Note 84 — LITERARY FOLLIES.
Reading edition
The following example, barbarously made up in this way from passages in the Æneid and the Georgics, is by Stephen de Pleurre, and describes the adoration of the Magi. The references to each half line of the originals are given, the central cross marks the length of each quotation.
Tum Reges—— 7 Æ · 98. Externi veniunt x quæ cuiq; est copia læti. 5 Æ · 100. 11 Æ · 333. Munera portantes x molles sua tura Sabæi. 1 G · 57. 3 Æ · 464. Dona dehinc auro gravia x Myrrhaque madentes. 12 Æ · 100. 9 Æ · 659. Agnovere Deum Regum x Regumque parentum. 6 Æ · 548. 1 G · 418. Mutavere vias x perfectis ordine votis. 10 Æ · 548.