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What are the literal and figurative meanings of Sic perit lex dum venit rex et gaudens exit grex as found in Medieval Christian texts such as En Lux Immensa tinyurl.com slash 2zdtvu Thanks?
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The first thing to emphasise is that you have taken just a small part of this text out of its context, which is always a mistake with any Latin text. The passage is part of Congaudemus Pariter - En Lux Immensa from the Codex Speciálník of around 1500 and the complete text is:
En lux immensa ve protensa illa die claruit.
Dum venerit bos
et asini rudit os nato,
generato matris in gremio.
Sic perit lex
dum venit rex
et gaudens exit grex
abit voce angelica
in excelsis gloria
omnis canat christicola
dulce simphoniset.
The literal meaning is
Behold! A light immense and stretched out brightens this day.
While it will have come, the ox
and donkeys bellows (sic) at the born face
begotten by the mother in her insides.
In this way the law perishes
while the king arrives
and the gang (herd/crowd) leaves rejoicing
it departs with angelic voice
"Glory in the highest!"
Let every Christian sing
sweetly symphonise.
You can easily work out the figurative meanings yourself.
If not, then consider that the whole text is about the birth of Christ and His coming to earth as the Son of God. "The King arrives" on earth and the laws and governments of mankind are made insignificant because of it - the angels announcing the birth are singing in Heaven and gradually disappear (the Heavenly host or crowd leaving) while still singing the joyous news.
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