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Multitudinis imperitæ non formido judicia; meis tamen, rogo, parcant opusculis-in quibus fuit propositi semper, a jocis ad seria, a seriis vicissim ad jocos transire

Latin

normal but smaller

Frontispiece of Volume III

"I do not fear the opinions of the ignorant populace, yet I ask that they spare my humble works- in which it has always been my purpose to pass from jests to serious matters and from the serious back again to the jests"

FL:"I do not fear the opinions of the ignorant crowd;neverthless, I ask they spare my little work, in which it has ever been my purpose to pass from the gay to the seriuos and from seriuos again to the gay "

con furia... con strepito

Italian

italics

Vol III,
Ch V

Sterne’s translations: "Like mad", "very noisily"

Sterne’s translations of both: "Like mad", FL:"with fury-noisily"

bona fide

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch X

In good faith

In good faith

Textus de Ecclesiâ Roffensi, per Ernulfum Episcopum…

Latin

normal

Vol III,
Ch XI

Parallel translation

Translation wih parallel texts, both written by Sterne himself

Gusto

Italian

italics

Vol III,
Ch XII

Taste

With pleasure

in petto

Italian

italics

Vol III,
Ch XIV

"In the breast", in secret

In the breast

BAMBINO

Italian

capital letters

Vol III,
Ch XIV

Baby

Baby

Granado

Spanish

normal

Vol III,
Ch XVI

"Grenade"

Grenade

Pantoufles

French

normal

Vol III,
Ch XVIII

"Slippers"

Slippers

de fartandi et illustrandis fallaciis

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XX

"Of Farting and the Explanation of Deceptions"

"Concerning the deception of farting and illustration"

Quantum

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XX

A certain quantity

"a certain quantity"

Centumvirate

Latin

normal

Vol III,
Ch XX

"A hundred of man"

A hundred of man

Vis-à-vis

French

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXIV

"Face to face"

"Face to face"

VINEA
CATAPULTÆ
BALLISTA
PYRABOLI
TEREBRA
SCORPIO

Latin

capital letters

Vol III,
Ch XXIV

Military terms

War machines

Act. Erud.

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXV

Acta Eruditorium: "Transactions of the Learned"

There is no note about it

ex confesso

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXXIV

"Confessedly"

Confessedly

Inamorato

Italian

normal

Vol III,
Ch XXXV

In love, the correct spelling is innamorato

In love, the correct spelling is innamorato

ab.urb.con

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXXVI

Ab urbe condita: "from the founding of the city", as Romans used to date important events

Ab urbe condita:"from the founding of the city", as Romans used to date important events

Paraleipomenon

Greek

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXXVI

"things omitted"

Lit: something to be left, "things omitted from the body of the work and appended in a supplement"

Nihil, me pœnitet hujus nasi

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXXVII

Lit: "The nose does not displease me"

Sterne’s translation: "my nose has been the making of me"

Nec est cur pœnitet

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXXVII

"Nor is there reason why it should displease you"

Sterne’s translation: "how the duce should such a
nose fail?"

ad excitandum focum

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXXVII

Sterne’s translation in brackets: "to stir up the fire"

Sterne’s translation in brackets: "to stir up the fire"

Disgrázias

Latin
Italian
Spanish

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXXVIII

"Disgraces"; maybe a wrong spelling of the Latin word "Disgratias"; in Latin language, "ti" is read as "zi". Or it can also be the plural of the Italian word "disgrazia"

"misfortunes", wrong spelling of Latin (disgratias) or wrong spelling of Spanish (disgracias). It could be even a wrong plural of the Italian "disgrazia",that should be "disgrazie"

Ad mensuram suam legitimam

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XXXVIII

"At its proper size"

"At its proper size"

ratio(s)

Latin

normal

Vol III,
Ch XXXVIII

"rations"

"rations"

medius terminus

Latin

normal

Vol III,
Ch XL

"middle term"

middle term

quære

Latin

italics

Vol III,
Ch XLI

"query"

"query"

matin

French

italics

Vol III,
Ch XLII

Morning

Noon