Note 022

—Damnatus ab illo
Praesule, qui numeros vetitum contingere nostros
Nomen ad innocuâ ducit laudabile vitâ

We may applaud the dexterity and correctness of Ligurinus, who turns the unpoetical name of Innocent II. into a compliment.

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