Sunday, October 04, 2026

 

What Fear Causes

Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523), Letters of Obscure Men II, LXIII (tr. Francis Griffin Stokes):
Then was I sore afraid, and fell into such a pickle that I savoured ill in the nostrils of those who stood by.

Tunc fui ita perterritus quod perminxi et permerdavi me, quod omnes nasum praetenebant.
Note the euphemism. A more accurate translation is:
Then was I so very afraid that I pissed and shat myself, so that all were holding their noses.
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