Close reading with source evidence

Let the buffalo depart from here, and let him not enter our estates. Let no one eat him: let him always go under the yoke.

Earthy he is, but the Stag flies: stretch out your nets, Lest he flee: he benefits the sinews, when they have swollen. If you fear black bile, let him be caught as food for a pa...

Let the Ibis and the Stork return to ancient luxuries, And the Crane, a food that will harm its Pygmies. Let the abyss with an Etnean belly be ruinous to snakes: I hate heavy fe...

The belly, dried by the slight heat of the lentil, swells: Tell me, Physician, does barley render it harmless? It provokes the melancholic, being hostile to the nerves and eyes,...

The sparrow is hot, and very hard for a soft stomach. If you wish to be lustful, this one will provide its brains. Why would it deny them? They bring sudden death upon it. Go he...

While the phaseolus is hot and is chewed by your parched mouth, It soon makes the limbs swollen with weak food. If it is red, it is better; it more strongly brings forth women's...

First to fall under our gaze is this Cuticle, Which one or another often loves more than his own eyes. For here Cypris herself is accustomed to display her wares, Until the soug...

The wild boar, provided it is caught by hounds for the winter, yields voracious Meat, which, behold, blacker pepper seasons.

The ox yields hard [meat], profitable for all those whom cooked barley-meal Nourishes, but the he-goat yields useless [meat].

The steer is menacing among the dishes of Lucullus. Let it not hold praise, but let it bear harsh yokes.

The young roe deer is of desired juice, and The spotted wild beast gives a desired nourishment.

The pig [yields meat that is] hot and moist, and very rebellious to the belly, Unless it is young, which is usually good.