Translation of
Cur mundus militat (
Walther (1969)
XWalther, Hans.
Initia carmina ac versuum medii aevi posterioris latinorum.
Göttingen, 1959; 2nd ed. 1969
, 3934)
which precedes it (ff. 52
v-53) — 40 lines in couplets
Subjects: transitoriness, of world; possessions, worldly; world, untrustworthiness of; mutability
Versification: —
two-line —
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