LXXXI.
Congratulations to that citizen, who poor man has been made the bishop of Rome
Who to himself was (from) Bethsaida, now in the city (Rome) is to me Peter::
In this place, when he holds the sceptre, that it was, as when he spun (cared for) the nets;
He is always washing linen, he plows the blue seas for me;
He overwhelmed me in the land, who crushed by the waves was in need;
He revives me with husks, who was nourished with modest fish.
LXXXII.
Concerning that man who has a son
When the offspring remains, the parents will live from death,
And as if one flesh, the offspring flourish in the root.
LXXXIII.
As those who proclaim, in turn they do not disagree
The wise man (does) not (disagree) with the fool, the ox does not associate with a little ass;
They who teach divine things, let them not stray from themselves forward.
LXXXIV.
From the manure of a thrush birdlime comes, from that same birdlime the thrush is caught.
It is spread from the anus, by which the thrush is held by the foot.
LXXXV.
To the one to whom I sent a long letter, and that same one (who sent) a little (letter) to me.
Not a penny (Not the small Greek coin of money), the weight is not equal to a talent;
Clearly a dry measure yields to (is less than) a peck, and the same for a corus..
Although a letter does not balance a small book,
A balance weighs with equal plates.
LXXXVI.
Concerning Florence where Pope Stephen died, and from where Pope Stephen came
Little Florence owes a man (husband) to bereft (widowed) Rome;
She who holds what is gone, is urged to return life (a living man).
In this way from Bethlehem shines forth a new light from its shores to the world.
LXXXVII.
Concerning that man who subdues himself, so that he may take back himself
He buys nothing for himself, who sells himself under (for) profit (usury)
LXXXVIII.
That Rome in charge of the world, as long as it obeyed the laws
The city was in charge of the world, it had been while placed under the law;
Having scorned justice, the domain was held together by thongs.
LXXXIX.
That most of us chaste ones are holding fast
Hardly may you see one generous with his wealth and chaste with his body.
XC.
Concerning that one who was nourished by Arezzo, he was the abbot of Pomposa
He is accustomed to satisfy his stomach with tasteless pea flowers (lupines),
With the gullet now swollen he belches a meal of sea creatures.