Prearranged answers in Latin not always successful. (Essentially same as X111.9.) — Mythoi

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Prearranged answers in Latin not always successful. (Essentially same as X111.9.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd ignorance. · Absurd ignorance. · view the constellation · filed as J1741.3

Cited in the index

general Nouvelles Récréations No. 7.

Within the index

Filed under Priests (schoolmasters) ignorant of Latin.

1 finer motif beneath it

Stupid scholar memorizes set answers to oral examination in Latin. The questions are not given in the order he expects; comic results

Filed beside it

Evangelium secundum Pergamum. Pergamus, a rival city of Luca, objects to the reading of the Evangelium secundum Lucam, insisting that it be "secundum Pergamum" "Agnus dei" as a prayer for money. An ignorant schoolmaster interprets many of the texts of scripture as commands for the priests to live lives of luxury

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