This inscription is found in a copy of Erasmi Laus Moriae, ed. Basil. apud Froben. 1532, which is in the cathedral library at Halberstadt. Printed in the Allgem. literar. Anzeiger, Jahrgang 1801, Sp. 1744 and in Erl. Briefw., vol. IX, p. 254.
When Erasmus wrote his book Moriam, he had a daughter who is like him; for so the eel (Ael) is wont to writhe, writhe and bite, but he, as a Morio and a stick-fool, has written Moriam, a real foolishness.