[256] "Anglo-Latin satirical poets and epigrammatists of the XIIth Century," ed. Th. Wright, London, 1872, Rolls, 2 vols. 8vo; contains, among other works: "Godfredi prioris Epigrammata" (one in praise of the Conqueror, vol. ii. p. 149); "Henrici archidiaconi Historiæ liber undecimus" (that is, Henry of Huntingdon, fine epigram "in seipsum," vol. ii. p. 163); "Alexandri Neckham De Vita Monachorum" (the same wrote a number of treatises on theological, scientific, and grammatical subjects; see especially his "De Naturis Rerum," ed. Wright, Rolls, 1863); "Alani Liber de Planctu Naturæ" (cf. "Opera," Antwerp, 1654, fol., the nationality of Alain de l'Isle is doubtful); "Joannis de Altavilla Architrenius" (that is the arch-weeper; lamentations of a young man on his past, his faults, the faults of others; Nature comforts him and he marries Moderation; the author was a Norman, and wrote ab. 1184).
[257] For the Latin fables of Walter the Englishman, Odo de Cheriton, Neckham, &c., see Hervieux, "les Fabulistes latins," Paris, 1883-4, 2 vols. (text, commentary, &c.).
[258] "Speculum Stultorum," in Wright, "Anglo-Latin satirical poets"; ut supra. Nigel (twelfth century) had for his patron William de Longchamp, bishop of Ely (see above, p. [163]), and fulfilled ecclesiastical functions in Canterbury.
In titulo caudæ Francorum rex Ludovicus
Non tibi præcellit pontificesve sui.
(Vol. i. p. 17.)
Cantemus, socii! festum celebremus aselli!
Vocibus et votis organa nostra sonent.
Exultent asini, læti modulentur aselli,
Laude sonent celebri tympana, sistra, chori!
(p. 48.)