But isn't the parody c. 1200? (Raby, _Oxford Book of Latin Verse_, p.
362)
On Wed, 24 May 2000 10:46:08 +0100 (BST) =?iso-8859-1?q?Bill=20East?=
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> --- John Shinners <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Tue, 23 May
> 2000, Claire Taylor wrote:
> >
> > > Dear folks,
> > > I'm doing some work on examples of and uses of humour, up to
> > > and in the eleventh century specifically. Does anyone have any
> > > examples, in particular of parody?
> > > Claire Taylor
>
> Original:
>
> Jam lucis orto sidere
> Deum precemur supplices,
> Ut in diurnis actibus
> Nos servet a nocentibus;
>
> Parody:
>
> Jam lucis orto sidere
> Statim oportet bibere:
> Bibamus nunc egregie
> Et rebibamus hodie
>
> (etc.)
>
> See "The Penguin Book of Latin Verse" ed. Frederick Brittain, pages 112
> and 225.
>
> Oriens.
>
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