enigmata

Updated: May 6, 2025

And shall I tell you what they now say here of us I fear not without some cause even as Lipsius wrote of the French, 'De Gallis quidem enigmata veniunt, non veniunt, volunt, holunt, audent, timent, omnia, ancipiti metu, suspensa et suspecta. God grant better, and ever keep you and help me."

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1586b

And shall I tell you what they now say here of us I fear not without some cause even as Lipsius wrote of the French, 'De Gallis quidem enigmata veniunt, non veniunt, volunt, holunt, audent, timent, omnia, ancipiti metu, suspensa et suspecta. God grant better, and ever keep you and help me."

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-86)

And shall I tell you what they now say here of us I fear not without some cause even as Lipsius wrote of the French, 'De Gallis quidem enigmata veniunt, non veniunt, volunt, holunt, audent, timent, omnia, ancipiti metu, suspensa et suspecta. God grant better, and ever keep you and help me."

John Lothrop Motley - PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete

And shall I tell you what they now say here of us I fear not without some cause even as Lipsius wrote of the French, 'De Gallis quidem enigmata veniunt, non veniunt, volunt, holunt, audent, timent, omnia, ancipiti metu, suspensa et suspecta. God grant better, and ever keep you and help me."

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)

"Mr. Pattison," said I, "I am quite at a loss to guess at your meaning. Davus sum, non Oedipus I am Jedediah Cleishbotham, Schoolmaster of the parish of Gandercleuch; no conjuror, and neither reader of riddles, nor expounder of enigmata." "Well," replied Paul Pattison, "Mr.

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