Transcription of the inscription:
PATRIA DAT VITAM RARO LARGITVR HONORESI can't construe ILLE. Some books contain the couplet with HOS (referring to HONORES) rather than ILLE. I don't have access to Hans Walther's Proverbia Sententiaeque Latinitatis Medii Aevi.
ILLE MVLTO MELIVS TERRA ALIENA DABIT
