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CINNAMOMUM.

*JAm Coquus expoſcit redolentia Cinnama: ſordent*

EnglishCINNAMON. Now the Cook demands the fragrant Cinnamon: everything

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

Unit 1 · poem · elegiac_couplet · 10 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 1-10

  1. 1

    *JAm Coquus expoſcit redolentia Cinnama: ſordent*

  2. 2

    *Omnia, ni properas, nec ſapit eſca, Liber.*

  3. 3

    *Hæc oculos, ſtomachumq́; acuunt, tremuloſq; lacertos*

  4. 4

    *Siſtunt: his ſicca eſt, nec pituita fluit.*

  5. 5

    *Artubus hæc vires jam torpeſcentibus addunt:*

  6. 6

    *Et jecur, & renes, putreq́; pectus alunt.*

  7. 7

    *Tædia vexatæ matricis, & ilia tollunt*

  8. 8

    *Turgida, veſicæ provida languidulæ.*

  9. 9

    *Tot bona cùm pariant; mentitus credidit aurum*

  10. 10

    *Poſſe dare: hinc nimium Cinnama jactat Arabs.*

English

No translation for source lines 1-10.