Note 1 — GEORGIUS FABRICIUS IN LIBROS Metallicos GEORGII AGRICOLAE philosophi præstantissimi.[1]
Herbert Hoover translation
[Pg xxiv][1] For completeness' sake we reproduce in the original Latin the laudation of Agricola by his friend, Georgius Fabricius, a leading scholar of his time. It has but little intrinsic value for it is not poetry of a very high order, and to make it acceptable English would require certain improvements, for which only poets have licence. A "free" translation of the last few lines indicates its complimentary character:—
"He doth raise his country's fame with his own And in the mouths of nations yet unborn His praises shall be sung; Death comes to all But great achievements raise a monument Which shall endure until the sun grows cold."