'''The Doctor'''
The famous doctor Hippocrates is jealous of his nephew’s skill in medicine, which surpasses his own. The nephew is summoned to treat a prince plagued with an incurable malady; the nephew correctly surmises that the issue stems from the fact that the young man is, in fact, a bastard, and lack of knowledge of his true father had hindered all previous medical treatment. When the prince's mother discretely reveals her son’s true parentage, Hippocrates’ nephew is able to heal the young man, gaining great acclaim. Hippocrates summons the young man to him, pretending to wish to learn his methods, but kills him instead. Shortly thereafter, Hippocrates himself falls ill with a sickness that his nephew would have been able to cure, and dies – a warning to the emperor, should he, too, hastily and foolishly kill his own son.
Medicus appears in the following versions and secondary versions
| | Has Language Of Version | Has Branch Of Tradition | Is Adapted From |
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| A (Seven Sages) | Old French | Seven Sages of Rome | V (Lost metrical Old French Sept Sages) |
| Anonymous Verse Version | German (High and Low German) | Seven Sages of Rome | German Version H, Versfassung / Verse Version, Latin Version H |
| Aventewr von Diocleciano | German (High and Low German) | Seven Sages of Rome | H (Historia Septem Sapientum) |
| Catalan Version L | Catalan | Seven Sages of Rome | Occitan Version L |
| Continental Group x | | Seven Sages of Rome | |
| Conyers Version | English | Seven Sages of Rome | English Version H, English Erasto, Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus |
| D (Sept Sages de Rome) | Old French | Seven Sages of Rome | |
| Dutch Version A | Dutch | Seven Sages of Rome | French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages |
| Dutch Version H | Dutch | Seven Sages of Rome | |
| Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A | Welsh | Seven Sages of Rome | Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein |
| English Erasto | English | Seven Sages of Rome | French Erasto, Italian Erasto |
| English Version H | | Seven Sages of Rome | |
| Erasto (Es) | Italian | Seven Sages of Rome | L'Amabile di Continentia (Em) |
| Erastus, or, The Roman Prince | English | Seven Sages of Rome | Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus |
| Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus | English | Seven Sages of Rome | French Erasto |
| French A/L Overlap | Old French | Seven Sages of Rome | L (Sept Sages de Rome), French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages |
| French Erasto | French | Seven Sages of Rome | Erasto (Es) |
| French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages | Old French | Seven Sages of Rome | A (Seven Sages) |
| German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus | German (High and Low German) | Seven Sages of Rome | Latin Version A |
| German Version H | German (High and Low German) | Seven Sages of Rome | Latin Version H |
| H (Historia Septem Sapientum) | Latin | Seven Sages of Rome | A (Seven Sages) |
Medicus is narrated in the following occurrences
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Pages
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| Ancillas |
Midland Version
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| Anxilles |
A (Seven Sages), Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek 9245, Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek II 1171, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.1.17, Cambridge University Library MS Gg.6.28, Catalan Version L, D (Sept Sages de Rome), Dutch Version A, Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1 (Auchinleck Manuscript), Edinburgh National Library of Scotland MS. 16500 (Asloan Manuscript), Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Gaddiano 166, Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Palatino 680, French A/L Overlap, Italian Prose (V), Italian Version A, L (Sept Sages de Rome), Libro dei Sette Savj (A), London British Library Add. MS. 27429, London British Library Arundel 140, London British Library Cotton Galba E IX, London British Library Egerton 1995, M ('Male Marastre'), Middle English Version A, Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare, Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis, Oxford Balliol College Library MS 354 (Richard Hill's Commonplace Book), Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 175, Padua Biblioteca Civica C.M. 304/6, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 573, Storia favolosa di Stefano (S), Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket Cod. C 7
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| Auguste |
Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 2.83 (RMWL MS 6), Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 3.4 (RMWL Cardiff MS 5), Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanover MS 13075B, Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 117, Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 171, Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 2., Bern Burgerbibliothek Cod. 388, Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A, French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages, Latin Version A: De Septem Sapientibus, Middle Welsh Version A, Oxford Bodleian Library Jesus College MS. 111, Oxford Bodleian Library Jesus College MS. 20, Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3354, Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3516, Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
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| Ausire |
K (Sept Sages de Rome)
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| Dimurgo |
English Erasto, Erasto (Es), Erastus, or, The Roman Prince, Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus, French Erasto, L'Amabile di Continentia (Em), Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse, Mario Teluccini, Erasto. Pesaro: Girolamo Concordia, 1566., Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 01391, Spanish Erasto
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| Fifth Master |
Basel Universitätsbibliothek UBH E II 3, Continental Group x, Fulda Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek Hs. B 11, Latin Version H, Polish Version H, Thystorye of ye vii wyse Maysters of rome (English, 16th c.)
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| Jesse |
Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38
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| Josephas |
Anonymous Verse Version, Colmar Bibliothèque Municipale Ms. 55, Conyers Version, Dutch Version H, English Version H, German Version H, H (Historia Septem Sapientum), Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben, Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia, Hystorij von Diocleciano, Prosafassung / Prose Version, Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages, Sebastian Wild, Ein schoͤne Tragedj (Stage adaptation), Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma, Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare, Versfassung / Verse Version, Wien Schottenstift Cod. 33 (407)
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| Lentulus |
Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 95, Storia di Stefano (R), Venice Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana It. IX 621 (=10697)
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| Orontes |
Franciscus Modius: Ludus septem sapientum. De Astrei [...]. Frankfurt am Main: Paul Reffeler, [ca. 1565], Ludus septem sapientum. De Astrei regii
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| Second Master |
Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683, Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667, German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus, Latin Version A, Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus, London British Library Additional MS 15685, Madrid Biblioteca Nacional de España 6052 (ant. Q.224), S (Scala Coeli), Spanish Version S: Diego de Cañizares, Scala Çeli, St. Florian Stiftsbibliothek Cod. XI 92 B, Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L), Wien Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod. 2937
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| Waldach |
Aventewr von Diocleciano
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Medicus appears in the following manuscripts