lly the same; viz.,

"Anglicus Michael cognomine, sed natione Gallus, patria
Belmontensis, utriusque juris Professor, scripsit Eclogarum,
lib. iv. ad Episc." &c ... "Et diversorum carminum libros
aliquot, quae omnia Parisiis impressa sunt. Claruit autem A.C.
1500."

5. Moreri takes notice of this apparent confusion made between two
different writers, who lived two centuries and a half apart. Speaking of
the later {233} of the two, he says (_Dictionnaire Historique_, Paris,
1759, tom. i. par. ii. p. 87.):--

"_Anglicus_ (Michel), natif de Beaumont dans le Hainaut, qui
vivoit dans le XVI. siecle, etoit poete et professeur en droit.
Nous avons divers ouvrages de sa facon, des eglogues, un traite
_de mutatione studiorum_, &c. (Valer. Andreas, _Bibl. Belg._)
Quelques auteurs l'ont confondu avec Michel Blaumpain. (Voyez
Blaumpain.)" #/

Of the earlier Anglicus, Moreri says (ubi sup., tom. ii. par. i. p.
506.):

"Blaumpain (Michel) surnomme _Magister_, Anglois de nation, et
_Poete_, qui vivoit vers l'an 1250. Il est nomme par quelques-un
_Michel Anglicus_. Mais il y a plus d'apparence que c'etoient
deux auteurs differens; dont l'un composa une histoire de
Normandie, et un traite contre Henri d'Avranches; et l'autre
laissa quelques pieces de poesies;--Eclogarum, libri iv., ad
Episcopum Parisiensem; Eclogarum, libri ii., ad Ludovicum
Villerium, De mutatione studioram, Elogia deprecatoria, &c.
Baptiste Mantuan parle de Michel Anglicus, qui etoit de Beaumont
dans l'Hainault. (Pitseus, _De Script. Angl._ p. 322.; Valerius
Andreas in _Bibl_, p. 670.)"

Perhaps some of your readers may have access to a copy of the _Paris
impression_ of Michael Anglicus, mentioned by Andreas, Sweertius, and
Hendreich. J.B. will not need to be reminded of these words of Innocent
III., in his first serm. de consecr. Pont. Max., in which he claimed, as
St. Peter's successor, to be

"Inter Deum et hominem medius constitutus; citra Deum, sed ultra
hominem; minor Deo, sed major homine: qui de omnibus judicat, et
a nemine judicatur."--_Innocentii tertii Op._, ed. Colon. 1575,
tom. i., p. 189.

Did the claim _originate_ with Pope Innocent?

J. Sansom.

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CAXTON'S PRINTING-OFFICE.

I must protest against the manner in which Arun (Vol. ii., p. 187.) has
proceeded with the discussion of Caxton's printin