MINOR QUERIES.

_Cupid Crying._--I shall be obliged if you, or any of your

correspondents, can tell me who was the author of the epigram, or

inscription, of which I subjoin the English translation. I am sure I

have seen the Latin, but I do not know whose it was or where to find it;

I think it belongs to one of the Italian writers of the fifteenth or

sixteenth century:--

"CUPID CRYING.

"Why is Cupid crying so?--

Because his jealous mother beat him.--

What for?--For giving up his bow

To Coelia, who contrived to cheat him.

"The child! I could not have believed

He'd give his weapons to another.--

He would not; but he was deceived:

She smiled; he thought it was his mother."

Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 · 第 57 / 84 题