PASQUINADES.
This came, which is given to hnnCßrOßi lifctb, criminated in tbis way the stali of a cobbler nar.ied Pasquin, at Roffle. 3 nnirbcr cfidle persons used to assemble tc Jismn to ;te picasent sallies cf Pasquin and to -e'aic lit :!e their tnrfi, indulge themsfVos in rrJUery at the expense ol passers-l-v. After tfce cobbler's death in tbt «i\ " -■ n <■ "tu -y, the statue of a gladiatoi v-i "i e\r his stall, to which the people gave r.:» r.ame. and on which the wits of his tir 1 ieir lampoons upon the state, and t! - << e fusions on their neighbours, secretiy at night. Small poems and writings of a similar kind from this obtained the name oi Pasquinades, about the year 1533.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1901, Page 2
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