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agreement beforehand with great people, since, if 
vey are generous, they will reward amply, and, 
if avaricious, their name will advance them. With 
Though so near in time to the Schola Salerni, it 
is far beyond it in classical and poetical language. 
It is remarkable that it does not mention John de 
ilano, but many Leonine verses are introduced, 
Particularly at the beginning of each article, in 
Imitation of the Schola Salerni. 
The following lines allude to it. Speaking of 
Some roots, herbs, gums, and seeds, he adds, 
———Quorum facunda Salerni 
Pagina describit ®, 
In ensuring the physicians of Montpelier, 
Says, referring probably to their imitations of th: 
poem, 
Quos gula, quos stimulat et cogit avara dolosi 
Anbitio nummi carmen ructare Salernum™ 
Other Passages are directly copied from it. 
” Lib. i. ver, 834, p- 536. % Lib, i. ver. 639. p. 657. 
