The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-09-26

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The literal translation Is - After the larea
OF years, ages will come in which Ocean shall re-
lax his chains around the world. and Il vast con-
tInent shall appear, and Tiphys shall explore new
regions. and Thule shall b. no longer the utmost
verge Of the earth ~ Ultima Thule j. under
stood TO have been the Farce Islands, in the Ro-
man estimation. the above indicates that the new
continent was to appear in the West.
Before S-necl's lines We're written. Plato had
narrated the Egyptian legend. that engulphcd in
the Ocean, but sometimes stI.l visible. was the
Island OF Atlantis-supP0sed to mean the West
ern World.
Bacon. although he says that all kinds of pre-
dictIons shOuld be discredited. enumerltes a great
many which actually We're fulflled-as if, with
the credulity Of his age, he believed them, but as
u grave philosopher, was bound 10 deny them.
\ learned friend. whose signature is V. ". y.
IL, and who need not here be named, has sent
US q remarkable prophecy, said to have been
written centuries ago. which seems curiOuSly and
emphatically 10 refer to the present condition of
Affairs in this country. lie Frefaces the original
and translation. with this introduction.
The following Monkish-Latin verses, Cof which
Il have attemp ted n translation, with what success
others shall judge) are indeed. TO say the least
OF them, wonderful A. describing so accurately
and mInutely some % the events tTan-J iring in
our own day and country. Tire structure Of the
original Latin II such 0 need not tell vou) as
wa frequently Iracticed in tie middle ages. more
particularly, and III the religious houses Of Con-
unental Europe, and many yarts Of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland. Indeed. such LeOuine OF Monk
ish-Latin verses were much in fashion from q
very early prrIOd of the Christian era until the
revival of classical literature. To what rarricu- !
lar age or country the LeOHine- now under con-
slderItiOn belong, it would be- difficult to conicc-
ture. They would Secm, however. to- be assigua-
bic To a period somewhat prior 70 that when the
Latin language lost much of its idiOmatic beau
ty and cUncis-ness OF expression. The eIiSiOn Of
the vOweis (the terminating vowel of one word
before the succeeding beginning vowel i'm another
WOrd) Is closely observed III the present verses.
In the sixth line, the word - eius'' is to De pro
nounced Us though the j were absent, and some
what like the English noun - use - the m Of
: lOc1Dm III the same line, II. of course. elided in
reading as 40 ~, most generally - ante vOcaIem.'
rs the verses have never hitherto been publish
Ell, texlstIng as they do, only in manuecript) |
Know 0f no better medium for bringing them into
the light OF day than the columns of the Press.
They may, perhaps, thereby obtain as wide Il dis
semlnatlon among the other journals of the coun-
try as their literary merits and prophetic accura-
cy cntitle them 10. /,
The Latin verses, rough enough to be old, are as
follow F.,
An:squam Tres Decemque Conjuncti :
t haPnS, an am; Par;s Psrfane'i' t
Drcidet erIo d-d-corsta- '
Quum sexaEiu;a Gnnus crit :
Stimuli tsfatr.s. frsI 5ifb saeese.t /!
Aultum trioueut mutuse Ofens. IL
ed u alba alba. ct nigra nigra manen; Il
Conjuneti. iterum. haustique eiarent. a
Quanip inter -tsILss Crux apparebit, !:
Nuius iras inter es yideDL- ~
Our friends translation. accurate as well rs u
lowing, We now subjOIn :
TRANSLATION. h
BEFORE Thirteen United o.
Shall he thrice what they are, Il
The Eagle shall he blehtei l.
BY he hghtnings Of var n
when f$ixty is ended 10
And One takes its place, RI
Then. brothers. offended. III
shall deal mutual disgrace -
II white remain white.
Ard black lie still black,
Once more theyU unite.
And bring happiness bsck. 4
But whenever the SCrnss -
Stansis lon 'mOng thu stars.
They shall gain by their loss.
Ana thus end all their wars
He has appended a few Notes. which NAV ftly
lose his very curious communication
This undoubtedly refers to the thirteen original United
Of America.
This must mean when the year Is6O terminates, aud 1851
rg'us-
The meaning Of this may b. ~ C--tainIy IS white is white.
1i a. certainly l. black Is black once more a Union feeling (
III prevail, and Consequent hapPine-, be the result or Else Il I
sy possibly convey, under its mystic meaning. a n aiIu,ion to
. pruprety % lifting thu - Niger alone. and leaving the
ickr
This, mos; as-ur,Iiy means II the Banner Of the Cr1., stands
ny with the star Sprans-d Banner - or. in other words.
the masses OF the people become Chri-tfanlzeI. th-n. and then
~, shall ihry become a united, a victorious, and happy peo- 2
The force of the illusions must be evident TO
J. They would have startled Francis Bacun.-
Iphia Press. ton.