Quod non a Monstro differs, satis hic tibi monstro.

Gamb'd like a Goat, Sparrow-thigh'd, sides as a Boar,

Hare-mouth'd, Dog-nos'd, like Mule thy teeth and chin,

Brow'd as old wife, Bull headed, black as a More,

If such without, then what are you within?

By these my signs the wife will easily conster,

How little thou does differ from a Monster.

This Michael flourished in the time of King John, and Henry the Third.


MATTHEW PARIS.