De regno vulvarum  

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De regno vulvarum is an epigram attributed to French writer François Hotman (1524 – 1590) . Pierre Bayle under the lemma François Hotman in his Dictionnaire Historique et Critique says:

The following epigram was in every body's hands, about the year 1561, occasioned by the greatest part of the kingdoms of Europe, being then governed, or at least administrated, by women.
Vulva regit Scotos(a), hæres {b) tenet ilia Britannos,
Flandros & Batavos, nunc notha vulva (c) regit.
Vulva regit populos quos signat Gallia portu [d]
Et fortes Gallos Itala vulva regit (e).
His furiam furiis, vulvam conjungite vulvis,
Sic natura capax omnia Regna capit.
Ad Medicam artem incertam Gallia saucia tendis.
Non uti Medicis est medicina tibi.
Non credas Medicis, vena qui sanguinis hausta
Conantur vires debilitare tuas.
Ut Regi, matrique suæ sis fida Deoque,
Utere consilio Gallia docta meo.
Et pacem tu inter proceres non ponito bellum,
Hospita-(f)-lis Artus rodit agitque tuos.
This possibly is the pretended book de regno vulvarum, ascribed by d'Aubigne to Francis Hotman. This lawyer was a Latin poet, and his Franco-Ga/lia which he published about twelve or thirteen years after, proves that he did not approve of female administrations. Rem. Crit.]

Footnotes: a: Mary Stuart, b: Queen Elizabeth, c: Margaret of Parma, d: Catherine of Austria, e: Catherine de Medici, f: chancellor de l'hopital

English translation

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    Vulva King of Scots (a), heir {b) holds that the Britons,
    Flanders and Batavians, now base the womb (c) rules.
    France rules the peoples whom the harbor marks the Vulva [d]
    Italy, the Gauls and strong rules the womb (e).
    These Furies fury, womb join the womb,
    Thus all the kingdoms of nature, capable of apprehend.
    Uncertain, wounded by France to the skill of physicians presented.
    He is physician not to use medicine to you.
    You do not believe physicians, who have a vein of blood drawn
    Attempt to weaken your strength.
    To the King, which his mother which you are loyal to God,
    Use the advice of my learned France.
    You do not put the war and peace among the nobles,
    A guest-(f)-Artur litigation agitque your active erosion.

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