Thomas Dana Hill wrote an article entitled something like "The Green Path
to Paradise" in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen in the 1980s. Tom says it is
a proverb in medieval literature and it has EK's exact topos without any
tweaking. We will unearth the exact bibliographical reference for you.
At 07:21 PM 6/14/2007, you wrote:
>John, thank you very much. Oh, the irony of it: I have had the four
>volumes of commentary on my shelves ever since they were published in
>1970-72, and ASPW was a former teacher. Now if only Ascham's error could
>be traced. Bert
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