeking deinde then sine without ūllō any verbō word exiit went out et and Conradus Conrad eum him paulō a little post after secūtus est followed
7.13 Nesciō I do not know quid what sub under imbre the rain inter between sē themselves dīxerint they said Sūtor the cobbler tamen however ille that quī who sōlus alone ferē almost legere to read sciēbat knew how posteā afterwards mihi to me Basileam to Basel scrīpsit wrote prātum the meadow nunc now ā by frātribus the brothers commūniter jointly secārī to be mown et and faenum the hay inter between equōs the horses Wernerī of Werner et and vaccam the cow Conradī of Conrad dīvidī to be divided
7.14 Udalricum Ulrich autem and exemplum the copy ecclēsiae of the church nōn not combussisse to have burned nec nor verba words illa those ērāsisse to have erased sed but in in margine the margin eius of it manū in hand suā his own adscrīpsisse to have written Haec these quattuor four vōcēs words in in commentāriīs the register tabelliōnis of the notary nōn not sunt are in in textū the text
7.15 Hanc this adnotātiōnem annotation cum when lēgissem I had read plūs more gāvīsus sum I rejoiced quam than sī if tōtus the whole vīcus village mē me laudāvisset had praised
7.16 Nam for sacerdōs priest ille that nōn not meam my sententiam opinion sed but testēs the witnesses ipsōs themselves in into marginem the margin posuerat had put et and quisquis whoever posteā afterwards exemplum the copy ecclēsiae of the church lēgerit shall have read idem the same thing vidēbit will see quod which nōs we in in caupōnā the inn vīdimus saw etiam even sine without mē me
7.17 Postrīdiē the next day equus horse meus my melius better ambulābat was walking et and ego I Basileam for Basel profectus sum set out
8.1 Hīc here fābula the story fīnīrī to be ended poterat could lector reader et and tū you mē me fortasse perhaps laudārēs would praise quod because sacerdōtī to the priest nōn not cessissem I had yielded
8.2 Sed but nōlō I do not wish tē you hanc this laudem praise sine without reliquō the rest accipere to accept nam for reliquum the rest est is id that quod which discere to learn dēbēs you ought
8.3 Eōdem at the same tempore time Basileae at Basel tertia the third ēditiō edition Novī of the New Testāmentī Testament meī my apud at the house of Frobenium Froben parābātur was being prepared
8.4 In in prīmā the first et and secundā second ēditiōne edition versiculum little verse illum that dē about tribus three testibus witnesses quī who in in caelō heaven testimōnium testimony dant give quī which in in prīmā the first Iōannis of John epistulā letter in in Latīnīs Latin librīs books vulgō commonly legitur is read omīseram I had omitted quia because in in nūllō no Graecō Greek cōdice manuscript quem which vīderam I had seen inveniēbātur it was found
8.5 Hōc on this nōmine account ā by multīs many accūsātus eram I had been accused quasi as if Trīnitātem the Trinity ipsam itself ē from Scrīptūrā Scripture sustulissem I had removed
8.6 Paulō a little ante before nūntiātum erat it had been reported mihi to me cōdicem a manuscript Graecum Greek in in Britanniā Britain repertum esse to have been found quī which versiculum the verse habēret had
8.7 Locum the passage ex from eō it dēscrīptum copied out accēperam I had received et and statim at once suspicātus eram I had suspected Graeca Greek illa that ad to Latīnōs the Latin cōdicēs manuscripts cōnfōrmāta conformed esse to have been sonābant they sounded enim for Latīnē Latin ut that ita so dīcam I may speak etiam even Graecē in Greek scrīpta written
8.8 Et and tamen yet versiculum the verse in into tertiam the third ēditiōnem edition recēpī I took
8.9 Nōn not quia because testēs the witnesses mihi me persuāserant had persuaded sed but nē lest cui to anyone ansam a handle calumniandī for slander praebērem I should offer ita so enim for in in adnotātiōne annotation meā my scrīpsī I wrote et and suspīciōnem suspicion meam my dē about cōdice the manuscript Britannicō British nōn not tacuī I kept silent
8.10 Vidēs you see lector reader in in vīcō village illō that ea those things quae which scrība the clerk ex from margine the margin addiderat had added nōn not admīsī I admitted quamquam although sacerdōs priest bonus a good mē me ōrābat was begging Basileae at Basel autem but paucīs a few post after mēnsibus months versiculum a verse quem which testēs witnesses meī my nōn not habēbant had ipse myself in into textum the text recēpī I took quia because multī many et and potentēs powerful clāmābant were shouting
8.11 Cessī I yielded et and cessiōnem yielding meam my in in adnotātiōne the annotation cōnfessus sum I confessed hoc this ūnum one thing mihi for me reliquum left est is cuius of which nōn not omnīnō entirely mē me pudet it shames
8.12 Sed but ratiōnēs reasons meae my nōn not erant were grammaticae grammatical et and hoc this tunc then sciēbam I knew theologia theology quaestiōnem a question dē about litterīs letters dīiūdicāvit decided quod which in in vīcō village illō that facere to do nōlueram I had refused
8.13 Nōlī do not igitur therefore mē me ob on account of vīcum the village laudāre praise disce learn potius rather ab from annō the year sequentī following quō in which eadem the same ars art mea my in in ūnō a single versiculō little verse tōta entire dēfēcit failed
8.14 Nam for facile easy est it is cōnstantem steadfast esse to be cum when sacerdōs a priest rūsticus country nocte by night ōrat begs difficile difficult cum when Eurōpa Europe tōta whole clāmat shouts
8.15 Et and sī if quandō ever tibi to you aliquis someone sacerdōs a priest sīve or episcopus a bishop sīve or tua your ipsīus own prūdentia prudence persuādēre to persuade cōnābitur will try ut that lectiōnem a reading quam which testēs the witnesses nōn not habent have recipiās you accept rogā ask tē yourself prīmum first id that quod which ego I Basileae at Basel rogāre to ask dēbuī ought quem which testem witness vērum true esse to be cupiō do I desire et and quārē why
8.16 Ego I in in vīcō the village hoc this rogāvī asked Basileae at Basel nōn not rogāvī I asked Inter between haec these duo two tōta whole vīta life mea my iacet lies
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