Book Inscriptions (Vol. vii., p. 455.).—At the end of No. 1801. Harl. MSS. is the following:
"Hic liber est scriptus,
Qui scripsit sit benedictus.
Qui scriptoris manum
Culpat, basiat anum."
In the printed catalogue there is this note:
"Neotricus quidam hos scripsit versiculos, ex alio forsan Codice depromptos."
ω. φ.
I have not seen the following amongst your deprecatory rhymes. It may come in with another batch. The nature of the punishment is somewhat different from that usually selected, and savours of Spain:
"Si quisquis furetur