WMR was the first to publish this fragment of latin. Because of its relation to a savage poetic epigram DGR wrote,
probably about Buchanan, WMR read it as “intended for a hexameter, but, as any one can see, it will
not scan” (see his note in his edition of 1911, where the text was first published).
This collection contains 2 texts and images, including:
1911
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
WMR was the first to publish this fragment of latin. Because of its relation to a savage poetic epigram DGR wrote, probably about Buchanan, WMR read it as “intended for a hexameter, but, as any one can see, it will not scan” (see his note in his edition of 1911, where the text was first published).
Textual History: Composition
No manuscript of the line is known.