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NOTE1850

Translation from Owen, &c

By F. T. J. B. (Deanery of Gloucester)

I do not remember seeing in a subsequent number of "Notes And Queries" any version of Owen's epigram, quoted by Dr. Maitland in No. 17. I had hoped Rufus would have tried his hand upon it; but as he has not, I send you a translation by an old friend of the Doctor's, which has at least the merit of being a close one, and catching, perhaps, not a little of the spirit of the original. "*Owen de Libro suo.* "Oxoniæ salsus (juvenis tum) more vetusto Wintoniæque (puer tum) piperatus eram. Si quid inest nostro piperisve salisve libello, Oxoniense sal est, Wintoniense piper." "*Owen on his Book.* "Whe…

Topics: Translation, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Victorian Poetry

Locations: Oxoniæ, Wintoniæ, Gloucester Cathedral