Thanks, Jack. I'd have to have it translated from Polish! I'd also have a question about how much liberty the Polish translation has taken, as it scans and has been versified, and some liberties are sometimes necessary in that process. I want to versify myself in English, but from the Latin so that I know I'm working on the Latin only, not also ideas the Polish versifier introduced.

Via John Robinson, who does the tablature books for the lute society, I have been in touch with Mathias Rösel, who has very kindly sent me his translation from the Latin, as follows:

A shortly lasting kingdom is raised
Extolled, it is lowered
And depressed, it slips away
As time has been changed

Boyish / childish soldiery
Very witty experience
Hard work of leaders
That's what it brought up for real

A son of Cracow
Shining like a lily
Even from thousands
To be preferred to all

In a period of eight days
It maintains this comfort
After that, the king's palace
Must be blown with strokes

To wit the king's choice
Turns into disregard of study
And lecture is left lonely
The whole week

Joe, this doesn't mean I wouldn't value your view, too, as translation has elements of interpretation.