Minor Queries.
Pasquinades.
—Can any correspondent tell me under whose reign the following pasquinade was published?
The reigning Pope had erected a new order of knighthood, and the crosses were very lavishly distributed; upon which Pasquin said—
"In tempi men' leggiadri e più feroci
S'appiccavan' i ladri in sulle croci,
Ma in tempi men' feroci e più leggiadri
S'appiccano croci in sopra ladri."
L. H. J. T.