tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post8785613227623539729..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Modeste, strenue, sancteRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-73228330466354644152011-02-18T09:59:16.781-08:002011-02-18T09:59:16.781-08:00Sounds like the oft-repeated praise of Cato the Yo...Sounds like the oft-repeated praise of Cato the Younger: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vHsLAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22cum%20modesto%20pudore%22%20modesty&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q=%22cum%20modesto%20pudore%22%20modesty&f=false" rel="nofollow">cum strenuo virtute, cum modesto pudore, cum innocente abstinentia</a>. Is there a common ancestor or a missing paraphrase?trebotshttp://followthebaldie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-43050317638095351502011-02-18T11:12:51.432-08:002011-02-18T11:12:51.432-08:00I just rescued that one from the spam bucket; I gu...I just rescued that one from the spam bucket; I guess Blogger didn't like "cum".Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-39380242155406822332011-02-18T12:45:53.779-08:002011-02-18T12:45:53.779-08:00Savery may have known the Cato phrase, but she cal...Savery may have known the Cato phrase, but she called her poem <i>William Rutlish's Song</i>, so the Rutlish motto is a more likely source than Cato.Eric Schonblomhttp://www.constancesavery.comnoreply@blogger.com