PREFACE. 
AxsoveE one hundred and sixty editions of the 
Schola Salernitana are proofs of its merit and popu- 
larity, and some stray verses from it are frequently 
quoted. But since all the editions are now become 
scarce, and few persons seem acquainted with the 
poem at large, it was thought that a new edition 
might not be unacceptable to the curious and literary 
world. The introduction and notes, it is hoped, 
will be found to comprehend whatever is known 
relating to the poem, or which may be useful for its 
elucidation. 
Annexed is a scarce old English translation, 
which renders correctly the whole work, and may 
convey to the general reader a good idea of the 
original. 
The etchings are taken from the old wooden cuts 
in the German editions of Curio, printed in 1559, 
1568, and 1573, 
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