File:John Gower archer Vox Clamantis.jpg

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English: Text on the above image in one version of the Vox Clamantis reads "I hurl my darts at the world and I shoot my arrows; Yet where there is a just man, no arrow strikes. But I wound those transgressors who live evilly; Therefore, let him who is conscious of being in the wrong look to himself in that respect."[1]:342 Macaulay claimed the picture has less claim to be considered

an authentic portrait than those of the Cotton and Glasgow manuscripts.[2]
Latin text, transcription:

Ad mundum mitto mea iacula, dumque sagitto;
At vbi iustus erit, nulla sagitta ferit.
Sed male viventes hos vulnero transgredientes;
Conscius ergo sibi se speculetur ibi.

Latin text, translation, d.lib.rochester.edu :

I send my darts at the world and simultaneously shoot arrows;
But mind you, wherever there is a just man, no one will receive arrows.
I badly wound those living in transgression, however;
Therefore, let the thoughtful man look out for himself.
Date circa 1400
date QS:P,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/dsheh/heh_brf?Description=&CallNumber=HM+150 , source is Hunting Library HM150 folio: f. 13v (aka Ecton-Sotheby manuscript, Macaulay E-text)
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
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Similar other manuscript Glasgow Univ. Lib., MS Hunter 59 (T.2.17) folio 6v.

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  1. Stockton, Eric William (1962) The Major Latin Works of John Gower, Seattle: University of Washington Press, pp. 503
  2. "Introduction, Life of Gower" in G.C. Macaulay , ed. The Complete Works of John Gower, Vol 4 The Latin Works, p. xxv

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Archer represents Gower; Globe segments are clergy, knights, peasantry.

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