Richard Lovelace - Ad Fabullium. Catul. Lib. I. Ep. 13.

Richard Lovelace - Ad Fabullium. Catul. Lib. I. Ep. 13.

AD FABULLUM. CATUL. LIB. I. EP. 13. br br Caenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me br Paucis, si dii tibi favent, diebus; br Si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam br Caenam, non sine candida puella, br Et vino, et sale, et omnibus cachinnis. br Haec si, inquam, attuleris, Fabulle noster, br Caenabis bene: nam tui Catulli br Plenus sacculus est aranearum. br Sed, contra, accipies meros amores, br Seu quod suavius elegantiusve est: br Nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae br Donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque; br Quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis, br Totum te faciant, Fabulle, nasum. br br ENGLISHED. br br Fabullus, I will treat you handsomely br Shortly, if the kind gods will favour thee. br If thou dost bring with thee a del'cate messe, br An olio or so, a pretty lass, br Brisk wine, sharp tales, all sorts of drollery, br These if thou bringst (I say) along with thee, br You shall feed highly, friend: for, know, the ebbs br Of my lank purse are full of spiders webs; br But then again you shall receive clear love, br Or what more grateful or more sweet may prove: br For with an ointment I will favour thee br My Venus's and Cupids gave to me, br Of which once smelt, the gods thou wilt implore, br Fabullus, that they'd make thee nose all ore.


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