User:Kendra Brown/Florius/English MS Latin 11269 21r

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Nam palma tutam signo sic defero dagam.
Cum manibus tollam cunctis gestantibus ipsam.

Cum cunctos superem qui possunt bellica mecum
Pro manibus fractis ornatus porto lacertis.

Brachia conclaudas cunctis bellantibus orbe
Taliter ut dextram nequeant praetendere tutam /
Nunc letus claves manibus sic congero binas.

Queris cur pedibus pessundo gloria tales
Cur luctando viros dico prosternere cuntos
Palma quidem nostra praetenditur sistere dextra.

Latin verse from P-D and English prose from Getty

After taking away your dagger, to signify my victory I hold it in my raised hand in this manner.	[6a-a] Nam palmam tutam signo sic refero dagam Cum manibus tollam cuntis gestantibus ipsam	Why do I carry a dagger in my right hand? I carry it for my art, because I have deserved it well, because if anyone who attacks me with a dagger, I take it from their hand. And with that, I know well how to strike, because I know all the good [?] counters to finish.	[10r-a] ¶ Per che io porto daga in mia mane dritta, io la porto per mia arte che lla o ben meritada, che zaschun che me trara di daga, io gle'la toro di mano. E cum quella lo savero ben ferire, pero che lo pro e'l contra del tutto so finire.
Because I triumph over those who fight with me, I carry torn-off broken arms as a decoration.	[6a-b] Cum cuntos superem qui possunt bellica mecum Pol manibus fractis ornatis porto lacertos	With the broken arms that I carry, I want to say that my art (without wanting to lie) has broken and dislocated many in my life, and whoever wants to set himself against the art I want to make, I am always ready to want to use such art.	[10r-b] ¶ Per gli brazzi rotti ch'io porto, io voglio dir mia arte, ch'e questa senza voler mentire, che assaii n'o rotti e dislogadi in mia vita, e chi contra mia arte se mettera voler fare, Tal arte sempre io son per voler usare.
Locking the arms of all opponents In such a way that none can safely extend their right hand, To show my success I carry a pair of keys in my hand.	[6a-c] Brachia cumclaudas cuntis bellantibus orbe Taliter ut tutam nequeant pretendere dextram Nunc letus claves manibus sic cumgero binas	I am the master of opening and also of closing (that is, [enclosing] the arms of those who want to go against me). I will put them in great contention and suffering by means of the binds and breaks that are depicted. And thus, I carry a key to show that this art is well worthy of me.	[10r-c] ¶ Io son magistro de avrire e anche di serare zoe gli brazi a chi contra mi vol fare, yo lo mettero in grande brige e stente per modo che le ligadure e rotture sono depente. E per zo porto le chiave per insegna, che tal arte ben m'e degna.
You ask how I force others to the ground under my feet with such prowess,  I tell you that because I grapple each man and throw him down; The victory palm is appropriately held in my right hand.	[6a-d] Queris cur pedibus pessundo gloria talles Cur luctando viros dicho prosternere cuntos Palma quidem nostra pretenditur sixtere dextram	You were asking me why I detain this man under my feet? Because I have positioned thousands in such a resolution through the art of wrestling. And in victory, I carry the palm in my right hand, because I will never cease in my wrestling.	[10r-d] ¶ Me domandavoii per che io tegno questo homo sotto gli miei piedi, per che miglara n'o posti a tale partito per l'arte dello Abrazare. E per vittoria io porto la palma in la man destra pero che dello abrazare za mai non fo resta.

English 21r

Florius

For instance, I signify as safe, using the palm, thus I carry off the dagger.
Everything having been carried off in victory, I lift that same [dagger] with my hand.

When I overcome all the ones who can be warlike,
I, the distinguished one, carry with me the broken hands in front [of me] by the arms.

I preserve the arms, decorated with studs, from all warlike people in the region.
In this way they are unable to extend the right hand /
Now happy I thus collect pairs of keys using [my] hands

Pisani-Dossi

For instance I sign the safe palm, thus I bring home the dagger.
Everything having been carried off in victory, I lift that same [dagger] with my hand.

When I overcome all the ones who can be warlike,
By Pollux, I carry arms decorated with broken hands with me

Notes

Verse 2

• "ornatis lacertis" seems like it might mean something like modern slang "with guns out" (in the arm muscles sense)
• "pol" in Latin is an abbreviated phrase for "by Pollux!" - note similarity to pollex, meaning thumb.

Verse 3

• letus (lioness) could be an alternate spelling of laetus (happy)
• clavus = nail, clavis = key, clavas = rough club/tree branch/cudgel
• conclavans = nailed together, having keys, with stripes of rank, studded/hobnailed
• orbe = territory or bereft
• Janus or Mercury might carry a clavis, Hercules carries a clavas

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