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|Text=<p>This translation of a French parody of Virgil's <u>Aeneid</u> includes these lines on the god Mercury: "Then in his hand he take a thick Bat,/ With which he us'd to play at kit-cat;/ To beat mens Apples from their trees, . . . " Ouch.</p> | |Text=<p>This translation of a French parody of Virgil's <u>Aeneid</u> includes these lines on the god Mercury: "Then in his hand he take a thick Bat,/ With which he us'd to play at kit-cat;/ To beat mens Apples from their trees, . . . " Ouch.</p> | ||
<p>Scarron, Paul, <u>Scarronnides, or, Virgile travestie a mock poem</u> [London], trans. Charles Cotton, Book Four, per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 172. </p> | <p>Scarron, Paul, <u>Scarronnides, or, Virgile travestie a mock poem</u> [London], trans. Charles Cotton, Book Four, per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 172. </p> | ||
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| Text | This translation of a French parody of Virgil's Aeneid includes these lines on the god Mercury: "Then in his hand he take a thick Bat,/ With which he us'd to play at kit-cat;/ To beat mens Apples from their trees, . . . " Ouch. Scarron, Paul, Scarronnides, or, Virgile travestie a mock poem [London], trans. Charles Cotton, Book Four, per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 172. |
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