MARTIS ET MORTIS
F A T A
IP SO D IE E X E Q V IA R U M ,
QVO EXU VIjt
P R M S T A N T IS S IM I at| V O C T IS SIM l
D O M I N I
MICHAELIS
KARSBURGD,
, SS. Theol 5c Phil. Stud.
A. 1703. d. 27. April.
Dormitorio Thorunienfi Georgiano inferebai^t,
cxptndere •voluermt G y m n a s i i T h o r u n i e n s i s
A U D IT O R E S S U P R E M /E C L A S S IS .
THORUNII,
EX O f f I C I N A NOßlLlSS. S ENAT US ET GYMNAS I I
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qvx ad xternam fälutem viam monftrat.
Hxc nempe
ex anguftis in augufta, ex inqvietis in qvieta homines transplantat loca, ubi mera fvavitas, mera dulcedo.
Notabilem iftam Meramorphofin,
qvam jam pridem in Gymnafio noftro didiccrat, jam qvoqve exper tus eft
M I C H A E L K A R S BURG,
SS. TheoL & PhiloC Cultor.
Hic,
cum non fine laude in AcadcmiaRegiomontana vixifiet, nuper,
& qvidem multis ftipatus artibus, ex eadem redux,
adfpirando ad Honorum cumulum tumulum ecce! fibi
heic Thorunii,
ubi antea per fex annos fubftiterat, prxparavit >
atq$ hinc
per atrum feretrum evehitur in theatrum
ccdeftis glorix, dum
codeftcm fuam animam animosd codo reddidit.
Non nefeivit ille,
nil fibi melius in hac mortalitate contingere potuifle, qväm mortem,
Vitx maximum bonum.
Ideoqve
ludicrx fortunx maturd valcdicens, cam alios ludere juflir.
Qvie-
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Ifte, Viator, Sc , qvi fatalia xftimas,
perpende, qvalia fata fecum vehant
Mars & Mors.
Uterqve terrigenarum infidiatur corporibus,^
Ille igne, ferro, acinacibus, fclopetis, tormentis, homines enecatj
Hxc falce fua eos demetit.
Ille claffico, hxc nxniis,
eosdem evocat. — ? * Ille maximam partem in campis;
Hxc utrinqve, fcilicet
in campis & urbibus, fua exeqvitur opera.
Ille interdum fexum, officium, aut fenium, Hxc neminem, refpicit.
Neqve miruml
Nomen fermd, undc & omen, idem habent Mars & Mors.
Uterqve primo afpedu terribilis>
Ille ftridore armorum, Hxc exfangvis feeied afpedu,
animo horrorem incutit.
Tandem tarnen,
fi rem accuratius penficules, fvavis hic terror eft, qvem Mors caulätur.
Mi Viator!
Afpicc, fodes, mortem fpiritualibusoculis, Sc animadvertes,
efle cam
(a) Montem Tienmuen,
id eft,
Portam Cadeftem,
qvx
.
Qriefce ergo in Pace, qvem jam
Charites & Mufx noftrx flent lugentqvc, olim dile&e
C om railito!
Tua qvies
inqvies qvidem noftra efl,
Tua Cataftrophe, noftra Apoflrophei >
eheu! prxmaturd nimis ereptus es, qvi matura commoda ferrepotuifles!
Attamenf
nec invidemus Tibi hanc felicitatem, qvara ipfeTibi prxoptafti.
Tuautem, *
le&iflime Viator, dum hxc penfitas,
memento, inevitabilem,
nec tarnen fcmper exitiofum, efle mortis terminum.
Nimium,qvxfo, neexpavefcas,
dum idem tibi aliqvando fubeundum efl: iter.
Scias,
pi£ in Chrifto obdormifcentes ex mortalitate in immortalitatem,
ex terreftribus cafulis, in ccelcftia domicilia, ex periculis in fecuritatem,
transferri.
V A L E !
(a) In China innjenitur momt q'vi eorum Lingua Tienmuen > no*
ßra Lingua diceretur Porta coeleftis. j Neuhof. Ul tw
<£>efaitbfd), p. Jir-
(b) Ferdmandm Nonim» Profejjor in Salmantica > in
poß mortetn fit am exeqvi 'voluit, ne pluray q'väm hac quatuor 'verba fuo inciderentur tumulo: Maximum vitae Bonum Mors, Thuanus Itb. //.
p. ZZf.