Note 225 — INTRODUCCIÓN X (continued 4)
Reading edition
«Yet they that are learned in her language, have esteemed it (in comparison of others) as Gold amongst metalls, as the Carbuncle amongst stones; as the Rose amongst flowers; as the Palme amongst trees; as the Eagle amongst Birds; and as the Sunne amongst Lights; In a word, as the choicest and chiefest. But as the light of the great Planete doth hurt sore eies, and comfort those that are sound of sight: So the reading of Celestina, to those that are prophane, is a poyson to their hearts; but to the chaste, and honeste minde, a preservative against such inconveniences as occurre in the world» (P. 7).