Note 230 — CHAP. VI.
Reading edition
The passages in Filelfo’s Satires, in which he has attacked the character of Poggio, are very numerous. Those who wish to examine these passages may consult the following references.
Decad. i. hecat. 5. Decad. ii. hecat. 1. 3. Decad. iii. hecat. 2. 10. Decad. iv. hecat. 7. Decad. v. hecat. 8. 9. Decad. vi. hecat. 10. Decad. viii. hecat. 1, 3, 5. Such readers as are not possessed of a copy of Aureæ Francisci Philelfii Poetæ Oratorisque celeberrimi Satyræ centum, printed in octavo at Paris, anno 1518, (a book of rare occurrence) will probably be contented with the following specimen of what may be properly termed learned Billingsgate.
“Quæ rapidis natura polis, quæ causa sepulchri Humano generi, quæ tanta licentia rerum, Spumantes inter pateras cereremque voracem Ostensurus erat Codrus; cum grande pepedit, Rancidulum eructans post longa volumina verbum. Hunc mox Oenepotes miratus rara profatur. Rara inter Latias phœnix hæc pervolat urbes: Hinc vomit et meiens grave cunctis reddit oletum. Poggius arridet, simili dum peste tenetur. Nam quascunque dapes affert, ut verna Canopi Prælambens, rapidus vino sese obruit hospes. Laudibus hinc miris effert Codrumque, bonumque Oenepotam Nicolum: mox ne fortasse minoris Se quisquam reputet, quod foetet olentius addit.”