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Latin Distich and Translation

By E. M. B.

Who were the authors of the following Latin Distich, and its English translation? "Mittitur in disco mihi piscis ab archiepisco— —Po non ponatur, quia potus non mihi datur." "I had sent me a fish in a great dish by the archbish— —Hop is not here, for he gave me no beer."

Topics: Latin Distich, Translation