Note 44 — LIFE OF BUSBECQ.
Reading edition
The following inscription was placed over the tomb of Despauteres in the church of Comines:—
Epitaphium doctissimi viri JOHANNIS DESPAUTERII, quondam hujus oppidi ludi-magister. Hic jacet unoculus visu præstantior Argo, Flandrica quem Ninove protulit et caruit. Obiit 1520. Requiescat in pace.
The following is a free translation of his epitaph somewhat amplified.
Underneath this stone doth lie The famous master of one eye, That eye it served him for a hundred, To catch his scholars when they blundered. His birthplace is at Ninove seen, His fame and glory in Comines.