Tota illud formosa nego: nam multa venustas ; Nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis. Lesbia formosa est quæ, cum pulcherrima tota est, Tum omnibus una omneis surripuit veneres.

DE SUO IN LESBIAM AMORE. EP. 88.

NULLA potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam
Verè, quantum a me Lesbia amata mea est;
Nulla fides ullo fuit unquam fædere tantâ,
Quanta in amore suo ex parte reperta meâ est.

AD SYLONEM. EP. 104.

AUT sodes mihi redde decem sestertia, Sylo,
Deindo esto quam vis sævus et indomitus ;
Aut si te nummi delectant, desine, quæso,
Leno esse, atque idem sævus et indomitus.

But she all ore 's not handsome; here's her fault:
In all that bulk there's not one corne of salt,
Whilst Lesbia, fair and handsome too all ore,
All graces and all wit from all hath bore.

ENGLISHED.

No one can boast her self so much belov'd,
Truely as Lesbia my affections prov'd ;

No faith was ere with such a firm knot bound,
As in my love on my part I have found.

ENGLISHED.

Sylo, pray pay me my ten sesterces,

shall please;

Then rant and roar as much as you
Or if that mony takes [you,]1 pray, give ore
To be a pimp, or else to rant and roar.

1 Original has takes, but a word is wanting to complete the metre, and perhaps the poet wrote takes you, i. e. captivates you.