on the death of the anti-Irish Hincmar, Archbishop of Rheims: Hic jacet Hincmarus, cleptes vehementer avarus, Hoc solum gessit nobile: quod periit. Here lies Hincmar, crook. But savage greed aside, He did one truly noble thing: he died. His wine-soaked dinners with the emperor were full of parrying wit. “Quid distat inter sottum et Scottum?” (“What separates a fool from an Irishman?”) asked the emperor
