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Richard Lovelace - Ad Fabullium. Catul. Lib. I. Ep. 13.Richard Lovelace - Ad Fabullium. Catul. Lib. I. Ep. 13.
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Caenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me Paucis, si dii tibi favent, diebus; Si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam Caenam, non sine candida puella, Et vino, et sale, et omnibus cachinnis. Haec si, inquam, attuleris, Fabulle noster, Caenabis bene: nam tui Catulli Plenus sacculus est aranearum. Sed, contra, accipies meros amores, Seu quod suavius elegantiusve est: Nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae Donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque; Quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis, Totum te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.                 ENGLISH Fabullus, I will treat you handsomely Shortly, if the kind gods will favour thee. If thou dost bring with thee a del`cate messe, An olio or so, a pretty lass, Brisk wine, sharp tales, all sorts of drollery, These if thou bringst (I say) along with thee, You shall feed highly, friend: for, know, the ebbs Of my lank purse are full of spiders webs; But then again you shall receive clear love, Or what more grateful or more sweet may prove: For with an ointment I will favour thee My Venus`s and Cupids gave to me, Of which once smelt, the gods thou wilt implore, Fabullus, that they`d make thee nose all ore.
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