Re: CHAT: Macaronics

John Cowan wrote:


>And now, for your listening pleasure, some Latin/English macaronics.  The
>second one works better if given the "old", or English, pronunciation,
>thus "Bi" /bai/.
>
>Malum Opus
>
>Prope ripam fluvii solus
>A senex silently sat;
>Super capitum ecce his wig,
>Et wig super, ecce his hat.
(snips)

And surely you know:

O civile, si ergo
fortibus es in ero.
O nobile, deis trux--
vadis indem? Pyx in dux.

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