596 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences , Arts , and Letters. 
Momus includes an Epilogus Responsivus in which the con¬ 
tentions of Momus himself are met and held up to ridicule, 
Since the text of Momus is not generally accessible, and since 
it constitutes an important document in the controversy, 
it may be appropriately reprinted here: * 1 
MOMUS 
[1] Tacete; quid vult stultus hie strepitus sibi? 
Quid vester iste plausus, ac vanus fauor? 
Indicia potius certa iudicij mali. 
Prauique moris, quam rei gestae bene. 
[5] Mordebat Aulum Marcus Albinum Cato, 
Romana Graeco gesta scripturum stylo, 
Sic deprecantem, seque purgantem suis, 
(Homo sum Latinus quippe, linguaeqne inscius) 
Quia deprecari maluit culpam magis, 
[10] Quam non patrare; similiter, vestri Gregis 
Purgationem ferre quis talem potest? 
Non histrioniam didicimus, Roscij 
Nescimus artem. scilicet; nam quis Gregem 
Vestrum coegit agere? quis scenam dare? 
[15] Veniam solemus expetere, simul & dare, 
Peccare cum vis cogit inuitos. at hoc 
Quis vos coegit facere, cui veniam statim 
Peteretis, ignoscique cuperetis statim? 
Non est modesti petere veniam crimini, 
[20] Sed abesse culpa, sed facere munus suum. 
Nec enim pudendo, sed quod ingenuum decet 
Faciendo, verus esse censetur pudor. 
Pila quiescat ludere, indoctus, pilae; 
Qui nescit histrioniam, e scena exeat, 
[25] Artemque tractet artifex omnis suam. 
Egregia verb laus, & ingenuum decens, 
Agere histrionem lege famosum optima. 
Quid habet modestum scena, quid non impudens? 
Scurrilitatis ludus, ac lasciuiae, 
[30] loci officina turpis, ac petulans schola. 
Quis saltat, aut quis prodit in scenam probus? 
Momus (as you signifie) because you understood that I Sc others should 
aske why those thinges were not aunswered which were obieded. [Th* Over¬ 
throw of St age-Plages, p. 1.] 
1 As I have indicated above, the text of Momus is found among the 
appendices of Gager’s Ulysses Redux, Oxford, 1592, sig. F 3 verso—F 6 
verso. It appears that of this edition of Ulysses Redux only two exemplars 
are extant: one in the Douce Collection in the Bodleian Library (Douce 
P. 564), and one in the library of Bridgewater House. I am substantially 
indebted to Strickland Gibson, Esq., for his kindness in verifying my text 
from the Bodleian exemplar. 
