[79] The book is printed in the second volume of Pertz, 776-805. The Third Book has a sort of Interpretatio throughout. We give a few lines (15-18) as a specimen:—
laicorum
'Tapete undique villose populorum lectus in itinere.
Amphytappa laon extat, badanola necnon;
Ornamentum decorum valde amant vestem putam vel gumfun claram potionem per linteum.
Effipiam diamant, strangulam pariterque propomam.
lenocinatio fugat paleam
Agagula celebs aginat pecudes nec ablundam.'
But the narrative portions of the poem, though often obscure enough, are not altogether in this style.
[80] i. 10:—