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A L L I A.

SI quod Cœna ſapis minimum eſt inſulſa, quod optas

EnglishIf you have any taste, the Banquet is least of all unsavory; why do you desire Rough Garlic with scorched heads?

Language
Latin
Date
17th century
Form
elegiac_couplet
Editorial status
Reviewed source page
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · elegiac_couplet · 6 lines

Latin

Block alignment is approximate: translation blocks are shown against their source line ranges, with untranslated gaps and overlaps surfaced rather than shifted into a verified line map.

Source lines 1-6

  1. 1

    SI quod Cœna ſapis minimum eſt inſulſa, quod optas

  2. 2

    Horrida cum exuſtis Allia verticibus?

  3. 3

    Hæc grave olent : capiti nec convenientia ocellis,

  4. 4

    Pulmoni & raucæ ſint licèt apta gulæ.

  5. 5

    Hæc, ut noris, edas : quantas prorumpet in iras

  6. 6

    Veſica, & venter depoſiturus onus.

English

No translation for source lines 1-6.