John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 9:11
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1 Corinthians9:11
Verſe 11. Is it a great thing, &c.] Do not we give you gold for braſſe? Caſt we not pearls before you? Alexander the great gave Aristotle for his book de Natura Animali[illegible: 1 letter]m 800. talents, which is 800000 Crowns at leaſt. Theodorus Gaza tranſlated that book into Latine, and dedicated it to Pope Sixtus. The Pope asked him,Interrogavit aſinus pa[illegible: 1 letter]a quanti ornatus conſtaret? &c Joh. Man[illegible: 1 letter] loc. com. 572. how much the rich outſide of the book ſtood him in: Gaza anſwered, fourty crowns. Thoſe fourty crowns he commanded to be repaid him, and ſo ſent him away without any reward for ſo precious a piece of work. How well might the poor old Grecian ſit and ſing.
Heu malè nunc artes miſeras haec ſaecula tractant, Spes nulla ulterior, &c. Juven Satyr. 7.
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