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Historical poem record

P H A S E L U S.

Dùm calet arenti & tibi manditur ore Phaſelus,

EnglishWhile the phaseolus is hot and is chewed by your parched mouth, It soon makes the limbs swollen with weak food.

Language
Latin
Date
17th century
Meter
elegiac_couplet
Editorial status
Source-attested
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · elegiac_couplet · 6 lines

Latin

Source text

  1. 1

    Dùm calet arenti & tibi manditur ore Phaſelus,

  2. 2

    Mox facit infirmo turgida membra cibo.

  3. 3

    Si rubet, eſt melior, muliebria fortiùs effert:

  4. 4

    Hunc fuge, ſi placidæ ſomnia noctis amas.

  5. 5

    Si pipere & mulſo faciet coquus arte ſalubrem,

  6. 6

    Dic mihi, naturæ ſervit, an iſte gulæ?

English text

Alignment approximate; line numbers are not a verified source-to-translation map.

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 menses:

Flee this, if you love the dreams of a peaceful night.

If the cook skillfully makes it wholesome with pepper and mead,

Tell me, does he serve nature, or gluttony?