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Latin 06r

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Si me rolandus[1] peditem pulicanus[2] et asper
Fraxinea[3] peterent hasta spectando morarer /[4]
Dextraque vel iaculum teneat vel turbida clavam[5].
Atque repercussis feriam furibundior[6] hastis./
Quamprimum hoc actu retraham capita alta prementum.[7]


Nunc secat ista tuum caput amplo vulnere mestum[8]
Lancea. meque movet tum:idi cautela magistri.[9]

Italian (Novati)

Even if Rolando and Pulicano were to make me an invitation with lances,
I would await them in this match with spear or with staff;
I will beat their lances and I will strike their heads
As I depart from this guard.

I cut you in the head with my spear
From the guard of the Master which is so quick.

English 06r

If Roland and the rude Pulicanus were to attack me, a footman,
with spears made of ash, I would have delayed and observed [them],
and if he holds [it] like a javelin on the right side or an unruly club,
by causing the spears to rebound, I would strike more furiously
at the lofty heads. As soon as possible, I would pull back [withdraw], overwhelming them with this action.

The lance now cuts your mournful head with great wounds,
and it moves me out of the guard of the arrogant master.

  1. Added later: "nomen properum". Partially obliterated
  2. Added later: "nomen properum".
  3. Added later: "de fresne".
  4. To the right of the first two lines, there appear to be three lines of smudgy pencil (most likely M or F), but nothing specific can be made out.
  5. Added later: "matreque?".
  6. Added later: "four words that might be latin".
  7. There is no enjambment bracket, but grammar and syntax led to enjambment in the translation.
  8. Possibly "maestum"
  9. Enjambment bracket