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NOTE1850

Epigram on the late Bull

By S. M. H.

Pray preserve the following admirable epigram, written, it is said, by one of the most accomplished scholars of the university of Oxford:— "Cum Sapiente Pius nostras juravit in aras: Impius heu Sapiens, desipiensque Pius." Thus translated: "The wise man and the Pius have laid us under bann; Oh Pious man unwise! oh impious Wise-man!"

Topics: Epigrams, Classical Scholarship

Locations: Oxford