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I have two lines [what ONLY 2??] from Peter Abelard's "Carmen ad
Astralabium" which have foxed me as to the reference. They concern
(presumably King) Solomon, he the exemplar of wisdom.
ut Salomon meminit, pertusus saculus eius
de quo produxit tanta fefellit eum.
Which my faithful translator renders:
As Solomon recalled, the purse from which he had brought forth very many
great things was of no use when it wore into a hole.
Carmen ad Astralabium lines 923-4 (Rubingh-Bosscher edition)
I have hunted through the OT and the Apocrypha, the Golden Legend and some
assorted reference books but cannot track the allusion to its source. R-B
gives Haggai 1.6 and Proverbs 7.20 but I think these are so vague they
cannot be the source.
Any ideas ? I suspect some mediaeval legend of King S but don't know where
else to look.
Hopefully,
Brenda M C
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