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 LITERAL AND INTERLINEAL; 
 
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ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 Dr. Stirling published, in 1760, his translation of the 
 Satires of Juvenal. It was the last, and perhaps the most 
 laboured of his productions, and has since become extremely 
 rare. It was the original intention of the present Editor 
 to republish it with such emendations only as a careful 
 revisal of the letter-press would bestow; but he soon dis¬ 
 covered that a critical examination both of the text and 
 translation was necessary. He therefore resolved to 
 scrutinize the work throughout, and to make such cor¬ 
 rections and alterations as the archetype required. 
 
 In accomplishing this task he had first to compare the 
 various readings of different editions, and settle the 
 punctuation, which is so frequently erroneous even in the 
 best copies. He then arranged the translation under the 
 ordo in such a manner as to render it strictly verbal and 
 interlineal. This mode, which was first suggested by Locke 
 and Du Marsais, he adopted from the conviction that a 
 very imperfect acquaintance with the genius and powers 
 of a language could be acquired from dictionaries and 
 grammars; and that there were innumerable niceties, not 
 only of construction and of idiom, but even in the signi¬ 
 fication of words, which could only be discovered by much 
 reading and critical attention. Lastly, he corrected, in 
 numberless instances, the harsh and obscure phraseology 
 of the translation, and endeavoured to impart to it a 
 
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 greater degree of ease and perspicuity; though it must be 
 confessed that freedom of style or elegance of expression 
 can scarcely ever exist in a literal version. 
 
 These improvements, he presumes, will render this edition 
 peculiarly serviceable. To those who have acquired, and 
 to those who wish to acquire a knowledge of the Latin 
 language, it will prove an agreeable and useful auxiliary. 
 The mode of its arrangement removes every difficulty: the 
 position of the words is developed with clearness and 
 precision: the ideas of the original are neither amplified 
 nor retrenched; the periods correspond in every part; 
 their members and even their length being usually the 
 same: in short, it will furnish the greatest facility ever 
 offered for the acquisition of a tongue so deserving of 
 our attention. If we consider the grandeur of the 
 people by whom it was spoken—the lustre of its writers— 
 the empire which it still maintains among ourselves—the 
 necessity we are under of learning it in order to obtain 
 access to almost all the sciences, nay, even to the know¬ 
 ledge of our own laws, of our judicial proceedings, and*' 
 of our charters—every aid rendered^ to this important 
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 the age. 
 
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SKETCH 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LIFE, GENIUS, AND CHARACTER 
 
 OF 
 
 JUVENAL* 
 
 Decimus Junius Juvenalis was born about the be¬ 
 ginning* of the reign of the emperor Claudius, at Aquinum, a 
 town belonging to the territory of the ancient Volsci. His 
 education was learned and liberal, although it is uncertain 
 whether he was the son or the adopted child of an opulent 
 individual who had been emancipated from a state of slavery. 
 He studied first under Fronto the grammarian, and afterwards; 
 as it is generally conjectured, under Quintilian. 
 
 Besides his acquaintance withUmbritius, a celebrated sooth¬ 
 sayer, he enjoyed the friendship of Martial, who addressed 
 three epigrams to him. He distinguished himself by his elo¬ 
 quence at the bar, and improved his fortune and interest at 
 Rome long before he dedicated his leisure and his abilities to 
 the muses. 
 
 It is said that he recited his first essay in poetry to an 
 audience of his friends, when he was about forty. Being 
 encouraged by their applause he made many additions to it, 
 and produced what is now called his seventh Satire. Paris, 
 
 * In drawing up this Sketch, the Editor has occasionally availed himself of 
 the language and sentiments of the Author of “ the Decline and Fall of the 
 Roman Empire.” 
 
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 LIFE, GENIUS, AND CHARACTER 
 
 a pantomime player, and favourite of Domitian, informed of 
 the part he bore in it, complained to the emperor, who sent the 
 author, by an easy kind of punishment, into Eg’ypt, with a 
 military command. 
 
 This measure had no other effect on his mind than that of in¬ 
 creasing* his hatred of tyranny, and turning his indignation 
 upon the emperor himself, who became the object of his severest 
 reprobation. During his stay in Egypt, he collected the ma¬ 
 terials for his satire on the superstitious and religious animosities 
 of the people of that country. 
 
 After the death of Domitian he returned to Rome, and pro¬ 
 fited so far by his danger or his punishment, as to recite no 
 more in public. But though he did not choose to commit his 
 safety to a promiscuous audience, he appears to have made no 
 secret of his powers of invective. The first satire that he wrote 
 after his return seems to have been the Fourth. About this 
 period too, he probably thought of revising and publishing 
 those he had already written, and composed that introductory 
 piece which now stands at the head of his works. As the 
 order is every where broken, it is impossible to arrange them 
 chronologically; but it appears that the Eleventh closed his 
 poetical career. He terminated a distinguished and honourable 
 life under the pressure of extreme age. 
 
 Little is known of his circumstances; but happily that little 
 IS authentic, since it comes from himself. The patrimony 
 which his father left him, he never diminished, and pro¬ 
 bably never increased. It appears to have equalled all his 
 wants and all his wishes. On one occasion indeed he regrets 
 the narrowness of his fortune, but it is because he cannot afford 
 a more costly sacrifice to express his gratitude for the preser¬ 
 vation of his friend. 
 
 In his person he was tall and portly; but there is no mention 
 made that he was ever married; and when we consider that 
 the longest, the most powerful, and the most complete of all 
 his satires was directed against the female sex, it is not probable 
 that he thought very highly of the matrimonial state. 
 
OF JUVENAL. 
 
 7 
 
 We are left almost in the dark with respect to his 
 moral character, his habits, and his manner of life; but from 
 the tenor of his writing’s he seems to have been a formidable 
 enemy to vice, and a steady friend to virtue. He has indeed 
 been accused of g’ratifying’, in many of his descriptions, the 
 pruriency of his own fancy. But the horror which he uni¬ 
 formly testifies at the disorders which he describes will always 
 convince the virtuous that his warmth proceeds, not from the 
 flames of voluptuousness, but from the fire of indignation and 
 genius. Are the wicked entitled to escape infamy through 
 the excess of their guilt 1 Is their baseness to be concealed 
 from posterity, because they carried it to an immeasurable 
 height ? This would be too much to concede to characters who 
 in every age deserve to be held up to infamy; or to hypocrites 
 who seek to indemnify themselves by questioning that purity 
 of heart to which they have no claim. 
 
 If his religion be a subject for our curiosity, we may 
 remark that inconstancy of opinion which is so frequent among 
 the ancients. At one moment nothing can be more pious 
 than his faith, or more philosophical than his submission. 
 The next wisdom alone suffices, and prudence usurps the thrones 
 of all the gods. He mentions the punishment of the wicked 
 in another life but once, and then contemptuously. Yet he 
 might venerate the Supreme Being, though he laughed at the 
 polytheism of his fellow citizens. 
 
 His political sentiments were those of a republican, reluc¬ 
 tantly bending under the existing government. He was the 
 sworn enemy of tyranny, and the friend of a mild and equitable 
 monarchy, rather through necessity than inclination. This love 
 of liberty, this loftiness of mind, distinguishes him from all the 
 poets who lived after the establishment of the monarchy. 
 Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Lucan, Martial, Statius, Valerius 
 Flaccus, all sing the ruin of their country, and the triumph 
 of its oppressors. The vices of a Nero and a Domitian are 
 commemorated in as lofty notes of praise, as the virtues of 
 Augustus and Vespasian. Juvenal alone never prostitutes his 
 
8 
 
 LIFE, GENIUS, AND CHARACTER 
 
 muse. Ill his works, there is but one example of praise be¬ 
 stowed on the emperor; a praise perhaps just, expressed with 
 the greatest simplicity, and included in a single verse. But 
 he never loses an opportunity of arraigning the folly and ty¬ 
 ranny of those masters of the world and their deputies. 
 
 His writings consist of sixteen Satires, which have justly 
 excited the admiration of the learned in all ages. Many pre¬ 
 fer them to the morals of Aristotle, and some pronounce them 
 equal to those of Seneca and Epictetus. The characteristics 
 of their author were vehemence, loftiness, and freedom. His 
 great aim was to alarm the vicious, and if possible to extermi¬ 
 nate vice. To accomplish this he disdained to wield the feeble 
 weapon of ridicule. He struck, without distinction, all who 
 deviated from the course of nature, or the paths of honour. 
 He combated not for conquest, but for extirpation. With the 
 sudden dexterity of a warrior accustomed to victory, he closed 
 upon the objects of his attack, trampled upon them, and tore 
 them to pieces. He stood like a priest at the altar. He heard 
 the groans, and searched into the entrails of his victims. 
 
 The licentious period in which he wrote supplied incessant 
 exercise for a mind glowing with every sentiment of hostility to 
 tyranny, hypocrisy, and lust. His fellow-citizens were enervated 
 by luxury; their hearts were hardened by the' institutions of 
 domestic slavery and the amphitheatre; their sentiments were 
 debased by the despotism and example of the emperors; and 
 every characteristic and manly principle subverted by the 
 mixture and confusion of nations in one great city. 
 
 In surveying this mass of guilt and wickedness, he perceived 
 that iniquity had acquired a kind of legal establishment, and 
 that the laws of Nature were violated or despised. Every feature 
 of depravity and villany started from the canvas, and he painted 
 them with a pencil grave, intrepid, impetuous, and implacable. 
 If at any time he relaxed the sternness of his manner he never 
 forgot himself. He smiled indeed, but his smile was more 
 terrible than his frown. It was never excited but when his 
 indignation was mingled with contempt. Like the deity in 
 
OF JUVENAL. 
 
 9 
 
 his fifteenth Satire he saw that the earth produced only weak 
 and wicked men; and, like him, he derided while he loathed 
 them. 
 
 To give a mere outline of his works, which contain so 
 many sublime sentiments, so many ethical reflections, and so 
 perfect a body of useful philosophy, would far exceed our 
 limits. The reader, however, may be gratified by a brief 
 analysis of each Satire. 
 
 The First may be considered as the ground-work of the whole; 
 and was probably drawn up as an introduction, after he had de¬ 
 termined to collect and publish his poems. He begins by giving 
 his reasons for writing satire. He then exposes the corrup¬ 
 tion and profligacy of both sexes, the luxury of courtiers, and 
 the baseness of informers and fortune-hunters. He next lays 
 open the treachery of guardians, and the peculation of officers 
 of state. Kindling with his theme, he censures the general 
 avidity for gambling, the avarice and gluttony of the rich, and 
 the miserable state of poverty and subjection in which they 
 kept their dependants. Finally, he makes some bitter reflec¬ 
 tions on the danger of satirizing living villany. 
 
 In the Second he unmasks those pretended philosophers 
 who censured lewd crimes, while they themselves were defiled 
 by the most odious obscenities. He introduces Laronia, who 
 makes a beautiful apostrophe to those hypocrites, and not only 
 defeats, in advance, several of the heaviest charges brought 
 against the women in his Sixth Satire, but retorts them with 
 powerful effect upon the men. From this topic he passes to 
 the effeminacy of judges, the turpitude of priests, and the 
 infamy of the nobility. He then records the general disbelief 
 that prevailed concerning a future state: 
 
 That angry Justice form’d a dreadful hell, 
 
 That ghosts in subterraneous regions dwell, 
 
 That hateful Styx his sable current rolls. 
 
 And Charon ferries o’er unbodied souls. 
 
 Are now as tales or idle fables prized. 
 
 By children question’d, and by men despised. 
 
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 LIFE, GENIUS, AND CHARACTER 
 
 The Third is written with sing’ular felicity and judgment. 
 The manner in which he conducts his friend out of the city is 
 calculated to raise every tender emotion of the heart. The 
 honest Umbritius stops in the wood of Egeria, a sacred monu¬ 
 ment of the primitive Romans, but then inhabited by wretched 
 Jews, to complain to Numa of the luxury of foreign manners 
 which had overflowed a nation whom he had instructed in laws 
 and religion. The meanness of the Romans opposed to the 
 address and sycophancy of the Greeks, who made themselves 
 slaves to become masters, forms a striking contrast. After this 
 delightful picture he enumerates the inconveniences and dis¬ 
 orders incident to a city life, and adverts to the peculiar suf¬ 
 ferings of the poorer citizens. These he illustrates by several 
 examples, and winds up the whole in a strain of singular 
 pathos and beauty. 
 
 In the Fourth, he exposes the enormities, the gluttony, 
 and the extravagance of Crispin us; and takes occasion from 
 thence to introduce the emperor. The council of Domitian is, 
 perhaps, the most striking passage of satire to be met with 
 in any ancient author. This subject perfectly suited our 
 poet’s genius. That seriousness of indignation, and that energy 
 of expression of which he is sometimes too lavish, are here in 
 their proper place; and they forcibly impress on the reader’s 
 mind that detestation for the tyrant, and contempt for the Ro¬ 
 mans, which both so richly merited. Unfortunately this piece 
 is left unfinished. After having described the principal coun¬ 
 sellors with the pen of Sallust, the very moment they ought to 
 begin their deliberation, the principal personage disappears, 
 the poet’s fire extinguishes, and the end of the piece is 
 mangled. 
 
 The Fifth exhibits a spirited detail of the mortifications to 
 which the poor were subjected by the rich, at those entertain¬ 
 ments to which they were sometimes invited; and shews how 
 gross were the manners of the Romans amidst all their luxur}. 
 
 The Sixth is wholly directed against the female sex, and is 
 the source of all the invectives that have for seventeen cen- 
 
OF JUVENAL. 
 
 11 
 
 turies been accumulating against them. According to Juvenal 
 all women are guilty, and guilty of the most enormous crimes. 
 A Clytemnestra might be found in every street. Yet amidst 
 all their corruption and profligacy, it cannot be denied that 
 there remained among them many vestiges of the ancient 
 virtues; and women, as well as men, worthy of living in a better 
 age. If we consult Pliny’s Epistles, a contemporary monument, 
 we shall find, in the circle of that amiable Roman, humanity, 
 morals, and the love of talents and merit. Some satirists reason 
 with good humour, and correct in the language of benevolence; 
 but Juvenal never allows himself to blend cheerfulness with 
 reproof. He declares open war against his species, and is 
 wholly regardless of their friendship. 
 
 Ill the Seventh he describes, with his ordinary spirit, the 
 poverty and contempt attending the men of letters of his time. 
 When imperial despotism and patrician luxury prevailed, it 
 could scarcely be expected that the rewards due to intellectual 
 worth would be bestowed. The golden age of literature had 
 passed away with Augustus; and a race of tyrants, with their 
 cringing minions, had succeeded, whose object was rather to 
 paralyze than promote the exertions of genius. Yet it is 
 evident that in Juvenal’s time there were many literary pre¬ 
 tenders, who, like those of the present day, attributed their 
 poverty rather to public neglect, or the tasteless spirit of the 
 age, than to the worthlessness of their own productions: 
 
 ...tenet insanabile multos 
 
 Scribendi cacoethes, et aegro in corde senescit. 
 
 In the Eighth he speaks with a most serious and impressive 
 air. It is humiliating for mankind that they must be taught, 
 almost in all countries, that they are more respectable for their 
 own virtues than for those of their ancestors. Nature draws 
 an indelible distinction between those to whom she has given 
 talents, and those from whom she has withheld them. The 
 subordination of citizens to their magistrates is founded on 
 fear and reason ; but the principle that originally established 
 
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 LIFE, GENIUS, AND CHARACTER 
 
 the distinction of noble and plebeian may be found in great 
 and honourable actions. The state of debasement, however, 
 into which the descendants of the first families of Rome had 
 voluntarily sunk, supplied abundant scope for severity. 
 
 The ridicule of the Ninth appears to arise from the character 
 of Nsevolus, a miserable wretch, whose principles are so much 
 debased by his manner of life, that he has lost all sense of its 
 infamy, and relates his services with the same air of in¬ 
 difference as a soldier would describe his campaigns. This 
 gravity, which the reader perceives to be so much out of place, 
 and which NsbvoIus does not, produces, perhaps, the whole 
 humour of the piece. 
 
 In the Tenth he treats of a subject worthy of himself, 
 the vanity of human wishes, a misfortune consistent with the 
 greatest virtues, and intimately connected with the most na¬ 
 tural sentiments of the heart. The poet every where employs 
 a refined and accurate philosophy, founded on the strictest 
 principles of moral science. His genius rises with his subject: 
 he shews the nothingness of false grandeur, and weighs, with 
 the sublime indifference of a superior being, the virtues, ta¬ 
 lents, and destiny of the greatest men. He here neglects, 
 and seems even to disdain, the beauty of versification, and that 
 sweet and charming harmony of which he was so great a 
 master. His style, precise, energetic, lofty, and enriched with 
 images, flows in a rougher stream than in his other pieces. 
 Taking experience for his guide, his reasonings are mixed with 
 examples, of which the greater part are chosen with exquisite 
 judgment. That of Sejanus is a master-piece: never was any ele¬ 
 vation more extraordinary than his, nor any fall more dreadful. 
 .The levity of the people, who were in haste to break his statues, 
 which they had just worshipped, is a finished picture of popular 
 inconstancy. The example of the death of Alexander seems 
 to be chosen with less discernment than the rest. His misfor¬ 
 tune consisted in being cut off in the midst of his success and 
 glory. Yet had Marius died as he descended from his triumphal 
 car, he would have been deemed the happiest of mortals. 
 
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 Ill the Eleventh, he takes an opportunity, in inviting* his 
 friend to supper, to contrast, with much sprightliness, the ex¬ 
 travagant luxury of his contemporaries with the simple and 
 coarse fare of ancient dictators. He makes us clearly per¬ 
 ceive, without formally expressing it, how universal, and 
 almost necessary, the elegance of the table was become in his 
 time; since a poor philosopher like himself prepared for his 
 triend a supper, very inferior indeed to the feasts of Ventidius, 
 but far superior to those of Curius. This entertainment was 
 to be graced by simplicity, neatness, and decent amusements 
 only. Though Juvenal possessed justness of understanding, 
 and honesty of heart, his character was deficient in point of 
 sweetness and sensibility. He has neglected an opportunity 
 of expressing those sentiments which one friend, when he 
 feels them, is always ready to pour into the bosom of another. 
 The free and philosophical conversation which the confidence 
 of friendship inspires and warrants, is but ill supplied at his 
 supper by the reading of Homer. JuvenaUs heart and fancy 
 were both ardent; but their warmth exhausted itself in pas¬ 
 sions strong, dark, and elevated—not in affections which are 
 amiable and tender. 
 
 The Twelfth shews the author’s genius for satire, and also 
 that it was the only kind of genius with which he was peculiarly 
 endowed. In this piece, he certainly did not at first intend 
 writing a satire, but only to congratulate one of his friends, 
 who had been saved from a dreadful shipwreck. After em¬ 
 ploying, on this subject, two-thirds of the poem, he is at once 
 diverted from it, by recollecting that his friend, for whose 
 safety he is to offer so many sacrifices, has three children. 
 This conduct in himself strikes him as totally opposite to that 
 of the testament-hunters, with whom Rome abounded, and 
 whose attentions were solely bestowed on rich people who 
 were childless. He forgets his friend, for the pleasure of ex¬ 
 posing those knaves. The lively picture which he draws of 
 them is far superior to his description of the tempest. 
 
 In the Thirteenth, he offers consolation to a friend who had 
 
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 LIFE, GENIUS, AND CHARACTER 
 
 been defrauded of ten thousand sesterces, by a scoundrel who 
 denied the deposit of that sum. In this satire, a divine might 
 find new proofs of the uncertainty of the Pagans respecting a 
 Providence and a future state. The poet speaks almost di¬ 
 vinely of the torments of a guilty conscience; of its horrid 
 remorse for having violated the laws of justice; and of the 
 dreadful sufferings of him who bears his punishment always 
 in his own heart. His dreams appal him with the most fright¬ 
 ful images; and the pain of every calamity that befalls him 
 is heightened by his regarding it as a punishment. But he 
 does not decide whether these terrors rest on any solid founda¬ 
 tion. Having exhausted his whole eloquence in describing 
 the punishments of vice, he thinks none so powerful and effica¬ 
 cious as that inflicted by the magistrates, with which he con¬ 
 cludes. 
 
 There are satires more agreeable than the Fourteenth; 
 there are others in which the poet takes a loftier flight; but 
 there are none in which he so much-displays his genius for 
 philosophy, the art of connecting his ideas, his precision, and 
 brevity. His brevity resembles not that so common among 
 writers of the present age, who often strangle a thought in 
 hopes of strengthening it; and who applaud their own skill, 
 when they have shewn to us, in a few absurd words, the fourth 
 part of an idea. It is the brevity of Tacitus and Montesquieu, 
 which, after retrenching whatever is superfluous or unnecessary, 
 includes the principal thought in a precise and vigorous ex¬ 
 pression. By selecting the most characteristic circumstances, 
 the poet sets before your eyes, in five lines, (v. 166—171), 
 the simplicity of the ancient Romans, their love of labour, 
 their domestic happiness, the fruitfulness of their wives, their 
 sober diet, and their aversion to being served by a multitude 
 of foreign slaves. Throughout the whole of this satire, the 
 texture is skilfully combined; the thoughts either rising im¬ 
 mediately the one from the other, or the transitions being so 
 natural, that they are almost imperceptible. How justly and 
 artfully does the poet describe the progress of avarice in the 
 
OF JUVENAL. 
 
 15 
 
 human heart! tracing it from its origin, in sordid parsimony, 
 to mean contrivances for gain; and from thence to injustice, 
 violence, and the greatest crimes. The father who first in¬ 
 spired into his son this miserable passion, vainly struggles to 
 check his flagitious career; and after being long the astonished 
 spectator of his crimes, sometimes becomes their victim. 
 
 Trepidumque Magistrum 
 In cavea magno fremitu leo tollet alumnus, 
 
 is an image equally bold and impressive. This master of the 
 lion had exasperated his natural ferocity, in order to render 
 him more deserving the attention of the amphitheatre. 
 
 In the Fifteenth he expresses, undisguisedly, his hatred 
 against the Egyptian nation and religion. As a man of good 
 sense he despised the absurdities of this worship; he saw how 
 much its introduction into Rome had corrupted the morals of 
 his fellow-citizens; and perceived that those crowded assem¬ 
 blies, in which the distinctions of age, rank, and sex were 
 concealed and confounded, under the veil of night and 
 mystery, opened a door to the most abominable debauchery; 
 at the same time that the Egyptian prophets and fortune¬ 
 tellers taught women and children to calculate, and sometimes 
 to hasten, the deaths of their fathers and husbands. His 
 own banishment into a country which was the object of his 
 contempt or detestation, naturally sharpened his animosity, 
 and carried his resentment to the utmost pitch. His genius is 
 clearly displayed in the witty description of the worship which 
 the Egyptians paid to animals; in the origin of society, founded 
 on those principles of benevolence which are implanted by 
 nature in the heart of man only; and in that dreadful though 
 striking picture of the ferocity of an Egyptian. 
 
 The Sixteenth is not clearly proved to be JuvenaPs. It is 
 written weakly and negligently. It is, however, of consider¬ 
 able importance in history. It has not been sufficiently re¬ 
 marked to what extent the privileges of soldiers were carried 
 under the emperors. In moments of sedition it was manifest 
 
16 LIFE, GENIUS, AND CHARACTER OF JUVENAL. 
 
 they overturned thrones ; but it was not known that in time of 
 peace they shared their sovereignty. In any small portion of a 
 community, a bolder enterprise can hardly be conceived than 
 that of withdrawing itself from the jurisdiction of the ordinai’y 
 magistrates, and insisting that its differences, even with the 
 other classes of citizens, should be decided by its own judges. 
 The clergy obtained these privileges in the dark ages ; but 
 such pretensions seem to have been more excusable in a body 
 which was believed to possess all the virtue, and which really 
 possessed all the learning of the times, than they could possi¬ 
 bly be in the Roman soldiers, whose ignorance, grossness of 
 manners, despotic and military maxims, removed them to so 
 great a distance from the character belonging to a judge. 
 
 Upon the whole, the Satires of Juvenal possess more ardour 
 and dignity than those of any other Latin poet. His versi¬ 
 fication is also superior. Managed by him, the Roman lan¬ 
 guage loses all its roughness. His verses are flowing, harmo¬ 
 nious, and animated; although he never sacrifices the sense to 
 the sound. We might imagine that the lines flowed sponta¬ 
 neously from his pen, did we not perceive a few that are 
 unmusical from their rudeness, or unaffecting from their 
 languor. 
 
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 Impune ergo mihi recitaverit ille togatas, 
 
 Hic elegos ? impune diem consumpserit ingens 
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 Martis, et JEoliis vicinum rupibus antrum 
 Vulcani. Quid agant venti; quas torqi^t umbras 
 .^acus; unde alius furtivae devehat aurum 
 Pelliculae; quantas j^ulej^ Monycbus ornos; 
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 Semper, et assiduo ruptae lectore columnae. 
 Expectes eadem a summo minimoque poetL 
 Et nos ergo manum ferulae subduximus : et nos 
 Consilium dedimus Syllae, privatus ut altum 
 Dormiret. Stulta est clementia, cum tot ubique 
 Vatibus occurras, periturae parcere chartae. 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 Martis mihi, et 
 
 of Mars to me, and 
 
 antrum Vulcani vicinum jEoliis 
 
 the cave of Vulcan near the iEolian 
 
 
 • - ■ i • 
 
 ‘'Z 
 
 rupibus. Quid venti agant ; quas umbras ’"jEacus 
 
 rocks. Vi^hat the winds can do; what ghosts ^acus 
 
 torqueat ; unde ^ alius devehat aurum furtivae 
 may torture; whence another may carry off the gold of the stolen 
 
 '' Ol-\A. f'C 
 Ca-,. t C- **'vf • 
 
 pelliculae ; quantas ornos ^ Monychus jaculetur; 
 
 fleece; , how many ash-trees Monychus can dart; 
 
 platani "^Frontonis, convulsaque marmora clamant 
 
 e*. t t the plane-tr ees of Fronto, and shaken marbles ring 
 
 
 
 semper, 
 
 always. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 columnae 
 
 pillars 
 
 ruptae 
 
 burst 
 
 assiduo lectore. 
 
 by perpetual reading. 
 
 
 Expectes 
 You must expect 
 
 Et 
 
 And 
 
 nos 
 
 we 
 
 eadem 
 the same 
 
 subduximus manum 
 therefore have withdrawn the hand 
 
 ergo 
 
 d summo minimoque poeta, 
 from the greatest and meanest poet. 
 
 ferulae : 
 
 from the ferula: 
 
 
 ^ ‘ et nos dedimus consilium Syllae ut dormiret altum 
 
 also we have given advice to Sylla that he sleep sound 
 
 —- privatus. Est stulta dementia, cum occurras 
 
 as a private man. It is foolish pity> when you meet 
 
 tot vatibus ubique, parcere chartae 
 
 so many poets everywhere, to spare the paper 
 
 periturae, 
 that must spoil. 
 
SATIRA PRIMA. 
 
 21 
 
 20 
 
 
 Cur tamen hoc jibeat potius decurrere campo, 
 
 Per quem magnus equos Aurunc ae flexit alumnus : 
 
 Si vacat, et placidi rationem admittitis, edam. 
 
 Cum tener uxorem ducat : Maevia Tuscum 
 Figat aprum, et nudd teneat ven abula mamm^: 
 
 Patricios omnes opibus ciim p rovo cet unus, /v 
 
 Quo tondente gravis juveni mihi barba sonabat: 25 
 
 Cum pars Niliacae plebis, cum verna Canopi 
 Crispinus, Tyrias humero revocante lacernas. 
 
 Ventilet aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum. 
 
 Nec sufferre queat majoris pondera gemmae : 
 
 <y 
 
 V 
 
 Tamen cur libeat potius decurrere hoc campo, 
 Yet why it pleases me rather to run in that field, 
 
 per quern magnus alumnus Auruncae flexit equos : ^ - 
 
 through which the great foster-child of Aurunca turned his horses: | 
 
 t/r-, 
 
 si vacat, et placidi admittitis, rationem edam, 
 if at leisure, and you patiently admit the reason, I will tell you. 
 
 Cum tener spado ducat uxorem : Maevia figat 
 
 When an effeminate ^nuch must needs marry a wife: Meevia engage 
 
 £t,7e^ia 
 
 
 Tuscum aprum, et teneat venabula mamma nuda: 
 the Tuscan boar, and hold the spe^s with her breast all bare: 
 
 cum unus provocet omnes Patricios opibus, quo 
 
 when one can challenge all the Patricians in riches. 
 
 who .f ' y 'll 
 
 / / ■ ^ 1 
 
 i 
 
 tondente, barba, gravis mihi juveni, sonabat: ' 
 
 shaviog, my beard, troublesome tome when young, made a noise; 
 
 1-f , 
 
 
 i t '~C. 
 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 pars Niliacse plebis, cum Crispinus, veriia 
 a part of the Nile’s spawn, when Crispiuus, a slave 
 
 ^ Canopi, 
 
 of Canopus, 
 
 humero 
 
 his shoulder 
 
 revocante 
 
 th rowing o fi‘ 
 
 Tyrias lacernas, 
 the Tyrian cloaks. 
 
 /7 iT, 
 
 /T ^ /5- 
 
 ventilet 
 must fan 
 
 aestivum 
 
 his summer 
 
 aurum 
 
 gold ring 
 
 sudantibus 
 
 on his sweating 
 
 digitis, 
 
 fingers. 
 
 nec 
 
 Uor 
 
 queat 
 
 can 
 
 sufferre 
 
 bear 
 
 pondera majoris 
 the loads of a greater 
 
 B 3 
 
 gemmae: 
 
 gem: 
 
 ' I 
 
22 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Difficile est satiram non scribere. Nara quis in iqua e 30 
 Tam patiens urbis, tam ferreus, ut teneat se? 
 
 Causidici nova cum veniat lectica Mathonis 
 Plena ipso : et post hunc magni delator amici. 
 
 Et cito rapturus de nobilitate comesa 
 Quod superest: quem Massa timet: quem munere palpat 
 Carus; et h trepido Thymele summissa Latino: 30 
 
 Cum te summove ant, qui testamenta m^reji^ 
 
 Noctibus, m^oelum quos evehit optim a summi 
 Nunc via processus , vetulas vesica beatae. 
 
 Unciolam Proculeius habet, sed Gillo deuncem; 40 
 
 est difficile non scribere satiram. Nara quis tam patiens 
 
 it is difficult not to write satire. For who is so patient 
 
 iniquae urbis, 
 of the wicked city, 
 
 tarn ferreus, 
 
 so ir on-h earted . 
 
 ut teneat se I 
 that he can restrain himself? 
 
 cum nova lectica 
 
 when the new chair 
 
 causidici Mathonis 
 
 of the lawyer Matho 
 
 veniat 
 
 comes 
 
 ' ,htZ^ 
 
 plena ipso: et post hunc, delator magni amici, 
 
 / crammed with himself: and after him, the impeacher of his great friend, 
 
 et citb rapturus quod superest de comesa nobilitate : 
 and shortly to take away what remains from the half-starved nobility: 
 
 A t J i. 
 
 quern 
 
 --— whom 
 
 
 
 Massa timet: quem Carus palpat munere ; 
 
 Massa dreads : whom Carus sooths with a present; 
 
 ^ o , Itt 
 
 y 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 ^ Thymele 
 
 Thymele 
 
 summoveant 
 they dis inheri t »«1., 
 
 noctibus, quos 
 
 summissa 
 _subdued 
 
 te, qui merentur 
 vou, who earn 
 
 a trepido Latino: 
 by trembling Latinus : 
 
 testamenta 
 
 legacies 
 
 vesica beatte vetulae, nunc 
 
 by night performances, whom the lechery of a rich old woman, now 
 
 optima via summi processus, evehit in coelum, 
 
 the surest road of highest preferment, raises to the pinocle of hon our. 
 
 y . . ^ 
 
 Proculeius habet ^unciolam, sed Gillo ' deuncem: 
 
 Proculeius 
 
 has 
 
 one ounce, but Gillo has eleven ounccvs: 
 
 
 / y • . 
 
 f-X.PlZ'ue. I 
 
 
SATIRA PRIMA. 
 
 23 
 
 Partes quisque suas, ad mensuram inguinis haeres. 
 Accipia t sane mercedem sanguinis, et sic 
 Palleat, ut nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem. 
 
 Aut Lugdunensem rhetor dicturus ad aram. 
 
 Quid referam, quanta siccum jecur ardeat ira, 
 
 45 
 
 Cum populum gregibus comitum premat hic spoliator 
 Pupilli pros tantis ? at hic damnatus inani 
 Judimo Cquid enim salvis infamia nummis?) 
 
 Exui ab octava Marius bibit, et fruitur Diis 
 
 Iratis : at tu, victrix provincia, ploras. 
 
 Haec ego non credam Venusind digna lucerna ? 
 
 50 
 
 
 i/ 
 
 quisque suas 
 every one has his 
 
 partes, haeres ad mensuram 
 
 shares, being an heir according to the standard 
 
 inffumis. 
 
 of nature. 
 
 Accipiat sane mercedem sanguinis, et 
 
 Let him take truly the price of his blood, and 
 
 sic palleat ut qui pressit anguem nudis calcibus, 
 grow as pale as he who hath trodden on a snake with his bare soles, 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 
 rhetor dicturus ad aram Lugdunensem. ‘ 
 
 a rhetorician about to declaim at the altar in Lyons. 
 
 u., * cz.- I 
 
 Quid referam, quanta ira siccum jecur ardeat, 
 
 Why need I tell, with how great rage my parched liver burns, 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 hie spoliator 
 this spoiler 
 
 prostantis pupilli 
 
 of his prostituting pupil 
 
 premat 
 crowds on 
 
 populum gregibus comitum ? 
 
 the people with the number of his attendants ? 
 
 et hie exul 
 and this exile 
 
 Marius, damnatus inani judicio, (enim quid infamia, 
 
 Marius, condemned by a vain judgment, (for what is infamy, 
 
 ■O'C. |}' 
 
 nummis salvis'?) bibit / ab octava, et fruitur ^ 
 
 if money be safe ?) carouses from eight [two] o’clock, and enjoys himself 
 
 iratis Diis ; 
 
 at 
 
 in spite of the Gods: 
 
 but 
 
 Ego non credarn 
 
 htec 
 
 Shall I not believe 
 
 these 
 
 
 C^Srx. 
 
 - - 
 
 / r iX. / /-1^-'Z 
 
 
 digna 
 
 deserving 
 
 B 4 
 
 VenusinS: lucerna '? t-A 
 
 the Venu^an torch ? ^ ^ / 
 
 ^ rc rrzz,^ /^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 r 
 
 
 
 
 c iT J-t . 
 
24 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 IIsBC ego non agitem ? sed quid magis Heracleas, 
 Aut Diomedeas, aut mugitum labyrinthi. 
 
 Et mare percussum puero, fabrumque volantem? 
 Cum leno accipi moechi bona, si capiendi 
 Jus nullum uxori, doctus spectare lacunar. 
 
 Doctus et ad calicem vigilanti stertere naso : 
 
 Cu m fas esse putet curam sperare cohortis. 
 
 Qui bona donavit praesepibus , et caret omni 
 Majorum censu, dum pervolat axe citato 
 Flaminiam: puer Automedon nam lora tenebat. 
 Ipse lacern atas cum se jactaret amicae. 
 
 55 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 Ego non agitem haec ? sed quid magis Heracleas, 
 
 Shall I not lash these? but why 
 
 rather ^ tales of Hercules, 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 1 % 
 
 It «7 
 
 
 or 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 Diomedeas, 
 
 Diomedes, 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 mugitum 
 the bello wing 
 
 labyrinthi, 
 of the labyrinth, 
 
 mare percussum 
 the sea struck 
 
 puero, Volantemque fabrum ? 
 by the boy, and th e fly in g a rtificer ? 
 
 leno accipiat bona mcechi, si nullum 
 the pander receives the goods of the adulterer, if there is no 
 
 jus uxori capiendi, doctus spectare lacunar, 
 right (o the wife in obtaining them, being taught to gaze at the ceiling. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 doctus 
 
 instructed 
 
 stertere 
 to snore 
 
 ad calicem 
 over his glass 
 
 vigilanti naso : 
 
 with a wakeful nose: 
 
 putet esse fas 
 one thinks there is reason 
 
 sperare cohortis, 
 
 to hope for the command of a cohort. 
 
 qui donavit bona praesepibus, et caret omni 
 who hath squandered his wealth in mangers, and is stript of all 
 
 censu majorum, dum pervolat 
 the estate of his ancestors, whilst he flies over 
 
 Flaminiam 
 
 the Flaminian way 
 
 citato axe: nam 
 
 with his whirling axle-tree: for 
 
 puer 
 the boy 
 
 Automedon 
 
 Automedon 
 
 tenebat 
 
 held 
 
 lora, 
 the reins, 
 
 
 cum ' ipse jactaret se lacernatae amicae, 
 when he commended himself to his cloaked mistress. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SATIRA PRIMA. 
 
 25 
 
 Nonne libet medio ceras implere capaces 
 Quadrivio? cum jam sexta cervice feratur 
 Hinc atque inde patens, ac nud4 pene cathedra, 
 Et multum re ferens de Maecenate supino 
 Signator falso, qui se lautum, atque beatum 
 Exiguis tabulis, et gemma fecerat ud^. 
 
 Occurrit matrona potens, quae molle Calenum 
 Porrectura viro miscet sitiente rubetam. 
 
 65 
 
 70 
 
 Instituitque rudes melior Locusta propinquas. 
 Per famam et populum, nigros efferre maritos. 
 Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris et carcere dignum. 
 
 4 
 
 ^ Nonne libet 
 
 May uot one 
 
 - -- 
 
 implere 
 
 fill 
 
 capaces ceras 
 large waxen table-books 
 
 
 medio - 
 
 in the ‘ 
 
 ^ ‘7'y ^ 
 
 quadrivio, 
 of the street. 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 signator falso 
 a forger of a false will 
 
 feratur 
 is borne 
 
 
 
 sexta cervice 
 by six slaves 
 
 patens bine atque inde, 
 
 open to view on this and that side. 
 
 ac cathedra 
 
 and his chair 
 
 pene 
 
 almost 
 
 nuda, 
 
 naked, 
 
 multum 
 
 much 
 
 referens 
 
 resembling 
 
 de Mtecenate supino, 
 
 Miecenas at his ease. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 fecerat 
 
 had made 
 
 se 
 
 himself 
 
 lautum 
 
 great 
 
 a‘q«e ^ 
 
 and 
 
 <X-j 
 
 u~ 
 
 beatum 
 
 happy 
 
 exiguis tabulis, 
 
 by short codicils. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 uda gemma I 
 a wet gem ? 
 
 Potens matrona 
 
 A great lady 
 
 occurrit, 
 meets us. 
 
 quae, 
 
 who, 
 
 porrectura molle 
 being about to offer mild 
 
 Calenum, 
 
 Calenian wine, 
 
 viro 
 
 her husband 
 
 sitiente, 
 
 thirsting, 
 
 miscet 
 
 mixes 
 
 rubetam, 
 
 toad-poison. 
 
 meliorque Locusta instituit rudes propinquas 
 
 and a more skilful Locusta instructs her inexperienced neighbours 
 
 
 efferre 
 to carry out their 
 
 nigros maritos, per famam et populum. * / 
 
 ir spotted husbands, regardless of fame and the people. ^ ^ 
 
 
 V 
 
 Aude aliquid dignum brevibus Gyaris et carcere, 
 Attempt something worthy the narrow Gyara? and a prison, 
 
 
 
 1 ; 
 
 ulJ i " ii ti il 
 
26 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 I 
 
 Si vis esse aliquis : Probitas laudatur, et alget. 
 Criminibus d ebent h ortos , praetoria, mensas, 75 
 
 Argentum vetus, et stantem extra pocula caprum. 
 
 Quem patitur dormire nurus corruptor avarae ? 
 
 Quem sponsae turpes, et praetextatus adulter ? 
 
 Si natura negat, facit indignatio versum, 
 
 Qualemcunque potest: quales ego, vel Cluvieilus. 80 
 Ex quo Deucalion, nimbis tollentibus^quor, 
 
 Navigio montem ascendit, sortesque poposcit, 
 Paulatimque anima caluerunt mollia saxa. 
 
 Et maribus nudas ostendit Pyrrha puellas : 
 
 
 'o^ 
 
 -quem 
 
 whom 
 
 "T ■ / If 
 
 1 1 * /"W <*4^ ^ 
 
 qualemcunque 
 
 such as 
 
 si vis esse aliquis: Probitas laudatur, et alget, 
 if you would be distinguished; Honesty is praised, and starves. 
 
 Debent hortos, praetoria, mensas, vetus argentum^ 
 They owe their gardens, palaces, tables, antique silver-plate, 
 
 et caprum stantem extra pocula, criminibus, 
 
 and the boar embossed on the outside of the cups, to their crimes. 
 
 Quern corruptor avarse nurus patitur dormire ? 
 
 Whom does the corruptor of the covetous daughter-in-law suffer to sleep? 
 
 turpes sponsae, 
 
 the infamous brides, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 natura 
 
 nature 
 
 negat, 
 
 denies, 
 
 potest: 
 
 it can: 
 
 indignatio 
 
 indignation 
 
 ^ praetextatus adulter? 
 the purple-fringed adulterer? 
 
 versum. 
 
 facit 
 
 makes 
 
 a verse, 
 
 quales 
 such as 
 
 ego, 
 
 I, 
 
 vel Cluvienus. 
 or Cluvienus write. 
 
 Ex quo 
 
 From the time that 
 
 
 ascendit 
 ascended 
 
 paulatimque 
 
 and gradually 
 
 Deucalion, nimbis tollentibus aequor, 
 
 Deucalion, the rains swelling the sea, 
 
 montem navigio, poposcitque sortes, 
 the mount in his boat, and implored the oracles, 
 
 mollia saxa 
 the softened stones 
 
 caluerunt 
 
 grew warm 
 
 I 
 
 et 
 
 Pyrrha 
 
 ostendit 
 
 nudas puellas 
 
 and 
 
 Pyirha 
 
 shewed 
 
 her naked maids 
 
 I, n , .. 
 
 /"U- 
 
 
 t'j . 
 
 t 
 
 c 1 l -«-'tf lit- X. £4, M i 
 
 
 /4L- X V- 
 
 / 
 
 anima, 
 with life, 
 
 maribus : 
 
 to the males: 
 
 'if 
 
 'A- CT'Vt- ' ■*' f 
 
 
 
 
 
SATIRA PRIMA. 
 
 27 
 
 Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, 85 
 Gaudia, discursu s, nostri est farrago libelli. 
 
 Et quando uberior vitiorum copia? quando 
 Major avaritiae patuit sinus ? alea quando 
 Hos animos? neque enim loculis comitantibus itur 
 Ad casum tabulae, posita sed luditur arca. ^ 
 
 Praelia quanta illic dispensatore videbis 
 Ar migero 1 simplexne furor sestertia centum 
 Perdere, et horrenti tunicam non reddere servo ? 
 
 Quis totidem erexit villas ? quis fercula septem 
 Secre to coenavit avu^ ? nunc sportula primo 
 
 quicquid homines agunt, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, 
 
 whatever men do, their wish, fear, anger, pleasure. 
 
 gaudia, discursus, 
 joys, and excursions. 
 
 est farrago nostri libelli. 
 is the medley-subject of our little book. 
 
 y - ^ ^ 
 
 .-Et quando uberior copia vitiorum? quando 
 
 And when was there a greater abundance of vices? when 
 
 major sinus 
 
 was a wider 
 
 gulf 
 
 patuit 
 
 open 
 
 avaritise ? 
 to avarice ? 
 
 quando 
 when had 
 
 alea 
 the dice 
 
 
 
 hos 
 
 these 
 
 animos 
 
 excesses 
 
 enim 
 
 for 
 
 neque itur 
 there is no going 
 
 ad casum tabulse 
 to the hazard table 
 
 ^ loculis comitantibus, sed 
 
 with fobs attending, but 
 
 Ir ■P'i VI 
 
 luditur arca posita. J 
 
 they play for the money-chest staked. j 
 
 Quanta prmlia 
 
 battles 
 
 What great 
 
 videbis 
 you will see 
 
 illic 
 
 there 
 
 dispensatore 
 
 with the steward 
 
 
 armigero 
 
 et non reddere tunicam 
 
 Simplexne furor perdere centum sestertia, ^ 
 
 Q if iinf Tiloin imni^n^cc Incfk o ^Ulicircd ^ 
 
 Quis 
 
 the arms-bearer! Is it not plain madness to lose a hundred sesterces, 
 
 horrenti 
 
 -y 
 
 servo J uuis erexit 
 
 and not to give a coat to a shivering servant? Who has built^^i^ii^^y-;^^^ 
 
 
 
 totidem villas ? 
 so many villas? 
 
 quis 
 
 what 
 
 avus coenavit septem 
 
 ancestor hath supped on seven 
 
 fercula 
 
 courses 
 
 secreto ? 
 in private? 
 
 nunc 
 
 now 
 
 parva 
 
 the little 
 
 sportula sedet 
 donation is placed 
 
 Cr- 
 
 ^ X- C-t-t 
 
 
 / 
 
 L * X.X- AX 
 
 
 AX rn. , 
 
 
 
D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 28 ■ 
 
 Limine parva sedet, turl^ rapienda togatae. 
 
 Ille tamen faciem prius inspicit, et trepidat, ne 
 Supp ositus venias, ac falso nomine poscas: 
 
 Agnitus accipies. Jubet k praecone vocari 
 
 Ipsos Trojugenas: nam vexant limen et ipsi 100 
 
 Nobiscum: da Praetori, da deinde Tribuno. 
 
 Sed libertinus prior est: prior, inquit, ego adsum; 
 
 Cur timeam, dubitemve locum defendere ? quamvis 
 Natus ad Euphratem, molles quod in aure fenestrae 
 Arguerint, licet ipse negem: sed quinque tabernae 105 
 Quadringenta parant: quid confert purpura majus 
 
 primo limine, rapienda togatae turba*, 
 
 at the outward gate, to be scrambled for by the gowned crowd. 
 
 Tamen ille prius inspicit faciem, et trepidat, 
 
 Yet he first surveys their face, and quakes, 
 
 « 
 
 ne venias suppositus, et poscas falso nomine: 
 
 lest you come suborned, and demand in a false name: 
 
 j agnitus accipies. Jubet Trojugenas ipsos 
 
 being known you shall have it. He orders the Trojan lords themselves 
 
 : vocari a prtecone: nam et ipsi vexant limen 
 
 to be called by the crier; for even they disturb the threshold 
 
 nobiscum: da Praetori, da deinde Tribuno. 
 
 with us: give to the Praetor, give next to the Tribune. 
 
 Sed libertinus est prior: inquit, ego adsum prior; 
 
 But the freedman is first: says he, I came first j 
 
 cur timeam, dubitemve defendere locum 1 quamvis 
 why should I fear, or hesitate to defend my place ? although 
 
 natus ad Euphratem, quod molles fenestrae in aure 
 
 born near the Euphrates, which the soft holes in my ear 
 
 arguerint, licet ipse «egem: sed quinque tabernae 
 
 will shew, though myself should deny: but five taverns 
 
 jr ^ parant '^quadringenta: quid majus purpura confert 
 r o bring me in four hundred sesterces: what more does t he purple c onfer 
 
SATIRA PRIMA. 
 
 29 
 
 Optandum, si Laurenti custodit in agro 
 Conductas Corvinus oves ? Ego possideo plus 
 Pallante, et Licinis: expectent ergo Tribuni: 
 
 Vincant divitiae; sacro nec cedat honori 110 
 
 Nuper in hanc urbem pedibus qui venerat albis: 
 Quandoquidem inter nos sanctissima divitiarum 
 Majestas: etsi, funesta Pecunia, templo 
 Nondum habitas, nullas nummorum ereximus aras. 
 
 Ut colitur pax, atque Fides, Victoria, Virtus, 115 
 
 Quaeque salutato crepitat Concordia nido. 
 
 Sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, 
 
 optandum, si 
 to be wished for, if 
 
 Corvinus 
 
 Corvinus 
 
 custodit 
 
 watches 
 
 conductas 
 
 hired 
 
 oves 
 
 sheep 
 
 
 in Laurenti agro \ Ego possideo plus Pallante, 
 
 in the Laurentiaii laud ? I possess more than Pallas, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 Licinis: 
 
 the Licini : 
 
 ergo 
 
 therefore 
 
 Tribuni 
 let the Tribunes 
 
 expectent. 
 wait. 
 
 Divitiae vincant ; nec cedat 
 
 Let riches prevail j nor let him give place 
 
 
 sacro honori 
 
 ( ' '1^ tc-rx^ 
 
 /'■ 
 
 to that sacred honour ‘ ^ 
 
 ’> 
 
 • • * / - 1 
 qui nuper venerat in hanc urbem albis pedibus : - 
 
 who lately had come into this city with chalked feet; - f 
 
 quandoquidem majestas divitiarum 
 
 the majesty of riches 
 
 since 
 
 sanctissima 
 is most holy 
 
 inter 
 
 among 
 
 nos: 
 
 us: 
 
 etsi, funesta pecunia, 
 
 although, cursed money. 
 
 nondum habitas 
 thou dost not yet dwell 
 
 templo, 
 
 in a temple. 
 
 ereximus 
 we have erected 
 
 nullas 
 
 no 
 
 aras 
 
 altars 
 
 nummorum, 
 
 of monies. 
 
 ut 
 
 as 
 
 Pax colitur, atque Fides, Victoria, Virtus, 
 
 Peace is worshipped, and Faith, Victory, Virtue, 
 
 
 Concordiaque, quae crepitat ' salutato nido, 
 
 and Concord, which resounds with the often-visited bi rd’s nest . 
 
 Sed cum summus honor, anno finito, computet 
 But when the chief honour the year being finished, calculates 
 
 
 
 ' 
 
30 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Sportula quid r eferat, quantum ra tionibus addat: 
 
 Quid facient comites, quibus hinc toga, calceus hinc sunt. 
 Et panis, fumus que domi ? densissima centum 120 
 
 Quadrantes lectica petit; sequiturque maritum 
 Languida, vel praegnans, et circumducitur uxor* 
 
 Hic petit absenti, not^ jam callidus arte. 
 
 Ostendens vacuam et clausam pro conjuge sellam : 
 
 Galla mea est, inquit; citius dimitte: moraris ? 125 
 
 Profer, Galla, eaput: noli vexare, quiescit. 
 
 pulchro disting uitur ordine rerum; 
 
 Sportula, deinde forum, jurisque peritus Apollo, 
 
 quid sportula referat, quantum addat rationibus: 
 
 what the sportula brings iu, how much it adds to their revenues : 
 
 
 . A. quid comites facient, quibus 
 shall their attendants do, to whom 
 
 toga hinc, calceus 
 
 a gown is hence, shoes 
 
 sunt hinc, et panis, fumusque domi'? densissima lectica, 
 are hence, and bread, and fire at horne ? the thronged litter 
 
 / z, , petit centum quadrantes, uxorque, languida 
 
 / / ‘^«j^^eeks a hundred farthings, and the wife, sick 
 
 vel prsegnans, sequitur maritum, et circumducitur, 
 or breeding, follows the husband, and is carried about. 
 
 Hie petit absenti, jam callidus nota arte, 
 This begs for one absent, now skilled in his known art. 
 
 ostendens vacuam et clausam sellam pro conjuge: 
 shewing an empty and shut up chair for his wife: 
 
 est mea Galla, inquit ; 
 
 / H» x’/tV 
 
 Galla, 
 
 ' - Galla, 
 
 
 my Galla, says he j 
 
 profer caput: 
 
 put out your head: 
 
 dimitte citius : 
 dispatch her soon: 
 
 noli vexare, 
 do not disturb her, 
 
 moraris ? 
 do you delay ? 
 
 quiescit. 
 
 she is asleep. 
 
 Dies ipse distinguitur pulchro ordine rerum; 
 
 The day itself i s divided by a beautiful order of circumstances; 
 
 sportula, 
 the sportula. 
 
 deinde 
 
 then 
 
 forum, Apolloque peritus juris, 
 
 the forum, and Apollo skilled in the law. 
 
 
 C. ■ 
 
 
SATIRA PRIMA. 
 
 31 
 
 Atque triumphales, inter quas ausus habere 
 
 Nescio quis titulos JEgyptius, atque Arabarches; 130 
 
 Cujus ad effigiem non tantum meiere fas est. 
 
 V estibuli s abeunt veteres, lassique clientes, 
 
 Votaq ue deponunt, quanquam longissima coenaB 
 Spes homini: caules miseris, atque ignis emendus. 
 
 Optima sylvarum interea pelagique vorabit 135 
 
 Rex horum, vacuisque toris tantum ipse jacebit: 
 
 Nam de totjpulchris, et latis orbibus, et tam 
 .Antiquis, una comedunt patrimonia mensa. 
 
 Nullus jam parasitus erit: sed quis feret istas 
 
 atque triumphales, inter quas nescio quis 
 aud the triumphal statues, among which is I know not what 
 
 Aegyptius ausus habere titulos, atque Arabarches, 
 
 ^Egyptian daring to assume titles, and Arabarch, 
 
 ad cujus effigiem non est fas tantum 
 
 against whose * image it is not allowed even 
 
 meiere. 
 to water. 
 
 Veteres lassique clientes abeunt vestibulis, deponiintqiie 
 
 The old and wearied clients retire from the porches, and give up 
 
 vota, quanquam 
 expectations, although there was a very long 
 
 longissima 
 
 spes 
 
 hope 
 
 coenre 
 
 
 homini : caules, atque ignis emendus 
 
 to the man: pot-herbs, and fire must be bought by the wretches. 
 
 of supper ii.y^''xcc - 
 
 miseris. 
 
 Interea rex horum vorabit optima sylvarum 
 
 Meanwhile the patron of these shall devour the best things of the woods 
 
 n y-x-cx-. 
 
 \ 
 
 pelagique, ipseque tantum jacebit vacuis toris: ^ 
 
 and of the sea, and himself only shall loll on the empty couches: / IMa/ 
 
 nam comedunt patrimonia una mensa, 
 
 for they eat up whole patrimonies at one meal. 
 
 de tot pulchris, et latis, et tarn antiquis orbibus, 
 
 out of so many beautiful, and large, and such antique dishes. 
 
 fr 
 
 Jam 
 
 Now 
 
 erit nullus parasitus : sed quis feret istas 
 there shall be no parasite: but who can bear these 
 
 
 
32 
 
 D. JUNII JUVUNALIS 
 
 
 Luxuriae so rdes ? quanta est gula, quae sibi totos 140 
 Ponit apros, animal propter convivia natum? 
 
 Poena tamen praesens, cum tu deponis amictus 
 Turgi dus, et crudum pavonem in balnea portas : 
 
 Hinc subitae mortes, atque intestata senectus. 
 
 It nova nec tristis per cunctas fabula coenas: 145 
 
 Ducitur iratis plaudendum funus amicis. 
 
 Nil erit ulterius, quod nostris moribus^ddat 
 Posteritas: eadem cupient facientque minores. 
 
 Omne in prcecipiti vitium stetit: utere velis^ 
 
 Totos pande sinus : dicas hic forsitan, unde 150 
 
 
 
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 'j //< <-t ^ 
 
 sordes luxuriae ? quanta est gula quae ponit sibi 
 
 stains of luxury ? how large is the gullet, that places before itself 
 
 totos apros, 
 
 whole boars. 
 
 animal 
 an animal 
 
 natum 
 
 designed 
 
 propter 
 
 for 
 
 convivial 
 feasts ? 
 
 Tamen poena praesens, cum tu turgidus deponis 
 
 Yet the punishment is at hand, when you' bloated ]>ut off 
 
 amictus, et portas crudum pavonem in 
 
 your clothes, and carry a raw peacock into 
 
 hinc subitae mortes, atque intestata 
 
 hence sudden deaths, and intestate 
 
 balnea: 
 
 the baths: 
 
 senectus. 
 
 old age. 
 
 Nova nec tristis fabula it per cunctas coenas: 
 
 The new nor an unwelcome story goes through all the suppers: 
 
 funus ducitur plaudendum iratis amicis, 
 
 your funeral is carried along applauded by your irritated friends. 
 
 Erit nil ulterius, quod posteritas addat nostris 
 
 There will be nothing farther, that posterity can add to our 
 
 moribus; minores cupient facientque eadem. 
 
 crimes : our descendants shall desire and do the same things. 
 
 ti ^ A.'* ^ 
 
 //M 
 
 Omne vitium stetit in praecipiti: utere velis. 
 
 Every vice has arrived at its height: use sails, 
 
 
 pande 
 y spread 
 
 totos sinus : dicas 
 
 whole canvasses;, ypu will say 
 
 hic, forsitan, unde 
 
 here, perhaps, whence 
 
 I 
 
SATIRA PRIMA. 
 
 33 
 
 Ingenium par materisB ? unde illa priorum 
 Scribendi quodcumque animo flagrante Ub eret 
 Simplicitas, cujus non audeo dicere nomen ? 
 
 Quid refert dictis ignoscat Mucius, an non l 
 - Pone Tigellinum, taed^ lucebis in illd, 155 
 
 Qud stantes ardent qui fixo gutture fumant, 
 
 Et latum media sulcum deducit arena. 
 
 Qui dedit ergo tribus patruis aconita, vehetur 
 P ensilibus p lumis, atque illinc despiciet nos ? 
 
 -Cum veniet contr^, digito compesce labellum : 160 
 
 Accusator erit qui verbum dixerit. Hic est. 
 
 ingenium par materi® I unde illa simplicitas 
 is there a genius equal to the subject? whence that openness 
 
 Af 
 
 priorum scribendi quodcumque liberet flagrante 
 of former satirists in writing whatever pleased their indignant ^ 
 
 ammo, 
 
 mind. 
 
 
 CUJUS 
 of which 
 
 non audeo dicere 
 I dare not mention 
 
 nomen. 
 the name. 
 
 
 
 
 Quid refert 
 
 What cares he whether 
 
 Mucius ignoscat dictis an non i — 
 
 Mucius pardons his invectives or not ~ - 
 
 lucebis in ilia t®da qua /A''/?. 
 
 you shall shine in that torch in which —-—- 
 
 
 U^JrJ 
 
 Pone Tigellinum, 
 
 Expose Tigellinus, 
 
 ardent 
 
 they burn 
 
 stantes, 
 
 standing. 
 
 qui fumant gutture 
 
 who' smoke with their throat 
 
 fixo, 
 
 fixed. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 deducit 
 
 draw 
 
 latum sulcum 
 a broad furrow 
 
 media arena, 
 in the middle of the sand. 
 
 Ergo qui dedit aconita tribus patruis, vehetur ^ 
 Then shall he who gave wolfs-bane to his three uncles, be carried 
 
 
 
 nos ? i&c /tcix 
 
 upon us ?--x 
 
 J jt /t-. «»<■ 
 
 contra, compesce labellum digito: 
 
 pensilibus plumis, atque illinc despiciet 
 
 on pendent feathers, and thence look down 
 
 Cum veniet 
 
 When he shall come over against you, compress your lip with your finger; 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 dixerit verbum. Hic est. 
 shall speak the word. This is he. 
 
 erit accusator 
 
 there will be an accuser 
 
34 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
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 c V V'TTvx <vO 
 
 Securus licet iEneam, Rutilumque ferocem 
 Com mittas : nulli gravis est percussus Achilles, 
 
 Aut multum quaesitus Hylas, urnamque secutus. 
 
 Ense velut stricto quoties Lucilius ardens 165 
 
 Infremuit, rubet auditor cui frigida mens est 
 Criminibus; taciti sudant praecordia culp^. 
 
 Inde irae et lachrymae. Tecum prius ergo voluta 
 Haec animo ante tubas : galeatum sero duell i 
 Poenit et. ^ Experiar quid concedatur in illos, ’ 170 
 
 Quorum Flaminia tegitur cinis, atque Latin4. 
 
 
 
 Licet 
 
 You may 
 
 Rutilum: 
 Rutulian: 
 
 securus 
 
 safely 
 
 Achilles 
 
 Achilles 
 
 committas 
 treat of 
 
 percussus 
 
 wounded 
 
 Alneam, ferocemque 
 iEneas, and the ferocious 
 
 est gravis nulli, 
 is offensive to none. 
 
 I // ^ Hylas multum quaesitus, secutusque urnam. 
 
 1 . ‘ Hylas much sought, and following: his pitcher 
 
 Hylas 
 
 Quoties ardens Lucilius 
 As often as keen Lucilius 
 
 sought, and following his pitcher. 
 
 infremuit, velut stricto 
 raged, as with a draw'n 
 
 ense, 
 
 sword, 
 
 auditor 
 
 the hearer 
 
 criminibus ; 
 with crimes; 
 
 rubet, 
 blushes, 
 
 praecordia 
 
 his bowels 
 
 cm 
 
 whose 
 
 mens 
 
 heart 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 frigida 
 
 cold 
 
 sudant 
 
 tremble 
 
 tacita culpa, 
 with secret guilt. 
 
 et lachrymae. Ergo prius voluta haec 
 
 Thence resentments and tears. Therefore, first revolve these things 
 
 /"si 
 
 ^ tecum animo ante tubas: /sero poenitet galeatum 
 
 in thy mind before the trumpets; it too late repents the armed soldier 
 
 "^^‘^"^duelli. "^Experiar quid concedatur in illos 
 
 ^ war. I will try what may be conceded to those 
 
 > ^ quorum cinis tegitur Flaminia atque Latina, 
 
 fi whose ashes are covered in the Flaminian and Latin way. 
 
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SATIRA SECUNDA. 
 
 35 
 
 SATIRA II. n!\ 
 
 i 
 
 Ultra Sauromatas fugere hinc libet, et glacialem 
 Oceanum, quoties aliquid de morib us audent 
 Qui Curios simulant, et Bacchanalia vivunt, 
 indocti primumj quamquam plena omnia gypso 
 
 Chrysippi invenias: nam perfectissimus horum est, 
 Si quis Aristotelem similem , vel Pittacon emit. 
 
 Et ji^ et archetypos pluteum ser vare C leanthis. 
 Fronti nulla fides: quis enim non vicus abundat 
 
 
 
 'vi: 
 
 *A* • ^ 
 
 Libet fugere hinc ultra Sauromatas, et glacialem , 
 
 One chuses to fly hence beyond the Sarmatians, and 
 
 the frozen 
 
 oceanum. 
 
 ocean. 
 
 quoties audent 
 as often as they attempt 
 
 aliquid de moribus, 
 
 any thing 
 
 qui 
 
 whp 
 
 simulant 
 
 counterfeit 
 
 Curios, 
 
 the Curii, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 vivunt Bacchanalia. 
 
 live Bacchanals' lives. 
 
 about morals, 
 
 ~~~ C_^ 
 
 7^^ It v/ 
 
 
 
 Indocti primum: quamquam invenias omnia plena _ yy. 
 
 The unlearned first : although you may find all their studies filled d&Sdtt. 
 
 although you may 
 
 gypso Chrysippi: nam est perfectissimus horum, 
 
 with the parget of Chrysippus : for he is the most eminent of them. 
 
 
 3- 
 
 siquis emit Aristotelem similem, vel Pittacon, 
 if any one buys an Aristotle in similitude, or JPittagjas, 
 
 i * A 1 
 
 
 
 et jubet pluteum servare archetypos Cleanthis, 
 
 and orders that his library preserve originals of Cleanthes . 
 
 /y ^ --- 
 
 Nulla fides fronti : enim quis vicus non abundat 
 
 There is no trusting to the countenance: for what street does not abound 
 
 ^ , //^ ^ ^ 
 
 
 
 
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 Z i ^ 
 
 f ^ A ti. j ^ (T/~ c . 
 
 c/-^ ^ €t Ad 
 
 
 
36 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 P 
 
 
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 /t't 
 
 i»- 
 
 
 I 
 
 Tristibus obscoenis ? castigas turpia, cum sis 
 Inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos ? 10 
 
 Hispida membra quidem et durae per brachia setae 
 Promittunt atrocem animum: sed podice laevi 
 Caeduntur tumidae, medico ridente, mariscae. 
 
 Rarus sermo illis, et magna libido tacendi; 
 
 Atque supercilio brevior coma: verius ergo 15 
 
 Et magis ingenue Peribonius: hunc ego fatis 
 Imputo , qui vultu morbum incessuque fatetur. 
 
 Horum simplicita s miserabilis, his furor ipse 
 ^Dat veniam: sed pejores, qui talia verbis 
 
 
 t u/ic-e { f 
 
 tristibus obscoenis ? 
 with their sad obscenities ? 
 
 Castigas 
 
 Do you censure 
 
 turpia, 
 
 lewd crimes, 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 SIS 
 
 you are 
 
 notissima fossa 
 the mos^^^ted sink 
 
 inter 
 
 am^ig 
 
 Socraticos cinaedos 1 
 
 the Socratic bands ? 
 
 
 Hispida membra quidem, et durae setae per brachia 
 Their rough limbs indeed, and hard bristles all over their arms 
 
 : promittunt atrocem animum : 
 
 j J xi^ u ^pourtray 
 
 an atrocious mind: 
 
 " atque 
 
 ^ c'- /^ yr also 
 
 caeduntur laevi podice, 
 of their debauchery are lanced, 
 
 Sermo illis rarus, et 
 Speech to them is rare, and 
 
 sed 
 but 
 
 medico 
 
 the surgeon 
 
 tumidae mariscae 
 
 the foul fruits 
 
 ridente. 
 
 smiling. 
 
 libido tacendi magna ; 
 the desire of being silent great j 
 
 coma 
 their hair 
 
 brevior 
 is shorter 
 
 supercilio ; 
 than the eye brow; 
 
 ergo 
 
 therefore 
 
 ct. Peribonius verius et magis ingenue: '^ego imputo 
 
 Peribonius acts more truly and more ingenuously: 1 consign 
 
 A. tV n *< bunc fatis qui fatetur morbum vultu incessuque. 
 
 ' -t, cf. him to the fates who confesses his disease by his countenance and gait. 
 
 ' —- 
 
 II; f ' ^ Simplicitas 
 
 miserabilis ; 
 
 ^':- L " .The manner of these is pitiable; 
 
 horum 
 of these 
 
 furor 
 
 rage 
 
 ipse 
 
 itself 
 
 
 V "/"^n veniam his: sed pejores, qui invadunt talia 
 
 j|(/4 t/cyj. gives pardon to them: but they are worse who attack such crimes 
 
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SATIRA SECUNDA. 
 
 87 
 
 Herculis invadunt, et de virtute locuti 
 
 Clunem agitant: ego te ceventem, Sexte, verebor. 
 
 Infamis Varillus ait? quo deterior te? 
 
 Loripede m rectus derideat, .^thiopem albus. 
 
 Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes ? 
 
 Quis coelum terris non misceat, et mare coelo. 
 
 Si fur displiceat Verri, aut homicida Miloni? 
 Clodius accuset moechos, Catilina Cethegum ? 
 
 I n tabulam Syllae si dicant discipuli tres ? 
 
 Qualis erat nuper tragico^olIutuT^ulter 
 Concubitu: qui tunc leges revocabat amaras 
 
 20 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 
 verbis 
 
 iu the words 
 
 Herculis, 
 
 of Hercules, 
 
 et, 
 
 and, 
 
 locuti 
 
 lecturing 
 
 de virtute, 
 
 about virtue. 
 
 
 agitant clunem. Ego verebor te ceventem, Sexte, 
 plunge into a vortex of vice. Shall I be afraid of you, O Sextus, 
 
 infamis 
 
 infamous 
 
 Varillus 
 
 Varillus 
 
 ait? 
 
 says ? 
 
 quo 
 In what 
 
 deterior 
 am I worse 
 
 te? 
 
 than you ? 
 
 rectus derideat loripedem, albus jEthiopem. 
 
 Let the straight-limbed deride the bandy-legged, the white the ^Ethiopian. 
 
 
 Quis 
 
 Who 
 
 tulerit 
 will bear 
 
 Gracchos 
 the Gracchi 
 
 
 querentes de seditione ? 
 complaining of sedition ? 
 
 Quis non misceat coelum terris, et mare coelo, 
 Who may not confound heaven with earth, and the sea with heaven, 
 
 si fur displiceat Verri, 
 
 if a thief displease Verres, 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 homicida 
 
 a murderer 
 
 
 Miloni ? 
 
 Milo ? , 
 
 Clodius 
 
 Clodius 
 
 accuset 
 
 accuse 
 
 moechos, 
 
 adulterers. 
 
 Catilina 
 
 Catiline 
 
 Cethegum ? 
 
 Cethegus ? 
 
 si tres discipuli Syllae dicant in tabulam ? 
 
 if the three disciples of Sylla declaim against h is proscriptions ? 
 
 in tabulam ? 
 
 
 Qualis erat adulter. 
 
 Such was the adulterer, 
 
 nuper 
 
 lately 
 
 pollutus tragico 
 
 pollut^ by his tragical 
 
 
 - 
 
 concubitu : 
 marriage: 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 tunc 
 
 then 
 
 revocabat 
 
 revoked 
 
 
 leges amaras Z > u~ 
 
 the law. ■ bitter 
 
 
 
 
 
38 
 
 13. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
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 J'e-^ 
 
 <Z.^ 
 
 Omnibus, atque ipsis Veneri Martique timendas.: 
 Cum tot abortivi s foecundam Julia vulvam 
 Solveret, et patruo similes effunderet offas. 
 
 Nonne igitur jure, ac merito, vitia ultima fictos 
 Contemnunt Scauros, et castigata remor dent? 
 
 Non tulit _£x illis torvum Laronia quemdam 
 Clamantem toties. Ubi nunc lex Julia? dormis? 
 Atque ita s ubr idens: Felicia tempora! q uae te 
 Moribus opponunt : habeat jam Roma pudorem; 
 Tertius ^ ccelo cecidit Cato, Sed tamen unde 
 Haec emis, hirsuto spirant opobalsama collo 
 
 omnibus, atque timendas Veneri Martique ipsis: 
 
 to all, and to be dreaded by Venus and Mars themselves: 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 Julia 
 
 Julia 
 
 solveret 
 
 discharged 
 
 foecimdum vulvam 
 her fruitful womb 
 
 tot 
 
 of so many 
 
 ii, ■ 
 
 abortivis, et 
 
 abortions, and 
 
 effunderet offas similes patruo. 
 
 brought forth embryos similar to her uncle. 
 
 rc-^. , Nonne igitur. 
 
 May not then, 
 
 jure. 
 
 ac 
 
 f 
 
 with justice, and 
 
 merito, ultima vitia 
 deservedly, Uhe basest vices 
 
 contemnunt fictos Scauros, et castigata remordent ? 
 
 contemn these counterfeit Scauri, and being censured recriminate? 
 
 I Laronia non tulit quemdam torvum ex illis, 
 
 ' ^ Laronia could not bear a certain sour individual among them. 
 
 
 / ^ clamantem toties, Ubi nunc Julia lex? dormis? 
 
 calling out so often. Where now is the Julian law ? are you asleep ? 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 ita subridens : Felicia tempora ! 
 
 thus smiling: Happy the times ! 
 
 quse 
 
 which 
 
 
 te opponunt moribus : jam Roma habeat pudorem ; 
 
 place you in opposition to morality : now Rome may have shame j 
 
 tertius Cato cecidit e celo. Sed tamen unde emis 
 
 a third Cato hath dropt from heaven. But yet whence do you buy 
 
 hcCC opobalsama quae spirant tibi hirsuto collo ? 
 
 tlicsc balsat^ M’hich exhale perfumes from your hairy neck ? 
 
SATIRA SECUNDA. 39 
 
 Quae tibi? ne pudeat donmmm monstrare taber nae. 
 
 Quod si vexantur leges ac J ura, citari 
 Ante omnes debet Scantinia: respice primum. 
 
 Et scrutare viros: faciunt hi plura; sed illos 45 
 
 Defendit numerus, junctaeque umbone phalanges. 
 
 Magna inter molles concordia: non erit ullum 
 Exemplum in nostro tam detestabile sexu: 
 
 Taedia non l^ambit Cluviam, nec Flora Catuliam: 
 
 Hippo subit juvenes, et morbo pallet utroque. 50 
 
 Numquid nos agimus causas? civilia jura 
 Novimus? aut ullo strepitu fora vestra movemus? 
 
 ne pudeat 
 
 monstrare 
 
 dominum 
 
 taberiife. 
 
 be not ashamed 
 
 to shew me 
 
 the master 
 
 of the shop. 
 
 Qu6d si leges 
 
 vexantur. 
 
 ac jura. 
 
 Scantinia ‘ 
 
 But if the laws 
 
 are aroused, 
 
 and the statutes, 
 
 the Scantinian 
 
 debet citari 
 
 ante 
 
 omnes: respice primum, 
 
 ought to be produced before 
 
 them all; consider first. 
 
 et scrutare viros: 
 
 and examine your men : 
 
 hi faciunt plura; 
 these commit more crimes; 
 
 sed numerus, 
 but their number, 
 
 
 phalangesque junctae umbone, defendit illos. 
 
 and phalanxes locked with their shields, defend them. 
 
 Magna concordia inter molles : non erit ullum 
 
 There is great harmony among the effeminate: there will not be any 
 
 tarn detestabile exemplum in nostro sexu: 
 
 such detestable example in our sex: 
 
 Taedia non lambit Cluviam, nec Flora Catuliam : 
 
 Tffidia doesjiot ca ress Cluvia, nor Flora Catulla: 
 
 Hippo subit juvenes, et pallet utroque morbo. 
 
 Hippo gratifies young men, and is pale with a two-fold distemper. 
 
 Numquid nos agimus causas ? novimus civilia jura ? 
 Whether do we plead causes ? do we study the civil law&? 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 movemus 
 
 disturb 
 
 .lA-t r -t. / 
 
 / 
 
 
 vestra fora 
 your courts 
 
 I V eT7r~il-< 
 
 ullo strepitu ? 
 with any bawling ? 
 
 
 
 
40 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 L uctantur pauc ae, comedunt co liphia paucae. 
 
 Vos lanam t rahitis , calathisque peracta refertis 
 Vellera: Vos tenui praegnantem sthmine fusum 55 
 
 Penelope melius, levius torquetis Arachne, 
 
 Horrida quale facit residens i n c odice pellex. 
 
 Notum est cur solo tabulas impleverit Hister 
 Liberto ; dederit vivus cur multa p uellae . 
 
 Dives erit magno quae dormit tertia lecto. 60 
 
 Tu nube, atque tace: donant arcana cylindros . 
 
 De nobis post haec tristis sententia fertur : 
 
 Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. 
 
 paucae luctantur, paucae comedunt coliphia. 
 
 few of US fence, few eat the food of wrestles. 
 
 Vos trahitis lanam, refertisque peracta vellera calathis: 
 You _5£iP wool, and carry home your finished fleeces in baskets: 
 
 VOS 
 
 you 
 
 torquetis fusum 
 twine the spindle 
 
 praegnantem 
 
 loaded 
 
 tenui stamine 
 with fine thread 
 
 melius Penelope, 
 
 better than Penelope, 
 
 levius 
 more nimbly 
 
 Arachne, 
 
 than Arachne, 
 
 quale horrida pellex 
 
 such a task as the dirty harlot 
 
 facit 
 
 performs 
 
 residens 
 
 sitting 
 
 in codice. ^ 
 on a clog. 
 
 Est notum cur Hister impleverit tabulas liberto 
 It is notorious why Hister filled up codicils with his freedman 
 
 solo; cur vivus dederit multa puellae, 
 
 alone; why during his life he gave many presents to his young wife. 
 
 Erit dives quae dormit tertia magno lecto. 
 She will be rich who sleeps a third in a large bed. 
 
 Tu nube, atque tace ; arcana donant cylindros. 
 Do you marry, . and be silent: secrets bestow jewels. 
 
 Post haec, tristis sententia fertur de nobis: 
 
 After these, the sad sentence is pronounced concerning us 
 
 censura dat veniam corvis, 
 
 censure gives a pardon to crows. 
 
 vexat columbas, 
 and condemns the doves. 
 
SATIRA SECUNDA. 
 
 41 
 
 Fugerunt trepidi vera a c ma nifest a canentem 
 Stoicidae: quid enim falsi Laronia ? sed quid 65 
 
 Non facient alii, cum tu multitia sumas, 
 
 Cretice, et hanc vestem populo mirante perores 
 In Proculas et Pollineas? est moecha Fabulla: 
 
 Damnetur, si vis, etiam Carfinia: talem 
 
 Non sumet damnata togam. Sed Julius ardet, 70 
 
 -^stuo: nudus agas; mmus est insania turpis. 
 
 En habitum, quo te leges ac jura ferentem 
 Vulneribus crudis populus modo victor, et illud 
 Montanum positis audiret vulgus aratris. 
 
 Trepidi Stoicidse fugerunt canentem 
 The trembling Stoics fled her j^ie dictine^ 
 
 manifesta: enim quid falsi Laronia I Sed quid 
 
 self-evident: for what falsehood escaped Laronia? But what 
 
 multitia, ^ ^ ^ « 
 
 your fine attire, 
 
 alii non facient, 
 will others not do 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 tu sumas 
 
 you assume 
 
 ic' 
 
 Cretice, et populo mirante hanc vestem, perores 
 
 O Creticus, and the people admiring this vest, must needs harangue 
 
 
 in Proculas et 
 
 against the Proculas and 
 damnetur. 
 
 Pollineas] Fabulla est moecha: ^ Ji 
 
 Pollineas ? Fabulla is an adultress: 
 si vis, etiam Carfinia: damnata 
 
 let her be condemned, if you will, also Carfinia: being condemned 
 
 non sumet talem 
 
 she will not take such 
 
 togam. 
 a gown. 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 Julius 
 
 iBlL 
 
 4 
 
 ardet, 
 
 burns, 
 
 / 
 
 aestuo : agas nudus ; est minus turpis insania. 
 
 .1 am hot : you may declaim naked; it is a. less shameful madness. 
 
 y■x.-t- C. f-'*-' 
 
 V / ' 
 
 
 En hahitum 
 Behold the habit 
 
 quo 
 
 in which 
 
 populus, crudis vulneribus, 
 
 the people, with their green wounds, 
 
 modo victor, et illud montanum vulgus, positis 
 
 lately victorious, and that mountainous rabble, having laid aside 
 
 aratris, 
 their ploughs, 
 
 ■ 
 
 audiret 
 might hear 
 
 
 te ferentem leges ac jura, 
 
 you • passing laws and statutes. 
 
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 i; 
 
 Quid non proclames, in corpore Judicis ista 
 Si videas ? quaero an deceant multitia testem ? 
 Acer et indomitus, libertatisque magister, 
 Cretice, pelluces! Dedit hanc contagio hi bem . 
 Et dabit in plures: sicut grex totus in agris 
 Unius scabie cadit, et p^rri^^ine porci; 
 
 Uvaque conspecti livorem ducit ab uva. 
 
 Foedius hoc aliquid quandoque audebis amictu: 
 Nemo repente fuit turpissimus. Accipient te 
 Paulatim, qui longa domi redimicula sumunt 
 Frontibus, et toto posuere monilia collo. 
 
 75 
 
 80 
 
 
 85 
 
 Quid non proclames, 
 
 What would not you call out, 
 
 si videas ista in corpore 
 if you saw these on the body 
 
 
 judicis ? 
 of a judge? 
 
 Quaero an 
 
 I ask whether 
 
 multitia 
 silken robes 
 
 deceant 
 
 become 
 
 testem ? 
 a witness ? 
 
 Cretice, acer 
 
 O Creticus, fierce 
 
 et indomitus magisterque libertatis, 
 
 and invincible, and patron of liberty. 
 
 I ycrtk. pelluces! Contagio dedit hanc labem, 
 
 ’ shine in your ganne^! Contagion hath given you this stain, 
 
 et dabit in plures: sicut totus grex 
 and it will inflict it upon more: as the whole flock 
 
 in agris 
 ill the fields 
 
 cadit 
 
 falls 
 
 scabie 
 by the rot 
 
 i. c 
 
 uvaque 
 the grape too 
 
 ducit 
 
 draws 
 
 unius, 
 of one, 
 
 livorem 
 its blue tint 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 porci 
 hogs 
 
 ab uva 
 from a grape 
 
 porrigine ; 
 by the inang e; 
 
 conspecta, 
 that is seen. 
 
 Quandoque audebis aliquid foedius hoc amictu: 
 
 Hereafter you will attempt something more abominable than this attire; 
 
 nemo repente fuit turpissimus. Accipient te 
 no one suddenly hath become very wicked. They will receive you 
 
 
 
 
 paulatim, 
 
 gradually. 
 
 qui, 
 
 who. 
 
 domi, sumunt longa redimicula 
 
 at home, take long fillets 
 
 I frontibus, et posuere monilia toto collo, 
 
 for their foreheads, and have displayed strings of pearl allover their neck, 
 
SATIRA SECUNDA. 
 
 43 
 
 
 90 
 
 Atque Bonam teneras placant abdomine porcae 
 Et magno cratere Dgam_ : sed more sinistro 
 Exagitata procul non intrat foemina limen. 
 
 Solis ara Deae maribus patet: Ite p rofana e. 
 
 Clamatur : nu ^gemit bic tibicina cornu . 
 
 Talia secreta coluerunt Orgia taedd 
 Cecropiam soliti Baptae lassare Cotytto. 
 
 Ille supercilium madidi, fuligine tactum 
 Obliqui p roduc it acu, pingitque, trementes 
 Attollens oculos ; vitreo bibit ille Priapo, 
 
 Reticulumque comis auratum ingentibus implet 
 
 atque placant Bonam Deam abdomine tenerae porcae, 
 
 and ap peas e the Good €k)ddess with the belly of a young sow, ' 
 
 95 
 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 magno cratere : 
 
 a large goblet: 
 
 sed, 
 
 but, 
 
 sinistro 
 by a perverted 
 
 rite, 
 
 foemina, exagitata procul, 
 
 a woman, driven far away, 
 
 not intrat 
 does not enter 
 
 limen, 
 the threshold. 
 
 Ara 
 
 The altar 
 
 Deae 
 
 of the Goddess 
 
 maribus 
 to men 
 
 solis 
 
 only; 
 
 clamatur, 
 the cry is. 
 
 patet 
 is open 
 
 X 
 
 Ite profanae: hic tibicina gemit nullo cornu. 
 
 Begone unholy females : here a female minstrel sounds with no cornet. 
 
 Baptae, 
 
 The priests, 
 
 soliti 
 
 accustomed 
 
 lassare 
 
 to fatigue 
 
 Cecropiam Cotytto, 
 Cecropian Cotytto, 
 
 coluerunt 
 
 celebrated 
 
 talia 
 
 such 
 
 orgia 
 
 orgies 
 
 secreta taeda, 
 by private torch-light. 
 
 
 Li 
 
 xJt- 
 
 "h . . . . ^ / 
 
 Ille producit supercilium, tactum madida fuligine, e 
 
 That one smoothes his eye-brow, touched 
 
 obliqua acu, 
 with a crooked pencil. 
 
 his eye-brow, 
 
 4 ^ 
 
 atollensque 
 
 aiicl, lifting up 
 
 pingit; 
 
 paints them; 
 
 ille 
 
 that other 
 
 bibit 
 
 drinks 
 
 with wet soot, 
 trementes oculos / /JL 
 
 his trembling eyes, t 
 
 vitreo Priapo, ^ |! 
 
 out of a glass Priapus, Vj 
 
 impletque 
 
 and tills 
 
 auratum reticulum 
 a gold-woven caul 
 
 ingentibus comis, 
 with his shaggy hairs, 
 
 n 
 
 y' 
 
 
 
 
 Cf, tf 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
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44 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Coeriilea ind utas scutulaja, aut galbana r^a, 
 
 Et per Junonem domini jurante ministro. 
 
 Ille tenet speculum, pathici gesta men O thonis, 
 Actoris Arunci spolium, quo se ille videbat 
 Armatum, cum jam tolli vexilla juberet: 
 
 Res memoranda novis annalibus atque recenti 
 Historia; speculum civilis sarcina belli. 
 Nimirum summi ducis est occidere Galbam, 
 
 Et c^are cutem summi constantia civis; 
 Bedriaci in campo spolium affectare Palati, 
 
 Et pressum in faciem digitis extendere panem: 
 
 100 
 
 105 
 
 : ! ^ U 
 , i tc hi 
 
 \ } CV 
 
 • is ^ 
 
 indutus ccerulea scutulata, aut rasa galbana; 
 dressed in sky-coloured silken vests, or in soft white female robes; 
 
 
 et y-ministro jurante per Junonem 
 and the servant swearing by the Juno 
 
 domini, 
 of bis master. 
 
 
 y // 
 
 
 '- 7 -z^ 
 
 tenet speculum, gestamen pathici Othonis, 
 holds a rain’or, the burden of obscene Otho, 
 
 quo ille videbat se 
 
 „ _ 
 
 ^ Actoris Arunci, 
 
 ^ the spoil of the Actor of Arunca, in which he viewed himself 
 
 armatum, cum jam juberet vexilla tolli: 
 
 in full armour, when now he ordered the standards to be borne along: 
 
 
 res 
 
 a circumstance 
 
 memoranda novis annalibus atque 
 
 to be narrated in our new annals and 
 
 ^ C C-^ V « 
 
 speculum 
 
 a looking-glass 
 
 sarcma 
 
 the baggage 
 
 civilis belli! 
 of a civil war ! 
 
 y .AU’ecenti historia : 
 
 /uc -ic -o U modern history: 
 
 Nimirum est summi ducis occidere Galbam, 
 
 Doubtless it is worthy of the greatest general to kill Galba, 
 
 et 
 
 
 constantia 
 the fortitude 
 
 cutem; 
 
 his skin; 
 
 summi civis curare 
 
 of the greatest citizen to beautify 
 
 . / ^ palati in campo Bedriaci, 
 
 to affect the spoil of the imperial palace in the field of Bedriacum, 
 
 /v h I 'x o-^irZi affectare spolium 
 
 t.'X' 
 
 ^ oy • • 
 
 et digitis extendere pressum panem in faciem: 
 and with his fingers to sprea d steeped b read _on his face: 
 
 t tr, A 
 
 
 y 
 
 c’-Cc 
 
 /f y > 4-n Te-.- 4 /e-' C ^ ^ ^' 
 
 -Ja w 4H. ^ 
 
 ^A. c-y.4: y 
 
 0 ^ , Xt*. r » * i Lt*. flt.’TX 
 
 
 
 
SATIRA SECUNDA. 
 
 45 
 
 
 Quod nec in Assyrio pharetrata Semiramis orbe, 
 
 Moesta nec Actiaca fecit Cleopatra carina. 
 
 Hiq nullus verbis p udor , aut reverentia mensae : 110 
 
 Hic turpis Cybeles et fracta voce loquendi ^ 
 
 Libertas , et crine senex fanaticus albo 
 Sacrorum antistes , rarum ac memorabile magni // 
 
 Gutturis exemplum, conducendusque magister . ^ 
 
 Quid tamen expectant, Phrygio quos tempus erat jam 
 More supervacuam cultris abrumpere carnem? 116 
 
 Quadringenta dedit Gracchus sestertia, dotem 
 Cornicini: sive hic recto cantaverat sere ; 
 
 quod 
 
 which 
 
 nec pharetrata Semiramis in Assyrio orbe, 
 neither quivered Semiramis in the Assyrian world, 
 
 i: 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 moesta 
 
 sorrowful 
 
 
 Cleopatra 
 
 Cleopat ra 
 
 fecit 
 
 did 
 
 Actiaca earini. ^ f: 
 
 in her Actiacan galley. 
 
 Hic nullus pudor verbis, aut reverentia mensae: 
 
 Here there is no modesty in words, or reverence for the table: 
 
 
 ce- 
 
 V 
 
 hie libertas turpis Cybeles, et loquendi fracta voce, 
 here is the freedom of base Cybele, and of speaking with a lisping voice. 
 
 et . fanaticus 
 
 and the raving 
 
 senex 
 old priest 
 
 albo crine, 
 with his white locks. 
 
 antistes 
 
 president 
 
 sacrorum, 
 of the ceremonies. 
 
 rarum 
 a 1 aie 
 
 ac 
 
 and 
 
 memorabile 
 
 memorable 
 
 exemplum 
 
 example 
 
 magni 
 of a great 
 
 gutturis, 
 
 stomach. 
 
 magisterque 
 
 and a master 
 
 conducendus. 
 
 to be hired in. 
 
 !■■■ 
 
 1;: 
 
 Tamen quid expectant quos erat jam tempus ^ j;' 
 
 Yet what do they wait for, for whom it was already time i , , ^ ^ 
 
 abrumpere supervacuam carnem cultris, Phrygio J 
 
 to cut off the superfluous flesh with knives, after the Phrygian * 
 
 more ? Gracchus dedit quadringenta sestertia, dotem 
 
 custom ? Gracchus gave four hundred sestertia, as a dower 
 
 
 cornicini : sive hic cantaverat recto sere; 
 
 toahorn-blower: or if this had played with a straight brazen trumpet^ 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 
 
 ^yf'C £jL.'c^ 
 
 Signatae tabulae : dAcium feliciter ! ingens 
 
 Coena sedet : gremio jacuit nova nupta mariti, 120 
 
 O pr oceres ! censore opus est an haruspice nobis ? 
 
 Scilicet horreres; majoraque monstra putares, 
 
 Si mulier vitulum, vel si bos ederet agnum l 
 VS egmenta , et longos habitus, et jlammea sumit, 
 
 Arcano qui sacra ferens nutantia loro 125 
 
 Sudavit clypeis ancilibus. O pater urbis ! ' 
 
 Unde nefas tantum Latiis pastoribus 'i unde 
 Haec tetigit, Gradive, tuos urtica nepotes ? 
 
 Traditur ecce viro clarus genere atque opibus vir! 
 
 liti 
 
 
 tabidse 
 
 the deeds 
 
 signat?e: 
 were signed : 
 
 feliciter dictum! 
 joy given ! 
 
 ingeus 
 a great 
 
 coena sedet : nova nupta jacuit gremio mariti, 
 
 supper is served up : the new bride is laid in the bosom of the husband. 
 
 proceres ! est opus censore an haruspice nobis 1 
 ' //(c O peers! is there need of a censor or__ an aruspex tons? 
 
 
 
 // / 
 
 who, 
 
 Scilicet horreres ; putaresque, majora monstra 
 
 Assuredly you would tremble 3 and could you think them greater prodigies 
 
 si mulier ederet vitulum, vel si bos agnum I 
 if a woman should bring forth a calf, or if a cow a lamb ? 
 
 Sumit 
 
 He takes 
 qui 
 
 segmenta, et longos habitus, et flammea, 
 
 the necklaces, and long habits, and veils. 
 
 ferens nutantia sacra 
 
 carrying the nodding sacred things 
 
 arcano loro, 
 by a secret thong. 
 
 sudavit 
 
 perspired 
 
 ancilibus clypeis. O Pater 
 
 with the ancilian shields. O father 
 
 unde 
 whence 
 
 iy}'t.y~rcy:W 
 •' : / 
 
 ‘"civ/. 
 
 A 
 
 hsec 
 
 hath this 
 
 tantum 
 
 such 
 
 urtica 
 
 nettle 
 
 nefas 
 
 wickedness 
 
 tetigit 
 
 touched 
 
 Latiis pastoribus ? 
 
 to Latian shepherds ? 
 
 urbis! 
 of the city I 
 
 unde 
 
 whence 
 
 tuos 
 
 your 
 
 nepotes, 
 
 descendants. 
 
 Gradivus I % 
 
 Gradivus ? 
 
 
 Ecce vir, clarus genere atque opibus, traditur viro! 
 
 Behold a man, renowned for family and riches, is given to a man! 
 
SATIRA SECUNDA. 
 
 Nec galeam quassas , nec terram cuspide pulsas ? 
 Nec quereris patri? Vade ergo, et cede severi 
 Jugeribus campi qu^ negligis. Officium cras 
 Primo sole mihi peragendum in valle Quirini: 
 Quae causa officii ? quid quaeris ? ni ffiit amic us. 
 Nec multos adhibet. Liceat modo vive re ; fient, 
 Fient ista palam, cupient et in acta referri. 
 Interea tormentum ingens nubentibu^ haeret. 
 Quod nequeunt parere, et partu retinere maritos. 
 Sed melius quod nil animis in corpora juris 
 Natura indulget; steriles moriuntur, et illis 
 
 47 
 
 130 
 
 ' 2 - C-i*t 
 
 135 
 
 
 
 140 
 
 Nec quassas galeam, nec pulsas terram cuspide, 
 
 Do you neither shake your helmet, nor strike the earth with jour spear, 
 
 / 
 
 nec quereris patri ? Vade ergo, et cede jugeribus 
 
 nor complain to your father ? Go then, and depart from the acres 
 
 Z 
 
 severi campi quem negligis. Cras 
 the rugged field which you neglect. To-morrow, by the rising sun, 
 
 primo sole, 
 
 officium peragendum mihi in valle Quirini: 
 
 a compliment is to be paid by me in the valley of Quirinus : 
 
 Quse causa officii? quid quseris? amicus 
 
 •^/c 
 
 What is the cause of the compliment ? why do you ask? a friend 
 
 
 nubit, nec adhibet multos. Modo liceat 
 
 is to be made a bride, nor does he invite many. Provided we be suffered 
 
 vivere ; ista fient, fient palam, et cupient 
 to live 5 these will be done, will be done openly, and they will desire 
 
 referri in acta. Interea ingens tormentum haeret 
 to be entered in the registers. Mean while a great torment adheres 
 
 nubentibus, quod nequeunt parere, et retinere maritos 
 
 to these wive s, that they cannot bring forth, and retain their husbands 
 
 partu. 
 
 by parturition. 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 melius quod natura indulget 
 
 it is better that nature grants 
 
 nil juris animis in corpora; moriuntur steriles, et 
 
 MO jpower to their minds over their bodies; they die barren, and 
 
 C*-«^ C-cr 
 
 
 
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 Turgida non prodest condit i pyxide Lyde; 
 
 
 Nec prodest agili palmas praebere Luperco. 
 
 Vicit et hoc monstrum tunicati fuscina Gracchi, 
 Ji ustravitq ue fug4 mediam gladiator arenam. 
 
 Et Capitolinis generosior, et Marcellis, 
 
 145 
 
 
 Et Catuli, Paulique minoribus, et Fabiis, et 
 Omnibus ad podium spectantibus: his lic^t ipsum 
 Admoveas, cujus tunc munere retia misit. 
 
 Esse aliquos Manes, et subterranea regna, 
 
 
 
 Et contum , et Stygio ranas in gurgite nigras. 
 
 150 
 
 Atque un^ transire vadum tot millia cymba. 
 
 
 
 . 4 ^^>turgida Lyde 
 
 /:r- plump Lyde 
 
 non prodest illis 
 
 does not profit them 
 
 condita pyxide; 
 with her perfumed box j 
 
 / 
 
 /7 
 
 nec prodest 
 
 prjebere palmas agili Luperco. 
 
 ' ^ ifrit r.- nor does it avail to stretch out their hands to the nimble Lupercus. 
 
 \ ,iicU47 1 
 
 ^ Fuscina tunicati Gracchi vicit et hoc monstrum, 
 
 The spear _,. of d ress ed Gracchus conquered even this monster, 
 
 ,/ 
 
 r» 
 
 gladiatorque 
 and as a gladiator 
 
 lustravit mediam arenam fuga, 
 he traversed the middle of the stage in his flight. 
 
 generosior 
 being nobler 
 
 et Capitolinis 
 even than the Capitolini 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 Marcellis, 
 
 the Marcelli, 
 
 
 et minoribus Catuli Paulique, et Fabiis, et 
 
 and the descendants of Catulus and Paulus, and the Fabii, and 
 
 
 
 omnibus spectantibus ad podium; licet admoveas 
 
 all the spectators in the front box: although you join 
 
 
 his 
 
 to these 
 
 ipsum 
 
 him 
 
 CUJUS 
 at whose 
 
 munere 
 expence 
 
 tunc 
 he then 
 
 misit retia, 
 cast the net^. 
 
 Esse aliquos Manes, et subterranea regna. 
 
 That there are any ghosts, and subterranean realms. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 contum, 
 a pole, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 nigras ranas 
 black frogs 
 
 in Stygio gurgite, 
 
 in the Stygian gulj^i. 
 
 atque tot milia transire vadum una cymba, 
 
 and that so many thousands pass over the lake in one boat. 
 
 
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SATIRA SECUNDA. 
 
 40 
 
 
 Nec pueri credunt, nisi qui nondum aere lavantur. 
 Sed tu vera puta. Curius quid sentit, et ambo 
 Scipiadae? quid Fabricius, Manesque Camilli? 
 
 • J 
 
 
 ^ itCt 
 
 Quid Cremerae legio, et Cannis consumpta juventus ? 155 
 Tot bellorum animae ! quoties hinc talis ad illos ^ ] 
 
 Umbra venit, cuperent lustrari, si qua darentur i 
 
 Sulphura cum taedis, et si foret humida laurus. I 
 
 » I 
 
 Illuc, heu! miseri traducimur : arma quidem ultra 
 
 Littora Juvernae promovimus, et modo captas 160 1 
 
 Oreadas, ac minimi contentos nocte Britannos. ^ 
 
 6t 
 
 Sed quae nunc poj^uli fiunt victoris in urbe^ 
 
 
 
 nec pueri credunt, nisi qui nondum lavantur aere. 
 
 not even boys believe, unless those who are not yet bathed for money. 
 
 Sed tu puta vera. Quid Curius sentit, et ambo 
 
 But do you consider them realities. What does Curius think, and both 
 
 
 
 manesque Camilli ? 
 
 and the shades of Camillus ? 
 
 zc /■t 
 
 Scipiadae ? Quid Fabricius, 
 
 theScipios? What Fabricius, 
 
 Quid legio Cremerae, et juventus consumpta Cannis? ^ 
 
 What the legion of Cremara , and the youth destroyed at Cannae? 
 
 • 1 TI I ^ • 1* 1 • 
 
 tot animae bellorum ! Quoties talis umbra venit 
 so many warlike souls! As often as such a shade comes 
 
 I ' ""C! ‘ p 
 
 hinc ad illos, cuperent lustrari, si qua sulphura . AjY ‘ 
 
 hence to them, they would desire to be purified, if any sulphur 
 
 darentur cum taedis, et si foret humida laurus. 
 
 were given them with torches, and if there w ere any wet laurel. 
 
 /i 2 
 
 ^ Heu! miseri traducimur illuc : promovimus arma ^ 
 Alas! we wretches are conveyed over hither : we have carried our arms 
 
 quidem 
 
 indeed 
 
 captas, 
 
 subdued. 
 
 ultra littora Juvernae, et Oreadas modo ^ 
 beyond the shores of Juverna, and the Orcades just 
 
 
 et Britannos 
 
 and the Britons 
 
 contentos minima nocte, 
 contented with a very short night. 
 
 Sed quae nunc fiunt 
 
 But what they now perpetrate 
 
 in urbe victoris populi, 
 
 in the city of a victorious people. 
 
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D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 50 
 
 Non faciunt illi quos vicimus ; et tamen unus 
 Armenius Zalates cuncti s narratur ephebis 
 Mollior ardenti ^se indulsisse Tribuno. 
 
 Aspice quid faciant commercia! vener at obses : 
 Hic fiunt homines: nam si mora longior urbem 
 Indulsit pueris, non unquam deerit amator: 
 Mittentur braccae, cultelli, fraena, flagellum: 
 
 Sic pr aetextato s referunt Artaxata mores. 
 
 165 
 
 170 
 
 illi quos vicimus non faciunt: et tamen unus 
 those whom we have conquered . do not commit: and yet one 
 
 Zalates, 
 
 Zalates, 
 
 narratur 
 is said 
 
 Armenius, 
 an Armenian, 
 
 mollior 
 more effeminate 
 
 indulsisse sese 
 
 to have prostituted himself 
 
 cunctis ephebis, 
 than all our striplings, 
 
 ardenti Tribuno. 
 
 to a lustful Tribune. 
 
 quid 
 
 what 
 
 tv Behold 
 Tiic fiunt homines 
 
 i" / / - , f-" here they become men: 
 
 ' _ 1 _— 
 
 |r . / / 
 
 commercia faciant : 
 
 commerce does: 
 
 venerat 
 
 he came 
 
 obses: 
 
 an hostage; 
 
 nam, si longior mora indulsit ‘ 
 for, if a longer stay has endeared 
 
 t£. 
 
 urbem 
 
 . the city 
 
 pueris, 
 
 to these youths. 
 
 amator 
 
 a lover 
 
 non unquam 
 will not always 
 
 deerit : 
 be wanting: 
 
 braccae, cultelli, 
 their trowsers, short knives. 
 
 fraena, flagellum, mittentur : 
 bridles, whip, shall be thrown away: 
 
 sic referunt mores praetextatos Artaxata. . 
 
 thus ttmy carry ba ck th e manner s of our young nobility to Artaxata, 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 51 
 
 SATIRA III. 
 
 Quamvis digress u veteris confusus amici^ 
 
 Laudo tamen vacuis quod sedem figere Cumis 
 Destinet , atque unum civem donare Sibyllae. 
 jr anua _Baiarum est, et gratum littus amoeni 
 Secessus. Ego vel Proch ytam praepono Suburrae* 5 
 Nam quid tam miserum, tam solum vidimus^ ut non 
 Deterius credas horrere incendia, lapsus 
 Tectorum assiduos, ac mille pericula saevae 
 
 Quamvis confusus digressu 
 Though disturbed at the departure 
 
 veteris amici, tameii 
 of an old friend, yet 
 
 laudo, quod destinet figere sedem vacuis 
 
 I commend him, that he resolves to fix his residence at the unfrequented 
 
 ^ Cumis, atque donare unum civem Sibyllae. 
 Cumae, and to add one citizen to the Sibyl. 
 
 Est 
 It is 
 
 amoeni 
 of a delightful 
 
 X 
 
 /Vt 2 
 
 janua Baiarum, et gratum littus 
 the port of Baiae, and a pleasant shore 
 
 - ‘ K 
 
 secessus. Ego praepono vel Prochytam Suburrae. 
 
 retreat. _ I prefer even Prochyta to Suburra. 
 
 Nam quid vidimus tarn miserum, tam solum, ut 
 
 For what have we seen so wretched, so solitary, that 
 
 non credas deterius horrere incendia, assiduos lapsus 
 
 you do not think it worse to dread fires, frequent falls 
 
 
 tectorum, 
 of houses. 
 
 ac 
 
 and 
 
 mille 
 
 a thousand 
 
 pericula 
 
 dangers 
 
 saeyae urbis, 
 of the cruel city. 
 
 
 
 
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52 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 
 r 
 
 Urbis, el 4ugusto recitantes mense Poetas ? 
 
 Sed dum tota domus rheda componitur una, 
 Substitit ad veteres arcus, madidamque Capenam 
 Hic, ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae. 
 
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 Nunc sacri fontis nemus, et delubra locantor 
 Judaeis : quorum cophinus foenumque supellex . 
 Omnis enim populo merce dem pende re jussa est 
 Arbor, et ejectis mendicat sylva Camoenis. 
 
 In vallem Egeriae descendimus, et ^getoncas 
 Dissimiles veris: quanto praestantius esset 
 Numen aquae, viridi si margine clauderet undas 
 
 15 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 poetas 
 
 poets 
 
 recitantes 
 
 rehearsing 
 
 mense 
 
 in the month 
 
 Augusto ? 
 
 of August ? 
 
 Sed dum tota domus componitur una rheda, 
 
 But while his whole household furniture was lying in one cart, 
 
 substitit 
 he stopped 
 
 ad veteres arcus, 
 
 at the old arches. 
 
 madidamque Capenam : 
 
 and moist Capena : 
 
 'f hic, ubi Numa constituebat nocturnae amicae, 
 
 here, where Numa had promised to meet his nocturnal nymph. 
 
 nunc nemus sacri fontis, et 
 now the gro ve of the sacred fountain, and 
 
 delubra locantur 
 the shrines are let 
 
 ^ Judaeis: quorum supellex cophinus foenumque. 
 
 to the Jews: whose wealth is a basket and truss of hay. 
 
 
 /" 
 
 ■7 
 
 
 Enim 
 
 For 
 
 omnis arbor 
 
 every tree 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 jussa pendere mercedem 
 
 ordered to pay a tax 
 
 populo, et sylva mendicat, Camoenis ejectis, 
 to the people, and every wood is a nest of beggars, the Muses being cast out. 
 
 Descendimus 
 We descend 
 
 in vallem 
 
 into the valley 
 
 Egeriae, 
 
 of Egeria, 
 
 et speluncas 
 
 and wells 
 
 dissimiles veris : quanto praestantius numen aquae 
 
 unlike natural ones: how much more divine the deity of the water 
 
 esset si herba clauderet undas viridi margine, 
 would be if grass inclosed the streams with a green bank. 
 
 
 
 ‘^7 ft. 
 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 53 
 
 Herba, nec ingen uum violarent marmora tophum ? 
 
 Hic tunc Umbritius t quando artibus, inquit, honestis 
 Nullus in urbe locus, nulla emolumenta laborum. 
 
 Res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem c ms 
 Deteret exiguis aliquid: proponimus illuc 
 Ire, fatigatas ubi Daedalus exuit alas: 
 
 Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus. 
 
 Dum superest Lachesi quod torqueat, et pedibus me 
 Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo. 
 
 Cedamus patria: vivant Arturius istic. 
 
 Et Catulus : maneant qui nigra in candida vertunt. 
 
 
 25 
 
 20 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 marmora 
 
 the marbles 
 
 violarent 
 
 violated 
 
 ingenuum 
 
 the native 
 
 
 tophum \ 
 
 stone ? 3 ^ 
 
 Hic tunc Umbritius inquit: 
 
 Here then Umbritius says : 
 
 Quando 
 
 Since there is 
 
 nullus locus 
 no place 
 
 in urbe 
 
 
 in the city 
 
 honestis artibus, nulla emolumenta laborum, 
 
 fo r noble arts, no emoluments of labours, ^ 
 
 / 
 
 res hodie est minor quam fuit here, atque eadem 
 my substance to-day is less than it was yesterday, and the same run ' — - 
 
 eras deteret aliquid exiguis ; 
 
 to-morrow will take away a part of that little; 
 
 proponimus ire 
 
 we purpose to go 
 
 illuc, ubi Dsedalus exuit fatigatas alas: dum canities » Ji 
 
 thither, where Daedalus put off his wearied wings: whilst hoariness 4 ' 
 
 
 nova, dum senectus prima et recta, dum superest 
 
 is green, whilst old age is fresh and erect, whilst there remains 
 
 myself ^ ^ 
 
 Lachesi 
 
 to Lachesis 
 
 quod 
 
 what 
 
 torqueat, 
 she may twine. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 porto 
 i uphold 
 
 meis pedibus, 
 with my own feet. 
 
 
 nullo bacillo 
 
 no staff 
 
 subeunte dextram. 
 
 supporting my right hand. 
 
 Cedamus patria : Arturius et Catulus vivant 
 
 Let us depart from our native country: let Arturius and Catulus live ^ 
 
 istic: 
 there: 
 
 maneant 
 let them remain 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 vertunt nigra in candida, 
 turn black into white. 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 
 Queis facile est aedem conducere, flumina, portus. 
 Siccandam eluviem, portandum ad busta cadaver, 
 [^praebere caput domina venale sub hastd. 
 
 Quondam hi cornicines, et municipalis arenae 
 Perpetui comites, notaeque per oppida buccae, 35 
 
 Munera nunc edunt, et verso pollice vulgi 
 Quemlibet occidunt populariter ; inde reversi 
 Conducunt foricas: et cur non omnia ? cum sint 
 Quales ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum 
 Pxtollit quoties voluit Fortuna jocari. 40 
 
 Quid Romae faciam? mentiri nescio; librum. 
 
 
 queis est facile conducere aedem, flumina, portus, 
 
 to whom it is easy to rent a house, rivers, harbours. 
 
 !t— - siccandam eluviem, portandum cadavar ad busta, 
 
 to cleanse the common sewer, to carry a corpse to the graved 
 ^ et praebere caput venale sub domina hasta. 
 
 ' / 
 
 
 and to offer the head of a slave for sale under the spear of the mistress. 
 
 
 
 
 Hi, quondam cornicines. 
 
 These, formerly horn-blowers. 
 
 et perpetui 
 and constant 
 
 comites 
 
 attendants 
 
 municipalis arenae, buccaeque notae per oppida, 
 
 of the free amphitheatre, and cheeks notorious through the towns, 
 
 verso. 
 
 nunc edunt munera, et, pollice vulgi 
 
 now exhibit sword-plays, and, the thumb of the vulgar being turned up, 
 
 occidunt quemlibet, populariter ; reversi inde 
 j they kill whom they please, to gain popularity: returning from thence 
 
 conducunt foricas : et cur non omnia ? cum sint 
 
 » /— * 
 
 quales 
 such as 
 
 ■WtAC- 
 
 they hire thejakes; and why not everything? since they are 
 
 
 Fortuna extollit ex bumili ad magna 
 
 Fortune raises from the most humble to the highest 
 
 fastigia 
 
 pinnacle 
 
 rerum, 
 of affairs, 
 
 quoties 
 
 as often as 
 
 voluit 
 she chooses 
 
 jocari. 
 to be sportive. 
 
 Quid faciam Romse? nescio mentiri: nequeo laudare. 
 
 What shall I do at Rome? 1 cannot speak falsely: I cannot praise, 
 
 ^ Clf*^tA,CL C>t^ 
 
«ATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 55 
 
 45 
 
 Si malus est, nequeo laudare, et poscere : motus 
 Astrorum ignoro : funus promittere patris 
 Nec volo, nec possum: ranarum viscera nunquam 
 Inspexi: ferre ad nuptam quae mittit adulter. 
 
 Quae mandat, ndrint alii: me nemo ministro 
 Fur erit; atque ideo nulli comes exeo, tanquam 
 Mancus, et extinct^ corpus non utile dextra. , 
 
 Quis nunc diligitur, nisi conscius , et cui fervens 
 ^stuat occultis animus, semperque tacendis ? 
 
 Nil tibi se debere putat, nil conferet unquam. 
 
 Participem qui te secreti fecit honesti. 
 
 50 
 
 i 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 poscere 
 
 ask 
 
 librum 
 for a book 
 
 si 
 
 if 
 
 est 
 
 it is 
 
 malus: 
 bad : 
 
 Ignoro 
 1 know not 
 
 motus 
 
 the motions 
 
 astrorum: 
 
 of the stars: 
 
 nec volo promittere funus 
 
 I neither wish tojpromise the funeral / 
 
 /r * 
 
 patris, nec possum: nunquam inspexi viscera ranarum: 
 of a father, nor can 1 : I have never inspected the entrails of toads: 
 
 alii norint ferre ad nuptam quse adulter 
 
 some have known how to convey to a married lady what the adulterer 
 
 mittit, qu9e mandat: nemo erit fur me ministro ; 
 
 sends, what he commands: no one shall be a thief from my assistance; 
 
 
 atque ideo exeo comes nulli, tanquam mancus, - 
 and therefore 1 go out a companion to none, as if maimed, ' 
 
 
 • i 
 ) 
 
 et corpus non utile dextra extincta. 
 
 and as a body useless from the right-hand being cut off. 
 
 I )■■ 
 
 Quis nunc diligitur nisi conscius, et Lsl cui fervens 
 
 Who now is beloved but the conscious, and to whom his fervid 
 
 animus sestuat occultis, semperque tacendis ? 
 
 mind boils with hidden mischiefs, and always to be concealed ? 
 
 Putat se debere tibi nil, conferet nil 
 
 Rethinks that he owes to you nothing, he will contribuje_ nothing 
 
 unquam, qui fecit te participem honesti secreti, 
 at any time, who has made you partaker of an honest secret. 
 
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 D. JUNIl JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Carus erit Verri, qui Verrem tempore quo vult 
 
 Accusare potest. Tanti tibi n on sit opaci 
 
 Omnis arena Tagi, quodque in mare volvitur aurum, 55 
 
 Ut somno careas,^onendaque praBmia sumas 
 
 Tristi s, et k magno semper timearis amico. 
 
 Quae nunc divitibus gens acceptissima nostris, 
 
 Et quos praecipue fugiam, properabo fateri; 
 
 Nec pudor obstabit. Non possum ferre, Quirites, 60 
 Graecam urbem; quamvis quota p o rtio faecis Achaeae? 
 J ampride m Syrus in Tiberim defluxit Orontes, 
 
 Et linguam, et mores, et cum tibicine chordas 
 
 Erit carus Verri qui potest accusare Verrem quo 
 
 He will be dear to Verres who is able to accuse Verres at what 
 
 tempore vult. Omriis arena opaci Tagi, aurumque 
 time he pleases. All the sand of shady Tagus, and the gold 
 
 quod volvitur in mare, non sit tanti tibi, 
 
 that is rolled into the sea, cannot be of so much value to you. 
 
 ( 
 
 careas somno, tristisque sumas prtemia 
 
 , that you should want sleep, and being anxious take rewards 
 
 timearis 
 
 dreaded 
 
 a magno amico. 
 by your great frien d. 
 
 ' ponenda, et semper 
 
 to be rejected, and always 
 
 _ 0,1186 gens nunc acceptissima nostris divitibus, 
 
 i What a set is now most acceptable to our rich citizens. 
 
 . et quos prsecipue fugiam, 
 
 ;»,,^,^and whom chiefly I shall avoid, 
 
 properabo fateri ; 
 
 1 will hasten to confess; 
 
 nec pudor obstabit. Quirites, non possum ferre Graecam 
 
 _u. , / „ Hor shall shame restrain nie. Romans, I cannot endure a Grecian 
 
 'fr.fl - 
 
 cx. 
 
 urbem ; quamvis quota portio Achaeae 
 
 city; though hovr small a portion is of Grecian 
 
 faecis ? 
 
 scum: 
 
 Jampridem Syrus Orontes defluxit 
 
 Long since Syrian Orontes has flowed 
 
 in Tiberim, 
 into the Tiber, 
 
 L' 
 
 et vexit linguam, et mores, et chordas obliquas, 
 and introduced its language, and manners, and liarps set obliqeely, 
 
 X , / n. ^ ■ / . 
 
 
 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 57 
 
 Obliquas, nec non gentilia tympana secum 
 Vexit, et ad Circum jussas prostare puellas. 
 
 Ite, quibus grata est pict^ lupa Barbara mitra^ 
 Rusticus ille tuus sumit trech edipn a, Quirine, 
 Et ceromatico fert niceteria collo. 
 
 65 
 
 Hic altd Sicyone, ast hic Amydone relictd. 
 
 Hic Andro, ille Samo, hic Trallibus, aut Alabandis, 
 Esquilias, dictumque petunt k vimine collem; 
 Viscera magnarum domuum, dominique futuri. 
 Ingenium velox, audacia perdita, sermo 
 Promptus, et Isaeo torrentior: ede, quid illum 
 
 70 
 
 
 
 cum 
 
 tibicine. 
 
 iiec non 
 
 gentilia tympana 
 
 secum. 
 
 with 
 
 their flute-player, 
 
 and also 
 
 their country drums 
 
 with them, 
 
 et 
 
 puellas 
 
 jussas 
 
 prostare 
 
 ad Circum. 
 
 and 
 
 their girls 
 
 ordered 
 
 to ply 
 
 at our Circus. 
 
 Ite, quibus Barbara lupa picta mitra est grata. ^ 
 Goye, to whom a Barbarian harlot with a painted head-dress is agreeable, 
 
 tuus sumit trechedipna, 
 
 Quirine, ille rusticus 
 
 Quirinus, that clownish people of yours 
 
 take the supper-gowns, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 fert 
 
 wear 
 
 niceteria 
 
 their prizes 
 
 ceromatico 
 on their bedaubed 
 
 collo. 
 
 neck. 
 
 Hie, 
 
 This, 
 
 relicta 
 having left 
 
 alta Sicyone, 
 
 the lofty Sicyone, 
 
 ast 
 
 but 
 
 hie Amydone, 
 
 this Amydon, 
 
 
 hie 
 
 this 
 
 Andro, ille Samo, hie Trallibus, aut Alabandis, 
 
 Andros, that Samos, this Tralles, or Alabanda, 
 
 petunt Esquilias, 
 go to the Esquiliae, 
 
 collemque dictum 
 
 and the hill named 
 
 a vimine; 
 from a twig 
 
 
 viscera magnarum domuum, futurique domini, 
 
 the inmates of great houses, and at a future time the masters. 
 
 Velox ingenium, perdita audacia, promptus 
 
 They have an acute understanding, an aban doned impudence, a ready 
 
 sermo, et torrentior Isseo: ede, quid putes 
 
 ■speech, and more volubility thanisieus: say, what do you consider 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 
 
 till 
 
 L<yv 
 
 V 
 
 Esse putes ? quemvis hominem secum attulit ad nos : 75 
 
 Grammaticus, rhetor, geometres, pictor, aliptes. 
 
 Augur, schoenobates , medicus, magus: omnia novit 
 Graeculus .esuriens ; in coelum, jusseris, ibit. 
 
 Ad summum, non Maurus erat, nec Sarmata, nec Thrax, 
 Qui sumpsit pennas, mediis sed natus Athenis. 80 
 
 Horum ego non fugiam conchyliaj me prior ille 
 Signabit ? fultusque toro meliore recumbet. 
 
 Advectus Romam quo pruna et coctona vento l 
 Usque adeo nihil est, quod nostra infantia coelum 
 Hausit Aventini, bacca nutrita Sabini? 85 
 
 . ^ io y io 
 
 V V 
 
 illum esse ? attulit quemvis hominem secum ad nos: 
 him to be? he has brought any man you wish with him to us: 
 
 grammaticus, rhetor, geometres, pictor, aliptes, 
 
 he is a gramarian, rhetorician, geometrician, painter, anointer of wrestlers. 
 
 
 augur. 
 
 schoenobates, medicus, 
 !!> 
 
 magus: esuriens 
 
 Sl soothsayer, rope- dancer, a physician, a magician; a hungry 
 
 Grjeciilus novit omnia: 
 
 jusseris, 
 
 ibit 
 
 in coelum. 
 
 Grecian knows all things: command him, he will fly into the air. 
 
 
 k 
 
 summum, non erat Maurus, nec Sarmata, nec Thrax, 
 Upon the whole, he was not a Moor, nor Sarmatian, nor Thracian, 
 
 
 
 qui sumpsit pennas, sed natus mediis Athenis, 
 
 w ho too k wings, but born in the middle of Athens. 
 
 Ego non fugiam conchylia horum ? Ille signabit 
 
 Shall I not avoid th e purple garment s of these ? Shall that person sign 
 
 prior me ? recumbetque fultus meliore toro, 
 before me ? and lie down lolling on a better couch, 
 
 advectus Romam quo vento pruna et coctona ? 
 
 • brought to Rome by the same wind as the prunes and Syrian tigs? 
 
 Est ade6 nihil usque, quod nostra infantia hausit 
 
 Is it indeed nothing then, that our infancy. hath drawn 
 
 coelum 
 
 the air 
 
 Aventini, 
 of the Aventine, 
 
 nutrita 
 
 nourished 
 
 Sabina bacca ? 
 by the Sabine olive: 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 59 
 
 Quid? quod adulandi gens p mdent issima laudat 
 Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici. 
 
 Et longum invalidi collum cervicibus aequat 
 Herculis, Antaeum procul k tellure tenentis ? 
 
 Miratur vocem ans:ustam, qud deterius nec 90 
 
 Ille sonat, quo mordetu r gallina marito. 
 
 Haec eadem licet et nobis laudare: sed illis 
 Creditur. An melior cum Thaida sustinet, aut cum 
 Uxorem comoedus agit, vel Dorida nullo 
 Cultam palliolo ? mulier nempe ipsa videtur, 95 
 
 Non persona loqui: vacua et plana omnia dicas 
 
 Quid? quod gens prudentissima adulandi, laudat 
 
 What sh all 1 sa y ? that the nation most expert at flattering, commends 
 
 sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici, 
 
 the speech of the unlearned, the face of his ugly friend, 
 
 et sequat longum collum invalidi cervicibus 
 and compares the slender neck of the invalid to the neck 
 
 Herculis, tenentis Antseum procul a tellure ? 
 
 of Hercules, holding Antaeus far from the earth ? 
 
 Miratur angustam vocem, deterius qua nec ille sonat 
 
 He admires his squeaking voice, a worse than which he does not crow 
 
 quo marito gallina mordetur. Licet 
 
 by whom as a husband_ a hen _ is treaded . It is allowed 
 
 et nobis laudare hsec eadem : sed creditur illis, 
 also to us to applaud these same things: but belief is given to them. 
 
 An melior comoedus 
 
 Is he a better comedian 
 
 cum agit uxorem, 
 when he acts a wife, 
 
 palliolo ? nempe 
 
 short mantle ? In truth 
 
 cum sustinet Thaida, aut,,/^ 
 when he personates Thais, or 
 
 vel Dorida cultam nullo 
 
 or a sea-nymph covered with no 
 
 _ ^ 
 
 videtur mulier ipsa, 
 
 he seems the woman herself, 
 
 non persona loqui : dicas omnia vacua et plana 
 
 and not a player to speak: you would pronounce all smooth and..plain 
 
D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 ill 
 
 m 
 
 Infra ventriculum, et tenui distantia rima. 
 
 Nec tamen Antiochus, nec erit mirabilis illic. 
 
 Aut Stratocles, aut cum molli Demetrius Haemo: 
 
 Natio comoeda est: rides? majore cachinno 100 
 
 Concutitur: flet, si lachrymas conspexit amici. 
 
 Nec dolet: igniculum brumae si tempore poscas. 
 
 Accipit endromidem : si dixeris, aestuo, sudat. 
 
 Non sumus ergo pares: melior qui semper et omni 
 Nocte dieque potes t alienum sumere vultum; 105 
 
 A facie jactare manus, laudare paratus. 
 
 Si bene ructavit, si rectum minxit amicus. 
 
 infra ventriculum, et distantia tenui rima, 
 below the belly, and differing only in the distinction of sex. 
 
 
 Tamen nec 
 ^ Yet neither 
 
 /^7^^ mirabilis illic, 
 
 admired J^here, 
 
 Antiochus nec aut Stratocles erit 
 
 Antiochus nor yet Stratocles shall be 
 
 aut Demetrius cum molli Hsemo: 
 
 or Demetrius, with smooth-tongued Haemus: 
 
 
 
 
 natio est comoeda: rides? concutitur majore 
 
 the nation is comedian: do you smile ? he is shaken with a louder 
 
 cachinno : flet si conspexit lachrymas amici, 
 
 horse-laugh: he weeps if he has obseiwed the tears of a friend. 
 
 i 
 
 ■4 
 
 nec dolet : si poscas igniculum tempore brumae, 
 
 nor does he grieve: if you ask a little lire in the time of winter, 
 
 accipit midromidem: si dixeris, aestuo, sudat, 
 he takes his shag-coal: if you say, I am hot, he perspires. 
 
 Ergo non sumus pares: melior qui semper et omni 
 
 Therefore we are not equal: he is preferred who always and every 
 
 nocte dieque potest sumere alienum vultum ; 
 
 night and day can assume a different countenance j 
 
 paratus jactare manus a facie, laudare, si 
 being prepared to throw his hand before his face, to praise, if 
 
 amicus ructavit bene, si minxit rectum, 
 
 his friend has belched gracefully, if he waters straight, 
 

 SATIRA TERTM. 6> 
 
 S i trul la inverso cr epitum dedit aurea fundo. 
 
 Praeterea sanctum nihil est, et ab inguine tutum: 
 
 Non matrona laris, non filia virgo, neque ipse 110 
 
 Sponsus laevis adhuc, non filius ante pudicus. 
 
 Horum si nihil est, aviam resupinat amici. 
 
 Scire volunt secreta domus, atque inde timeri. 
 
 Et quoniam coepit Graecorum mentio, transi 
 Gymnasia, atque audi facinus majoris abollae. 115 
 
 Stoicus occidit Baream, delator anucum. 
 
 Discipulumque senex, ripfi nutritus in illd 
 Ad quam Gorgonei delapsa est penna caballi. 
 
 si aurea trulla dedit crepitum fundo inverso, 
 if the golden cup has given a smack with its bottom uppermost. 
 
 Praeterea, nihil est sanctum et tutum ah inguine : 
 
 Besides, nothing is sacred and safe from his lust: 
 
 non matrona laris, non virgo filia, neque 
 
 not the mistress of the house , not the virgin daughter, nor 
 
 sponsus ipse adhuc laevis, non filius ante pudicus, 
 the bridegroom himself as yet beardless, nor the son heretofore chaste. 
 
 Si est nihil horum, resupinat aviam amici. 
 
 If there be none of these, he debauches the gra ndmoth er of his friend. 
 
 Volunt scire secreta domusatque inde timeri. 
 They wish to know the secrets of the family, and thence be feared. 
 
 Et 
 
 And 
 
 quoniam 
 
 because 
 
 mentio 
 
 mention 
 
 Graecorum 
 
 of the Greeks 
 
 coepit, 
 
 is begun, 
 
 transi 
 go into 
 
 gymnasia, atque audi facinus majoris abollae. 
 
 their schools, and hear a villainy of a greater cloak, ^ 
 
 Stoicus occidit Baream, delator amicum, 
 
 A Stoic killed Bareas, the informer his friend, ^ 
 
 senexque 
 and the old man 
 
 discipulum, nutritus in illa 
 
 his disciple, 
 
 bred 
 
 on 
 
 that 
 
 npa 
 
 bank 
 
 ad quam 
 upon which 
 
 penna 
 the feather 
 
 
 Gorgonei caballi est delapsa. ^ 
 of the Gorgon horse w as dropt. . /^c 
 
 
 
 
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 e- 
 
 
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V'i' .kiii . 
 
 V' 
 
 
 
 /l^ 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Pi 
 
 m 
 
 iS! 
 
 
 <3:^ 
 
 i^i 
 
 120 
 
 Non est Romano cniquam locns hie, ubi regnat 
 Protogenes aliquis, vel Diphilus, aut Erimanthus, 
 Qui, gentis vitio, nunquam partitur amicum; 
 
 Solus habet. Nam, ciim facilem stillavit in aurem 
 Exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno. 
 
 Limine summoveor: perierunt tempora longi 
 Servitii: nusquam minor est jactura clientis, 
 
 ^^ Quod porro offici um ( ne nobis blandia r), aut quod 
 Pauperis hic meritum ? si curet nocte togatus 
 Currere, cum Praetor li ctorem impellat, e t ^e 
 Praecipit^ jube^ dudum vigilantibus orbi^ . 
 
 125 
 
 Non est locus 
 There is no place 
 
 cuiquam 
 for any 
 
 Romano 
 
 Roman 
 
 hic, ubi 
 here, where 
 
 aliquis 
 
 any 
 
 Protoa^enes regnat, vel Diphilus, aut Erimanthus, 
 
 ■: y 
 
 
 
 Protogenes reigns, 
 
 or _Diphilus, or 
 
 Erimanthus, 
 
 qui, 
 
 who. 
 
 vitio gentis, nunquam partitur amicum; 
 
 by the vice of his nation, never shares a friend j 
 
 solus habet. Nam, cum stillavit in facilem aurem, 
 he alone has him. For, when he has instilled into his easy ear 
 
 exiguum 
 a little 
 
 de veneno 
 of the poison 
 
 ^ • 
 
 limine: 
 
 of doors; 
 
 summoveor 
 I am turned out 
 
 t ^ f * 
 
 ' /Ai ^ ^ 
 
 0 , perierunt: lactura 
 
 naturse , 
 
 of his own nature 
 tempora 
 
 the times 
 
 patriaeque, 
 
 and his country's, 
 
 longi servitii 
 of my long attendance 
 
 f are forgot; 
 
 y z/'SxCiAe-^-c^ 
 
 clientis 
 of a client 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 minor 
 
 less 
 
 nusquam. 
 
 nowhere. 
 
 / 
 
 ^•1 
 
 .x^^itPorro (ne blandiar nobis) quod officium aut quod 
 Moreover hat we may not flatter ourselv es) what business or what 
 
 meritum pauperis hie ? Si togatus curet currere 
 
 merit for a poor man is here ? If a client takes care to run 
 •/ ^ 
 
 nocte, ciim praetor impellat lictorem, et jubeat ire 
 by night, when the praetor hurries his lictor, and orders him to go 
 
 praecipitem, 
 
 orbis dudum vigilantibus, 
 
 
 quicky , the childless patrons ^^eing long ago awake, 
 
 J, . ^ •. / / 17 / 
 
 
 
 
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SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 63 
 
 (u^ 
 
 Ne prior Albinam et Modiam collega salutet? 
 
 Divitis hic servi claudit latus ingenuorum 
 Filius : alter enim, quantum in legione Tribuni 
 Accipiunt, donat Calvinae vel Catienae, 
 
 Ut semel atque iterum super illam palpitet: at tu. 
 Cum tibi vestiti facies scorti placet, haeres. 
 
 Et dubitas alt4 Chionem deducere sell4. 
 
 Da testem Romae tam sanctum qu^m fuit hospes 
 Numinis Idaei: procedat vel Numa, vel qui 
 Servavit trepidam flagranti ex aede Minervam : 
 Protinus ad censum; de moribus ultima fiet 
 
 130 
 
 135 
 
 
 140 
 
 ne collega prior 
 
 ^st his colleague first 
 
 Hi C 
 
 /*^-o Here 
 
 filius 
 a son 
 
 divitis servi 
 of a rich slave 
 
 salutet Albinam 
 
 salute Albina 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 Modiam % 
 Modia? 
 
 claudit latus 
 takes the wall 
 
 ♦•i- C 
 
 C- (-C 
 
 v.C%^ 
 
 ingenuorum :_ 
 
 of the freeborn : 
 
 “ t/<Tr- t-t t / l^t -I 
 
 enim 
 
 alter 
 
 donat Calvinae 
 
 vel 
 
 for 
 
 another 
 
 gives to Calvina 
 
 or 
 
 quantum 
 
 Tribuni 
 
 accipiunt in legione, 
 receive in their legion, 
 
 ut 
 
 as much as 
 
 Tribunes 
 
 that 
 
 super 
 
 illam 
 
 semel atque iterum : 
 
 
 ^atiense, “ y 
 Catiena, . j 
 
 palpitet 
 
 upon 
 
 her 
 
 once 
 
 and 
 
 at 
 
 but 
 
 cum 
 
 whe» 
 
 facies vestiti scorti placet tibi, tu hapires,. 
 
 
 the face 
 
 of a masked 
 
 harlot pleases 
 
 you, you 
 
 stick close to her^ ~ --i 
 
 ct-c c- 
 
 et 
 
 dubitas 
 
 deducere 
 
 Chionem 
 
 alta sella. v -» 7 ^ 
 
 from her high chair. 
 
 and 
 
 hpta^ 
 
 to hand 
 
 Chionem 
 
 Da 
 
 testem 
 
 Romae tarn 
 
 sanctum 
 
 quam /"hospes jZ,/^ 
 
 Produce 
 
 a witness 
 
 at Rome as 
 
 holy 
 
 as the host -_ . 
 
 Idaei numinis fuit : vel Numa procedat, vel qui ^ ' 
 
 of the Idaean deity was : let either Numa advance, or he who ^ 
 
 servavit Minervam ex flagranti aede; protinus ad 
 
 rescued Minerva out of the burning temple: forthwith to 
 
 censum : 
 his estate: 
 
 ultima quaestio fiet 
 the last question shall be 
 
 de moribus : 
 concerning his morals: 
 
 
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 c. 
 
 I x^. 
 
 
 
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 { 
 
 ' / 
 
 Qujestio: quot pascit servos ? quot possidet agri 
 Jugera? qu^m multa magnaque pa ropside coenat? 
 Quantiim quisque sua nummorum servat in arca, 
 
 Tantiim habet et fidei, Jures lic^t et Samothracum, 
 
 Et nostrorum aras, contemnere fulmina pauper 145 
 
 Creditur, atque Deos, Dis ignoscentibus ipsis. 
 
 Quid, quod materiam praebet causasque jocorum 
 Omnibus hic idem, si foeda et scissa lacerna, 
 
 Si toga sordidula est, et rupta c^ceus alter 
 
 Pelle patet : vel si, consuto vulnere , crassum 150 
 
 Atque recens linum ostendit non una.cicatrix? 
 
 quot servos pascit ? quot jugera agri 
 
 how many servants does he feed ? how many acres of land 
 
 possidet? quam multa magnaque paropside coenat? 
 does he possess ? from how many and how large dishes does he sup? 
 
 Quantum nummorum quisque servat in sua arca habet 
 As much money as any one keeps in his chest he has 
 
 et tantum fidei. Licet juras aras et Samathracum 
 
 also so much credit. Though you swear by the altars both of the Samothracians 
 
 et nostrorum, pauper creditur contemnere fulmina 
 and our own, the poor man is believed to contemn thunder-bolts 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 Deos, 
 
 the gods, 
 
 ’'*-2 w ^ 
 
 , ' Quid, quod 
 
 ‘ Why allege, that_ 
 
 —. / . jocorum omnibus, 
 
 Dis 
 
 the gods 
 
 ipsis 
 
 themselves 
 
 ignoscentibus. 
 
 forgiving him. 
 
 hie idem prsebet 
 this same man affords 
 
 materiam 
 
 materials 
 
 causasque 
 
 and causes 
 
 of jests 
 
 si toga 
 if his gown 
 
 t o all, 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 lacerna 
 his surtout 
 
 sordidula, 
 
 a little soiled. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 foeda 
 
 is dirty 
 
 alter 
 
 one 
 
 et 
 and 
 
 calceus 
 
 shoe 
 
 scissa, 
 
 tattered, 
 
 patet 
 gapes 
 
 rupta pelle : vel si non una cicatrix ostendit 
 
 with a torn upper-leather; or if not one seam only shews 
 
 crassum atque recens linum consuto vulnere ? 
 the coarse and fresh thread by the stitched-up rent? 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 65 
 
 Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, 
 
 Quam quod ridiculos homines facit. Exeat, inquit, 
 Si pudor est, et d e pulvino surgat equestri, 
 
 Cujus res legi non suffi cit, et sedeant hic 
 Lenonum pueri quocumque in fornice nati; 
 
 Hic plaudat nitidi pra econis filius inter 
 Pinnirapi culto s juvenes, juvenesque lanistsB* 
 
 Sic libitum vano, qui nos distinxit, Othoni. 
 
 Quis gener hic placuit c ensu minor , atque puellae 
 Sarcinuli s impar? quis pauper scribitur haeres, 
 Quando in consilio est ^Edilibus ? agmine facto 
 
 155 
 
 160 
 
 Infelix paupertas habet nil durius 
 
 Unhappy poverty has nothing harder 
 
 in 
 
 in 
 
 se quam 
 itself than 
 
 
 M^r- 
 
 quod facit homines ridiculos. Exeat, inquit, f ^ 
 
 that it renders men ridiculous. Lethimgoout, says the door-keeper, ^ 
 
 si est pudor, et surgat de equestri pulvino, cujus 
 if he has any shame, and arise from the equestrian cushion, whose 
 
 Hi 
 
 I 
 
 If! 
 
 res 
 
 estate 
 
 non sufficit 
 cannot satisf^y^ 
 
 legi, 
 
 the law. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 pueri 
 
 lenonum 
 
 sedeant 
 
 sit 
 
 hic, 
 
 here. 
 
 m 
 
 in 
 
 quocunque 
 
 whatever 
 
 Hlc 
 
 Here 
 
 filius nitidi praeconis f 
 
 let the son of a dashing auctioneer 
 
 let the sons 
 
 of bawds 
 
 fornice 
 
 nati. 
 
 brothel 
 
 born. 
 
 plaudat 
 
 inter 
 
 give his plaudit 
 
 among 
 
 cultos juvenes 
 the well-dressed sons 
 
 pinnirapi, juvenesque lanistae, 
 of a gladiator, and the youths of a fencing-master. 
 
 Sic 
 
 So 
 
 libitum 
 it pleased 
 
 vano Othoni, 
 
 vain Otho 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 Quis 
 
 distinxit 
 
 distinguished 
 
 gener. 
 
 minor censu, 
 
 sarcinulis 
 
 rut 
 
 to the bags 
 
 
 atque impar 
 
 What son-in-law, inferior i n estate. and unequal 
 
 puellae hic placuit? quis pauper scribitur haeres, 
 of his girl hath here given satisfaction ? what poor man is inscribed an heir, £cii 
 
 quando 
 
 when 
 
 est in consilio .^dilibus ? Tenues Quirites . 
 
 he-i^/ in company with the dBdiles? The vulgar Romans 
 
 ^ {:/ ^ 
 
 
 
66 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 ,r- 
 
 j 
 
 ir i 
 
 Debuerant olim tenues migrasse Quirites. 
 
 Haud faci U emergun t, quorum virtutibus obsta t 
 Res angusta domi; sed Romae durior illis 165 
 
 Conatus : magno h ospitium miserabile, magno 
 Servorum ventres, et frugi coenula magno. 
 
 Fictilibus coenare pudet, q uod turpe negavH 
 Tra nslatus subito ad Ma rsos, mensamque Sabellam, 
 Contentusque illic Veneto duroque cucullo. 170 
 
 Pars magna Italiae est, si verum admittimus, in qu^ 
 Nemo togam sumit nisi mortuus. Ipsa dierum 
 Festorum herboso colitur s i quando theatro 
 
 
 
 x' 
 f’ ' 
 
 
 
 debuerant 
 
 ought 
 
 olim 
 long ago 
 
 migrasse 
 to have withdrawn 
 
 facto agmine, 
 in a collective body. 
 
 Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus angusta 
 Not easily do the y rise whose virtues a narrow 
 
 res domi obstat : sed Romae conatus durior 
 
 fortune at home withstands: but at Rome the^tte mpt is more difficult 
 
 illis: miserabile hospitium magno ventres 
 
 to them: a'wretched lodging is let at a great rent, the bellies 
 
 servorum magno, et frugi ccBnula magno, 
 of servants^ cost a great sum, and a frugal little supper a g^eat price. 
 
 Pudet coenare ^ctilibus, quod translatus 
 
 It shames us to sup out of earthen dishes, which an individual, removed 
 
 subito ad Marsos Sabellamque mensam, contentusque illic 
 
 suddenly to the Marsians and Sabine-table, and contented there 
 
 Veneto duroque cucullo, negavit 
 with a Venetian and coarse hood, denied 
 
 turpe. 
 
 to be disgraceful. 
 
 There is a great part of Italy, if we admit the truth, in which 
 At- ^ 
 
 tU cJ:i44^^ nemo sumit togam nisi mortuus. Si quando 
 
 J nobody appears in a gown unless dead. If at any time 
 
 
 cr^ 
 
 
 
 majestas ipsa festorum dierum colitur herboso theatro: 
 
 the majesty itself of festival days is celebrated on the grassy theatre: 
 
 ^ C44't4444 ^4rl^ ^ ^ 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 6T 
 
 Majestas: tandemque redit a d pa lpita notum 
 Exodium, cum personae pallentis hiatum 
 In gremio matris formidat rusticus infans; 
 
 Aquales habitus illic, similemque videbis 
 Orchestram et populum; clari velamen honoris , 
 Sufficiunt tunicae summis Aditibus albae. 
 
 Hic ultra vires habitus nitor : hic aliquid plus 
 Qu^m satis est; interdum alien4 sumitur arcd. 
 Commune id vitium est: Htc vivimus ambitiosa 
 Paupertate omnes: quid te moror ? Omnia Romce 
 Cum pretio. Quid das, ut Cossum aliquando salutes? 
 
 175 
 
 180 
 
 tandemque notum exodium redit ad pulpita, 
 
 and at length the well-known farce is resumed upon the stages . 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 rusticus infans, 
 the country infant, 
 
 m gremio 
 in the bosom 
 
 matris, 
 of his mother, 
 
 formidat 
 
 shudders 
 
 hiatum 
 at the mouths 
 
 pallentis personae: 
 of the squalid actor : 
 
 videbis 
 you will see 
 
 
 
 'I' 
 
 illic aequales habitus, similemque 
 
 orchestram, 
 
 there well-fitted dresses, and similar to the apparel of nobility^ J 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 populum : 
 people 
 
 albae tunicae 
 
 white coats 
 
 sufficiunt 
 
 satisfy 
 
 summis 
 the highest 
 
 iEdilibus, 
 
 Aldiles, 
 
 velamen 
 the robe 
 
 clari t 
 of renowned 
 
 honoris. 
 
 honour. 
 
 Hie 
 
 Here ^ 
 
 nitor habiths ultra vires; hie aliquid plus • 
 
 is a nicety of dress beyond our means: here is something more 
 
 
 quam est satis; interdum sumitur aliena arca, 
 
 than is sufficient; sometimes it is taken out of another’s chest, 
 
 .. . .. .. .. .... 
 
 Id est commune vitium: hie omnes viviraus ambitiosa 
 
 Tliat is a common vice; here we all live in ambitious 
 
 - _ _ ____ . 
 
 paupertate: quid moror te? omnia Romae cum 
 poverty: why do I detain you ? all things at Rome are for 
 
 
 
 pretio. Quid das, ut aliquando salutes Cossum I 
 
 a price. What do you give, that sometimes you may salut e Cossus ? 
 
 '? r 
 
 
 
 Sr.,.. 
 
 - I 
 
 r 
 
SJ'i 
 
 
 
 
 
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 D. JUNIl JUVENALIS 
 
 X 
 
 Ut te respiciat clausb Veiento labello ? 
 
 Ille metit barbam, crinem hic deponit amati: 
 Plena domus libis venalibus. Accipe, et illud 
 Fermentum tibi habe: p raestare tributa clientes 
 Cogimur, et cultis augere peculia servis. 
 
 Quis timet aut timuit gelida Praeneste ruinam; 
 Aut positis nemorosa inter juga Volsiniis, aut 
 Simplicibus Gabiis, aut proni Tiburis arce? 
 j5| Nos urbem colimus tenui tibicine fultam 
 
 Magna parte sui: nam sic labentibus obstat 
 ' Villicus, et veteris rimae contexit hiatum; 
 
 185 
 
 190 
 
 195 
 
 'iit Veiento 
 
 that Veie nto 
 
 I '' ' ^ ' ' 
 
 'X 
 
 respiciat 
 
 might throw au eye upon 
 
 te, labello clauso, 
 you, his lip being closed. 
 
 T- 
 
 t; 
 
 Ille metit barbam, his deponit crinem amati: 
 
 This man shaves the beard, that consecrates the hair of a favourite: 
 
 domus plena libis venalibus ; accipe, et habe 
 
 the house is full of cakes to sell: take, and keep 
 
 
 > i 
 
 
 y 
 
 ^ t- 
 
 tibi illud fermentum : clientes cogimur praestare 
 to yourself that sour leaven; we clients are compelled to pay 
 
 tributa, 
 
 tributes, 
 
 Quis 
 
 Who 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 et augere peculia cultis servis. 
 
 and to increase the^vails to sleek-skinned servants. 
 
 timet aut ^ timuit ruinam gelida Praeneste; 
 
 dreads or hath dreaded a ruin at cold Praenestej 
 
 Volsiniis 
 
 at Volsinii 
 
 positis 
 
 lying 
 
 
 simplicibus Gabiis, 
 at innocent Gabii, 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 inter 
 between 
 
 arce 
 
 at the lower 
 
 nemorosa juga, aut 
 
 shady mountains, or 
 
 proni Tiburis ? 
 of re clining T ibur ? 
 
 Nos 
 
 We 
 
 colimus 
 
 inhabit 
 
 urbem 
 a city 
 
 fultam 
 
 supported 
 
 tenui 
 by a slender 
 
 tibicine 
 
 buttress 
 
 magna 
 
 in a great 
 
 parte 
 
 part 
 
 sui: nam sic 
 of it: for so 
 
 villicus obstat 
 
 the superintendent p reserves 
 
 labentibus, 
 them from falling. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 contexit 
 tills up 
 
 hiatum 
 the gaping 
 
 veteris rimte; 
 of the old chasm; 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 69 
 
 Securos pendente jubet dormire ruina. 
 
 Vivendum est illic, ubi nulla incendia, nulli 
 
 Nocte metus: jam poscit aquam, jam frivola transfert 
 
 Ucalegon : tabulata tibi jam tertia fumant: 
 
 Tu nescis; nam si gradibus trepidatur ab imi s. 200 
 
 Ultimus ardebit, quem tegula sola tuetur 
 A pluvii; molles ubi reddunt ova columbae. 
 
 Lectus erat Codro Procula minor, urceoli sex. 
 Ornamentum abaci; nec non et parvulus infra 
 Cantharus, et recubans sub eodem marmore Chiron; 205 
 Jamque vetus Graecos servabat cista libellos. 
 
 jubet dormire securos, ruina pendente, 
 
 tie orders the inhabitants to sleep secure, destruction hanging over them. 
 
 Est vivendum illic, ubi nulla incendia, nulli metus 
 
 Let us live there, where are no . burnings, no alarms 
 
 nocte: jam Ucalegon poscit , aquam, jam 
 
 by night: already Ucalegon cries out for water, already 
 
 transfert frivola; jam tibi tertia tabulata fumant: 
 
 he moves off his lumber; already your third stories smoke: 
 
 tu nescis ; nam si trepidatur ab imis gradibus, 
 
 you do not know it; for if there is an alarm in the ground-floors. 
 
 ultimus ardebit, 
 
 th e garre t will blaze, 
 
 a pluvia ; ubi 
 from the rain; where 
 
 quern tegula sola tuetur 
 
 which the tile-roof alone defends 
 
 molles columbae reddunt ova. 
 
 the soft pigeons lay their eggs. 
 
 Erat Codro lectus minor Procula, sex urceoli 
 
 There was to Codrus a bed shorter than his Procula, six s mall jug s 
 
 ornamentum abaci ; nec non et parvulus cantharus 
 , the ornament of his cupboard; and also a little pitcher 
 
 infra, et Chiron recubans sub eodem marmore ; 
 
 beneath, and Chiron lying under the same marble; 
 
 jamque vetus cista servabat 
 
 now too an old chest held 
 
 Grrecos libellos, 
 his Greek books, 
 
70 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Et divina opici rodebant carmina mures. 
 
 Nil habuit Codrus: quis enim negat? et tamen illud 
 Perdidit infelix totum nil : ultimus autem 
 -^rumnae cumulus, quod nudum ‘et frusta rogantem 210 
 Nemo cibo, nemo hospitio tectoque juvabit. 
 
 Si magna Asturii cecidit domus, horrida mater. 
 
 Pullati proceres, differt vad imoni a Praetor; , 
 
 Tunc gemimus casus urbis, tunc odimus ignem. 
 
 Ardet adhuc? et jam accurrit qui marmora donet, 215 
 Conferat impensas: hic nuda et candida signa; 
 
 Hic aliquid praeclarum Euphranoris et Polycleti, 
 
 et opici mures rodebant divina carmina. 
 
 and barbarous mice gnawed his divine verses. 
 
 Codrus habuit nil : enim quis negat ? et tamen, 
 
 Codrus had nothing : for who denies it ? and yet. 
 
 infelix perdidit totum illud nil : tamen 
 
 unhappy man, he lost the whole of that nothing: but 
 
 ultimus cumulus aerumnae, quod nemo juvabit cibo 
 
 the last addition of his woe is, that no one will assist him with bread 
 
 nudum et rogantem frusta, nemo hospitio tectoque. 
 
 whilst naked and begging crusts, no one with lodging or a house. 
 
 
 
 Si magna domus Asturii cecidit, mater horrida. 
 
 If the great house ofAsturius has fallen, the mother is frightful to behold. 
 
 proceres pullati, Praetor differt vadimonia: 
 the noMes in mourning, the Praetor adjourns the courts of justice: 
 
 tunc gemimus casus ttrbis, tunc odimus ignem: 
 then we lament the misfortunes of the city, then we hate lire: 
 
 ardet adhuc? et jam 
 burns it still? and now 
 
 impensas : 
 
 reckon the expenses; 
 
 
 conferat 
 
 accurrit qui donet marmora, 
 runs one who may present his marbles, 
 
 hie nuda et candida signa : 
 this his naked and white statues > 
 
 hie 
 
 this 
 
 aliquid praeclarum Euphranoris 
 
 illustrious piece of Eu phrano r 
 
 some 
 
 
 et Polycleti ; 
 and PoJycletusj 
 
 Ly 
 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 71 
 
 Haec Asianorum vetera ornamenta Deorum; / 
 
 Hic libros dabit et forulo s, mediamque Minervam; ^ 
 
 Hic modium argenti: meliora ac plura reponit ^ ^ 
 Persicus orboru m lautissimus , et merito jam ^ 
 Suspectus, tanquam ipse suas incenderit aedes. 
 
 Si potes avelli Circensibus, optima Sorae 
 Aut Fabrateriae domus, aut Frusinone paratur. 
 
 Quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum: 225 
 
 Hortulus hic, puteusque brevis, nec reste movendus. 
 
 In tenues plantas facili diffunditur haustu. 
 
 Vive bidentis amans, et culti villicus horti, 
 
 haec vetera ornamenta Asianorum Deorum; hic 
 
 this woman the ancient ornament of the Asiatic Gods; this man 
 
 dabit libros et forulos, Minervamque mediam; 
 
 will give books and book-cases, and Minerva to the waist; 
 
 hie modium argenti ; Persicus, 'lautissimus orborum, 
 
 this a bushel of silver: the Persian, the richest of the childless, 
 
 reponit meliora, 
 
 lays up better things, 
 
 suspectus, tanquam 
 
 suspected, as if 
 
 ac 
 
 plura, et 
 
 jam 
 
 meritb 
 
 and 
 
 mure, and 
 
 now 
 
 deservedly 
 
 ipse 
 
 incenderit 
 
 suas 
 
 aedes. 
 
 himself 
 
 had burnt 
 
 his own 
 
 houses. 
 
 Si potes avelli Circensibus, optima domus 
 
 If you can be forced from the Circensian games, a very good house 
 
 
 paratur 
 
 is purchased 
 
 Sorae, aut Fabrateriae, 
 
 at Sora, ' or at Fabrateria, 
 
 aut Frusinone, CC 
 
 ■//U 
 
 or at Frusino, \ 
 
 quanti 
 
 for what 
 
 nunc conducis 
 
 you now hire 
 
 tenebras 
 dark cells 
 
 111 uiium annum: 
 for one year: 
 
 hie hortulus, brevisque puteus, 
 
 here is a little garden, and a shallow well. 
 
 'X- / 
 
 nec movendus 
 
 not 
 
 to 
 
 be drawn ^^ 
 
 reste, diffunditur in tenues plantas 
 
 by a rope, is spread over - the tender plants 
 
 facili haustu, 
 with an easy draught. 
 
 Vive amans bidentis, et villicus 
 Live a lover of the fork, and the farmer 
 
 culti horti, 
 of a cultivated garden, 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 (■ 
 
 Ii 
 
 il: 
 
 'i 
 
 Unde epulum possis centum dare Pythagoraeis. 
 
 Est aliquid quocunque loco, quocunque recessu, 230 
 Unius sese dominum fecisse lacertae. 
 
 Plurimu s hic aeger moritur vigilando: sed illum 
 Languorem peperit cibus imperfectus , et haerens 
 Ardenti stomacho; nam quae meritoria somnum 
 Admittunt ? m aenis opibus dormitur in urbe, 235 
 
 Inde caput morbi: r hedarum transitus arcto 
 Vicorum inflexu, et stantis convicia mandrae 
 Eripiunt somnum Druso, vitul isque marinis . 
 
 Si vocat ofiicium, turb& cedente vehetur 
 
 unde possis dare epulum centum Pythagoraeis. 
 
 from which you may provide a banquet to a hundred Pythagoreans. 
 
 Est aliquid, 
 
 It is something, 
 
 fecisse 
 to have made 
 
 quocunque 
 in any 
 
 sese 
 one’s self 
 
 loco, 
 place, 
 
 dominum 
 a master 
 
 quocunque 
 
 in any 
 
 unius 
 of one 
 
 recessu, 
 
 retirement, 
 
 lacertae. 
 
 lizard. 
 
 
 Hie plurimus aeger moritur vigilando: sed cibus. 
 
 Here many a sick man dies by being kept awake: but food. 
 
 /. . . imperfectus 
 
 indigested 
 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 haerens 
 
 adhering 
 
 ardenti 
 to the burning 
 
 stomacho, 
 
 stomach. 
 
 peperit ilium languorem; nam quae meritoria admittunt 
 
 has'engendered that languor j for what taverns allow 
 
 somnum ? 
 sleep ? 
 
 dormitur 
 one sleeps 
 
 in urbe 
 
 in the city 
 
 magnis opibus, 
 at a great expense. 
 
 %. 
 
 Inde caput morbi : transitus rhedarum arcto 
 
 Hence the source of the disease: the passing of chariots in a narrow 
 
 inflexu vicorum, et convicia stantis mandrae, 
 
 turning of the streets, and the brawlings of the tardy team-driver. 
 
 
 - 1 ' 
 
 /i. 6^ 
 
 /Li 
 
 1C- 
 
 eripiunt 
 take away 
 
 spmnum 
 
 sleep 
 
 Druso, 
 
 from Drusus, 
 
 marinisque vitulis. 
 
 and the sea-calves. 
 
 
 Si officium vocat, dives vehetur, turba 
 
 If business calls, the rich man shall be carried along, the rabble 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 73 
 
 Dives, et ingent i curret super ora Liburno , 
 
 Atque obiter leget, aut scribet, aut dormiet intus; 
 Namque facit somnum clausa lectica fenestra. 
 
 Ante tamen veniet; nobis properantibus obstat 
 Unda prior; magno populus premit agmine lumbos 
 Qui sequitur: ferit hic cubito, ferit asse re duro 
 Alter; at hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam . 
 Pin guia crura luto: planta mox undique magna 
 Calco r, et in digito clavus mihi militis haeret. 
 
 Nonne vides quanto celebretur sportula fumo? 
 Centum convivae ; sequitur sua quemque culina: 
 
 240 
 
 245 , " , 
 
 250 
 
 cedente, et curret super ora ingenti Liburno, 
 
 giving way, and he shall pass above our heads on a t all Liburnian , 
 
 atque obiter leget, aut scribet, et dormiet intus; 
 
 and all the way will read, or write, or sleep within; 
 
 namque lectica facit somnum, fenestra clausa. 
 
 for his chair causeth sleep, the window being shut. 
 
 Tamen veniet ante: unda prior obstat nobis 
 
 Yet he will come before us: the m ultitud e before retards us 
 
 properantibus; populus qui sequitur magno agmine premit 
 
 as we hurry on ; the people who follow in a great crowd press 
 
 lumbos : hic ferit cubito, alter ferit duro assere; 
 
 our sides: this strikes with his elbow, another strikes with his hard pole ; 
 
 at hie incutit tignum capiti, ille metretam. 
 
 but this one pushes a beam against my head, that a tub. 
 
 Crura pinguia luto : mox calcor undique 
 
 The legs a re plaister ed withmud: afterwards I am trod upon on every side 
 
 magna planta, et clavus militis hseret in mihi digito, 
 by a large foot, and the hobnail of a soldier sticks in my toe. 
 
 Nonne vides quanto fumo sportula celebretur I 
 Do you not see with what a smoke the sportula is celebrated ? 
 
 centum convivse: sua culina sequitur quemque ; 
 
 a hundred guests: his own kitchen follows every one: 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
74 
 
 D. JUMI JUVENALIS 
 
 Corbulo vix ferret tot vasa ingentia, tot res 
 Impositas capiti, quot recto vertice portat 
 Servulus infelix; et cursu ventilat ignem. 
 
 Scinduntur tunicae sartae : modo longa coruscat 
 Sarrac o veniente abies, atque altera pinum 255 
 
 Plaustra vehunt, nutant alte, populoque minantur. 
 
 Nam si procubuit , qui saxa Ligustica portat. 
 
 Axis, et eversum fudit super agmina montem, 
 
 Quid superest de corporibus \ quis membra, quis ossa 
 Invenit? obtritum vulgi perit omne cadaver, 260 
 
 More animae. D omus interea secura patellas 
 
 Corbulo vix ferret tot ingentia vasa, tot res, 
 
 Corbulo could scarcely carry so many large vessels, so many things. 
 
 impositas capiti, quot 
 
 put on his head, as many 
 
 infelix servulus portat 
 
 an unhappy servant carries 
 
 recto vertice ; et ventilat 
 
 vrith an erect head j and fans 
 
 ignem cursu, 
 
 the fire in his course. 
 
 Sartse tunicae scinduntur : modo longa abies 
 
 Their botched coats are torn: sometimes a long fir 
 
 coruscat sarraco veniente, atque altera plaustra 
 
 brandishes in a waggon coming along, and other drays 
 
 vehunt pinum, nutantem alte, minanturque populo, 
 carry a pine, nodding aloft, and threaten the people. 
 
 Nam si axis, qui portat Ligustica saxa, 
 
 For if the axle-tr ee, that carries Ligurian stones, 
 
 procubuit, et fudit montem eversum super agmina, 
 hath broke, and poured the mountain overturned upon the crowds, 
 
 quid superest de corporibus ? quis invenit membra, quis 
 
 what remains of their bodies ? who can find limbs, who 
 
 ossa ? Omne obtritum cadaver vulgi, more animae, 
 
 bones ? Every mashed carcase of the vulgar, after the manner of the soul, 
 
 y- 
 
 perit. Interea domus secura jam lavat patellas, et 
 
 perishes. Meanwhile the family secure now wash the plates, and 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 75 
 
 Jam lavat, et bucca foculum excitat, et sonat unctis 
 Strigilibus, et pleno componit lintea gutto. 
 
 Haec inter pueros vari^ properantur: at ille 
 J am sedet i n rip4 , tetrumque noviti us horret 
 Porthmea ; nec sperat coenosi gurgitis alnum 
 Infelix, nec habet quem porrigat ore trientem . 
 
 Respice nunc alia, ac diversa pericula noctis: 
 Quod spatium tectis sublimibus, unde cerebrum 
 Testa ferit, quoties rimosa et ^rta fenestris 
 Vasa cadunt, quanto percussum pondere signei^t 
 Et laedant silicem: possis ignavus haberi, 
 
 265 
 
 
 270 
 
 excitat 
 
 blow 
 
 foculum bucca, 
 
 the fire with the cheek. 
 
 et 
 
 also 
 
 sonat 
 make a noise 
 
 unctis —7c-7. 
 
 with the V 
 
 strigilibus, 
 
 scrapers, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 componit lintea 
 put in order the napkins 
 
 ‘r 
 
 pleno gutto. ^ ^ 
 
 with a full horn of oil. * 
 
 ille 
 
 at 
 
 but 
 
 Haec varie properantur inter pueros : 
 
 These variously are hastened a^ong the servants: 
 
 jam sedet 7^ in ripa, novitiusque horret tetrum 
 
 now sits on the banks of Styx, and a novice-ghost trembles at grim 
 
 he 
 
 k 
 
 Porthmea; nec infelix sperat alnum coenosi gurgitis, 
 Porthmeus; nor unhappy does he hope fo r the bo at of the muddy lake. 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 habet 
 
 has he 
 
 ore 
 
 in his mouth 
 
 trientem 
 
 the farthing 
 
 quern 
 
 that 
 
 porrigat, 
 he should pay. 
 
 Respice nunc alia. 
 
 Consider now other, 
 
 ac 
 
 and 
 
 diversa pericula 
 
 different dangers 
 
 noctis : 
 of the night: 
 
 quod spatium sublimibus tectis, 
 
 what height to lofty roofs. 
 
 unde 
 
 whence 
 
 testa 
 a potsherd 
 
 ferit 
 
 strikes 
 
 cerebrum, 
 your head, 
 
 quoties 
 how often 
 
 rimosa 
 the cracked 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 curta 
 
 broken 
 
 vasa 
 
 vessels 
 
 cadunt fenestris, 
 fall from the windows. 
 
 quanto ' pondere 
 
 with what weight 
 
 signent 
 they mark 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 hedant 
 
 damage 
 
 percussum 
 
 the struck 
 
 7 ^ 
 
 
 
 ft 4. rL. 
 
 silicem : 
 pavement: 
 
 
 / 
 
 2^. 
 
 / 
 
 
 possis 
 
 you would be 
 
 haberi 
 accounted 
 
 
 
76 
 
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 Et subiti casus improvidus, ad coenam si 
 Intestatus eas; adeo tot fata quot illa ^ . 
 
 Nocte patent vigiles, te praetereunte, fenestrae. 275 
 
 Ergo optes, v otumque feras mis erabile tecum , 
 
 Ut sint contentse patulas effundere pelves. 
 
 Ebrius ac petulans, qui nullum forte cecidit. 
 
 Dat poenas, noctem patitur lugentis amicum , 
 
 Felidae , cubat in faciem, mox deinde supinus: 280 
 
 Ergo non aliter poterit dormire: Quibusdam 
 Somnum rixa facit: sed quamvis improbus annis. 
 
 Atque mero fervens, cavet hunc quem coccina laena 
 
 ignavus, et improvidus subiti casus, si eas 
 indolent, and unprepared for a sudden accident, if you should go out 
 
 ad coenam intestatus ; adeo tot fata quot vigiles 
 
 to supper intestate j there being as many mishaps as wakeful 
 
 fenestrae patent nocte, te praetereunte. 
 
 windows are open in the night, when you pass along. 
 
 Ergo optes, ferasque miserabile votum tecum, 
 
 Therefore you may wish, and carry off the miserable hope with you, 
 
 ut sint contentae effundere patulas pelves, 
 that , they may be contented with emptying la rge water-vessels. 
 
 Ebrius ac petulans, qui forte ^ cecidit nullum. 
 One being drunk and saucy, who by chance had killed nobody, 
 
 dat poenas, patitur noctem Pelidae lugentis 
 
 feels a punishment, suffers the night of Pelides lamenting 
 
 amicum ; cubat in faciem, deinde mox supinus: 
 his friend ; he lies on his face, then presently on his back: 
 
 ergo non poterit aliter dormire : rixa facit somnum 
 therefore • he cannot otherwise sleep: a quarrel causeth sleep 
 
 quibusdam :^sed quamvis improbus annis, atque 
 
 to some: but although he is heated with youthful years, and 
 
 fervens 
 
 inflamed 
 
 
 mero, 
 with wine, 
 
 cavet 
 he avoid:: 
 
 hunc 
 
 him 
 
 quern 
 
 whom 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 
 coccina Isena 
 his purple robe 
 
 
 / 
 
 
SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 77 
 
 Vitari jubet, et comitum longissimus ordo ; 
 Multum praeterea flammarum, atque aenea lampas. 
 Me, quem luna solet deducer e, vel breve lumen 
 Candelae, cujus di spenso et tempero filum, 
 Contemnit: miserae cognosce prooemia rixae. 
 
 Si rixa est, ubi tu pulsas, ego vapulo tantum. 
 
 Stat contr^, starique jubet; parere necesse est; 
 Nami quid agas, cum te furiosus cogat, et idem 
 Fortior? Unde venis? exclamat: cujus aceto. 
 Cujus conche tumes? quis tecum sectile porrum 
 Sutor, et elixi vervecisjajjra comedit ? 
 
 285 
 
 290 
 
 jwbet vitari, et longissimus ordo comitum; 
 
 orders to be shunned, and a very long train of attendants; 
 
 praeterea multum flammarum, atque aenea lampas, 
 besides a blaze of flambeaux, and brazen lamp. 
 
 Contemnit me quern luna solet deducere. 
 He despises me whom the moon i» wont to guide home, 
 
 vel breve lumen candelae, cujus filum dispenso 
 
 or the scanty light of a candle, whose wick I husband 
 
 et tempero : cognosce prooemia miserae rixae, si 
 
 and manage: know the prelude^ of this miserable fray, if 
 
 est rixa, ubi tu pulsas, ego tantum vapulo, 
 it is a fray, where you deal blows, I only am beaten. 
 
 Stat contra,. jubetque stari; est necesse parere; 
 'He stands before you, and bids you stop; there is a necessity to obey 
 
 nam quid agas, cum furiosus cogat te, et idem 
 for what can you do, when a madman compels you, and the same 
 
 fortior? exclamat. Unde venis? cujus aceto, 
 is stronger ? he cries out. Whence come you ? with whose vinegar, 
 
 cujus conche tumes? quis sutor comedit sectile 
 
 with whose bean swell you ? what cobbler eats a chopped 
 
 porrum tecum, et lahra elixi vervecis ? 
 leek with you, and the lips of a boiled sheep ? 
 
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 I 
 
 Nil mihi respondes? aut dic, aut accipe calcem: 295 
 
 j Ede ubi consista s: in qua te quaero p roseucha ? 
 
 Dicere si tentes aliquid, tacitusve recedas, 
 
 Tantundem est: feriunt pariter: vadimonia deinde 
 Irati faciunt. Libertas pauperis haec est: 
 
 Pulsatus rogat, et pugnis c oncisu s adorat, 300 
 
 Ut liceat paucis cum dentibus inde reverti. 
 
 Nec tamen hoc tantum metuas : nam qui spoliet te 
 ^^ Non deerit, clausis domibus, postquam omnis ubique 
 Fixa catenatae siluit compago tabe rm^ 
 
 Interdum et fCTro subrtus g rass or agit rem , 305 
 
 respondes nil mihi 1 aut dic, aut accipe calcem: 
 answer you nothing to me ? either speak, or take a kick: 
 
 
 ede ubi 
 
 say where 
 
 consistas : 
 you dwell; 
 
 in qua proseucha quaero te? 
 in what temple-porch must I seek you ? 
 
 Si tentes dicere aliquid, recedasve tacitus. 
 
 If you attempt to speak any thing, or draw olf silent, 
 
 est tantundem: feriunt pariter : deinde irati 
 
 itis the same case: they strike equally in both: afterwards beingenraged 
 
 faciunt vadimonia. Haec est libertas pauperis: 
 
 they swear the peace against you. This is the liberty of the poor man: 
 
 pulsatus rogat, et concisus pugnis adorat 
 
 being drubbed he asks pardon, and bruised with fisty-cufis begs hard 
 
 ut liceat reverti inde cum paucis dentibus, 
 
 that he may be allowed to return thence with a few teeth. 
 
 Tamen nec metuas hoc tantum : nara non deerit 
 
 Yet neither must you fear this only: for there will not be wanting one 
 
 
 
 qui spoliet te domibus clausis, postquam ubique 
 who will rob you when the houses are shut up, after everywhere 
 
 omnis compago catenatae tabernae fixa siluit. 
 
 every bolt of the chained shop being fastened is still. 
 
 Interdum et subitus grassator agit rem ferro. 
 Sometimes also a sudden str eet-robb er does your business with his dagger. 
 
 
 
 V 
 
 
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 V/ 
 
 SATIRA TERTIA. 
 
 Armato quoties tutae custode tenentur 
 Et ^ontina palus, et Gallinaria pinus. 
 
 ^ Sic inde huc omnes tanquam ad vivaria currunt. 
 Qu4 fornace graves, qud non incude catenae ? 
 Maximus in vinclis Terri modus^ut timeas, ne 
 Vomer deficiat, ne marrae et sa rcula desint, 
 Eelices proavorum atavos, felicia dicas 
 Secula, quae quondam sub regibus atque tribunis 
 Viderunt uno contentam car cere Romam. 
 
 His alias poteram, et plures subnectere causas: 
 Sed jumenta vocant, et sol inclinat; eundum est: 
 
 79 
 
 310 
 
 315 
 
 
 quoties 
 
 when 
 
 et Pontina palus et Gallinaria 
 both the Pontine fen and the Gallinaria» 
 
 pinus tenentur 
 wood are kept 
 
 omnes currunt 
 
 all run 
 
 tutae armato custode. Sic 
 
 safe by an armed guard. ^ Thus 
 
 inde huc tanquam ad vivaria. 
 
 thence hither as to their livelihood. 
 
 Qua fornace, qua incude non graves catenae ? 
 
 On what_for ge, on what_anvil are not h eavy chains made ? 
 
 Maximus modus ferri in vinculis, ut timeas 
 A very great quantity of iron is used in fetters, that you may dread 
 
 ne vomer deficiat, ne marrae et sarcula desint, 
 lest a plough-share should fail, lest mattocks and rakes should be wanting. 
 
 Dicas atavos proavorum felices, secula 
 
 You may pronounce the ancestors of our great-grandfathers happy, the ages 
 
 felicia, quae quondam, sub regibus atque tribunis, 
 
 ^®^PPy» formerly, under our kings and tribunes, 
 
 viderunt Romam contentam uno carcere. 
 
 saw Rome contented with one • prison. 
 
 Poteram subnectere alias, et plures causas his: 
 
 I could subjoin other, and more causes to these: 
 
 sed jumenta vocant, et sol inclinat; est eundum: 
 but my team calls me, and the sun goes down; I must be gone: 
 
 
 
 
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 Nam mihi commoti jamdudum mulio virga 
 Innu it: ergo vale nostri memor; et quoties te 
 Roma tuo refici properant em reddet Aquino, 
 
 Me quoque ad Helvinam Cererem vestramque Dianam 
 f' Convelle h Cumis: satirarum ego,|ni pudet illas^ 321 
 S Adjutor gelidos veniam caligatus in agros, 
 
 0 . . I ■ ■ I. ■ ■ . —. 
 
 nam jamdudum mulio innuit mihi commota 
 for long ago the mule-driver beckoned to me with his cracking 
 
 virga: ergo vale memor nostri; et quoties 
 
 whip: therefore farewell you who are mindful of us; and as often £ts 
 
 Roma reddet te properantem refici tuo Aquino, 
 
 Rome shall restore you hastening to be refreshed t^ur Acj^uinum, 
 
 convelle me quoque a Cumis Helvinam Cererem, 
 
 draw me also from Cumae to Helvine Ceres, 
 
 Ct-i- 
 
 *■ ^ 
 
 - 
 
 
 vestramque 
 
 and your 
 
 Dianam : 
 Diana: 
 
 ego 
 
 1 
 
 veniam in gelidos agros 
 will come into your cold fields 
 
 caligatus adjutor satirarum, ^ni pudet illas. 
 
 a ready assistant of your satires unless they are ashamed of me^ 
 
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SATIRA QUARTA. 
 
 81 
 
 SATIRA IV. 
 
 Ecce iterum Crispinus! (et est mihi saepe vocandus 
 Ad partes;) monstrum nuU^ virtute redemptum 
 A vitiis, aeger, sol^que libidine fortis: 
 
 Delicias vi duae tantum aspernatur adulter. 
 
 Quid refert, igitur quantis jumenta fatiget 5 • 
 
 Porticibu s, quanti nemorum vectetur in umbrd. 
 
 Jugera quot vicina foro, quas emerit aedes? 
 
 Nemo malus feUx; minime corruptor, et idem 
 
 Ecce iterum Crispinus! (et est mihi saepe vocandus 
 
 y 
 
 'ZA.'i 
 
 Behold once more Crispinus! (and I must frequently be called y 
 
 ad partes;) monstrum redemptum 
 
 to my task;) a monster redeemed 
 
 a vitiis 
 from vices 
 
 nulla virtute, aeger, fortisque libidine 
 by no one virtue, sick, and strong in lust 
 
 adulter aspernatur 
 
 the adulterer despises 
 
 sola: 
 alone: 
 
 viduae. 
 
 of a widow. 
 
 Quid 
 
 What 
 
 refert 
 matters it 
 
 igitur, 
 
 then, 
 
 tantum delicias 
 
 only the charms 
 
 quantis porticibus fatiget 
 
 in how large porticoes he fatigu es 
 
 jumenta, in quanta 
 
 his mules, in how large 
 
 umbra 
 a shade 
 
 nemorum 
 of groves 
 
 vectetur, 
 
 he is caiTied, 
 
 quot jugera vicina foro, quas aedes emerit? 
 how many acres adjoining the forum, or what houses he has purchased ? 
 
 Nemo malus felix ; minime 
 No wicked man is happy; least of all 
 
 /X-*x 
 
 corruptor, et idem 
 
 the debaucher, and the same 
 
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 j. Incestus, cum quo nuper vittata jacebat 
 
 p Sanguine adhuc vivo terram subitura sacer dos . 10 
 
 ^ Sed nunc de factis levioribus: et tamen alter 
 
 I Si fecisset idem, caderet sub judice morum. 
 
 Nam quod turpe bonis, Titio, Seioque, decebat 
 Crispinum: quid agas, cum dira et foedior omni 
 Crimine persona est ? mullum sex millibus emit, 15 
 
 --iEquantem san^ paribus sestertia libris, 
 
 Ut perhibent, qui de magnis majora loquuntur. 
 
 Co nsilium laudo artificis , si munere tanto 
 i i Praecipuam in tabulis ceram senis a bstulit orbi . 
 
 incestus, cum quo nuper vittata sacerdos 
 
 incestuous, with whom lately the veiled priestess 
 
 jacebat, subitura terram, sanguine adhuc vivo. 
 
 lay, being to go under ground, her blood as yet alive. 
 
 Sed nunc de levioribus factis : et tamen si alter 
 
 But now of his slighter faults: and yet if another 
 
 fecisset idem, caderet sub judice morum, 
 had done the same, he would fall under the judge of manners. 
 
 Nam quod turpe bonis, Titio, Seioque, decebat 
 
 For what is shameful to the good, to Titius, and to Seius, became 
 
 Crispinus: quid agas, cum est persona dira, 
 
 Crispinus; what can you do, when he is a person direful. 
 
 et foedior omni crimine 1 Emit 
 
 and fouler than every crime ? He bought 
 
 y 
 
 millibus, sane aequantem sestertia 
 
 thousand pie^s, truly equalling the sesterces 
 
 mullum 
 a barbel 
 
 sex 
 for six 
 
 paribus 
 to the like number 
 
 
 libris, ut perhibent, qui loquuntur majora de magnis.! 
 
 of pounds, as they give out, who talk greater things of great. 
 
 Laudo consilium artificis, si tanto 
 I commend the design of the ai^ist, if by so great 
 
 munere 
 a present 
 
 ^ abstulit ' praecipuam ceram ' in tabulis orbi ' senis. 
 
 he obtained the chief seal in the will of a* childless old roan. 
 
 
 
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 83 
 
 20 
 
 
 Z- 
 
 SATIRA QUARTA. 
 
 Est ratio ulterior, magnae si misit amicae, 
 
 Quae vehitur clauso latis sp ecularibus antro . 
 
 Nil tale expectes: emit sibi: multa videmus. 
 
 Quae mise r et frug i non fecit Apicius: hoc tu 
 Succinctus patria quondam, Crispine, papyro. 
 
 Hoc pretium squamae ? potuit fortasse minoris 
 Piscator qu^m piscis emi. Provincia tanti 
 Vendit agros, sed majores Appulia vendit. 
 
 Quales tunc epulas ipsum glutisse putemus / c A • 
 
 Indu£eratoren^cum tot sestertia, partem 
 
 Exiguam, et modicae sumptam de margine coenae, SO 
 
 I'- 
 
 fi' \ 
 
 
 Est 
 
 There is 
 
 ulterior 
 
 further 
 
 ratio, 
 
 reason. 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 r/cil 
 
 quae 
 
 who 
 
 misit magnae amicae, ^ 
 
 he sent it to a splendid courtezan, 
 
 
 nil 
 
 no 
 
 vehitur clauso antro latis specularibus. Expectes 
 is carried i n her close chair with wide glasses. Y ou must expec t/ 
 
 tale: emit sibi; videmus multa 
 
 such thing; he bought it for himself: we see many things 
 
 
 
 quae miser et frugi Apicius non fecit: hoc tu, 
 
 which the miserable and frugal Apicius did not do: this you. 
 
 Crispinus, quondam 
 
 Crispinus, do. 
 
 Hoc 
 
 Is this 
 
 emi 
 
 bought 
 
 agros 
 
 estates ■ 
 
 Quales 
 
 What 
 
 glutisse 
 
 devoured 
 
 palati 
 
 palace 
 
 once 
 
 pretium squamae ? 
 the price of a scale ? 
 
 minoris quam 
 
 for less than 
 
 tanti : sed 
 
 for so much: but 
 
 epulas 
 entertainments 
 
 tunc, cum 
 then, when 
 
 succinctus 
 
 wrapped 
 
 fortasse 
 
 perhaps 
 
 piscis, 
 the Ash. 
 
 Appulia 
 
 Appulia 
 
 
 
 
 patria papyro, 
 in your country paper. 
 
 piscator potuit 
 the Asherman might be ^ 
 
 Provincia vendit 
 
 A province sells 
 
 vendit 
 
 . sells 
 
 majores. 
 
 still greater.g 
 
 
 putemus induperatorem ipsum 
 can we think the emperor himself 
 
 purpureus 
 the purpled 
 
 scurra 
 
 buAbou 
 
 magni 
 of the great 
 
 ructarit tot sestertia, exiguam partem, 
 belched up so many sesterces, being a small part, 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Purpureus magni ructarit scurra Palati, 
 
 Jam p rincep s equitum, magna qui voce solebat 
 Vend ere municipes pactiTH eTnerce siluros ? 
 
 Incipe Calliope, licet hic con sidere, : non est 
 Cantandum, res vera agit ur: narrate puellae 
 Pierides: prosit mi hi vos dixisse puellas. 
 
 '\-cc<r Cum jam semianimum laceraret Flavius orbem 
 
 Ultimus, et calvo serviret Roma Neroni; 
 f i Incidit Adriaci spatium admirabile^ rhombi. 
 
 Ante domum Veneris, quam Dorica sustinet Ancon, 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 Implevitque sinus : neque enim minor haeserat illis. 
 
 3A 
 
 40 
 
 t' t / o 
 
 ' . '■h trT'1^ yj-- i-^r-t,aD 
 
 et sumptam de margine 
 and taken from the edge 
 
 modicae coenae, jam 
 
 of a moderate supper, now 
 
 princeps 
 
 chief 
 
 equitum, qui 
 
 of the knights, who 
 
 magna Voce 
 with a loud voice 
 
 solebat 
 was wont 
 
 vendere 
 to sell 
 
 municipes siluros 
 
 his country shads 
 
 de pacta 
 
 from the refuse 
 
 merce “? 
 of the market ? 
 
 Incipe, 
 
 Begin, 
 
 Calliope, licet considere hic : 
 
 Calliope, let us sit down together here: 
 
 non est 
 you must not 
 
 . iV/ 
 
 
 
 rC - 
 
 
 
 Sing : 
 
 narrate : 
 
 relate it: 
 
 Cum 
 
 When 
 
 orbem, 
 
 world, 
 
 vera res 
 a real fact 
 
 agitur : 
 
 is the theme: 
 
 prosit mibi dixisse 
 let it avail me to have called 
 
 Pierides 
 ye Pierian 
 
 VOS 
 
 you 
 
 puellcfe 
 
 maids 
 
 puellas. 
 
 maids. 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 ultimus 
 the last 
 
 Flavius laceraret semianimum 
 
 Flavius had torn the expiring 
 
 admirabile 
 
 a wonderful 
 
 Roma 
 
 Rome 
 
 spatium 
 
 size 
 
 serviret 
 was enslaved 
 
 calvo 
 to a bald 
 
 Neroni; 
 
 Nero; 
 
 Adriaci rhombi 
 of an Adriatic turbot 
 
 incidit, 
 fell into the net, 
 
 
 
 ‘C /i<' 
 
 ante domum Veneris, quam Dorica Ancon sustinet, 
 before the temple of Venus, \^ich Doric Ancon upholds, 
 
 implevitque si nus : neque enim haeserat minor illis 
 
 and filled the bows of it: nor indeed was the intangled fish less than those 
 
«ATIRA QUARTA. 
 
 85 
 
 Quos operi t glacies Maeotica, ruptaque tandem 
 Solibus effundit torpentis ad ostia Ponti , 
 
 Desidia tardos, et longo frigore pingue^. 
 Destinat hoc monstrum cymbae linique magister 
 Pontifici summo : quis eni m proponere talem. 
 Aut emere auderet? cum plena et littora multo 
 Delator e forent: dispersi protinus algae 
 
 iil 
 
 
 45 
 
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 Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo; 
 Non dubitaturi fugitivum dicere piscem, 
 Depastumque diu vivaria Caesaris, inde 
 
 i'; 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 Elapsum, veterem ad dominum debere reverti. 
 
 quos Mseotica, glacies operit, ruptaque tandem 
 
 which the Maeotie ice covers, and being melted at length 4: 
 
 solibus, effundit ad ostia torpentis Ponti, 
 
 by the solar rays, pours forth at the mouth of the slow Pontic sea, ^ ^ — 
 
 •- ' .,/« . 
 
 tardos 
 
 tardy 
 
 desidia, et 
 
 from sluggishness, and 
 
 pingues 
 
 fattened 
 
 longo frigore. 
 
 with long cold. 
 
 Magister cymbie linique destinat hoc monstrum 
 
 The master of the boat and net designs this monster • 
 
 summo pontifici ; enim quis auderet proponere talem, aut 
 for the high priest ; for who durst ofter such fo r sale. 
 
 
 or 
 
 emere f 
 
 cum 
 
 purchase it ? 
 
 et 
 
 when even 
 
 delatore : 
 
 an informer: 
 
 littora forent plena multo 
 
 the shores were full with many 
 
 X . . . 
 
 protinus inquisitores algse 
 
 immediately 'those searchers of the sea-weed 
 
 
 
 
 disper&i agerent cum nudo remige; 
 
 being dispersed here and there would dispute it with the ragged boatman; 
 
 li' 
 
 non 
 
 not 
 
 dubitaturi 
 
 scrupling 
 
 dicere 
 
 to swear 
 
 piscem 
 
 the fish 
 
 fugitivum, 
 a fugitive. 
 
 depastumque diu vivaria Caesaris, elapsum 
 
 and that it was fed long in the ponds of Caesar, that having escaped 
 
 1 
 
 inde, 
 
 thence, 
 
 debere 
 it ought 
 
 reverti 
 to return 
 
 ad veterem 
 
 to its old 
 
 dominum, 
 master. ' 
 
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 Si quid Palphurio, si credimus Armillato, 
 
 Quicquid c onspmu um pulchrumque est aequore toto, . 
 lies fisci est, ubicunque natat: donabitur ergo, 55 
 
 Ne pereat, jam lethifero cedente pruin is 
 Autumno, jam quartanam sperantibu s aegris. 
 
 Stridebat deformis hyems, p ^damque recent^ 
 
 Servabat: tamen hic properat, velut urgeat Austo: 
 Utque lacqs suberant, ubi, quanquam diruta, servat 60 
 Ignem Trojanum, et Vestam colit Alba minorem, 
 
 Obstitit intranti miratrix turba p arumpe r: 
 
 Ut cessit, facilTpa^runt cardine valvae: 
 
 
 Si credimus quid Palphurio, si Armillato, 
 
 If we give any credit to Palphurius, if any to Armillatus, 
 
 quicquid est conspicuum pulchrumque toto aequore, 
 whatever is extraordinary and excellent in the whole ocean, 
 
 est res fisci, ubicunque natat: donabitur 
 
 it is the property of the treasury, wherever it swims: it shall he presented 
 
 
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 ■ tc</iX'v(r 
 
 ergo, ne pereat, jam lethifero autumno cedente 
 
 then, lest it stink, now the death-bringing autumn is yielding 
 
 pruinis, jam aegris sperantibus quartanam. 
 
 to the hoar-fros ts, now the sick are expecting a quartan ague. 
 
 Deformis hyems stridebat, servabatque praedam 
 Rough winter whistled, and kept the prey 
 
 ^ ^ recentem: tamen hic properat velut Auster urgeat: 
 
 't/A-C- i/ AX^t fresh ; 
 
 t ^ - 
 
 nevertheless he 
 
 hurries as if the south wind pressed : 
 K. 
 
 utque lacus suberant, ubi Alba, quanquam diruta, 
 
 and when the lakes were passed over, where Alba, although destroyed. 
 
 servat Trojanum ignem, et colit .minorem Vestam, 
 
 keeps in the Trojan fire, _ and worships the lesser Vesta, 
 
 miratrix 
 the wondering 
 
 turba 
 
 crowd 
 
 obstitit 
 
 opposed 
 
 intranti 
 his entry 
 
 parumper : 
 for some time: 
 
 lit cessit, valvae patuerunt lacili cardine : 
 
 when they made way, the folding-doors «n thp^asy hipge; 
 
 
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8AT1RA QUARTA. 
 
 87 
 
 Exclusi expectant admissa opsonia patres. i . , • ^ 
 
 Itur ad Atridem: tum Picens, Accipe, dixit, j 
 
 Privatis majora focis; g enial is agatur 
 
 Iste dies ; propera stomachum laxare saginis, 
 
 Et tua servatum consume in saecula rhombum: 
 
 
 
 cx-f 
 
 
 Ipse capi voluit: quid apertius ? et tamen illi 
 
 Surgebant crista e : nihil est quod credere de se 
 Non possit, cilm laudatur dis cequa potestas. 
 Sed deerat pisci patinae mensura : vocantur 
 Ergo in concilium p roceres , quos oderat ille ; 
 In quorum facie miserae magnaeque sedebat 
 
 70 
 
 patres 
 
 the fathers 
 
 exclusi expectant admissa opsonia 
 beiug^ excluded wait the admitted rarities. 
 
 ia. 
 
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 Itur ad Atridem: tum Picens dixit, Accipe 
 His is gone to Atrides : then the Picenian said, Accept 
 
 
 majora 
 
 presents too large 
 
 privatis focis : 
 for private kitchens 
 
 iste 
 let this 
 
 dies 
 
 day 
 
 agatur 
 be devoted 
 
 genialis ; propera laxare 
 
 to festivity; hasten to unload 
 
 stomachum saginis, 
 your stomach for these dainties. 
 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 consume 
 
 devour 
 
 rhombum 
 the turbot 
 
 servatum 
 
 preserved 
 
 in tua saecula : 
 
 for your reign: 
 
 
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 7 ^ • ♦ 
 
 voluit ipse capi: quid apertius ? et tamen illi J) ' i 
 
 it wishes itself to be caught: what more fulsome ? and yet his 
 
 cristae surgebant: est nihil quod potestas, aequa 
 
 crests rose up: there is nothing that a power, equal 
 
 • ^ t-v-*» -V i 
 
 A 
 
 ±. 
 
 dis, cum laudatur, non possit credere de se. 
 to the gods, when it is flattered, may not believe of itself. 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 mensura 
 the size 
 
 patinae 
 of a pan 
 
 deerat 
 
 was wanting 
 
 pisci: ergo 
 
 to the fish: therefore 
 
 proceres, 
 t he sena tors. 
 
 quos ille oderat, vocantur in concilium; 
 whom he hated^ are called into council; 
 
 in quorum facie pallor miserae 
 
 in whose countenance the paleness of a miserable 
 
 magnaeque 
 
 and great 
 
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 ^ ^ ‘ 
 
 Pallor amicitiae. Primus, clamante Liburno, 75 
 
 ^ Currite, s%dit; rapt4 properabat abolla 
 Pegasus, attonitae positu s modo villicu s urbi: 
 
 Anne aliud tunc praefe^? quorum optimus atque 
 Interpres legum sanctissimus; omnia quanquam 
 Temporibus diris tractanda putabat inermi 80 
 
 Justitia. Venit et Crispi jucunda senectus. 
 
 Cujus erant mores, qualis facundia, mite 
 
 Ingenium: maria ac terras, populosque regenti 
 
 Quis comes utilior, si clade et peste sub illd 
 
 Saevitiam damnare, et honestum afferre liceret 85 
 
 
 amicitiae 
 
 friendship 
 
 sedebat. 
 
 appeared. 
 
 Liburno 
 A Liburnian slave 
 
 clamante, 
 
 bawling out, 
 
 Jam 
 
 Now 
 
 ' primus sedit, currite; Pegasus, modo positus 
 
 ^ the president is seated, run; Pegasus, just appointed 
 
 j villicus attonitae urbi, rapta abolla, properabat: 
 
 I* bailiff to the astonished city, snatching his gown, hurried away: 
 
 ‘ ^ Or- 
 
 - sanctissimus interpres legum ; quanquam putabat 
 
 most devout expounder of the laws; although he thought 
 
 anne tunc praefecti " aliud 1 quorum ^optimus atque 
 
 ^ were then the prefects any more ? of whom he was the b^t and 
 
 omnia 
 
 all affairs 
 
 tractanda inermi justitia diris 
 
 should be administered with unarmed justice in dreadful 
 
 temporibus. 
 
 times. 
 
 Et jucunda 
 
 Also the pleasant 
 
 senectus 
 
 old age 
 
 Crispi venit, 
 
 of Crispus came. 
 
 cujus 
 
 whose 
 
 mores 
 
 manners 
 
 erant 
 
 were 
 
 qualis 
 
 as 
 
 facundia, 
 his eloquence. 
 
 mite 
 a placid 
 
 ingenium. Quis utilior comes regenti maria 
 
 disposition. Who a more useful companion to one governing seas 
 
 
 ac terras, populosque. 
 
 si, ’^sub 
 
 iWk 
 
 clade 
 
 et peste. 
 
 and lands, 
 
 and people. 
 
 if, under 
 
 that 
 
 bane 
 
 and plague. 
 
 liceret 
 
 damnare 
 
 saevitiam. 
 
 et 
 
 afferre 
 
 honestum 
 
 
 he were allowed 
 
 to condemn 
 
 cruelty, 
 
 and 
 
 to offer 
 
 honest 
 
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SATIRA QUARTA. 89 
 
 Consilium t sed quid violentius aure tyranni. 
 
 Cum quo de nimbis, aut aestibus, aut pluvioso 
 Vere locuturi fatum pendebat amici? 
 
 Ille igitur nunquam direxit hrachia contra 
 
 Torre ntem: nec civis erat, qui libera posset 90 
 
 Verba animi proferre, et vitam impendere vero. 
 
 Sic multas hyemes, atque octogesima vidit 
 Solstiti a, his armis, illd quoque tutus in aula. 
 
 Proximus ejusdem properabat Acilius aevi 
 
 Cum juvene indigno, quem mors tam saeva maneret, 95 
 
 Et domini gladiis tam festinata: sed olim 
 
 
 consilium ? Sed 
 counsel? But 
 
 cum quo 
 
 with whom 
 
 quid 
 what is 
 
 fatum 
 
 the fate 
 
 violentius 
 more violent 1 
 
 amici, 
 
 of a friend. 
 
 aure 
 
 than the ear 
 
 locuturi 
 
 speaking 
 
 tyranni, 
 of a tyrant, 
 
 de nimbis, . 
 
 of showers, 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 aestibus, 
 
 heats. 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 pluvioso vere, 
 rainy spring. 
 
 i>-e c-a^ t 
 
 pendebat? ^ ; 
 
 depended ? ^ 
 
 Ille 
 
 He 
 
 igitur 
 
 therefore 
 
 nunquam direxit 
 never directed 
 
 brachia 
 
 his arms. 
 
 contra 
 
 against b 
 
 torrentem: nec erat civis qui posset proferre libera 
 the stream : uor was he a citizen who would speak the free 
 
 verba 
 
 sentiments 
 
 animi, 
 of his mind, 
 
 et impendere 
 and hazard 
 
 vitam 
 his life 
 
 vero. 
 
 for the truth. 
 
 Sic 
 
 vidit 
 
 multas 
 
 Thus 
 
 he saw 
 
 many 
 
 solstitia. 
 
 his 
 
 armis 
 
 solstices. 
 
 by these 
 
 weapons 
 
 hyemes, atque 
 
 winters, and 
 
 quoque tutus 
 
 also protected 
 
 in ilU 
 in that 
 
 octogesima ' 
 
 eighty 
 
 aula. ^ ^ ’ 
 
 I’t. 
 
 couri 
 
 Acilius properabat proximus, ejusdem aevi, cum 
 Acilius hastened next, of the same age, with 
 
 indigno juvene, quem tam saeva mors maneret, 
 his unworthy young son, whom so cruel a death should await, 
 
 et tarn festinata gladiis domini : sed olim 
 
 and thus dispatched by the swords of the tyrant: but formerly 
 
90 
 
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 if 
 
 
 
 Prodicfio par est in nobilitate senectus : 
 
 ^ Unde fit, ut malim fraterculus esse gigantum. 
 
 Profuit ergo nihil misero, quod cominus ursos 
 Figebat Numidas, Albana nudus arena 100 
 
 Venator : quis enim jam non intelligat artes 
 Patricias ? quis priscum illud miretur acumen. 
 
 Brute, tuum ? facile est barbato imponere regi. 
 
 Nec melior vultu quamvis ignobilis ibat 
 Rubrius, offensae veteris reus, atque tacendae ; 105 
 
 Et tamen improbior satiram scribente cinaedo. 
 
 Montani quoque venter adest, abdomine tardus : 
 
 
 senectus in nobilitate est par prodigio: unde 
 
 old age among the nobility was equal to a prodigy: whence 
 
 
 fit, ut malim esse fraterculus gigantum. 
 
 it comes, that 1 could rather wish to be a pigmy-brother of the giants. 
 
 ^Ergo profuit nihil misero ^ quod, nudus 
 
 t ««^Yherefore it availed nothing to the miserable youth that, as a naked 
 
 figebat 
 
 he stabbed 
 
 Numidas ursos 
 the Numidian bears 
 
 Wt.'V' 
 
 venator, Albana arena, 
 
 ~ hunter, in the Alban amphithe 
 
 K-cCti _—- - -— 
 
 £5^"^ cominus: enim quis jam non intelligat patricias 
 
 in close engagement: for who now may not understand the patrician 
 
 who 
 
 artes? quis 
 
 tw . arts; ^ ■ 
 
 ; - Brute? 
 
 ’O Brutus? 
 
 
 est 
 
 it is 
 
 miretur 
 can wonder 
 
 facile 
 
 easy 
 
 illud priscum acumen tuum, 
 at that ancient subtlety of yours. 
 
 Nec Rubrius ibat 
 
 Nor did Rubrius march on 
 
 imponere 
 to impose 
 
 melior 
 
 more cheerful 
 
 
 ignobilis, reus veteris offensae, 
 ignoble, being guilty of an old offence. 
 
 , barbato regi, 
 upon a bearded king. 
 
 vultu, quamvis 
 in countenance, though 
 
 atque tacendae ; 
 
 and not to be named; 
 
 et tamen improbior cinaedo scribente satiram, 
 jand yet more wicked than the debauchee writing a satire. 
 
 Venter Montani quoque adest, tardus abdomine: 
 
 The belly of Montanus ' too advances, unwieldy with his fat paunch: 
 
SATIRA QUARTA. 
 
 91 
 
 Et matutino sudans Crispinus amomo; 
 
 Quantum vix redolent duo funera : saevior illo 
 Pompeius tenui jugulos aperire susurro : 110 
 
 Et qui vulturibus servabat viscera Dacis 
 Fuscus, marmorea meditatus praelia villa : 
 
 Et cum mortifero prudens Veiento Catullo, 
 
 Qui nunquan). visae flagrabat amore puellae. 
 
 Grande et conspicuum nostro quoque tempore monstrum! 
 Caecus adulator, dirusque k ponte satelles. 
 
 Dignus Aricinos qui mendicaret ad axes, 
 
 Blandaque devexae jactaret basia rhedae. 
 
 115 
 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 Crispinus 
 
 Crispinus 
 
 sudans 
 
 perspiring 
 
 matutino amomo ; 
 with eastern ointment; 
 
 quantum 
 
 vix 
 
 duo 
 
 funera 
 
 redolent: Pompeius 
 
 as much as 
 
 scarcely 
 
 two 
 
 funerals 
 
 use: Pompeius 
 
 saevior 
 
 illo 
 
 aperire 
 
 jugulos 
 
 tenui susurro : et 
 
 more cruel 
 
 than he 
 
 to cut 
 
 throats with a soft whisper: and 
 
 Fuscus, 
 
 qui servabat 
 
 viscera 
 
 Dacis vulturibus. 
 
 Fuscus, 
 
 who 
 
 reserved 
 
 his bowels 
 
 for Dacian vultures. 
 
 meditatus 
 planning out 
 
 praelia 
 
 battles 
 
 marmorea villa: et 
 
 in his marble villa: and 
 
 
 
 prudens Veiento 
 
 prudent Veiento 
 
 cum 
 
 with 
 
 mortifero 
 
 butchering 
 
 
 Catullo, 
 
 Catullus, 
 
 qui , 
 
 who c/a 
 
 flagrabat 
 
 burned 
 
 amore 
 
 with the love 
 
 puellae 
 of a maid 
 
 
 /“■ 
 
 nunquam visae, 
 
 never seen by him. 
 
 grande et conspicuum monstrum nostro tempore quoque! 
 
 a great and remarkable prodigy in our time likewise! 
 
 caecus adulator, 
 a blind sycophant. 
 
 dirusque 
 
 and a direful 
 
 satelles a ponte, 
 
 aUe ndant _ at a bridge, 
 
 /) 
 
 
 (y dignus 
 worthy 
 
 qui 
 
 that 
 
 mendicaret 
 
 he should beg 
 
 ad Aricinos axes, 
 among the Arician wheels. 
 
 jactaretque 
 
 and throw 
 
 blanda basia 
 his blandishing kisses 
 
 / 
 
 devexae rhedte. - _ /^ ji 
 
 to the tumbling waggon. / 
 
 
 
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 ti. 
 
 Nemo magis rhombum stupuit: nam plurima dixit 
 In laevum conversus: at illi dextra jacebat 120 
 
 Bellua: sic pugnas Cilicis laudabat, et ictus; 
 
 Et pegma, et pueros inde ad velaria raptos. 
 
 Non cedit Veiento, sed ut fanaticus oestro 
 Percussus, Bellona> tuo divinat, et Ingens 
 Omen habes, inquit, magni clarique triumphi: 125 
 
 Regem aliquem capies, aut de temone Britanno 
 Excidet Arviragus : peregrina est bellua ; cernis 
 Erectas in terga sudes ? hoc defuit unum 
 Fabricio, patriam ut rhombi memoraret, et annos. 
 
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 Nemo magis stupuit rhombum: nam dixit plurima 
 
 Nobody admired the turbo^ for he said many things 
 
 conversus in Isevum: at bellua jacebat illi dextra : 
 as he turned to the left: but the beast lay . on his right-hand: 
 
 sic laudabat pugnas, et ictus Cilicis; 
 
 so he praised tire sword-plays, and the strokes of the Cilician fencer j 
 
 et pegma, et pueros raptos indead velaria. 
 
 and t he sta ge, and boys carried up from thence to the coverings. 
 
 Veiento non cedit, sed ut fanaticus, percussus 
 Veiento yields not, but as a fanatic, moved 
 
 tuo oestro, Bellona, divinat, et inquit, 
 by thy inspiration, O Bellona, he divines, and says. 
 
 Habes ingens omen magni clarique triumphi : 
 
 You have a mighty omen of a great and famous triumph: 
 
 capies aliquem regem, aut Arviragus excidet 
 
 you shall take some king, or Arviragus shall fall 
 
 de Britanno temone : est peregrina bellua; cernis 
 
 from his British chariot: it is a foreign beast; do you observe 
 
 sudes erectas in terga 1 Hoc unum defuit 
 
 spears darting from its back ? This one thing was wanting 
 
 Fabricio, ut memoraret patriam rhombi, et annos. 
 
 to Fabi^jcius^-that he should mention the country of the turbot, and its years. 
 
SATIRA QUARTA. 
 
 93 
 
 Quidnam igitnr censes ? conciditur ? Absit ab illo 130 
 Dedecus hoc, Montanus ait; testa alta paretur, 
 
 Quae tenui muro spatiosum colligat orbem; 
 
 ^ Debetur magnus patinae subitusque Prometheus: 
 
 Argillam atque rotam citius properate: sed ex hoc ‘ 
 
 Tempore jam, Caesar, figuli tua castra sequantur. 135 
 
 Vicit digna viro sententia: noverat ille 
 
 Luxuriam imperii veterem, noctesque Neronis 
 
 Jam medias, aliamiqu^amem, cum pulmo Falerno 
 
 Arderet: nulli major fuit usus edendi 
 
 T^pestate me^. Circeis nata forent an 140 
 
 Quidnam igitur censes ? conciditur } Hoc dedecus 
 What then think you ? must it be cut up ? Let this disgrace 
 
 absit ah illo, Montanus ait; alta testa paretur 
 be far from it, Montanus says; let a deep earthen pan be provided 
 
 'i 
 
 quse 
 
 that 
 
 magnus 
 a huge 
 
 colligat 
 may contain 
 
 subitusque 
 and expeditious 
 
 spatiosum orbem 
 
 its large circumference 
 
 7 
 
 Prometheus 
 
 Prometheus 
 
 debetur 
 
 is due 
 
 tenui muro; 
 
 in a thin yva\\ ^ 
 
 patmse:^ ^ 
 
 to the pot;. 
 
 ' T 
 
 W , c*-\ 
 
 properate citius 
 hasten quickly 
 
 argillam atque rotam: sed 
 the white clay and the wheel: but now^>Ci^..^ A 
 
 / ^ f 
 
 ex hoc tempore, Caesar, figuli sequantur tua castra. 
 
 from this time, Caesar, let potters follow your camp ' * ' ' 
 
 / 
 
 
 Sententia 
 The counsel 
 
 digna 
 
 worthy 
 
 veterem luxuriam 
 the ancient luxury 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 medias, 
 
 half-spent. 
 
 viro 
 
 of the man 
 imperii, , 
 
 of the empire, 
 
 aliamque 
 
 and a new 
 
 vicit: 
 
 prevailed: 
 
 ille 
 
 he 
 
 noctesque 
 and the nights 
 
 famem, cum 
 appetite raised, when 
 
 noverat 
 had known 
 
 Neronis 
 of Nero 
 
 pulmo 
 his lungs 
 
 arderet Falerno : ' fuit nulli major usus edendi 
 
 were heated with Falernian: there was to none a greater use of eating 
 
 mea tempestate. An ostrea forent nata Circeis 
 in my time. Whether oysters were produced on the Circaean 
 
D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 94 
 
 Lucrinum ad saxum, Rutupino ve edita fundo 
 Ostrea, callebat primo deprendere morsu; 
 
 Et s emel aspect i littus dicebat echini . 
 
 Surgitur; et miss o proceres exire jubentur 
 
 Concilio, quos Albanum dux magnus in arcem 145 
 
 Traxerat attonitos, et festinare coactos, 
 
 Tanquam de Cattis aliquid torvisque Sicambris 
 Dicturus; tanquam diversis partibus orbis 
 Anxia praecipiti venisset epistola penna. 
 
 Atque utinam his potius nugis tota illa dedisset 150 
 Tempora saevitiae, claras quibus abstulit urbi 
 
 an ad Lucrinum saxum, editave 
 
 or on the Lucrine rock, . or dredged for 
 
 y,- 
 
 i 
 
 callebat 
 
 he was skilled enough 
 
 Rutupino fundo, 
 
 in the Rutupian deep, 
 
 deprendere 
 
 to discover 
 
 pnmo 
 by the first 
 
 morsu ; 
 morsel j 
 
 ! ‘ 
 
 . 1 e f 
 
 et dicebat littus echini semel aspecti, 
 and told the shore of a crab bu t once view ed. 
 
 Surgitur; et concilio misso, proceres jubentur 
 
 He rises; and the council bein^^^smissed, the nobles are ordered 
 
 exire, quos magnus dux traxerat attonitos 
 to withdraw, ■ whom the great general had summoned astonished 
 
 
 in Albanam 
 
 into the Alban 
 
 tanquam 
 
 as if 
 
 tomsque 
 
 
 :)and the stern 
 
 arcem, 
 
 tower, 
 
 dicturus 
 about to say 
 
 Sicambris : 
 
 Sicambri : 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 aliquid 
 
 something 
 
 tanquam 
 
 as if 
 
 coactos 
 
 obliged 
 
 festinare, 
 
 to hasten. 
 
 de Cattis 
 
 conc erning the C atti 
 
 anxia 
 
 an alarming 
 
 epistola 
 
 letter 
 
 Venisset prsecipiti penna 
 had arrived on swift wing 
 
 diversis partibus ' ' orbis, 
 
 from different parts of the wmld. 
 
 Atque utinam potius dedisset his nugis tota illa 
 
 And • I would rather he had dedicated to these trifles all those 
 
 tempora ssevitiae, ‘quibus • abstulit urbi claras 
 
 times of cruelty, in which he cut off from the city famous 
 

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 SATIRA QUARTA. 
 
 Illustresque animas impuni, et vindice nullo. 
 
 9S 
 
 Sed periit postquam cerdonibus esse timendus 
 
 Coeperat: hoc nocuit Lamiarum caede madenti. 
 
 illustresque animas impune, et nullo vindice. 
 
 and illustrious souls i;rith impunity, and without any avenger. 
 
 Sed ' periit postquam coeperat esse 
 But he perished after he began to be 
 
 timendus 
 
 dreaded 
 
 cerdonibus: hoc nocuit madenti caede Lamiarum. ^ 
 
 by the rabble: this was fatal to him reeking with the blood of the Lamise. 
 
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 SATIRA V.ysVy\, 
 
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 Si te pxogositi nondum pudet, atque eadem est mens. 
 
 Ut bona summa putes alieni vivere quadra; 
 
 Si potes illa pati, quae nec Sarmentus iniquas 
 Caesaris ad mensas, nec vilis Galba tulisset. 
 
 Quamvis jurato metuam tibi credere testi. 5 
 
 Yentre nihil novi frugalius: hoc tam e n ipsum 
 Defec iss e puta, quod inani sufiicit alvo : 
 
 Nulla crepido vacat ? nusquam pons, et tegetis pars 
 
 Si nondum pudet te propositi, atque mens est 
 
 If it does not yet shame you of your purpose, and your sentiment is 
 
 eadem, ut putes summa bona vivere aliena 
 
 the same, that you think it the chief happiness to live from another man^s 
 
 y 
 
 / quadra; si potes pati illa, quae nec Sarmentus 
 
 if von ran hear these afFrn 
 
 A 
 
 platter; if you can bear these atFronts, which neither Sarmentus 
 nec vilis Galba tulisset ad iniquas mensas Caesaris, 
 
 nor the vile Galba could endure at the iniquitous tables of Caesar, 
 
 metuam 
 I should be afraid 
 
 jurato testi, 
 a sworn witness. 
 
 credere tibi, quamvis 
 
 to believe you, though 
 
 Novi nihil frugalius ventre: tamen puta hoc 
 
 I know nothing more frugal than the belly: yet suppose that 
 
 ipsum 
 
 itself 
 
 defecisse 
 to be wanting 
 
 quod 
 
 which 
 
 sufficit inani alvo: 
 
 satisfies the empty belly r 
 
 
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 T 
 
 nulla crepido vacat? nusquam pons, et pars tegetis 
 is there no cavity empty ? no where a bridge, and part of an old mat 
 
 
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SATIRA QUINTA. 
 
 97 
 
 
 Dimidii brevior? tantine injuri a coenae? 
 
 Tam jejuna fames, cum possis honestius illic 
 Et tremere, et sordes farris mordere canini ? 
 
 
 10 
 
 % 
 
 
 
 Primo fige loco, qiiod tu discumbere jussu s 
 Mercedem solidam veterum capis ofiiciorum: 
 
 Fructus amicitiae magnae cibus: imputat hunc rex, a 
 
 Et quamvis rarum, tamen imputat. Ergo duos post 15 
 Si libuit menses neglectum adhibere clientem. 
 
 Tertia ne vacuo cessaret culcitra lecto, ^ 
 
 ^ Un^ simu s ait: votorum summa; quid ultra 
 
 Quaeris ? habet Trebius, propter quod rumpere somnum > ^ 
 
 brevior 
 
 shorter 
 
 dimidia ? 
 than a half? 
 
 mjunane 
 is the reproach 
 
 coenae 
 
 of a supper 
 
 
 tanti? 
 
 80 desirable ? C^t.^ 
 
 fames tam jejuna; cum possis et tremere ^ 
 
 is hunger so craving, when you could both tremble for cold 
 
 honestius illic, et mordere sordes canini farfis ? 
 
 more honourably there^ and chew ^_tbe refuse of dog’s bread? 
 
 
 Fige primo loco, quod tu, jussus discumbere. 
 Determine it in the first place, that you, beiug ordered to sitdowiij 
 
 capis 
 
 take 
 
 solidam mercedem 
 the solid reward 
 
 veterum officiorum : 
 of ancient services s 
 
 -xT) 
 
 cibus 
 
 a mea l 
 
 fructus 
 is the fruit 
 
 magnae amicitiae : rex imputat hunc, z 
 
 of great friendship; the pati'on considers this, 
 
 et quamvis rarum, tamen imputat. Ergo si post 
 and though rare, yet he considers it. Therefore, if after 
 
 duos menses, libuit adhibere neglectum clientem, ne 
 two months, it pleased him to invite his neglected client, lest 
 
 tertia culcitra cessaret vacuo lecto, ait, simus una: 
 
 a third pillow should lie idle in an empty bed, he says, let us be together; 
 
 summa 
 
 it is the height 
 
 votorum ; 
 of your wishes; 
 
 quid 
 
 what 
 
 quaeris 
 desire you 
 
 ultra ? 
 
 more ? 
 
 Trebius habet,' propter quod debeat rumpere somnum, 
 
 Trebius has it, for which he ought to break ’ his sleep. 
 
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 Debeat, et ligulas dimittere ; solicitus ne 
 Tota salutatrix jam turba peregerit orb em 
 Sideribus dubiis, aut illo tempore quo se 
 Frigida circuma gu nt pigri sarraca Bo btae. 
 
 Qualis coena tamen ? vinum quod sufifii^a nolit 
 Lana pati: de convivd Coryban ta videbis. 25 
 
 Jurgia proludunt: sed mox et pocula torques 
 et rubrd deterges^^vulnera 
 quoties libertorumque co 
 
 ^ "i- 
 
 Pugna Saguntina fervet commissa lagena ? 
 
 Ipse capillato diffusum Consule potat, 
 
 -i— --- 
 
 Saucius, 
 Int?r vo^s 
 
 mappd; 
 hortem 
 
 20 
 
 
 and 
 
 
 dimittere 
 
 to leave untied 
 
 ligulas; 
 
 his garters ; 
 
 solieitus 
 
 solicitous 
 
 ne 
 
 lest 
 
 % 
 
 ^ C' 
 
 ' r 
 
 tota salutatrix 
 the whole complimen dng 
 
 dubiis sideribus, 
 
 . by th e dubious stars . 
 
 i, . irigida sarraca 
 
 > / j , , _ the cold wains 
 
 — Tamen qualis 
 I ~ But what kind 
 
 4 ''tit ' 
 
 turba peregerit 
 
 crowd should have finished 
 
 (T, 
 
 aut illo tempore 
 or at that time 
 
 jam 
 
 already 
 
 orbem 
 
 the circle 
 
 quo 
 
 in which 
 
 iji-' 
 
 pigri Boot® 
 
 of slow Bootes 
 
 circumagunt se. 
 
 move themselves round. 
 
 coena ? 
 
 of a supper ? 
 
 6» 
 
 vmum 
 
 the wine 
 
 quod 
 
 which 
 
 succida 
 
 the greasy 
 
 csT 
 
 i 
 
 "T / nolitpati: videbis Corybanta 
 
 wool would not bear: you shall see a Corybas 
 ^‘ Jurgia proludunt: sed mox et saucius torques 
 
 ^ P ^Brawlfngs begin the fray : but presently also wounded you throw 
 
 de conviva, 
 of a guest. 
 
 pocula, 
 the cups, 
 
 quoties 
 How often 
 
 fervet 
 
 rage 
 
 et deterges vulnera 
 
 and wipe the wounds 
 
 rubra mappa ; 
 with a blood-red napkin; 
 
 commissa pugna 
 does the pitched battle 
 
 Saguntina 
 
 with a Saguntine 
 
 lagena 
 
 stone-pot 
 
 inter 
 
 between 
 
 VOS 
 
 you 
 
 cohortemque 
 
 and a troop 
 
 libertorum } 
 of freedmeu ? 
 
 t, /T' 
 
 
 Ipse potat diffusum Consule capillato, 
 
 He himsel f drinks that p oured off when our Consul wore long hair. 
 
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SATIRA QUINTA. 
 
 99 
 
 Cajcatamque tenet bellis socialibus uvam, 
 
 Cardiaco nunquam cyathum missurus amico. 
 
 Cras bibet Albanis aliquid de montibus, aut de 
 Setinis, cujus patriam titulumque senectus 
 Delevit multd veteris fuligine testae ; 
 
 Quale coronati Thrasea Helvidiusqu e bibebant 
 Brutorum et Cassi natalibus . Ipse capaces 
 Heliadum crustas, et ina equale s beryllo 
 Yirro tenet phialas: tibi non committitur aurum; 
 Vel si quando datur, custos affixus ibidem. 
 
 Qui numeret gemmas, unguesque observet acutos. 
 
 < 2,5 
 
 40 
 
 tenetque 
 
 and holds 
 
 nunquam 
 
 never 
 
 Cras 
 
 To-morrow 
 
 uvam 
 
 the grape 
 
 missurus 
 ready to send 
 
 bibet 
 
 he will drink 
 
 socialibus bellis, 
 in the social wars, 
 
 calcatam . 
 pressed 
 
 cyathum cardiaco amico, 
 
 a glass of it to his heart-sick friend. 
 
 aliquid 
 
 some 
 
 Albanis montibus, 
 from the Alban mountains, 
 
 aut de Setinis, 
 
 or from the Setine, 
 
 CUJUS 
 
 whose 
 
 patriam 
 
 country 
 
 titulumque 
 
 and title 
 
 ■/it. /^\ I 
 
 (S' 
 
 / 
 
 senectus 
 
 the age 
 
 veteris testae 
 of the old cask 
 
 delevit 
 hath defaced 
 
 multa fuligine : 
 with much mouldiness: 
 
 quale Thrasea Helvidiusque, coronati, bibebant 
 
 such as Thraseas and Helvidius, crowned with flowers, quaffed 
 
 natalibus Brutorum et Cassi. Virro ipse 
 
 on the birth-days of the Brutii and Cassius. Virro himself 
 
 tenet capaces crustas Heliadum, et phialas x/ 
 
 holds the large amber bowls of the Heliades, and phials 
 
 insequales beryllo : aurum non committitur tibi : 
 
 embossed with beiyl: a golden cup is not trusted to you ; 
 
 vel si quando datur, custos affixus ibidem, qui 
 
 or if at any time it is given, a guard is fixed there, that 
 
 numeret 
 may count 
 
 gemmas, 
 the gems. 
 
 observetque 
 
 and watch 
 G 2 
 
 acutos ungues, 
 your sharp nails. 
 
 
D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 h 
 
 
 r, 
 
 
 e:;: 
 
 100 
 
 Da vea iaiii, praeclara illic laudatur iaspis; 
 
 Nam Virro, ut multi, gemmas ad pocula transfert 
 A digitis; quas in vaginae fronte solebat 
 Ponere zelotypo juvenis praelatu s Hiarbae. 
 
 Tu Beneventani s utori s nomen habentem 
 Siccabis calicem nasorum quatuor, ac jam 
 Q uassatum , e t rupto poscentem sulphura vitro . 
 
 Si stomachus domini ferve t vinove cibove, 
 Frigidior Geticis petitur decoct a pruinis. 
 
 Non eadem vobis poni modo vina querebar? 
 
 Vos aliam potatis aquam : tibi pocula cursor 
 
 45 
 
 60 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 
 Da 
 
 Grant him 
 
 veniam, 
 
 a pardon. 
 
 illic praeclara iaspis 
 
 there a precious jasper 
 
 nam 
 
 for 
 
 Virro, 
 
 Virro, 
 
 ut 
 
 as 
 
 multi, 
 many do. 
 
 transfert 
 
 transfers 
 
 laudatur; 
 is praised ; 
 
 gemmas 
 his gems 
 
 adigitis ad pocula quas juvenis, praelatus 
 
 from his fingers to his cups; which th e youth, p referred to 
 
 zelotypo Hiarbae, solebat ponere in fronte vaginae. 
 
 ■y’ ■ 
 
 jealous Hiarbas, used to place on the front of his scabbard. 
 
 Tu siccabis calicem quatuor nasorum, habentem 
 
 You shall drain the cup of four ears, having 
 
 nomen 
 the name 
 
 f tZ''f 
 
 et poscentem 
 
 and 
 
 Beneventani sutoris, ac 
 of the Beneventine cobbler, and 
 
 ■x/" 
 
 S ^ 
 
 demand] nor 
 
 O 
 
 sulphura 
 
 brimstone-matches 
 
 jam quassatum, 
 
 now shattered , 
 
 rupto vitro. 
 fo r the broken glass. 
 
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 -H. 
 
 
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 I- 
 
 
 Si stomachus domini fervet vinove cibove. 
 
 If the stomach of the patron is o verheat ed either with wine or food, 
 
 decocta petitur frigidior Geticis pruinis. 
 
 boiled wat er is called for colder than Getic hoar-froasts. 
 
 Querebar modo non eadem vina • poni vobis 1 
 
 Did I complain just now that not the same wines were set before you? 
 
 Vos 
 
 You 
 
 potatis 
 
 drink 
 
 
 
 aliam aquam. Gsetulus cursor 
 
 different water. A Gsetulian waiter 
 
 ✓ --rf -— , - 
 
 iHt-ttt, ^ / If ^ .fit.*11. 
 
 'f 
 
 
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 t-tt t A. 
 

 SATIRA QUINTA. 101 
 
 Gaetulus dabit, aut nigri manus ossea Mauri, 
 
 Et cm per mediam nolis occurrere noctem. 
 
 Clivos ae veheris dum per monumen ta Latinae. 55 
 
 Flos Asiae ante ipsum, pretio majore paratus, 
 
 Qu^m fuit et Tulli cens us pugnacis, et Anci: 
 
 Et, ne te teneam, Romanorum omnia regum 
 Frivol a. Quod cum ita sit, tu Gaetulum Ganymedem 
 Respice, cum sities : nescit tot millibus emptus 60 
 
 Pauperibus miscere puer: sed forma, sed aetas 
 Digna supercilio. Quando ad te pervenit ille? 
 
 Quando vocatus adest calidae gelidae ve minister ? 
 
 dabit tibi pocula, aut ossea manus nigri Mauri, 
 
 shall give you the cups, or the bony hand of a swarthy Moor, 
 
 et cui nolis occurrere per mediam noctem, 
 
 and whom you would be unwilling to meet in the middle of the night, 
 
 dum veheris per monumenta clivosae Latinae, 
 while you are carried through the monuments of the st eep Latian way » 
 
 ^ Flos Asiae ante ipsum, paratus majore pretio 
 
 The flower of Asia is before / ^im, l^eing purchased at a greater price 
 
 quam fuit census et pugnacis Tulli et Anci, et, 
 
 than was the estate both of the warlike Tullius and Ancus, and, 
 
 . ne teneam te, omnia frivola ‘ Romanorum regum. 
 that I may not detain you, all the frivolous effects of the Roman kings. 
 
 Quod cum sit ita, tu respice Gsetulum 
 
 Which when it is so, do you look about upon the Gsetulian 
 
 Ganymedem, cum sities : puer, emptus tot millibus, 
 
 Ganymede, > when you are athirst: the boy, bought for so many thousands. 
 
 nescit miscere pauperibus: sed forma, sed aetas 
 
 knows jnothow to mix cups for poor visitors : but his person, but his age 
 
 digna supercilio. Quando ille pervenit ad te ? quando, 
 
 justifies his disdain. When does he come to you ? when, 
 
 vocatus, 
 being called, 
 
 adest 
 
 does he attend 
 
 minister 
 
 the server 
 
 calidae gelidaeve I 
 of hot or cold water ? 
 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Quippe indignatur veteri parere clienti; 
 
 Quodque aliquid poscas, et quod se stante recumbas, 65 
 Maxima quceque domus servis est plena superbis, 
 
 Ecce alius quanto porrexit murmure panem 
 Vix fra ctum, solidae ja m mucida frusta farina e. 
 
 Quae gen uinum agiten t, non admittentia morsum. 
 
 Sed tener et niveus, mollique siligine factus, . 70 
 
 (ServatUr domino: dextram cohibere memento: 
 
 Salva sit artopta e reverentia; finge tamen te 
 Improbulum; superest illic qui ponere cogat. 
 
 Vin’ tu consuetis, audax conviva, canistris 
 
 quippe indignatur parere veteri clienti; quodque 
 
 for he grumbles to obey an old client; and that 
 
 poscas aliquid, et qu6d recumbas se stante, 
 
 you should ask him any thing, or that you should sit while he stands. 
 
 Quaeque maxima domus est plena superbis servis. 
 
 Every great house is full of haughty servants. 
 
 Ecce quanto murmure alius porrexit panem 
 
 Behold with what grumbling another held out bread 
 
 vix fractum, frusta solidae farinae jam mucida, 
 
 with difficulty broken, the crusts of the solid meal being already mouldy, 
 
 -_ _ ——-' * -- —" 
 
 quae non admittentia morsum, agitant genuinum, 
 which not admitting a bite, must strain your grinders. 
 
 Sed tener et niveus, factusque molli siligine. 
 
 But the soft and white, and that made of the finest flour. 
 
 
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 X-C-eLc - 
 
 
 
 servatur domino: memento cohibere dextram: 
 is served up to the patron: remember to keep off your right>hand: 
 
 reverentia sit salva artoptae : tamen finge te 
 
 let reverence be paid to the butler: yet suppose yourself 
 
 improbulum; superest illic qui cogat te ponere, 
 somewhat dishonest ; there is one there who can compel you to lay it down. 
 
 Audax conviva, vin’ lii* impleri consuetis 
 
 Impudent guest, won’t you be crammed ■ from your usual 
 
SATIRA QUINTA. 
 
 103 
 
 
 Impleri, panisque tui novisse colorem \ 75 
 
 Scilicet hoc fuerat propter quod saep^ relicta 
 Conjuge, per montem adversum gelidasque cucurri 
 Esquilias, fremeret ssevd cum grandine vernus 
 Jupiter , et multo stillaret penula nimbo. 
 
 Aspice qu^m longo distenda t pectore lancem, 80 
 
 Quae fertur domino, s quilla ; et quibus undique septa 
 Asparagis, qu4 despiciat convivia cauda. 
 
 Cum venit excelsi manibus sublata ministri. 
 
 
 Sed tibi dimidio co^nstrict us cammaru s ovo 
 Ponitur, exigui feralis coena. patella. 
 
 
 85 
 
 
 
 canistris, 
 
 baskets, 
 
 novisseque 
 
 and know 
 
 colorem 
 the colour 
 
 tui 
 
 of your own 
 
 panis f 
 
 bread ? 
 
 ^ Scilicet fuerat 
 
 
 
 Truly 
 
 it was 
 
 this for which. 
 
 having often left 
 
 conjuge, 
 
 my wife. 
 
 cucurri 
 I ran 
 
 per adversum montem, 
 
 over the steep mount, 
 
 gelidasque 
 and the cold 
 
 Esquilias, 
 
 Esquiliae, 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 vernus Jupiter fremeret sseva 
 
 the vernal air rattled with cruel 
 
 grandine, 
 
 hail. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 penula stillaret 
 
 my short coat dropped 
 
 multo nimbo. 
 
 with heavy rain. 
 
 Aspice quam longo pectore squilla quae fertur 
 Behold with what a long breast the lobster which is brought 
 
 domino distendat lancem ; et quibus asparagis 
 
 for your master tills the dish; and with what asparaguses 
 
 septa undique, qua cauda despiciat convivia, 
 
 surrounded on every side, with what tail he ca n despise the banquets, 
 
 cum venit sublata manibus excelsi ministri, 
 when he comes borne aloft by the hands of a tall servant. 
 
 Sed cammarus, constrictus dimidio ovo, ’^coena 
 But a crab, beat up with half an egg, a supper 
 
 feralis, 
 for the dead, 
 
 ponitur 
 
 is served up 
 
 exigua patella, 
 in a small platter. 
 
 
104 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
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 I 
 
 Ipse Venafrano piscem perfundit: at hic qui 
 Pallidu s offertur misero tibi caulis , olebit 
 Laternam; illud enim vestris datur alveolis, quod 
 Canna M icips arum pror^ subvex it acut4; 
 
 Propter quod Romae cum Bocchare nemo lavatur; 90 
 
 Quod tutos etiam facit k serpentibus Afros, 
 
 Mullus erit domino, quem misit Corsica, vel quem 
 Taurominitanae rupes, quando omnejem ctum est 
 Et jam defecit nostrum mare: dum gula saevit, 
 
 ^ Retibus assiduis penitus scrutante m ucello 95 
 
 Proxima; nec patitur Tyrrhenum crescere piscem: 
 
 
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 Ipse perfundit piscem Venafrano: at hic caulis, 
 
 He himself daubs over the fish wi th V enafran oil: but this colewort, 
 
 1«^ hil i* 
 
 qui pallidus offertur misero tibi, olebit laternam; 
 which being withered is offered to your miserable self, will smell of a lamp; 
 
 enim 
 
 for 
 
 illud 
 
 that 
 
 datur vestris alveolis, quod canna 
 
 is given for your saucers, which a canoe 
 
 ^Micipsarum subvexit acuta prora; propter 
 
 ' ^ of the Micipsae hath brought over in its narrow pro w; on account of 
 
 S quod nemo lavatur Romse cum Bocchare; 
 
 which nobody bathes at Rome with Bocchar; 
 
 yU 
 
 
 
 V»- k /<.C. A,-C^ 
 
 quod etiam facit Afros tutos a serpentibus, 
 which also keeps the Africans safe from the serpents. 
 
 Erit mullus domino, quern Corsica misit, vel quem 
 
 There shall be a mullet to your master, which Corsica sent, or which 
 
 Taurominitanse rupes, quando omne nostrum mare est 
 the Taurominian rocks, when all 
 
 our 
 
 sea 
 
 IS 
 
 A jam defecit; dum gula saevit, macello 
 
 *'^^xhausted, and now fails 3 while gluttony rages, the fisherm; 
 
 
 penitus 
 
 thoroughly 
 
 scrutante 
 
 searching 
 
 gluttony rages, 
 
 proxima 
 
 the neighbouring seas 
 
 fisherman 
 
 assiduis 
 with continual 
 
 retibus ; nec patitur Tyrrhenum piscem crescere: 
 nets; nor suffers he the Tuscan fry to increase: 
 
 
 
 
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 i'l'i 
 
 SATIRA QUINTA. 
 
 105 
 
 1 ' 
 
 I nstru it ergo focum provincia: sumitur illinc 
 Quod captator emat Lenas, Aurelia vendat. 
 Virroni muraena datur, quae maxima venit 
 Gurgite de Siculo: nam du m se continet Auster , 
 Dum sedet, et siccat madidas in carcere pennas. 
 Contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim. 
 Vos anguilla manet, longae cogn ata colubrae. 
 
 Aut glacie aspersus maculis Tiberinus , et ipse 
 Vernula riparum, pinguis torrente cloac^. 
 
 Et solitus mediae cryptam penetrare Suburrae» 
 Ipsi pauca velim, facilem si praebeat aurem: 
 
 100 
 
 105 
 
 ergo provincia instruit focum: sumitur illinc 
 
 therefore a province furnishes our kitchens: there is taken frora.thence 
 
 quod captator 
 what the wheedler 
 
 Muraena 
 
 A lamprey 
 
 datur 
 is given 
 
 Lenas 
 
 emat, Aurelia 
 
 vendat. 
 
 Lenas 
 
 may buy. 
 
 Aurelia 
 
 may sell. 
 
 Virroni, 
 
 maxima 
 
 quae 
 
 venit 
 
 to Vin’O, 
 
 the largest 
 
 which 
 
 came 
 
 nam dum 
 
 Auster 
 
 continet 
 
 se. 
 
 for while 
 
 the south wind 
 
 restrains 
 
 himself. 
 
 dum 
 
 while 
 
 sedet 
 
 he sits 
 
 et siccat madidas pennas in carcere, 
 
 / 
 
 
 and dries his wet wings in his prison, 
 
 
 temeraria lina 
 the daring nets 
 
 contemnunt 
 
 despise 
 
 mediam 
 the middle 
 
 Cbarybdim. 
 
 of Charybdis, ^ /^ • 
 
 / -111 ■ 
 Anguilla manet vos cognata longae colubrae,^ „ f ’ 
 
 An eel awaits you b^r^ an affinity to the long snake,-_ j 
 
 aut Tiberinus, aspersus maculis glacie, et ipse 
 
 or a Tiber pike, sprinkled with spots by the ice, and itself 
 
 vernula 
 an attendant 
 
 
 riparum, 
 
 of the banks. 
 
 pinguis torrente cloaca, 
 
 fattened by the rapid common-shore. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 solitus 
 
 accustomed 
 
 penetrare ^^ryptam 
 
 tr 
 
 to penetrate 
 
 the drain 
 
 Suburrse. 
 of the 
 
 Velim 
 
 I shall speak a 
 
 pauca ipsi SI prsebeat facilem aurem : > ^ 
 a few words to himself if he give a ready ear; 
 
 
 Y 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 V 
 
 
 
 
106 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Neixio petit modici s quae mittebantur amicis 
 A Seneca; quae Piso bonus, quae Cotta solebat 
 Largiri : namque et titulis et fascibus olim 
 Major habebatur donandi gloria: solum 
 Poscimus ut coenes civiliter: hoc face, et esto. 
 Esto (ut nunc multi) dives tibi, pauper amicis. 
 Anseris ante ipsum magni jecur, anseribus par 
 Altilis, et flavi dignus ferro Meleagri 
 Fumat aper: post, hunc radunt uMubera, si ver 
 Tunc erit, et faciunt optata tonitrua coenas 
 Majores; tibi habe frumentum, Alledius inquit. 
 
 110 
 
 115 
 
 
 
 'l.-irTxe.- 
 
 
 
 
 
 nemo 
 
 nobody 
 
 petit 
 
 asks 
 
 qujB 
 
 what 
 
 mittebantur 
 were sent 
 
 a Seneca 
 by Seneca 
 
 modicis 
 to his poor 
 
 ' c-^ .“K. amicis; quae bonus Piso, quae Cotta solebat 
 
 .friends; what good Piso, what Cotta was accustomed 
 
 largiri; namque olim gloria donandi habebatur 
 to bestow; for formerly the glory of giving was esteemed 
 
 ■ 
 
 V I' 
 
 vk. 
 
 
 
 
 major et titulis et fascibus : solum poscimus 
 
 greater than even ' titles and the fasces: we only desire 
 
 ut coenes civiliter: face hoc, et esto 
 
 that you would sup with us civilly: do this, and be 
 
 (ut multi nunc) dives tibi, pauper amicis. 
 
 (as many now) rich for yourself, poor for your friends. 
 
 Ante ipsum jecur magni anseris. 
 
 altilis 
 
 par 
 
 Before himself is the liver of a large goose, a crammed capon equal 
 
 anseribus, et aper dignus ferro 
 to geese, and a boar worthy the spear 
 
 flavi Meleagri, 
 of fair-haired Meleager, 
 
 fumat : post hunc 
 .smokes: after him 
 
 tubera 
 
 mushrooms 
 
 raduntur, 
 
 are shredded, 
 
 si tunc 
 if then 
 
 erit ver, et optata tonitrua faciunt majores coenas; 
 it be spring, and wished-for thunders make greater suppers; 
 
 
 Alledius 
 
 Alledius 
 
 jnquit, 
 
 says, 
 
 O Libye. 
 
 O Libya, 
 
 habe 
 
 keep 
 
 frumentum 
 
 your corn 
 
 
SATIRA QUINTA. 
 
 107 
 
 120 
 
 O Libye, disjunge boves, dum tubera mittas. 
 Structorem interet, ne qua indignatio desit, 
 Saltantem spectes, et chironomonta volant i 
 Cultello, donec p eraga t dictata magistri 
 Omnia; nec minimo san^ discrimine refert. 
 
 Quo gestu lepores, et quo gallina secetur! 
 Duceris piant i, velut ictus ab Hercule Cacus, 
 Et ponere fo ris^ si quid tentaveris unquam 
 
 125 
 
 Hiscer e, tanquam habeas tria nomina. Quando propinat 
 
 Virro tibi, sumitque tuis contacta labellis 
 Pocula ? quis vestrhm temerarius usque adeo, quis 
 
 
 
 _ 
 
 tibi, disjunge boves, dum mittas tubera. 
 
 to yourself, unyoke your oxen, provided you send us mushrooms. 
 
 Interea, ne qua indignatio desit. 
 
 
 spectes 
 
 Meanwhile, lest any indignation should be wanting, you must behold ^ 
 
 structorem 
 the carver 
 
 cultello, 
 
 knife. 
 
 saltantem et chironomonta volanti 
 
 capering and brandishing with his nimble crTyiurrt-' 
 
 donee peragat omnia dictata/ 
 
 till he executes all the orders 
 
 
 magistri ; nec sane refert minimo discrimine 
 
 of his master ; nor indeed is it a matter of small eoneem 
 
 quo gestu lepores, et quo gallina secetur! 
 with what gesture hares, and with what a hen should be cut up! 
 
 ^’^^uc^ris planta, velut Cacus ictus ab Hercule, 
 
 You shall be dragged by the foot, as Cacus struck by Hercules, 
 
 et ponere foris, si unquam tentaveris hiscere 
 
 and be turned out of doors, if ever you attempt to mutter 
 
 ——---—■ — ■ -- w vt V 
 
 quid tanquam habeas tria nomina. Quando Virro propinat 
 
 anything as if you-had three names. When does Virro drink - 
 
 A ^ 
 
 tibi, 
 
 to you, 
 
 sumitque pocula 
 
 and take the cups 
 
 contacta 
 
 touched 
 
 tuis labellis ? 
 
 
 
 /U1S laoeiiis \ ^ i 
 
 by your lips ? C j 
 
 quis 
 
 which 
 
 vestrum 
 
 of you 
 
 usque 
 is even 
 
 ade6 
 
 temerarius, 
 
 rash, 
 
 quis 
 
 who 
 
 
 
 
 
 
108 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Perd itus^ ut dicat regi, Bibe ? Plurima sunt qucs 130 
 iVbw audent homines pertusa dicere Icend , 
 
 Quadringenta tibi si quis deus, aut similis dis 
 Et melior fatis, donaret, homuncio quantus 
 Ex nihilo fieres ! quantus Virronis amicus ! 
 
 Da Trebio, pone ad Trebium: vis, frater, ab istis 135 
 Ilibus ? O nummi, vobis hunc p ncstat honorem; 
 
 Vos estis fratres. Dominus tamen, et domini rex 
 Si vis tu fieri, nullus tibi parvulus auld' • 
 
 Luserit iEneas, nec filia dulcior illo. 
 
 Jucundum et carum sterilis facit uxor amicum, 140 
 
 perditus, ut dicat regi, Bibe. Sunt plurima 
 BO de sperat e, that he dare say to his patron. Drink. There are many things 
 
 quse homines pertusa Isena non audent dicere, 
 which men w ith a ragged coa t dare not say. 
 
 Si quis deus, aut similis dis, et melior fatis, 
 
 ]f any god, or. one like, to the gods, and kinder than the fates, 
 
 donarat tibi quadringenta, homuncio, quantus 
 would bequeath to you four hundred sest ertia, poor mortal, how great 
 
 fieres ex nihilo! quantus amicus Virronis! 
 
 would you become from nothing! how great a friend of Virro ! 
 
 Da Trebio, pone ad Trebium: frater, vis ab istis 
 
 Give toTrebius, place it before Trebius: brother, will you have of these 
 
 ilibus 1 
 
 O nummi, 
 
 prjBstat hunc honorem vobis ,* 
 
 delicacies? 
 
 0 riches, 
 
 he bestows 
 
 this 
 
 honour upon you; 
 
 VOS estis 
 
 fratres. 
 
 Tamen si 
 
 tu 
 
 vis’ fieri 
 
 you are 
 
 his brothers. 
 
 . Yet if 
 
 you 
 
 desire to become 
 
 dominus. 
 
 et rex 
 
 domini. 
 
 nullus 
 
 parvulus ^neas 
 
 a master, , 
 
 and the patron 
 
 of the master, 
 
 no 
 
 little .£neas 
 
 luserit 
 
 tibi aula, nee 
 
 filia 
 
 dulcior illo. 
 
 shall play 
 
 to you in your hall, nor 
 
 daughter 
 
 sweeter than he. 
 
 Sterilis uxor facit 
 
 jucundum et 
 
 carum amicum. 
 
 A barren wife makes 
 
 a pleasant 
 
 and 
 
 dear friend. 
 
SATIRA QUINTA. 
 
 109 
 
 Sed tua nunc Micale pariat et pueros tres 
 In gremium patris fundat simul; ipse loquaci 
 Gaudebit nido ; viridem t faoraca jubebit 
 Afferri, minimasque nuces, assemque rogatum. 
 Ad mensam quoties parasitus venerit infans. 
 
 Vilibus aiicipites fungi ponentur amicis. 
 Boletus domino ; sed qualem Claudius edit. 
 Ante illum uxoris, post quem nihil ampliiks edit, 
 Virro sibi et reliquis Virronibus illa jubebit 
 Poma dari, quorum solo pascaris odore; 
 
 Qualia perpetuus Phoeacum autumnus habebat; 
 
 145 
 
 150 
 
 Sed nunc, licet tua Micale pariat, et fundat tres 
 
 But now, although your Micale bring forth, and deliver three 
 
 * A / ♦ 
 
 pueros in gremium patris simul ; ipse gaudebit 
 
 boys into the bosom of their father at once; he himself will rejoice 
 
 loquaci nido ; jubebit viridem thoraca afferri, < 
 
 over the prattling cradle ; he will order the green stomacher to be brought in. 
 
 minimasque nuces, 
 and the small nuts, 
 
 rogatumque 
 
 and the asked-for 
 
 assem, 
 
 silver-penny, 
 
 quoties 
 as often as 
 
 parasitus infans 
 
 the fawning infant 
 
 venerit 
 shall come 
 
 ad mensam, 
 to the table. 
 
 Ancipites fungi - ponentur vilibus amicis. 
 
 Doubtful mushrooms (toad-stools) shall be served up^ to his low friends, 
 
 boletus domino ; sed qualem Claudius edit, 
 
 a mushroom of the best sort before their lord; but such as Claudius ate. 
 
 ante ' ilium uxoris, post quem edit nil amplius, 
 before that of his wife, after which he ate nothing more. 
 
 Virro jubebit illa poma dari sibi et 
 
 Virro will order these apples to be given to himself and 
 
 reliquis Virronibus, quorum odore solo pascaris, ■££. 
 
 to the o ther _ Virros, by whose smell alone you may be fed, . 
 
 qualia perpetuus autumnus Phoeacum habebat ; 
 such as the perpetual autumn of the Phoeacians had; 
 
 
no 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 \r 
 
 r.6 
 
 
 Credere qusB possis surrepta sororibus Afris. 
 
 Tu scabie frueris mali, quod in^aggere rodit, 
 
 Qui tegitur parm^ et galea, metuensque flagelli 
 Discit hirSuto jaculum torquere Capelld. 155 
 
 Forsitan impensas Virronem parcere credas: 
 
 Hoc agit ut doleas: nam quae comoedia, mimus . 
 
 Quis melior plorante gula ? ergo omnia fiunt, 
 
 Si nescis, ut per lachrymas effundere bilem 
 
 Cogaris, pressoque diu stridere molari.^ 160 
 
 Tu tibi liber homo et regis conviva videris; 
 
 Captum te nidore suae putat ille culinae; 
 
 in'® surrepta 
 
 I / what you might believe t^ken 
 
 Afris sororibus. 
 
 from the African sisters. 
 
 Tu frueris scabie mali quod rodit in aggere, 
 
 You enjoy the scabby crab-apple which he chevss on the rampart, 
 
 qui tegitur parma et galea; metuensque flagelli 
 
 who is covered with a shield and helmet; and fearful of the lash 
 
 discit 
 
 learns 
 
 Forsitan 
 
 Perhaps 
 
 agit 
 
 he does 
 
 ab hirsuto Capella 
 from the rough Capella 
 
 credas 
 you may think 
 
 Virronem 
 that Vino 
 
 torquere 
 
 to throw 
 
 parcere 
 
 saves 
 
 jaculum, 
 the dart. 
 
 impensae : 
 
 expense: 
 
 hoc ut doleas; ' nam quae comoedia, quis 
 
 this that you may grieve; for what comedy, what 
 
 melior . mimus plorante guU? Ergo omnia 
 
 more diverting mimic than bewailing gluttony? Therefore all these things 
 
 fiunt, si nescis ut cogaris effundere bilem 
 
 are done, if you do not know^that you may be forced to vent your rage 
 
 per lachrymas, stridereque diu presso molari, 
 
 by tears, aj ^to g nash long with your'pressed grinder. 
 
 Tu videris tibi liber homo, et conviva regis : 
 You seem to yourself a free man, and the guest of your patron 
 
 ille 
 
 he 
 
 putat 
 
 thinks 
 
 te 
 
 you 
 
 captum 
 
 enamoured 
 
 nidore 
 with the smell 
 
 suae culinae ; 
 of his kitfh^; 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 
 
 
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 SATIRA QUINTA. 
 
 Ill 
 
 Nec mal^ conjectat : quis enim tam nudus ut illum 
 Bis ferat, Hetruscum puero si con tigit aurum, 
 
 Vel nodu^s tantum, et signum de paupe re loro? 
 Spes ben^ coenandi vos decipit: ecce dabit jam 
 Semesum leporem atque aliquid de clunibus apri: 
 Ad nos jam veniet minor altilis: inde parato, 
 Intactoque omnes, et stricto pane tacetis. 
 
 Ille sapit qui te sic utitur; omnia ferre 
 
 165 
 
 
 Si potes, et debe s ; pulsandum vertice r aso 
 Praebebis quandoque caput; nec dura timebis 
 Flagra pati, his epulis et tali dignus amico. 
 
 nec conjectat male; enim quis tam nudus ut ferat 
 
 nor does he guess amiss; for who so destitute that he can endure , 
 
 c'^x-UCa. 
 
 ilium bis, ^ si Hetruscum aurum contigit puero, vel 
 
 him twice, if ' ~ ‘ ‘ . . - . . ^ ^ . 
 
 the Tuscan gold 
 
 ^^odus tantum, et 
 
 the bulla only, and 
 
 hap£ened to hirn^lmn a or y , 
 
 signum 
 the mark 
 
 de paupere loro ? 
 
 //1 — 
 
 from the poor leathern boss ? 
 
 
 Spes coenandi bene decipit vos : ecce jam dabit 
 
 “7^ 
 
 
 
 The hope of supping well deceives you : behold now he will give 
 
 
 
 semesum leporem atque aliquid de clunibus apri: 
 the half-eaten hare and some of the haunches of the hoar: 
 
 altilis veniet 'ad nos; \r\Ap>%: ^ 
 
 fat hen will come to us: 
 
 jam minor 
 by and by the smaller 
 
 
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 thence /^p ■ 
 
 7 
 
 parato intactoque, et stricto. 
 
 
 
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 omnes tacetis, pane v.., ^ ^ 
 
 you are all silent, with your bread ready and untouched, and cut. 
 
 Ille sapit qui utitur te sic: si potes ferre 
 
 He is wise who uses you so; if you are able to bear 
 
 omnia, et debes : quandoque praebebis 
 
 all these affronts, you also ought: some time or other you will offer 
 
 caput raso vertice pulsandum ; nec timebis 
 
 your head with its shaven top to be struck; nor will you be afraid 
 
 
 pati dura flagra, dignus his epulis et tali amico, 
 to suffer severe lashes, being worthy of these feasts and such a friend. 
 
 
 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 V ^ 
 
 
 
 SATIRA VI. 
 
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 Credo pudicitiaiji Saturno rege moratam 
 In terris, visamque diu, cum frigida parvas 
 Praebere t spelunca domos, ignemque, laremque. 
 
 Et pecus, et dominos communi clauderet umbr^; 
 Silv ^trem montana torum cum sterneret uxor 5 
 
 Frondibus et culmo, vicinarum que ferarum 
 Pellibus, hau d similis tiM , Cynthia, nec tibi, cujus 
 Turbavit nitidos extinctus passer ocellos. 
 
 Credo pudicitiam moratam in terris, visamque 
 
 I believe that chastity staid on earth, and was seen 
 
 
 
 diu, Saturno rege, cum 
 long, while Saturn was king, when 
 
 parvas domos, clauderetque 
 
 petty habitations, and covered 
 
 frigida spelunca praeberet 
 the cold cave afforded 
 
 ignem, laremque, 
 
 the fire, and household-god. 
 
 et pecus, et 
 
 and cattle, and 
 
 dominos communi umbr^; 
 masters with a common shade; 
 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 montana uxor 
 the mountain wife 
 
 sterneret silvestrem torum 
 
 spread her woodland couch 
 
 frondibus 
 with leaves 
 
 et 
 
 and < 
 
 culmo, ’ 
 
 straw. 
 
 pellibusque 
 
 and with the skins 
 
 vicinarum 
 
 of neighbouring 
 
 ferarum, 
 
 wild beasts. 
 
 baud 
 
 not 
 
 similis 
 
 like 
 
 tibi, Cynthia, 
 
 you, Cynthia, 
 
 nec tibi 
 nor you 
 
 cujus 
 
 whose 
 
 nitidos ocellos 
 
 bright eyes 
 
 lion. W i,HB 
 
 extinctus passer 
 
 a dead sparrow 
 
 turbavit, 
 
 disturbed, 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 t. 
 
 113 
 
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 Sed potanda ferens infantibus ubera magnis, - 
 Et saspe horridiojr glandem ructante marito * 
 
 Qu ippe a liter tunc orbe novo, coeloq ue re^centi 
 Vivebant homines; qui, rupto robore riati, 
 Compositique luto nullos habuere parentes. 
 
 Multa pudicitiae veteris vestigia forsan. 
 
 Aut aliqua extiterant et sub Jove^ sed Jove nondum 
 Barbato, nondum Graecis jurare paratis 
 Per caput alterius: cum furem nemo timeret 
 Caulibus aut pomis, sed aperto viveret horto. 
 Paulatim deinde ad superos Astraea recessit 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 15 
 
 L 
 
 
 sed ferens ubera potanda magnis infantibus, y , . 
 
 but carrying her full breasts to be drawn by her lusty infants, t 
 
 et ssepe horridior marito ructante glandem. 
 
 and often rougher than her husband belching the acorn. , 
 
 Quippe homines vivebant aliter 
 
 tunc 
 
 
 
 novo 
 
 
 For 
 
 men 
 
 lived in another manner at that period in the new 
 
 orbe, coeloque recenti, 
 
 nati 
 
 world, and in air lately created, who, beint 
 
 rupto 
 
 forth from a burst 
 
 robore, compositique luto, habuere nullos parentes. 
 
 oak, and form ed out of clay, had no parents 
 
 Forsan 
 
 Perhaps 
 
 ainTform^ed^^out of clay, had 
 
 aut aliqua 
 
 multa 
 
 many 
 
 or 
 
 some 
 
 vestigia 
 
 vestiges 
 
 veteris 
 
 ft t C . 
 
 of ancient 
 
 pudicitife extiterant et sub Jove, 
 
 chastity remained even under Jove, 
 
 sed Jove 
 but when Jove 
 
 nondum barbato, 
 was not as yet bearded, 
 
 Graecis nondum 
 nor the Greeks as yet 
 
 paratis 
 
 prepared 
 
 jurare 
 
 to swear 
 
 per caput 
 by the head 
 
 alterius : 
 of another; 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 nemo 
 
 none 
 
 thneret 
 
 dreaded 
 
 furem 
 a thief 
 
 caulibus aut 
 
 among his pot-herbs or 
 
 pomis, 
 his apples, 
 
 sed viveret aperto 
 but lived with an open 
 
 horto. Deinde paulatim Astraea recessit ad superos 
 
 garden. Afterwards by degrees Astraea retired to the gods above 
 
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114 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Hac comite, atque duae pariter fugere sorores. 20 
 
 Antiquum et vetus est, alienum, Posthume, lectum 
 Concutere, atque sacri genium contemnere fulcri. 
 
 Omne aliud crimen mox ferrea protulit aetas: 
 
 Viderunt primos argentea saecula moechos. 
 
 C onventu m tamen, et p actum , et sponsalia nostra 25 
 Tempestate par^ jamque k tonsore magistro 
 Pecteri s, et digito pignus fortasse dedisti. 
 
 Certe sanus era s: uxorem. Posthume, ducis ? 
 
 Dic, qua Tisiphone, quibus exagitare colubris ? 
 
 Ferre potes dominam salvis tot restibus ullam? 30 
 
 
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 r- f 
 
 ^ * 
 
 i 
 
 hac comite, atque duae sorores fugdre pariter. 
 
 wiT fTthis companion (Chastity), and the two sisters fled together. 
 
 Posthume, est antiquum et vetus concutere 
 
 Posthumus, it is an ancient and long-standing custom to violate 
 
 ^ ■ — 
 
 alienum lectum, atque contemnere genium sacri fulcri. 
 
 another’s and to despise the genius of the sacred couch. 
 
 Mox ferrea aetas protulit omne aliud crimen: 
 Shortly after the iron age produced every other crime: 
 
 moechos. Tamen 
 
 adulterers. Yet_ 
 
 I ^ , 
 
 1 ^ argentea secula viderunt primos 
 
 ^ ^ the silver times saw the first i 
 
 paras 
 
 you prepare 
 
 conventum, et 
 
 an assignation, and 
 
 pactum, et sponsalia 
 contract, and espousals 
 
 nostra tempestate; 
 in our time: 
 
 a magistro 
 
 and now. you are trimmed by a master 
 
 jamque pecteris ^ 
 
 digito. 
 
 tonsore, et fortasse dedisti pignus 
 
 ^ barber, and perhaps have given the wedding-ring for the finger . 
 
 * Certe eras sanus: Posthume, ducis uxorem? 
 
 Certainly you were in your senses: Posthumus, do you take a wife? 
 
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 cLt.i€. die, qu& Tisiphone, quibus colubris exagitare ? 
 
 ' e.<r/- say, by what Fury, by what snakes are you impelled ? 
 
 Potes ferre ullam dominam tot restibus salvis ? 
 
 Can you endure any mistress when so many halters aie at hand? 
 
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 SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 115 
 
 Cum pateant altae caligantes que fenestrae ? 
 
 Cum tibi vicinum se praebeat iEmilius pons ? 
 Aut si de multis nullus placet exitusf^ illud 
 Nonne pt Ras melius , quod tecum pusio dormit? 
 Pusio, qui noctu non litiga t: exigit h te 
 Nulla jacens illic manuscula, nec queritur quod 
 Et lateri parcas, nec quantum jussit, anheles. 
 
 Sed placet Ursidio lex Julia: tollere dulcem 
 Cogitat haeredem, cariturus turtu re magno. 
 Mullorumque jubis, et capta tore macello. 
 
 Quid fieri non posse putes, si jungitur ulla 
 
 
 ♦L <? c 1 
 
 35 
 
 if 
 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 altse 
 
 high 
 
 caligantesque fenestrae pateant ? 
 
 and darkening windows are open ? 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 ^milius pons 
 the iEmilian bridge 
 
 praebeat 
 
 presents 
 
 se 
 
 itself 
 
 vicinum 
 
 near 
 
 tibi? 
 
 you ? 
 
 Aut si nullus exitus de multis placet, nonne putas 
 
 Or if no exit of so many pleases you, do you not think 
 
 illud melius quod 
 
 it better that 
 
 pusio 
 
 your submissive child 
 
 dormit tecum ? 
 sleep with you ? 
 
 pusio, 
 your child. 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 non litigat 
 does not scold 
 
 noctu; 
 
 by night j 
 
 jacens 
 
 lying 
 
 illic 
 
 there 
 
 exigit nulla munuscula a te, nec queritur quod 
 
 he requires no presents from you, nor complains that 
 
 et parcas lateri, nec anheles quantum jussit. 
 
 you spare your sides, nor do you pant for breath as he commands. 
 
 Sed Julia lex placet Ursidio: cogitat tollere 
 
 But the Julian law pleases Ursidius: he thinks to bring u p 
 
 
 
 
 dulcem haeredem, cariturus magno turture, jubisque 
 
 a darling heir, willing to forfeit for him the large tuftle,^ and fins 
 
 
 mullorum, 
 
 of mullets. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 macello 
 
 shambles 
 
 captatore. 
 
 with its delicacies. 
 
 Quid 
 
 What 
 
 putes non posse fieri, sf ulla jungitur Ursidio ? 
 think you may not come to pass, if 
 
 H 2 
 
 ajiy^j^ is joined to Ursidius ? 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Ursidio ? si moechorum notissimus olim 
 
 Stulta maritali jam porrigit ora capistro. 
 
 Quem toties texit periturum cista Latini 1 
 
 Quid, quod et antiquis uxor de moribus illi 
 
 Quaeritur? O medici! mediam pertundite venam: 
 
 I Delicias hominis! Tarpeium lin^ adora 
 
 ^ —=■—^ 
 
 Pronus , et auratum Junoni caede juvencam. 
 
 Si tibi contigerit capiti s matrona p udici . 
 
 Paucae adeo Cereris vit tas contingere dign ae 5 
 Quarum non timeat pater oscula. Necte coronam 
 Postibus, et densos per limina tende corymbos. 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 •vSV..' 
 
 ^ :ai 
 
 4e5 
 
 .50 
 
 
 I »< 
 
 , t 
 
 Si 
 
 if 
 
 porrigit 
 
 thrusts 
 
 cista 
 the ehest 
 
 Quid, 
 
 notissimus 
 
 the most notorious 
 
 stulta ora 
 
 his foolish head 
 
 moechorum 
 
 of adulterers 
 
 olim 
 
 formerly 
 
 maritali capistro, 
 into the marriage-halter. 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 quern 
 
 whom 
 
 Latini 
 
 of Latinus 
 
 toties 
 so often 
 
 texit 
 hath hid 
 
 quod et uxor 
 
 What do you think,H^^that even a wife 
 
 periturum ? 
 when about to perish ? 
 
 de antiquis moribus 
 of ancient virtues 
 
 4 
 
 quseritur illi ? 
 
 '='is courted by hi m ? 
 
 ■{(1. u.i7 c*. ' zti ^ 
 
 delicias hominis! 
 the delicacy of the man ! 
 
 
 O medici ! pertundite mediam venam: 
 
 O physicians! strike his middle v e in; 
 
 pronus adora Tarpeium limen, 
 prostrate adore the Tarpeian threshold, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 si 
 
 if 
 
 caede 
 
 sacrifice 
 
 auratam juvencam 
 
 a gilded-hoi ned heifer 
 
 matrona 
 
 a matron 
 
 pudici capitis 
 with a chaste head 
 
 contigerit 
 
 happen 
 
 Junoni, 
 to Juno, 
 
 tibi. 
 
 to you. 
 
 paucae dignae 
 
 few are there worthy 
 
 contingere vittas Cereris; 
 
 to touch the fillets of Ceres ; 
 
 Adeb 
 
 W, -—- quarum 
 
 ^ whose 
 
 ^ postibus, et tende densos corymbos per limina, 
 
 jft / on your door-posts, and spread the thick ivy-boughs over your thresholds. 
 
 oscula 
 
 kisses 
 
 pater non timeat, 
 a father may not dread. 
 
 Necte 
 
 Tie 
 
 coronam 
 
 a garland 
 
 O 
 
 ■J 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 117 
 
 Unus Iberinae vir sufficit? ocyus illud 
 Extorquebis, ut haec oculo contenta sit uno. 
 
 Magna tamen fama est cujusdam rure paterno 55 
 
 Viventis: vivat G abiis, ut vixit in agro : 
 
 Vivat Fidenis, et agello cedo paterno. 
 
 Quis tamen affirmat nil actum in montibus aut in 
 Speluncis? adeo senuerunt Jupiter et Mars? 
 
 Porticibusne tibi monstratur foemina voto 60 
 
 Digna tuo ? cuneis an habent spectacula totis 
 Quod securus ames, quodque inde excerpere possis ? 
 Chironomon Ledam molli saltante Bathyllo, 
 
 Unus 
 
 vir 
 
 sufficit 
 
 Iberinae? ocyus 
 
 extorquebis 
 
 Does one 
 
 man 
 
 satisfy 
 
 Iberina ? sooner 
 
 shall you extort 
 
 illud. 
 
 ut 
 
 haec 
 
 sit contenta 
 
 uno oculo. 
 
 that, 
 
 that 
 
 she 
 
 can be contented 
 
 with one eye. 
 
 ^ Tamen 
 
 est 
 
 magna 
 
 fama cujusdam 
 
 viventis 
 
 Yet 
 
 there is 
 
 a general report of a certain female living 
 
 paterno rure 
 
 : 
 
 vivat Gabiis ut vixit 
 
 at her paternal habitation in striet chastity : let her live at Gabii as she lived 
 
 in agro: vivat Fidenis, et cedo paterno 
 
 in the country : let her live at Fidenae so, and 1 allow she may in her father’s 
 
 agello. Tamen quis affirmat nil actum in montibus 
 little farm. Nevertheless who affirms that nothing was done on the mountains 
 
 aut in speluncis ? Jupiter et Mars adeo senuerunt ? 
 or in caves? Have Jupiter and Mars grown so old ? 
 
 Foeminane monstratur tibi porticibus digna tuo 
 Can a woman be pointed out to you in the porticoes worthy your 
 
 voto ? an habent spectacula totis cuneis quod 
 wish ? have aetr the theatres in all their benche s what 
 
 ames securus, quodque possis excerpere inde ? 
 you may love secure, and what you may select from thence ? 
 
 Tuccia non imperat vesicae molli Bathyllo 
 
 Tuccia cannot restrain her lust while the lascivious Bathyllus 
 
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 Tuccia vesicse non imperat; Appula g annit 
 Sicut in amplexu ; subitum et miserabile longum 
 Attendit Thymele; Thymele tu nc r ustica disci t. 
 
 Ast aliae, quoties aulaea recondita cessant, 
 
 Et vacuo clausoque sonant fora sola theatro, 
 Atque h plebeiis longe Megalesia; tristes 
 Personam thyrsumve tenent, et subliga r Acci. 
 Urbicus exodio risum movet Attellanae 
 Gestibus ^utonoes; hunc diligit ^lia pauper. 
 Solvitur his magno comoedi fibula. Sunt quae 
 Chrysogonum cantare vetent. Hispulla tragoedo 
 
 65 
 
 70 
 
 chironomon Ledam; Appula gannit sicut 
 
 is dancing limb-twisting Leda; Appula is transported as if 
 
 
 in amplexu; 
 in an embrace ; 
 
 miserabile; 
 languishing mien ; 
 
 Thymele attendit longum subitum et 
 
 Thymele attends long the sudden and 
 
 
 1 >— 
 
 Ast 
 
 But 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 alise, 
 
 others, 
 
 fora 
 
 the courts 
 
 tunc 
 
 then 
 
 quoties 
 as often as 
 
 sola 
 alone 
 
 o — 
 
 rustica Thymele 
 
 country Thymele 
 
 discit. 
 
 learns it. 
 
 recondita aulsea cessant, 
 
 the closed curtain-scenes cease. 
 
 sonant, 
 
 vociferate, 
 
 theatro 
 the theatre 
 
 vacuo 
 being empty 
 
 , _—_ ~yr~= clausoque, atque Megalesia longe a Plebeiis; 
 
 \ ' and shut up, and the Megalesian games^ lon®^ after the Plebeian; 
 
 tristes tenent personam, thyrsumve, et subligar 
 I it V ^ w retched they seize the mask, or the thyrsus, and the sash 
 
 * Acci. Urbicus movet risum exodio Attellante 
 
 ■ Ui bi cus e xc ites laugh ter with the interlude of anAttellan 
 
 Egestibus Autonoes; pauperiElia diligit hunc. Fibula 
 in the^est ures_ _QlAutonoe; indigent vElia dearly loves him. The buckle 
 
 comoedi solvetur his magno. ^Sunt 
 
 > of the comedian shall be loosed to opulent females at a high price. There are 
 
 i qure vetent Chrysogonum cantare. Hispulla gaudet 
 
 ' some who forbid Chrysogonus to sing. Hispulla rejoices 
 
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SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 119 
 
 75 
 
 
 Gaudet: an expectas ut Quintilianus ametur? 
 
 Accipis uxorem, de qu^ citharoedus Echion 
 Aut Glaphyrus fiat pater, Ambrosiusve choraule s; 
 
 "V Lon^a per angustos figamus pulpita vic os : 
 
 Ornentur postes et grandi janua lauro^ ^ ^ 
 
 Ut testudineo tibi, Lentule, conopeo 
 Nobilis Euryalum mirmillonem exprimat infans. 
 
 Nupt a senatori comitata est Hippia l udium 
 Ad Pharon et Nilum, famosaque moenia Lagi, 
 
 Prodigia et mores urbi s damnante Canopo. 
 
 85 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Immemor illa domus, et conjugis, atque sororis. 
 
 tragoedo: an expectas 
 
 in a tragedian : do you expect 
 
 uxorem. 
 
 ut 
 
 that 
 
 Quintilianus ametur ? 
 
 Quintilianus can be loved ? 
 
 Accipis 
 
 Do you take 
 
 a wife. 
 
 de qua 
 by whom 
 
 citharoedus 
 
 the harper 
 
 Echion 
 
 Echion 
 
 aut Glaphyrus 
 
 or Glaphyrus 
 
 fiat 
 
 may become 
 
 pater, 
 
 a father. 
 
 choraules ; 
 
 the piper J 
 
 figamus 
 
 let us fix 
 
 longa pulpita 
 
 long stages 
 
 Ambrosiusve ^ 
 or Ambrosius 
 
 perangustos 
 
 along the narrow 
 
 vicos; postes et janua ornentur grandi 
 streets j let your door-posts and your gate be decorated with triumphant 
 
 lauro, 
 
 laurel. 
 
 ut 
 
 that 
 
 nobilis infans 
 the noble infant 
 
 exprimat Euryalum 
 
 may pourtray Euryalus • _ 
 
 mirmillonem 
 
 the sword-player 
 
 tibi, 
 
 to you. 
 
 Lentule, testudineo conopeo. 
 
 O Lentulus, in his vaulted canopy. 
 
 Hippia, nupta senatori 
 
 Hippia, married to a senator, 
 
 est comitata ludium 
 has accompanied a stage-player 
 
 ad Pharon 
 to Pharos 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 Nilum, 
 the Nile, 
 
 famosaque 
 
 and the famous 
 
 moenia 
 
 walls 
 
 ■iCt 
 
 u n. ‘t c ol 
 
 Lagi, ^Canopo damnante prodigia et mores \ 
 
 of Lagus, Canopus condemning the monstrosities and the manners £’^ i 
 
 urbis. 111a, immemor domus, et conjugis, atque sororis, ' 
 
 of our cit^. She, unmindful of her family, and husband, and sister. 
 
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 n. 
 
 Nil patriae indulsit; plorantesque improba gnatos, 
 
 Utque magis stupeas, ludos Paridemque reliquit! 
 
 Sed quanquam in magnis opibus, plumaque paterna, 
 
 Et segmentatis dormisset parvul a cunis, 
 t Contempsit pelagus; famam contempserat olim , 90 
 
 Cujus apud molle s minima est jacturfi c athedra s. 
 Tyrrhenos igitur fluctus, lateque sonantem • 
 
 Pertulit Ionium, constanti pectore^^ quamvis 
 r Mutandum toties esset mare. Justa pericli 
 Si ratio est et honest ajuaent, pavidoque g elantu r 95 
 Pectore, nec tremulis possunt insistere plantis: 
 
 /■ 
 
 
 jfpy' 
 
 indulsit nil patrife; improbaque reliquit 
 
 regarded nothing of her native country j and being wicked left 
 
 plorantes gnatos, utque 
 
 her weeping children, and that 
 
 magis stupeas, ludos 
 
 you may be more amazed, the games 
 
 f . Paridemque! Sed quanquam parvula dormisset in magnis 
 
 Paris' IRiil’ oltlirkiinrlt o 1 1 11 <rii»1 cVko liorl eloi-kf omr\n/v nfi'ool 
 
 p- 
 
 But although a little girl she had slept among great 
 
 opibus, paternaque pluma, et 
 riches, and in a paternal down-bed, and 
 
 segmentatis cunis, 
 embroidered cradle-quilts, 
 
 contempsit pelagus ; olim contempserat famam, 
 she braved the sea j l ong befor e she had braved her reputation. 
 
 jactura 
 
 the loss 
 
 CUJUS 
 of which 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 minima apud 
 very small among 
 
 molles cathedra^ 
 
 soft chairs. ^ 
 
 Igitur pertulit Tyrrhenos fluctus, lateque sonantem 
 
 Therefore she encountered the Tuscan billows, and the far sounding 
 
 
 Ionium, constanti pectore, quamvis 
 Ionian waves, with a determined heart, although 
 
 mare esset 
 the sea was 
 
 
 /t u 
 
 
 
 
 toties 
 so often 
 
 mutandum. 
 
 to be c hang ed. 
 
 Si 
 
 If 
 
 ratio 
 the motive 
 
 pericli 
 
 for the danger 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 
 V >f-C^ 
 
 ; , I 
 
 ■>,‘1 a < t . ^ 
 
 justa et honesta timent, gelanturque pavido 
 just and honest they are afraid, and they are frozen in their frightened 
 
 pectore, nec possunt insistere tremulis plantis: praestant 
 heart, nor are they able to stand on their trembling feet: they show 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 121 
 
 Fortem animum praestant rebus quas turpiter audent. 
 
 Si jubeat conjux, durum est conscendere navim; , 
 Tunc sentina gravis; tunc summus vertitur aer. 
 
 Quae moechum sequitur stomacho valet: illa maritum 100 
 Convomit: haec inter nautas et prandet, et errat 
 Per puppim, et duros gaudet tractare rudentes. ^ 
 
 Qua tamen exarsit forma ? qua capta juventa 
 Hippia ? Quid vidit, propter quod ludia dici 
 Sustinuit? nam Sergiolus jam radere guttur 105 
 
 Coeperat, et secto requiem sperare l ^erto . 
 
 Praeteret, multa in facie deformia; sicut 
 
 fortem animum rebus 
 an undaunted spirit in affairs 
 
 quas 
 
 which 
 
 turpiter audent. 
 
 they disgracefully undertake. 
 
 Si conjux jubeat, est durum conscendere navim ; 
 
 If a husband should command, it is hard to go aboard a ship ^ 
 
 tunc sentina 
 then the pump 
 
 gravis; tunc summus aer vertitur. 
 
 is grievous; then the high air turns round. 
 
 
 Quse sequitur moechum valet stomacho ; illa convomit 'v 
 She who follows an adulterer is well in the stomach; she vomits on 
 
 maritum: haec et prandet inter nautas, et errat 
 
 her husband ; she even dines among the sailors, and wanders 
 
 per puppim, et gaudet tractare duros rudentes, 
 
 through the ship, and it also delights her to lay hold of the hard cables. 
 
 Tamen qua forma 
 
 Yet with what beauty 
 
 exarsit ? qua j uventa 
 
 was she inflamed ? with what young lover 
 
 Hippia capta? quid vidit, propter quod sustinuit 
 was Hippia captivated ? what did she see, for which she could endure 
 
 dici ludia? nam Sergiolus jam coeperat^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 to be called a gladiator's trull ? for her little Sergy now had begun 
 
 radere guttur, et sperare requiem secto lacerto^ 
 
 to shave _ his throat, and to hope for rest to his cut arm. 
 
 
 Praeterea, multa deformia in facie; 
 
 Besides, there were many things disa greeable in his face; 
 
 sicut 
 
 as 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 <J 
 
 'r~ 
 
 Attritus galea, mediisque in naribus ingens 
 ffibbus , et acre ma lum semper stillanti s ocelli. 
 
 Sed gladiator erat: facit hoc illos Hyacinthos : 110 
 
 Hoc pueris patriasque, hoc praetulit ilia sorori 
 Atque viro : ferrum est quod amant: hic Sergius idem 
 Accepta r ude coepisset Veiento videri . 
 
 Quid privata domus, quid fecerit Hippia curas ? 
 
 ' Respice rivales diyorum: Claudius audi 115 
 
 ;i Quae tulerit: dormire virum cum senserat uxor 
 
 (Ausa Palatino tegetem praeferre cubili, 
 
 Sumere nocturnos meretrix augusta cucullos). 
 
 attritus galea, ingensque gibbus in mediis 
 
 he was galled by his helmet, also a great wen in the middle 
 
 naribus, et acre malum ocelli semper stillantis. 
 
 • of his nostrils^ and a sharp rheum of his little eye always dropping. 
 
 Spd f^rnf gladiator; hoc facit illos Hyacinthos: 
 
 a gladiator: this makes these Hyacinthuses: 
 
 ‘- 1.1 r/. 
 
 
 erat 
 
 he was 
 
 ilia praetulit hoc pueris 
 she preferred this to her boys 
 
 patriaeque, hoc 
 
 and to her native country, this 
 
 ' sorori atque viro : est ferrum quod amant. 
 
 I 1 to her sister and to her husband; it is the sword which they love. 
 
 ^ idem Sergius coepisset videri Veiento accepta rude. 
 
 , 7^ same Sergius had begun to ape Veiento after receiving the wand. 
 
 ; €c^ Curas quid privata domus, quid Hippia fecerit ? 
 
 ~ Do you care what a private family, what Hippia has done? 
 
 ,y ^ Respice rivales divorum; 
 
 ■ i-^tc vorj Look to the rivals of the gods; 
 
 audi 
 
 hear 
 
 quse 
 
 what 
 
 Claudius 
 
 Claudius 
 
 ’tulerit ; 
 has suffered: 
 
 ' X 
 
 cum uxor 
 when his wife 
 
 senserat 
 
 perceived 
 
 virum dormire 
 her husband sleep 
 
 (augusta meretrix ) ausa 
 
 (the im perial harlo t dared 
 
 Palatino cubili, sumere 
 
 <o the Palatine bed, and to take 
 
 praeferre 
 
 to prefer 
 
 tegetem 
 
 a mat 
 
 nocturnos cucullos J, 
 
 nocturnal hoods). 
 
 
 
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SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 123 
 
 Linquebat, comite ancilla non amplius una: 
 
 Et, nigrum flavo crinem abscondente galero. 
 Intravit calidum veteri centon e lupana r. 
 
 Et cellam vacuam, atque suam : tunc nuda papillis 
 Constitit auratis, titulum mentita Lyciscae, 
 Ostenditqiie tuum, generose Britannice, ventrem. 
 Excepit blanda intrantes, atque aera poposcit: 
 Mox, leno ne suas jam dimittente puellas, 
 
 Tristis abit; sed quod potuit: tamen ultima cellam 
 Clausit, adhuc ardens rigida e tentigine vulva e. 
 
 Et lassata viris, nondum satiata recessit: 
 
 120 
 
 125 
 
 
 linquebat non amplius una ancilla comite; 
 
 she left him with no more than one maid-servant as her attendant \ 
 
 et, flavo galero 
 
 and, with a yellow beaver 
 
 intravit lupanar 
 
 entered the brothel 
 
 abscondente 
 
 concealing 
 
 nigrum crinem, 
 her black hair, 
 
 calidum veteri centone, 
 
 warm with an old patch-work quilt,^4i^^^c47.x. c^t 
 
 A- 
 
 et cellam vacuam, atque suam: tunc constitit nuda 
 
 and a cell empty, and her own: then she stood 
 
 
 naked __ V 
 
 papillis auratis mentita titulum Lyciscce, 
 
 with her breasts ornamented with gold, assuming the title of Lycisca, 
 
 ostenditque tuum ventrem, generose Britannice. 
 
 and exposed thy belly, O noble Britannicus. 
 
 Blanda excepit intrantes, atque poposcit sera: 
 
 Courteous she received the entering cullies, and demanded their money ; 
 
 Sc 
 
 raox. 
 
 by and by. 
 
 lenone 
 
 the procurer 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 dimittente 
 
 dismissing 
 
 suas puellas, 
 
 his wenches. 
 
 abit tristis ; sed quod potuit : tamen clausit 
 
 she goes away sorrowful; but what she could she did: she also shut 
 
 cellam ultima, adhuc ardens tentigine rigidae vulvae, 
 
 her cell the last, still burning with the stinging of eager lust. 
 
 et lassata viris recessit nondum satiata: 
 
 and wearied with men retired not yet satiated: 
 

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 Obscuris que genis turpis, fumoque lucernse 
 Foeda, lupanaris tulit ad pulvina r odorem. 
 Hippomanes carmenque loquar, coctumque venenum, 
 
 130 
 
 Privigno que datum ? faciunt graviora coactae 
 Imperio sexus, minimumque libidine peccant. 
 
 O ptim a sed quare Cesennia teste marito ? 135 
 
 Bis quingenta dedit: tanti vocat ille pudicani • 
 
 Nec V en eris pharetris macer es t, aut lampade fervet: 
 Inde faces ardent ; veniunt a dote sagittae . 
 
 Libertas emitu r: coram licet innuat, atque 
 Rescribat, vidua est, locuples quae nupsit avaro. ,140 
 
 turpisque obscuris genis, foedaque 
 
 and filthy with her defiled cheeks, and stained 
 
 fumo 
 
 with the smoke 
 
 'kj 
 
 
 lucernse, tulit odorem lupanaris ad pulvinar, 
 of the lamp, she carried the steam of the stew to the imperial bed. 
 
 au;^»^^^<^- 7 Loquar hippomanes, carmenque, coetumque 
 
 Shall I mention the love-potion, and charm, _and boiler 
 
 venenum. 
 
 datumque privignp ? 
 
 given to a son-in-law ? 
 
 boiled poison, 
 
 coactae imperio sexus, 
 being urged by the empire of the sex, 
 
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 M. V- V t v 
 
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 • y 
 
 'iBcPxnrc 
 
 '?VV-»C 
 
 
 faciunt graviora, peccantque minimum libidine, 
 
 they commit more grievous crimes, and they sin the least by lust. 
 
 Sed quare Cesennia optima, marito teste ? 
 
 — But why is Cesennia so excellent, from her husband’s testimony ? 
 
 dedit bis quingenta : ille vocat tanti 
 
 she gave him twice five hundreds: he calls a woman of so much fortune 
 
 ~ • “l/ ' ‘ 
 
 pudicam: nec est macer pharetrisaut fervet 
 
 chaste: no r is he emaciated by the quivers of Venus, or burn s 
 
 lampade: faces ardent inde; sagittae veniunt 
 
 with her lamp: the torches are lighted from thence; the arrows come 
 
 a dote. Libertas ^emitur : licet innuat coram, 
 
 from the dowry. Liberty is purchased : although she beckons before him. 
 
 tJ.U 
 
 \ ^-cu. atque rescribat, est vidua, quae locuples nupsit avaro. 
 
 , 4 writes back, she isawi dow, who being rich is married to a miser. 
 
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 SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 Cur desiderio Bibulae Sertorius ardet ? 
 
 125 
 
 
 
 Si Y,erum excutias, facies, non uxor, amatur. 
 
 Tres rugae subeant , et se cutis arida laxet , 
 
 Fiant obscuri dentes, oculique minores. 
 
 Collige sarcimdas, dicet libertus, et exi; X' 
 Jam gravis es nobis, et saepe emungeris ! exi 
 Ocyus, et propera; sicco venit altera naso. 
 
 Interet calet, et regnat, poscitque maritum 
 Pastores, et ovem Canusinam, ulmosque Falerna:?. 
 Quant ulum in hoc ? pueros omnes, ergastula tota, 
 
 
 
 
 150 
 
 Quodque domi non est. 
 
 et habet vicinus. 
 
 ematur. 
 
 
 Cur Sertorius ardet 
 
 Why does Sertorius burn 
 
 desiderio 
 with the love 
 
 Bibulte *1 
 
 of Bibula? 
 
 Si 
 
 If 
 
 excutias verum, 
 
 you examine the truth. 
 
 facies non 
 
 the face, not 
 
 uxor, amatur* 
 
 the wife, is loved. 
 
 Tres rugse subeant, et arida cutis laxet 
 
 Let three wrinkles draw on, and a dry skin loosen 
 
 se, 
 
 itself. 
 
 n 
 
 dentes 
 let her teeth 
 
 fiant 
 
 become 
 
 obscuri, oculique 
 black, and her eyes 
 
 minores, 
 
 grow less. 
 
 libertus 
 
 the freedman 
 
 dicet, collige sarcinulas, et 
 
 shall say, pack up your trumpery, and 
 
 exi; 
 be gone; 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 es 
 
 you are 
 
 gravis nobis, et ssepe emungeris! 
 
 troublesome to us, and often wipe your nose! 
 
 exi 
 
 ocyus, 
 
 
 et propera ; altera venit sicco naso, 
 begone quickly, and make hasten another comes with a dry nose, t 
 
 Interea calet et regnat, poscitque , l 
 
 In the meantime she is sprightly and vigorous, and domineers, and demands ^ 
 
 
 maritum pastores, et Canusinam ovem, Falernasque ^ 
 
 
 of her husband shepherds, and Canusian sheep. 
 
 and Falernian 
 
 
 
 ulmos. Qantulum in hoc 1 omnes pueros, tota ergastula, 
 
 vineyards. How little is this ? all the boys, whole workshops, 
 
 quodque nonest domi, et vicinus habet, ematur, 
 and whatever is not at her house, and a neighbour has, must be purchased. 
 
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 Mense quidem brumae, cum jam mercator Jason 
 Clausus, et armat is o bstat casa candid a nautis. 
 
 Grandia tolluntur crystallina, maxim a rursus 
 Myrrhina , deinde adam as notissimus, et Bere nices 155 
 In dicito factus pretiosior: hunc dedit olim 
 Barbarus incestae; dedit hunc Agrippa sorori. 
 
 Observant ubi festa mero ped e Sabbata reges. 
 
 Et vetus indulge! senibus clementia porcis. 
 
 Nullane de tantis gregibus tibi digna videtur ? 160 
 
 Sit formosa, decens, dives, foecunda, vetustos 
 Porticibus dispona t avos, intactior omni 
 
 Mense brumae quidem, cum jam 
 In the mouth of winter indeed, when 
 
 y. 
 
 mercator Jason 
 the merchant Jason 
 
 clausus, et candida casa obstat nautis armatis, 
 
 t ^ J is shut up, and the snow-white cottage delays the sailors already prep 
 
 1 already prepared. 
 
 grandia crystallina tolluntur, rursus maxima myrrhina, 
 
 large crystal-goblets are brought, again immense vessels of myrrh. 
 
 / deinde notissimus adamas, et factus pretiosior 
 
 then the most brilliant diamond, and rendered still more preciou 
 
 /^nii 
 
 in digito Berenices: olim barbarus 
 
 by being worn on the finger of Berenice: formerly a barbarian 
 
 precious 
 
 dedit 
 gave 
 
 
 .7 
 
 hunc incestae; Agrippa dedit hunc sorori, . 
 
 this diamond to an incestuous female; Agrippa gave this tohissister,,/ye^e;^ 2 <c 
 
 ubi reges observant festa Sabbata mero pede, 
 where the kings observe their festival Sabbaths bare footed. 
 
 et vetus dementia indulge! 
 
 and their ancient clemency indulges 
 
 senibus porcis, 
 old swine. 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 y Nullane de tantis gregibus videtur digna 
 
 
 Does none 
 
 of so many flocks 
 
 seem 
 
 worthy 
 
 sit formosa, decens, dives, foecunda, 
 
 let her be beautiful, virtuous, rich, fruitful. 
 
 vetustos avos 
 
 her ancient ancestors 
 
 
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 porticibus, intactior 
 
 in her porticos, more chaste 
 
 I 
 
 / 
 
 /^1 
 
 tibi ? 
 
 to you ? 
 
 disponat 
 let her range 
 
 Omni 
 than every 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 Crinibus effusis bellum dirimente Sabina : 
 
 127 
 
 (Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno:) 
 Quis feret uxorem cui consta t omnia ? Malo 
 Malo Venusinam, quam te, Cornelia, mater 
 Gracchorum, si cum magnis virtutibus affers 
 Grande supercilium, et numeras in dote triumphos. 
 
 165 
 
 
 
 Tolle tuum, precor, Hannibalem, victumque Syphacem 
 
 In castris, et cum tota C^thagine migra. 
 Parce precor, Paean, et tu^epone sagittas; 
 
 170 
 
 Nil pueri faciunt, ipsam configite matrem, 
 Amphion clamat: sed Paean contrahit arcum. 
 
 Sabina 
 
 Sabine 
 
 dirimente 
 
 finishing 
 
 bellum 
 
 the war 
 
 effusis crinibus: 
 
 with their flo wing hairs; 
 
 (rara avis 
 
 (a rare bird 
 
 in terris, 
 on the earth. 
 
 simillimaque nigro cygno:) 
 
 and very like a black swan:) 
 
 quis feret uxorem cui omnia constant ? 
 
 who will endure a wife to whom all these endowments belong? 
 
 Malo, 
 
 malo 
 
 Venusinam, quam te, Cornelia, 
 
 I had rather, I had rather a Venusian girl, than you, Cornelia, 
 
 mater Gracchorum, si affers grande supercilium cum 
 
 mother of the Gracchi, if you bring insufferable pride with 
 
 
 magnis virtutibus, et numeras triumphos in dote. 
 
 your great virtues, and number your triumphs in your dowry. 
 
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 Tolle tuum Hannibalem, precor, Syphacemque 
 
 Take away your Hannibal, I beg, and your Syphax 
 
 ';i 
 
 victum in castris, et migra cum tota Carthagine. 
 
 conquered in his camp, and remove with your whole Carthage. 
 
 ^ Parce, precor, ^Psean, et tu, ^ dea 
 
 pone sagittas; 
 
 Spare, I pray, P aean, and you, O goddess, lay down your arrows 5 
 
 
 
 pueri faciunt nil; configite matrem 
 the children do nothing 5 pierce the mother 
 
 
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 Amphion clamat ; sed Psean 
 
 Amphion exclaims; but Paean 
 
 ipsam,, i/ltWs: ■t 
 herself, —--— 
 
 li 
 
 contrahit arcum. . x/* ' - 
 
 draws his bow. ^ 
 
 ^ P\/ u ti i V Jx-c’C- Pa ^ ayz 
 
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 / /Extulit ergo gregesf natorum, ipsfti»que parentem, 
 Dun^i^i nobilior Latonae gente videtur, 175 
 
 'Atque eadem scrofa Niobe fecundior alba. 
 
 Quae ^nti gravitas^ quae forma, ut se tibi semper 
 
 Imputet ? Hujus eni m rari summique volupta s 
 
 Nul la boni, quoties animo corrupta superbo 
 
 Plus aloes qu^m mellis habet. Quis dedi tus autem 180 
 
 Usque adeo est, ut non illam quam laudibus effert, 
 
 Horreat, inque diem septenis oderit horis ? 
 
 Quaedam parva quidem, sed non toleranda maritis. 
 
 Nam quid rancidius, qu^m quod se non putat ulla 
 
 Ergo extulit gregem natorum, parentemque ipsum, 
 ThAefore he cut off the family of children, and the parent himself, 
 
 .o 
 
 :^/vcr{i'c 
 
 dum Niobe videtur sibi nobilior 
 whilst Niobe appears to herself more noble 
 
 atque eadem fcecundior 
 
 and the same more fruitful 
 
 gente Latonae, 
 than the race of L atona, 
 
 alba scrofa, 
 than the white sow. 
 
 Quae gravitas tanti^ quae forma, ut semper 
 
 What modesty is of such valuer what beauty, that she should always 
 
 /—? imputet se 
 
 prefer herself 
 
 tibi ? Enim nulla voluptas hujus rari 
 
 to you ? For there is no pleasure of this rare 
 
 summique boni, quoties corrupta superbo animo habet 
 
 and greatest good, when corrupted with a proud spirit it has 
 
 plus aloes quam mellis. Autem quis est usque adeo 
 
 more gall than honey. But who is even so 
 
 deditus, ut non horreat illam quam i dert 
 uxurious, that he must not abhor her whom he extols 
 
 laudibus ; oderitque septenis horis in diem 1 
 
 with praises; and will detest her seven hours inti j day? 
 
 Quaedam parva quidem, sed non toleranda maritis. 
 
 Some vices are small indeed, but not to be tolerated by husbands. 
 
 Nam quid rancidius, quam quod non ulla putat se 
 For what is more disgusting, than that not any woman thinks herself 
 
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 SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 129 
 
 185 
 
 Formosam nisi qu 80 de Tliusca Grsecula facta est, — ., 
 
 De Sulmonensi mera Cecropis ? Omnia Graec e, 
 
 Cum sit turpe minus nostris nescire Latine. 
 
 Hoc sermon e pavent ; hoc iram, gaudia, curas, 
 
 Hoc cuncta effundunt animi secreta. Quid ultra ? 
 Concumbunt Graece ! Dones tamen ista puellis: 
 
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 190 
 
 Tune etiam, quam sextus et octogesimus annus 
 Pulsat , adhuc Graece l non est hic se rmo pudicus 
 In vetuli, quoties lascivum i ntervenit illud, 
 
 ZfiH KAi i>YXH*^n mdb sub lodice relictis 
 Uteris in turba. Quod enim non excitat inguen 
 
 
 
 195 
 
 
 
 formosam nisi quae est facta Graecula de Thusca, 
 
 ' beautiful unless she who is become a Grecian from a Tuscan, 
 
 mera Cecropis de Sulmonensi ? Omnia Graece, 
 
 a mere Cecropian from a Sulmonite ? All things are lisped in Greek, 
 
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 / 
 
 ^ fv/.L /*. t-i 
 
 cum sit minus turpe 
 
 when it is less dissrraceful 
 
 nostris 
 to our dames 
 
 nescire Latine, 
 not to know Latin. 
 
 Hoc sermone pavent, hoc effundunt iram, 
 
 In this language they fear, in this they express their anger. 
 
 gaudia, curas, hoc cuncta secreta animi. Quid ultra? 
 
 joys, cares, in this all the secrets of their mind. What beyond this ? 
 
 concumbunt Graece! Tamen dones ista 
 they prostitute themselves in Greek! Yet you may pardon these things 
 
 /■ 
 
 iJ- 
 
 puellis : tune etiam quam octogesimus et sextus annus 
 in girls : do you also whom the eightieth and sixth year 
 
 pulsd'i 
 urges cn 
 
 adhuc Graece ? 
 
 still talk in Greek? 
 
 Hie 
 
 This 
 
 sermo non est pudicus 
 
 language is not modest 
 
 in vetnla, <juoties illnd lascivum intervenit, 
 
 in an t'd woman, w’hen so often that lascivious expression is introduced. 
 
 
 'x-'ti /vta 
 
 -/ L. , 
 
 V /i 
 
 Zw» Koci raodo uteris in turba relictis 
 
 My Life and Soulj you can only use them in the crowd of words left 
 
 
 
 sub lodice. Enim quod inguen blanda et nequam vox 
 
 under the blanket. For what passion does a soft and lewd woi^d 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
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 2^1 
 
 
 Vox blanda et nequam ? digitos habe t : ut tamen omnes 
 Subsidant pennae, dicas haec mollius jEmo 
 Quan tam et Carpophore, facies tua computat annos. 
 
 Si JLi^ legitimis p actam junctamque tabellis 
 Non es amaturus, duc endi nulla videtur 
 Causa; nec est quare coenam et mustacea perdas, 
 Labente officio crudis donanda; nec illud 
 Quod primd pro nocte datur, cum lance beata 
 Dacicu s £t sc ripto radiat Germanicus auro. 
 
 Si tibi simplicitas uxoria, deditus uni 
 
 200 
 
 205 
 
 Est animus, submitte caput cervice parat4 
 
 :• / 
 r 
 
 ; 
 
 i/ 
 
 
 non excitat? habet digitos: tamen ut omnes pennae 
 not excite? it bas fingers: yet that all your feathers 
 
 subsidant, quanquam dicas haec mollius 
 
 may be lowered, although you speak these words more softly 
 
 ;^o et Ca rpoph ore, tua facies computat annos. 
 
 than Emus ahJ Carpophorus, your visage numbers your years. 
 
 y( Si non es amaturus pactam junctamque tibi 
 
 If you are not to lo ve a woman contracted and united to you 
 
 legitimis tabellis, videtur nulla causa ducendi ; nec 
 
 by lawful banns, there seems to be no cause of wedding; nor 
 
 
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 '1 cCtt-i- 
 
 
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 est quare 'perdas coenam et mustacea, 
 
 is there a reason why you should lose a supper and bride-cakes, 
 
 donanda crudis officio labente: nec illud 
 
 to be given to weak stomachs when their duty is over : nor that 
 
 datur 
 
 quod 
 
 which 
 
 IS given 
 
 pro prima nocte, 
 for the first night. 
 
 cum Dacicus et 
 when . the Dacian and 
 
 Germanicus 
 Germanic Caesar 
 
 radiat scripto auro 
 shines on inscribed gold 
 
 beata lance, 
 in the happy bason. 
 
 •j'J «V /^1-1 l-C-t.’ 
 
 Si 
 
 If 
 
 uni, 
 
 est tibi 
 you have 
 
 
 ■Ci^ 
 
 to one, 
 
 /1 
 
 ,l'€ 'tfi // V 
 
 uxoria simplicitas, animus deditus 
 an uxurious simplicity, a mind devot^ 
 
 caput cervice parati ferre 
 
 your head with a neck ready to bear 
 
 submitte 
 
 submit 
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SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 131 
 
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 Ferre jugum: nullam invenies q uae parcat amanti. ^ 
 
 Ardeat ipsa licet, tormentis gaudet amantis 
 
 Et spoliis. Igitur long^ minus utilis illi 
 
 Uxor quisquis erit bonus optandusque maritus. 2i0 
 
 Nil unquam invita donabis conjuge; vendes 
 
 Hac obstante nihil; nihil haec si nolet emetur. 
 
 -V" Haec dabit affectus : ille excludetur amicus , 
 
 Jam senior, cujus barb am tua janua vidit. 
 
 Testandi cum sit lenonibus atque lanisti^ 215 
 
 Libertas, et juris idem contingat arenae, ^ ■ 
 
 Non unus tibi rivalis dictabitur haeres. 
 
 jugum: invenies nullam quse parcat amanti. 
 
 the yoke: you will find none who spares her lover. 
 
 Licet ipsa ardeat, gaudet tormentis et 
 Although she herself is enamoured, she I'ejoices in the torments and 
 
 spoliis amantis. Igitur uxor est longe minus utilis 
 
 spoils of her lover. Therefore a wife is far less useful 
 
 illi quisquis erit bonus optandusque maritus, 
 to him whoever will be a good and desirable husband. 
 
 nil unquam donabis conjuge invite; vendes 
 
 You shall never give any thing without your partner's consent; you shall sell 
 
 nihil hac obstante; nihil emetur si hsec nolit, 
 nothing while she opposes it; nothing shall be bought if she is unwilling. / 
 
 Hsec dabit affectus : ille amicus jam senior, ^ 
 
 She shall direct your affections: that friend now aged, ' 
 
 cujus barbam tua janua vidit, excludetur. 
 
 whose downy beard your gate hath seen, shall be shut out. 
 
 Cum sit lenonibus atque lanistis libertas 
 
 When there may be to pimps and prize-fighters the liberty 
 
 testandi, et idem juris contingat arenae, 
 of making wills, and the same right happens to the amphitheatre,~ ^ 
 
 non 
 
 not 
 
 unus rivalis dictabitur 
 
 one rival only 
 
 shall be appointed 
 I 2 
 
 hseres tibi. 
 
 heir to you. 
 
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 Pone crucem servo: meruit quo crimine servus 
 , Supplicium? quis testis adest? quis detulh ? audi: 
 
 Nulla unquam de morte hominis cunctatio longa est. 220 
 
 O demens ! ita servus homo est? nil fecerit, esto: 
 
 -- — 
 
 Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas. 
 
 ^ Imperat ergo viro : sed mox haec regna relinquit, 
 
 Permutatque domos, et fla mmea conterit; inde 
 A^lat, et spreti repetit vestigia lecti. 225 
 
 Ornatas paulo ant^ fores, pendentia linquit 
 Vein domfls, et adhuc virides in limine ramos. 
 
 Sic crescit numerus, sic fiunt octo mariti 
 
 
 
 Pone crucem servo: quo crimine servus meruit 
 
 Erect a cross for yoiir slave : for what crime has the slave deserved 
 
 supplicium? quis testis adest? quis detulit? audi: 
 punishment? what witness appears? who informe d? hear; 
 
 nulla cunctatio est unquam longa de morte hominis: 
 no delay is ever long concerning the death of a man: 
 
 Odemens! itaest servus homo? esto, fecerit nil: 
 
 Odriveller! so a slare is a man? be it so,^ that he has done nothing: 
 
 'y Volo 
 
 hoc, 
 
 ^ I choose this. 
 
 
 sic jubeo, voluntas sit pro ratione, 
 thus I command, let my will be for a reason. 
 
 Ergo imperat viro : sed mox relinquit hsec 
 
 Therefore she rules her husband : but by and by she relinquishes these 
 
 
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 e, v realms, and ch anges her habitation s, and wears out her flame-coloured veils: 
 _ 
 
 avolat inde, et repetit vestigia spreti lecti, 
 
 she flies away from thence, and retraces the footsteps of a forsaken bed. 
 
 , Linquit fores ornatas paulo ante, vela domus 
 
 She leaves the doors adorned a little before, the garlands of the house 
 
 regna,. permutatque domos, et conterit flammea: 
 
 pendentia, et 
 , hanging, and 
 
 Sic numerus 
 
 Thus the number 
 
 ramos 
 
 boughs 
 
 crescit, 
 
 increases. 
 
 adhuc virides 
 
 as yet green 
 
 in limine, 
 on the threshold. 
 
 SIC 
 
 thus 
 
 octo 
 
 eight 
 
 mariti 
 
 husbands 
 
 fiunt 
 are made 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 133 
 
 Quin que per autumnos ; titulo res digna sepulchri. ’ 
 Desp eranda tibi salva concordia socru : 230 
 
 Illa docet spoliis nudi gaudere mariti: 
 
 Illa docet missis k corruptore tabellis 
 
 Nil rude, nil simplex rescribere: decipit illa 
 
 Custodes, aut aere domat: tunc corpore sano 
 
 Advocat Archigenem, onerosaque pallia jactat. 235 
 
 Abditus iniere^ latet accersitus adulter, 
 
 Impatiensque morae silet, et praeputia ducit. 
 
 Scilicet expectas ut tradat mater honestos 
 Aut alios mores qu^m quos habet ? utile porro 
 
 per quinque autumnos; res digna titulo 
 
 ju the course of five autumns; a circumstance deserving the inscription 
 
 sepulchri. Tibi est desperanda concordia socru 
 
 of a tomb-stone. You must despair of concord while your wife's mother 
 
 salva: ilia docet gaudere spoliis nudi mariti; 
 
 . lives: she teaches her to rejoice in the spoils of her stript husband: 
 
 ilia docet rescribere nil rude, nil simplex, 
 
 she teaches her to write back nothing rude, nothing artless, 
 
 tabellis missis a corruptore : ilia decipit custodes, 
 
 to the letters sent by her seducer; she deceives the guardians, 
 
 aut domat , sere: tunc 
 
 or bribes them with money: then 
 
 corpore sano, jactatque 
 
 though sound in body, and throws off 
 
 advocat Archigenem, 
 
 she calls Archigenes, 
 
 onerosa pallia, 
 the heavy bed-clothes. 
 
 Interea adulter 
 
 In the mean time the adulterer 
 
 accersitus 
 
 being sent for 
 
 latet 
 
 lies 
 
 abditus , ^ ^^ 
 
 concealed, ^ 
 
 impatiensque morse silet, et ducit prseputia. 
 and impatient of delay is quiet, and prepares for the deed. 
 
 Scilicet expectas ut mater tradat 
 Do you really expect that the mother can infuse 
 
 honestos 
 
 honest 
 
 aut 
 
 alios mores ’ quam quos 
 other manners than what 
 
 habet ? 
 she has ? 
 
 porrb 
 
 moreover 
 
 or 
 
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 D. JUMI JUVENALIS 
 
 Filiolam turp i vetulae producere turpe m. 
 
 Nulla fere causa est in qu4 non foemina litem 
 Moverit. A^usat Manilia si rea non es t. 
 
 ^ Componunt ips g per se, formantque libel los,^ 
 P rincipium atque ^ocos Celso dictare paratae. 
 Endro midas Tyrias, et foemineum cerom a 
 ^ Quis nescit ? vel quis non vidit vulnera ^palij 
 
 Quem cavat assiduis sudibus, scutoque lacessit. 
 Atque omnes impl^ numeros ? dignissima prorsus 
 
 
 
 
 <3 
 
 
 
 Florali matro na tuba , nisi si quM in illo 
 ) Pectore plus agitet, veraeque paratur arenae. 
 
 210 
 
 245 
 
 250 
 
 ■ - 
 
 
 C.^ 
 
 
 utile turpi vetulae producere turpem filiolam. 
 
 it is profitable for a wicked old woman to bring up a wicked daughter, 
 
 Est nulla causa fere in qua foemina non moverit 
 
 There is no cause scarcely in which a woman has not stirred up 
 
 litem. Manilia accusat si non est rea. Ipsae 
 
 the suit. Manilia accuses if she is not arr aigne d. Tliey themselves 
 
 componunt, per seque formant 
 
 collect, and by themselves they form 
 
 libellos, paratae 
 
 the pleas, prepared 
 
 a 
 
 L 
 
 
 
 dictare 
 
 , to dictate 
 
 ■■ , J. t;■Z^v it~ n-\X^ ^Who 
 
 fiIe ceroma? 
 
 ' VX ^ ^ _ ~ •- 
 
 principium 
 the opening 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 L/ 
 
 nescit Tyrias endromidas, 
 
 knows not the Tyrian rugs. 
 
 vel 
 
 or 
 
 quis 
 
 who 
 
 non vidit 
 has not beheld 
 
 locos Celso. 
 
 replies to Celsus. 
 
 et foemineum 
 
 and the female gladiator's 
 
 vulnera pali, 
 
 the wounds of the post. 
 
 n ■ : ■? /1 
 
 ' •’n Qxx.r-'f 
 
 f~ 
 
 quern 
 
 which 
 
 cavat assiduis sudibus, lacessitque 
 
 she hollows with her incessant wooden-swords, and provokes 
 
 
 
 scuto, atque implet omnes numeros I matrona 
 with the buckler, and_ fills up all th e parts of exercise ? a matron 
 
 prorsus dignissima Florali tuba, nisi si agitet 
 altogether most deserving of Flora's trun aget, unless she agitates 
 
 quid plus in illo pectore, paraturque verse arense. 
 something more in that breast, / and is prepai'ed for a real stage. 
 
L 
 
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 6<yr\y>' 
 
 SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 Quern praestare potest mulier galeata pudorem. 
 Quae fugit k sexu, et vires amat? haec tamen ipsa 
 Vir nollet fieri: nam quantula nostra voluptas! 
 Quale decus rerum, si conjugi s auctio fiat. 
 Balteus, et manicae , et crist ae, crurisque sinistri 
 Dimidium tegmen! v el, si diversa movebi t 
 Proelia, tu felix, o creas v endente pueM. 
 
 Hae sunt quae tenui sudant in cy clade, quarum 
 Delicias et panniculu s b ombycinus urit ! 
 
 Aspice quo fremitu monstratos perferat ictus. 
 
 Et quanto galeae c urvetur pondere; quanta 
 
 135 
 
 255 
 
 Quem pudorem potest galeata mulier praestare, quae 
 
 What modesty can a helmeted woman show, who 
 
 fugit a sexu, et amat vires ? tamen haec ipsa 
 flies from her sex, and delights in manly exercises ? yet she herself 
 
 nollet fieri vir: nam quantula nostra voluptas I 
 
 would not wish to become a man: for how small is our pleasure ! 
 
 Quale decus rerum, si auctio conjugis 
 
 What a delightful exhibition of articles, if an auction of a wife^s accoutrements 
 
 fiat, balteus, et manicae, et cristae, 
 
 were to be made, the belt, and the ga untlets, and the plume of feathers, ^ ^ 
 
 dimidiumque tegmen sinistri cruris! vel, si movebit 
 and the half boot of her left leg ! or, if she shall stir up 
 
 puella vendente ocreas, - ; 
 
 your wife selling her buskins. 
 
 diversa proelia, felix tu, 
 
 different battles, happy you. 
 
 Hm 
 
 These 
 
 quarum 
 
 whose 
 
 Aspice 
 
 Behold 
 
 sunt quae sudant in tenui cyclade, et 
 are they who perspire in thin sar cenets and 
 
 bombycinus panniculus urit ! 
 
 a silken gai’ment burns! 
 
 delicias 
 delicate bodies 
 
 quo fremitu 
 with what noise 
 
 perferat 
 
 she continues 
 
 monstratos ictus, 
 the obvious strokes, 
 
 et quanto pondere gale® curvetur ; quanta 
 
 and with what a weight of helmet sh e is bow ed down; w ith w hat 
 
 Tt; 
 
 
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 186 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 t Lt • . Poplitibus sedeat ; qu4m denso fascia libro : 
 
 tccJ: v -———/ 
 
 , 0 /' Et ride, scaphium positis cum sumitur armis. 
 
 
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 li¬ 
 
 fe 
 
 I 
 
 Ir 
 
 tf- 
 
 ‘!„i I 
 
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 !l- 
 
 I ^ 
 
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 !;'r 
 
 
 
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 T-y 
 
 ii 
 
 3I; 
 
 Dicite, VOS nepte s Lepidi, caecive Metelli, 
 
 Gurgitis aut Fabii, guse ludia sumpserit unquam 265 
 l ^s habjt us ? quando ad palum gemat uxor Asylli ? 
 
 Semper habet lites al ternaque jurgia le ctus 
 In quo nupta jacet: minimum dormitur in illo. 
 
 Tun c gravis i lia viro, tunc orba tigride pejor, 
 
 Cum simulat gemitus occulti conscia facti, 270 
 
 Aut odit pueros, aut fictiTpellice plorat 
 Uberibus semper lachrymis, semperque paratis 
 
 sedeat poplitibus; quam denso.libro ' fascia; 
 
 firmness she rests upon her hams; with how thick a fold is her wrapper j 
 
 et, armis positis, ride cum scaphium sumitur. . 
 
 and, as her arms are laid aside, laugh when the urinary vessel is taken up. 
 
 Dicite, VOS neptes Lepidi, 
 
 Say, ye grand-daughters of Lepidus, 
 
 caecive Metelli, 
 or of blind Metellus, 
 
 aut Fabii Gurgitis, quae. ludia unquam sumpserit 
 of Fabius Gurges, what gladiator’s trull ever assumed 
 
 or 
 
 hos habitus ? quando uxor Asylli gemat ad palum % 
 those dress es ? when does the wife of Asyllus groan at a post ? 
 
 Lectus in quo nupta jacet semper habet lites 
 
 The bed in which a married woman lies always has contentions 
 
 jilternaque 
 
 aud alternate 
 
 jurgia: 
 
 quarrels: 
 
 dormitur 
 
 one sleeps 
 
 minimum 
 very little 
 
 in illo.. 
 in it. 
 
 Tune ilia - gravis viro, tunc pejor tigride 
 
 At onetime she is troublesome to her husband, then more fell than a tigress 
 
 orba, cum conscia occulti facti 
 
 I'obbed of her young, when conscious of a secret fact 
 
 simulat 
 she dissembles 
 
 gemitus, aut odit pueros, ■ aut, ficta . pellice, 
 
 groans, or hates the boys, or, pretending a courtezan is kept, 
 
 plorat lachrymis semper uberibus, semperque paratis 
 she laments with tears always in abundance, and always ready 
 
t^~^^-'%/)e,^ <^it- ^ 
 
 <^i,y^-r * ■ r-^c^ 
 
 
 SATIUA SEXTA. 
 
 137 
 
 
 la statione su^, atque expectantibu s illam, 
 
 _Qp 9j5Heffitriahare_mQdo tu credis amorem; 
 
 Tu libi tunc, curruca, places, fletumq ue labellis 275 
 
 Exsorbes : quae scripta et quas lecture tabellas, 
 
 Siji bi zelotypae re tegantur scrinia moechae! 
 
 Sed jace t in servi complexibus, aut equitis: dic, 
 
 Dic aliquem , sodes dic, Quintiliane, colorem, 
 
 Haeremu s : dic ipsa : olim convenerat, inquit, 280 
 
 Ut faceres tu quod velles ; nec non ego possem 
 Indulgere mihi; clames licet, et mare coelo 
 Confundas, homo sum. Nihil est audacius illis 
 
 
 
 
 in sua statione, 
 in their station. 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 expectantibus 
 
 waiting 
 
 illam 
 
 her 
 
 
 quomodo jubeat manare: tu credis amorem; 
 
 in what manner she may order them to flow: you believe this love; 
 
 tunc tu places tibi, curruca, exsorbesque fletum Cc^e. 
 then you congratulate yourself, hedge-sparrow, and drink off th e tear 
 
 labellis : si scrinia zelotypae moechae retegantur 
 
 with your lips: if the cabinets oft^ jealous adultress were opened 
 
 tibi, quae scripta et quas tabellas lecture! 
 to you, " what epistles and what letters would you read! 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 jacet in complexibus servi, 
 she lies in the embraces of a slave, 
 
 aut equitis : 
 
 or 
 
 a knight: 
 
 Quintiliane, dic, dic, sodes 
 
 O Quintilian, speak, speak, pray 
 
 die aliquem colorem, 
 frame any excuse. 
 
 
 
 
 Haeremus: dic ipsa: Olim convenerat, inquit, / /y y ' 
 
 We are puzzled: speak yourself; Formerly it was agreed, says she, 
 
 ut tu ^ faceres quod velles, nec non ego possem 
 
 that you might do what you chose, and likew ise that 1 should 
 
 indulgere mihi: licet dames, et confundas mare 
 
 indulge myself: although you bawl, and confound the sea 
 
 coelo, sum homo. Nihil est audacious illis 
 
 with the sky, 1 am a woman. Nothing is more audacious than they 
 
 
 
 
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 . yjx’^-c ‘i.-el/Lj' 
 
 Depre nsis: iram atq ue an imos a crimine sumunt. 
 
 Unde haec monstra tamen, vel quo de fonte requiris ? 
 
 Praestabat castas humilis fortuna Latinas 
 t O... 
 
 mar 
 
 n ec vitiis contingi parva sinebant ^ 
 Tecta labd r. sofenique breves, et vellere Thusco 
 Vexatae duraeque manus, ac proximus urbi 
 I Hannibal, et stantes Collina in turre mariti. 
 
 ' Nunc patimur longae pacis mala: scevior armis 
 Luxuria incubu it, victumque ulciscitur orbem. 
 N ullum,crimen ab est, facinusque libid inis, ex qu o 
 Paupertas Romana perit: hinc fluxit ad istos 
 
 
 •fer// ^ 
 
 286 
 
 290 
 
 deprensis: sumunt iram atque animos a crimine. 
 
 when caught : they assume rage and spirits from their crime. 
 
 'X- ‘Hi p 
 
 upiu^ rt^c *^ Xamen requiris unde hsec monstra, vel de quo 
 cr Lit. XL CL Yet do you ask whence these monstr ous crimes, or from what 
 
 fonte? Quondam humilis fortuna praestabat Latinas 
 
 fountain ? In ancient times a humble fortune kept the Latin women 
 castas, nec labor brevesque somni, et manus vexatae 
 
 chaste, nor did labour and short sleep, and their hands tired 
 
 duraeque Thusco vellere, ac Hannibal proximus 
 
 and hardened with the Tuscan fleece, and Hannibal nigh 
 
 •c 
 
 
 I'r . 
 
 
 urbi, et mariti stantes in Collina 
 
 to the city, and the husbands keeping guard on the Colline 
 
 turre, sinebant parva tecta contingi vitiis, 
 
 turret, permit their little cottage to be tainted with vices. 
 
 Nunc patimur mala longae pacis : luxuria saevior 
 
 Now we suffer the evils of a long peace: luxury more cruel 
 
 armis incubuit, ulcisciturque victum 
 
 than arms hath brooded upon us, and inflicts vengeance for a vanquished 
 
 orbem. Ex quo Romana paupertas perit, nullum crimen 
 
 world. From the era when Roman poverty perished, no crime 
 
 
 
 abest, et fascinusque libidinis : 
 is wanting, nor the wickedne ss of lust ; 
 
 ^ ll i ^ _ 
 
 / 
 
 hinc et Sybaris 
 
 hence both Sybaris 
 
 4. c . 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 139 
 
 
 Et Sybaris colles, hinc et^Rhodos, atque Miletos, 295 
 Atque coro natum , et petulans, madidu m^e Tarentum. J ^ 
 
 Prima peregrino s obscoena pecunia mores 
 Intulit, et turpi fregerunt secula luxu ^ 
 
 Di vitiae moll es. Quid enim Venus ebria curat? 
 Inguinis et capitis quae sint discrimina nescit. 
 
 Grandia quae mediis jam noctibus ostrea morde t. 
 
 Cum perfica mero spumant unguenta Falerno, 
 
 Cum bibitur concbd , cum jam vertigi ne tectum 
 Ambulat, et geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis. 
 
 1 nunc, et ^ubita. qua sorbeat aera sanna 
 
 • ■■ 
 
 300 
 
 305 
 
 fluxit ad istos colles: hinc et Rhodos, atque Miletos, 
 
 flowed to these hills: hence both Rhodes, and Miletus, 
 
 atque coronatum, et petulans, madidumque Tarentum. 
 
 and the crowned, and petulant, and drunken Tarentum. 
 
 Obscoena pecunia prima intulit 
 
 Abominable money first introduced 
 
 peregrinos mores, 
 
 foreign manners. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 molles divitise fregerunt secula 
 
 effeminate wealth corrupted 
 
 the age 
 
 turpi luxu. 
 with shameful luxury. 
 
 Enim 
 
 For 
 
 quid 
 
 what 
 
 ebria Venus 
 
 does a drunken woman 
 
 curat 1 
 
 care? 
 
 nescit 
 
 She knows not 
 
 quse sint discrimina inguinis et capitis, quse 
 
 what are the differences between her bottom and her head, who 
 
 jam mordet grandia ostrea mediis noctibus, cum 
 
 now eats large oysters at midnights, whep 
 
 unguenta 
 
 ointments 
 
 perfusa 
 mixed with 
 
 Falerno mero 
 
 Falernian wine 
 
 spumant, cum 
 foam, when 
 
 bibitur 
 she drinks 
 
 ^ concha, 
 out of a shell. 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 tectum 
 
 the room 
 
 ambulat 
 
 turns 
 
 vertigine, 
 with a whirl, 
 
 nunc. 
 
 et mensa 
 and the table 
 <r' 
 
 et dubita 
 
 exsurgit 
 rises up 
 
 geminis lucernis, 
 with double lights. 
 
 qua sanna 
 
 Go now, and reflect with what a contempt 
 
 Tullia sorbet 
 Tullia inhales 
 
 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Tullia, quid dj _cat nota e Collacia Maurae, 
 
 Maura Pudicitiae veterem cum praeterit aram. 
 
 Noctibus hic ponunt l ectica s, micturiunt hic. 
 
 Effigiemque deae longis siphonibus implent, 
 
 Inque vices equitant, ac luna teste moventur : 310 
 
 Inde domos abeunt. Tu calcas, luce reversi. 
 
 Conjugis urinam, magnos visurus amicos. 
 
 Nota bonae secreta deae, cum tibia lumbos 
 
 I 1 h. . ^ 4 ^ - - 
 
 Incitat, et cornu pariter vinoque feruntur ^ 
 
 Attonitae, crinem que rotant, ululantq ue Priapi 315 
 
 Maenades; O quantus tunc illis mentibus ardor 
 
 Aii!// "P*- 
 
 
 
 v: 
 
 aera, 
 
 the air. 
 
 quid 
 
 what 
 
 Collacia 
 
 Collacia 
 
 dicat 
 
 tells 
 
 notae Maurae, 
 
 to her confidiiit Maura, 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 Maura 
 
 Maura 
 
 praeterit 
 
 passes 
 
 veterem aram 
 the old altar 
 
 Pudicitiae. 
 
 of Chastity. 
 
 Hic 
 
 Here 
 
 ponunt 
 they place 
 
 lecticas , 
 
 their litters 
 
 noctibus, 
 in the night, 
 
 hic 
 
 here 
 
 micturiunt, 
 
 they water. 
 
 implentque effigiem deae 
 
 longis 
 
 siphonibus. 
 
 and fili the effigy of the goddess with long water-sqjjirts, 
 
 
 (I /c. 
 
 equitantque in vices, ac moventur luna teste: 
 
 and ride by turns, and are in motion the moon being witness: 
 
 inde abeunt domos. Luce reversa, visurus 
 
 thence they depart to their homes. The day returning, as you go 
 magnos amicos, tu calcas * urinam conjugis. Vl/i 
 
 your great friends, you tread upon the urine of your spouse. 
 
 Secreta bonte deae nota cum tibia incitat 
 
 secrets of the good goddess are discovered when the pipe excites 
 
 lumbos, et mtenades Priapi feruntur ' attonitae 
 
 thei r loin s, and the priestesses of Priapus are borne along astonished 
 
 pariter cornu vinoque, rotantque crinem, ululantque: 
 
 at once with the horn and the wine, andtossahout their hair, and howl; 
 
 O quantus ' ardor concubitus tunc illis mentibus ! 
 
 o what a burning desire of copulation is then in their minds! 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 141 
 
 Concubit^is ! quae vox saltante libidine! quantus 
 Ille meri veteris per crura madentia torrens l 
 Lenonum ancillas positi Laufella corona 
 P rovoca t, et tollit pendentis praemia coxae^ : 
 
 Ipsa Medullinae frictum crissantis adorat. 
 
 j' t ^ ---- ^ 
 
 Palmam inter dominas virtus natalibus aequat. 
 
 Nil tibi per l udum simulabitur ; omnia fien t 
 Ad verum, quibus i ncendi j am frigidus aevo 
 Laomedontiades, et Nestoris hei^ia pos^. 
 
 T unc p rurigo morae impatie^: t unc foemina simplex ; 
 Et pariter toto repetitur clamor ab antro : 
 
 
 320 
 
 325 
 
 quae vox saltante libidine' quantus ille 
 
 what a noise through stimulating lust! how abundant that 
 
 torrens 
 
 torrent 
 
 provocat 
 
 challenges 
 
 veteris meri 
 of old wine 
 
 ancillas 
 
 the wenches 
 
 per madentia crura! Laufella 
 
 over their wet thighs! Laufella 
 
 lenonum, 
 
 of procurers. 
 
 corona posita, 
 a crown being produced, 
 
 et 
 and 
 
 adorat 
 
 admires 
 
 tollit praemia 
 
 carries off the premiums 
 
 pendentis coxae: ipsa 
 
 of the pendent hip: she herself 
 
 frictum Medullinae crissantis. Inter 
 the motion of Medullina as she acts her part. Among 
 
 dominas virtus aequat palmam natalibus, 
 these mistresses their virtue equals the pre-eminence of their births. 
 
 Nil simulabitur tibi per ludum ; omnia fient 
 Nothing will be dissembled to you in the sport j all will be performed 
 
 ad verum, quibus Laomedontiades, jam frigidus 
 
 according to reality, by which Priam, already frozen 
 
 aevo, et hernia 
 with age, and the rupture 
 
 Nestoris possit 
 of Nestor could 
 
 incendi. Tunc 
 be excited. Then 
 
 prurigo impatiens morae : tunc simplex foemina: 
 rampant lust is impatient - of delay : then she is the plain woman: ^ , 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 pariter 
 at once 
 
 clamor 
 a clamour 
 
 repetitur 
 is re-echoed 
 
 ab toto antro : 
 
 from the whole vault 
 
 
 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 .V 
 
 |||j I Urxt^,i£^ I 
 
 ^■4X^‘^~-*3li >Z/^y 
 
 J am fas est . admitte viros : jam dormit adulter I 
 Ilia jubet sumpto juvenem properare c ucullo : 
 
 Si nihil est, serv^inc urritu r : abstuleri s spem 
 Servorum, veniet c onduc tus aquarius : hic si 
 Quaeritur, et desunt homines, mora nulla per ipsam. 
 Quo minus imposito clunem submittat asello. 
 
 Atque utinam ritus veteres et publica saltem 
 His intacta malis ager entu r sacra: sed omnes 
 Noverunt Mauri atque Indi quae psaltria penem 
 
 Majorem, qu^m sunt duo Caesaris Anti-Catones, 
 
 ^ --» 
 
 Illhc, testiculi sibi conscius unde fugit mus, 
 
 330 
 
 335 
 
 i; 
 
 
 jam est fas, admitte viros: adulter jam dormit ? 
 
 now it is expedient, admit the men : does the adulterer now sleep ? 
 
 
 ilia, sumpto cucullo, jubet juvenem properare: 
 
 she, having taken her veil, ord ers a yo ung fell ow to make haste: 
 
 si est nihil, incurritur servis : 
 
 if there is none, she rushes to the slaves: 
 
 abstuleris spem 
 
 if you take away her hope 
 
 servorum, aquarius conductus veniet; si hic quaeritur, 
 of the slaves, a waterman being hired must come: if he is missing, 
 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 quo 
 
 that 
 
 homines 
 
 men 
 
 desunt, 
 are wanting. 
 
 minus submittat 
 she will not submit 
 
 nulla 
 
 no 
 
 clunem 
 
 her body 
 
 mora 
 
 delay 
 
 per ipsam, 
 in her. 
 
 asello imposito. 
 
 to the vilest impurities. 
 
 
 
 •C’- 
 
 
 
 Atque utinam veteres ritus et saltem publica sacra 
 And I wish the ancient rites and at least public*sacred ceremonies 
 
 agerentur intacta his malis : sed omnes 
 
 were performed uncontaminated by these abominations: but all 
 
 -—— - ^ ^ 
 
 Mauri atque Indi noverunt quae psaltria intulerit 
 
 the Moors and Indians know what si nging-w ench brought in 
 
 illiic majorem penem quam duo Anti-Catones Caesaris 
 thither a larger tail than the two Anti-Catos of Caesar 
 
 sunt, unde mus, conscius sibi testiculi, fugit, 
 arc, from whence a mouse, conscious to himself of his testicle, flies, 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 143 
 
 Intulerit, ubi velari pictura jubetur, 
 
 Quaecunque alterius sexAs imitata figuram est. 340 
 
 Et quis tunc hominum contemptor numinis ? aut quis 
 Sympuvium ridere Numae nigrumque c atinum , ^ 
 
 Et Vaticano fragiles de monte patellas, ' 
 
 Ausus erat ? sed nunc ad quas non Clodius aras ? 
 
 Audio quid veteres olim moneatis amici : 345 
 
 Pone seram, cohibe. Sed quis custodiet ipsos 
 Custodes ? cauta est, et ab illis incipit uxor. ^ 
 
 Jam^que es^dem summis panter minimisque libido ; 
 
 Nec melior, silicem pedibus quae conterit atrum, 
 
 ubi pictura jubetur velari, qusecunque est imitata 
 
 where a picture is ordered to be veiled, whatever imitates 
 
 figuram 
 the figure 
 
 contemptor 
 was a despiser 
 
 alterius sexus. Et 
 of the other sex. And 
 
 numinis % aut 
 
 of the deity ? or 
 
 quis 
 
 what 
 
 hominum 
 
 man 
 
 tunc 
 
 then 
 
 quis 
 
 who 
 
 ausus erat 
 dared 
 
 ridere 
 
 sympuvium 
 
 Numse 
 
 nigrumque catinum, 
 
 to laugh at 
 
 the earthen chalice 
 
 of Numa 
 
 and the black bowl. 
 
 et 
 
 fragiles patellas 
 
 de Vaticano monte? 
 
 Sed 
 
 and 
 
 the brittle platters 
 
 from the Vatican hill ? 
 
 But 
 
 nunc 
 
 ad quas aras 
 
 non 
 
 Clodius ? 
 
 Audio 
 
 now 
 
 at what altars is there not 
 
 a Clodius ? 
 
 1 hear 
 
 quid 
 
 olim moneatis 
 
 , veteres amici: 
 
 Pone 
 
 what afterwards you may advise, my 
 
 ancient friends 
 
 : Put on 
 
 seram: 
 
 cohibe. Sed 
 
 quis 
 
 custodiet 
 
 custodes 
 
 a lock: 
 
 restrain her. But 
 
 who 
 
 shall keep her guardians 
 
 ipsos 1 uxor est 
 
 themselves? a wife is 
 
 cauta, 
 
 cunning. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 incipit 
 
 begins 
 
 ab illis. 
 
 with them. 
 
 Jamque eadem libido pariter summis minimisque; 
 
 And now the same lust rages equally in the highest as in the lowest j 
 
 nec melior, quse conterit atrum silicem pedibus, 
 
 nor is she better, who wears the black flint-stone with her feet. 
 
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 Qu^in quae longorum vehitur cervice Syrorum. 350 
 
 Ut spectet ludos conduci t Ogulnia vestem; 
 
 Conducit comites, sellam, cervical, amicas, 
 
 Nutricem, et fl avam , cui det mandata, puellam. 
 
 Haec tamen, argenti superest quodcunque paterni, 
 Laevibus athletis, ac vasa novissima donat. 355 
 
 Multis res angusta domi est: sed nulla pudorem 
 Paupertatis habet, nec se metitur ad illum. 
 
 Quem dedit haec, posuitque modum. Tamen utile quid sit 
 Prospiciunt aliquando viri; frigusque famemque 
 Formica tandem quidam expavere magistra. 360 
 
 quam 
 
 than 
 
 quae 
 
 she who 
 
 vehitur 
 is carried 
 
 ti t'll 
 
 
 cervice longorum Syrorum, 
 on the shoulder of tall Syrians. 
 
 ludos ; 
 
 . • Ogulnia conducit vestem ut spectet 
 
 , MxtcU. jiK'jXnip Ogulnia hires a garment that she may see the plays; 
 
 conducit comites, sellam, cervical, amicas, nutricem, 
 
 she hires attendants, a chair, a cushion, friends, ' a nurse. 
 
 et flavam puellam, 
 and a yellow-haired girl. 
 
 cui det mandata, 
 
 to whom she may give her commands. 
 
 
 
 
 Tamen hsec donat quodcunque superest paterni argenti 
 ' Yet she bestows whatever is left of her father’s money 
 
 ac novissima vasa laevibus athletis. Est multis 
 
 and the newest vases to smooth-faced wrestlers. Many have 
 
 angusta res domi; 
 
 a scanty fortune at home; 
 
 paupertatis, nec metitur 
 of poverty, nor measures 
 
 sed nulla habet pudorem 
 but no woman ’ has a sense 
 
 se ad ilium, posuitque 
 herself by it, or hath placed 
 
 ' / 
 
 ^^odum quern haec dedit. Tamen viri aliquando 
 
 A' -- the bound which it has assigned her. Yet men sometimes 
 
 y, 
 
 prospiciunt quid 
 
 consider what 
 
 sit utile: 
 may be useful: 
 
 tandem 
 
 at length 
 
 quidam 
 
 some 
 
 expavere frigusque famemque, formica magistra, 
 have dreaded both cold and hunger, the ant being their instructor. 
 
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 A-- 
 
 /l 
 
 1 . 
 
 y 
 
 'I \.yr-t.-€. 
 
 
 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 145 
 
 Pro diga non sentit pereuntem foemina cens u m : 
 
 At velut exhaustd redivivus i ^llulet arcd 
 Nummus, et h pleno semper tollatur acervo, 
 
 Non unquam reputat quanti sibi gaudia constent. 
 
 Sunt quas eunuchi imbelles ac mollia semper 365 
 Oscula delectent, et desperatio barbte. 
 
 Et quod abortivo non est opus. Illa voluptas 
 Summa tamen, quod jam calidi matura juvent^ 
 
 Inguina traduntur medicis, jam pectine nigro. 
 
 Ergo expectatos ac jussos crescere primum 370 
 
 Testiculos, postquam coeperunt esse b ilibre s. 
 
 Prodiga foemina non sentit censum pereuntem: 
 
 An extravagant woman does not perceive her circumstances decaying: 
 
 at, velut nummus redivivus pullulet exhausta 
 
 but, as if money renewed would increase in the exhausted 
 
 area, et semper tollatur 
 
 coffer, and always be taken 
 
 non unquam reputat quanti gaudia 
 
 does not ever reflect how much her pleasures 
 
 e pleno acervo, 
 
 from a large mass, 
 
 constent sibi. 
 
 cost her. 
 
 Sunt quas imbelles eunuchi ac mollia 
 
 There are women whom impotent eunuchs and their soft 
 
 oscula semper delectent, et desperatio barbae, et 
 kisses always delight, and the hopelessness of a beard, also 
 
 quod non est opus abortivo. Tamen illa 
 
 because there is no need to cause a miscarriage. Yet that 
 
 summa voluptas, quod jam inguina matura, calida 
 is the greatest delight, that now the indications of manhood, in the glow 
 
 juventa, traduntur medicis, jam pectine nigro, 
 of youth, are delivered up to the surgeons, the hair just growing black. 
 
 
 
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 Ergo Heliodorus rapit testiculos expectatos 
 
 Therefore Heliodorus mutilates those requisites which are expected / tV 
 
 ac jussos primum crescere, postquam coeperunt 
 
 and oixlained first to grow, after they have begun 
 
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146 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Tonsoris damno tantum, rapit Heliodorus. 
 
 Conspicuus longe cunctisque notabilis intrat 
 
 Balnea, nec dubi^ custodem vitis et horti 
 
 Provocat, ^ domind factus ^pado : dormiat ille 375 
 
 Cum domina; sed tu j am durum. Posthume, j amque 
 
 Tondendum eunucho Bromium committere noli. 
 
 Si gaudet cantu, nullius fibula durat 
 Vocem vendentis Praetoribus; organa s emper 
 In manibus: densi radiant testudine totd 380 
 
 Sardony ches: crispo pulsantur pecti ne chordae. 
 
 Quo tener Hedymeles operam dedit: hunc tenet, hoc se 
 
 esse bilibres, damno tonsoris tantum, 
 
 to be the weight of two pounds, to the loss of the barber only. 
 
 Longe intrat balnea, conspicuus notabilisque cunctis, 
 
 At a distance he enters the baths, conspicuous and observable to all, 
 
 nec dubie provocat custodem vitis et 
 
 I A <■ and undoubtedly challenges the keeper of the vine and 
 
 horti, factus spado a domina : ille dormiat cum 
 garden, being made an eunuch by his mistress: let him sleep with 
 
 domina : sed tu. Posthume, noli committere 
 
 his mistress: but you, O Posthumus, be unwilling to trust 
 
 eunucho- Bromium, jam durum, jamque tonendum. 
 to the eunuch Bromius, now plump, and now fit to be shaved. 
 
 Si gaudet cantu, fibula nullius vendentis 
 If she delights in singing, the buckle of no one who hires 
 
 vocem praetoribus durat ; organa semper 
 
 his voice to the praetors keeps its hold; instruments are always 
 
 in manibus ; densi sardonyches radiant tota testudine : 
 in her bauds: thickset sardonyx-ston es sparkle over th e whole lute; 
 
 chordae pulsantur crispo pectine, quo tener 
 
 the strings are touched with the trembling quill, on which the tender 
 
 meles 
 
 ti'J , 
 
 Hedymeles 
 
 dedit operam : 
 
 besto weil hii la bour: 
 
 tenet hunc, solatur se 
 she holds this, she solaces herself 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 Solatur, a^r atoq ue indulget basia plectro. 
 
 Quoedam de numero Lamiarum, ac nominis alti. 
 Cum farre et vino JanurnVestamque rogabat. 
 
 An Capitolinam deberet Pollio quercum 
 Sperar e, et fidibus promittere. Quid faceret plus 
 ^grotante viro? medicis quid tristibus erga 
 Filiolum? stetit ante aram, nec turpe putavit 
 Pro cithard velare caput; dictataque verba 
 Protulit, ut mos est, et aperti palluit agn^. 
 
 Dic mihi nunc, quaeso ; dic, antiquissime divfim; 
 Respondes his, Jane pater ? magna otia coeli: 
 
 147 
 
 
 385 
 
 390 
 
 indulgetque 
 
 basia 
 
 grato plectro. 
 
 Qusedam 
 
 and confers 
 
 kisses 
 
 on the gratifying quill. 
 
 One 
 
 de numero 
 
 Lamiarum, 
 
 ac alti nominis. 
 
 rogabat 
 
 of the number 
 
 of the Lamians, 
 
 and of exalted reputation, 
 
 asked 
 
 Janum Vestamque cum 
 
 farre et vino. 
 
 an 
 
 Janus and Vesta with 
 
 meal and wine, 
 
 whether 
 
 Pollio 
 
 Pollio 
 
 deberet 
 
 ought 
 
 sperare 
 
 to hope 
 
 Capitolinam quercum, 
 
 for the Capit oline oaken rro wn, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 promittere 
 promise it 
 
 y; 
 
 fidibus. 
 to his harp s. 
 
 Quid 
 
 What 
 
 plus 
 
 more 
 
 faceret 
 could she do 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 viro 
 
 for her husband 
 
 aegrotante ? quid 
 
 when sick ? what 
 
 erga 
 
 towards 
 
 filiolum, 
 her little son, 
 
 medicis tristibus ? stetit ante aram, nec putavit 
 of whom the physicians despair ? she stood before the altar, nor thought it 
 
 turpe velare caput pro cithara ; protulitque verba 
 disgraceful to veil her head for a harper; she spoke also the words 
 
 
 
 e,.\ 
 
 dictata, ut mos est, et palluit agna aperta, 
 dictated, as the custom is, and turned pale as the lamb was opened. 
 
 -t- tLt. 
 
 
 
 Die mihi nunc, quteso, die; antiquissime divum, 
 Tell me now, I beseech you, tell me, O most ancieut of the gods, 
 
 respondes his, pater Jane? otia c®li magna; 
 
 do you answer these, O father Janus ? the ease of heaven is g^eat: 
 
 It 
 
148 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Non est, ut video, non est qu od agatujr apud vos. , 
 Haec de comoedis te consulit : ilia tragoedum 
 Commendare volet; varicosus fiet haruspex. 
 
 Sed cantet potius qu^m totam pervolet urbem 
 Audax, et coetus possit qu^m fer re,viroru m ^ 
 Cumq ue paludatis ducibus, praesente marito . 
 
 I psa loqui reet4 facie strictisque mamillis . 
 
 Haec eadem novit quid toto fiat in orbe; 
 
 Quid Seres, quid Thraces agant: s ecreta no vercae . 
 Et pueri: quis amet; quis decipiatur adulter. 
 Dicet quis viduam praegnantem fecerit, et quo 
 
 395 
 
 400 
 
 ^ 1 ^ 
 
 1 
 
 not est, ut video, non est quod agatur apud vos. 
 
 there is not, as I see, there is not any thing that is to be done among you. 
 
 Haec 
 
 This woman 
 
 consulit 
 
 consults 
 
 te 
 
 you 
 
 de comoedis : ilia volet 
 
 concerning comedians: that wishes 
 
 . commendare tragoedum: haruspex fiet varicosus. 
 
 4^-»^ to recommend a tragedian: the soothsayer will become dropsical. 
 
 iy' 
 
 Sed cantet potius quam audax pervolet totam urhem, 
 But let her sing rather than audaciously .fly through the whole city, 
 
 et quam possit ferre coetus 
 
 
 and 
 
 Virorum ; 
 
 rather than . she should suffer the society of men; 
 
 ipsaque loqui, recta facie strictisque mamillis, 
 
 and she herself talk, with an impudent face and bare breasts, , ^ 
 
 cum paludatis ducihus,- 
 with red coat officers, 
 
 marito praesente, 
 while her husband is present. 
 
 eadem 
 
 same woman 
 
 novit quid fiat in toto orbe: 
 knows what is done in the whole world: 
 
 Haec 
 
 This. 
 
 qirid 
 
 what. 
 
 Seres, quid Thraces agant: secreta novercae 
 
 the Seres, what the Thracians are doing: the secrets of a step-mother. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 pueri: 
 of her son: 
 
 quis amet: quis adulter decipiatur, 
 
 who is in love: what adulterer is deceived. 
 
 Dicet quis fecerit viduam praegnantem, et quo 
 
 She will tell who made the widow pregnant, > and in what • 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 149 
 
 Mense, quibus verbis concumbat 'quaeque, modis quot. 
 In stante m regi Armenio Parthoque cometen 406 
 
 Prima videt: famaifl rumores^ue illa recentes 
 Excipit ad portas; quosdam facit: isse Niphatem 
 In populos, magnoque. illic cuncta arva teneri 
 Diluvio: nutare urbes, subsidere terras, 410 
 
 Q uocunque in trivio, cuicunque est obvia, narrat. 
 
 Nec tamen id vitium magis intolerabile qu^m quod 
 
 Vicinos humiles rapere , et concidere lori s 
 
 Exorata solet: nam si latratibus alti 
 
 Rumpuntur somni, fustes huc ocyus, inquit, 415 
 
 mense, quibus verbis quseque ' concumbat, quot 
 
 month, with what words every one prostitutes herself, and in how many 
 
 modis. Prima videt cometen instantem Armenio Parthoque 
 ways. She first descries a comet threatening the Armenian and Parthian 
 
 regi: ilia excipit famam, recentesque rumores 
 
 king: she gathers news, and recent rumours 
 
 ad portas ; facit quosdam : Niphatem isse 
 
 at the gates ; she invents a few: t hat the Niphates has flowed 
 
 in populos, cunctaque arva illic teneri magno 
 over the people, and that all the fields there are overwhelmed by a great 
 
 diluvio : urbes nutare, terras subsidere, narrat 
 
 flood: that the cities shake, the lands sink, she tells 
 
 cuicunque est obvia, 
 
 to any one by whom she is met. 
 
 vitium magis intolerabile quam 
 vice more intolerable than 
 
 solet rapere humiles vicinos, 
 that though entreated she is used t o plunde r her humhlc neighbours, 
 
 et concidere loris : nam si alti somni rumpuntur 
 
 and ■ cut them- with scourges; for if her sound sleep is disturbed 
 
 in trivio quocunque, 
 
 in any street whatever, 
 
 Nec • 
 
 Nor 
 
 tamen 
 
 yet 
 
 id 
 
 is that 
 
 quod 
 
 exorata 
 
 latratibus, inquit, afferte fustes huc ocyus, 
 
 by the barkings of a dog, she says, bring clubs hither quickiv, 
 
150 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 AfFerte, atque illis dominum jubet ant^ feriri, 
 
 , ^ Deinde canem: gravis occursu , teterrima vultu. 
 
 Balnea nocte subit ;^ onchas e t castra moveri 
 Nocte jubet; magno gaudet sudare tumultu : 
 
 Cum lassata grav i ceciderunt brachia massd , 420 
 
 Callid us et cristae digitos im pressit aliptes. 
 
 Ac summum doming f emur excl amare coegit, 
 
 (Convivae miseri interea somnoque fameque 
 Urgentur), tandem illa venit rubicundula , totum 
 CEnophorum sitiens, plen^ quod tenditur urn4 425 
 
 Admotum pedibus, de quo sextarius alter 
 
 
 
 ■A- JlZ.-t'i-i'lt- T^v' 
 
 
 atque 
 
 jubet 
 
 dominum 
 
 feriri 
 
 illis 
 
 ante. 
 
 and 
 
 she orders 
 
 the master to be beaten 
 
 with them first. 
 
 deinde 
 
 canem: 
 
 subit balnea 
 
 nocte. 
 
 gravis 
 
 occursu. 
 
 then 
 
 the dog: 
 
 she enters the baths 
 
 by night. 
 
 frightful 
 
 to be met. 
 
 ._ _ teterrima vultu; jubet conchas et castra 
 
 ''r fj . ^ most terrible in her aspect ; she orders^ c puches and baggage 
 
 moveri nocte; gaudet sudare magno tumultu: 
 xctcc w moved in the night;, she delights to perspire in a great tumult: 
 
 “ . y- 
 
 brachia ceciderunt, lassata gravi massa, 
 
 her arms have fallen, wearied with the heavy mass, 
 
 calidus alliptes impressit digitos cristae, 
 the cunning anointer has impressed his fingers on her crest. 
 
 i/V"7lKVwt. X 
 
 1 , fr , ,cum 
 
 .-"^"^"^when 
 
 ■ Kt-iWt-r'f vt., 
 
 - 
 
 and 
 
 ac 
 
 and 
 
 coegit 
 
 made 
 
 summum femur 
 the upper thigh 
 
 dominae exclamare, 
 of the mistress to smack, 
 
 interea miseri convivae urgentur 
 (in the meantime the miserable guests are oppressed 
 
 somnoque 
 
 both with sleep 
 
 fameque), tandem ilia venit rubicundula, sitiens totum 
 and hunger), at length she arrives all glowing, thirsting for a whole 
 
 oenophorum, quod admotum pedibus tenditur 
 wine-flagon, which placed at her feet is held out to her 
 
 plena urna, de quo alter sextarius ducitur 
 in a full pitcher, out of which a second quart is quaffed ofl' 
 

 
 
 SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 151 
 
 u. 
 
 1t£^C 
 
 *^0^/u 
 
 le^ 
 
 Ducitur ante cibum, r abidam facturus orexim , 
 D um redit, et l oto ter ram ferit intestino. 
 Marmor ibus rivi properant, aut lata Falernum 
 Pelvis olet: nam sic tanquam alta in d olia longus 
 Deciderit serpens, bibit , et vomit . Ergo maritus 
 Nauseat , atque ocufis ^ilem substringi t opertis. 
 
 Illa tamen gravior, quae cum discumbere coep it 
 Laudat Virgilium, periturae ignoscit Elisae; 
 Committi t vate s, et comparat; inde Maronem, 
 Atque alia parte in trutina suspendit Homerum. 
 Cedunt grammatici, vincuntur rhetores, omnis 
 
 430 
 
 
 435 
 
 ante 
 before 
 
 redit, 
 np it comes, 
 
 cibum, 
 
 meat, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 facturus 
 
 to whet 
 
 rabidam orexim, 
 a ravenous appetite, 
 
 dum 
 
 while 
 
 ferit terram intestino loto, 
 
 strikes the earth as her stomach is cleansed. 
 
 
 Rivi properant marmoribus, aut lata pelvis 
 
 Torrents gush over the marble pavements, or a broad bason 
 
 olet Falernum : nam, tanquam longus serpens deciderit 
 
 smells of Falernian: for, as if a long serpent had fallen 
 
 - ___ J 
 
 in alta dolia, sic ’ bibit, et vomit. Ergo maritus 
 
 into the deep cask, so she drinks, and vomits. Therefore the husband 
 
 nauseat, atque substringit bilem opertis oculis. 
 
 loathes, and suppresses his ro/entment by shutting his eyes. 
 
 Tamen illa gravior, quae cum coepit discumbere, 
 Yet she is more intolerable, who, when she begins to eat, 
 
 laudat Virgilium, ignoscit Elisae periturae ; 
 
 praises Virgil, excuses Dido when about to destroy herself; 
 
 committit vates, et comparat; inde suspendit 
 introduces the poets, and compares them; on the one side she weighs 
 
 Maronem in trutina, atque alia parte Homerum. 
 Maro in the scale, and on the other part Homer. 
 
 Grammatici cedunt, rhetores vincuntur, omnis 
 
 The grammarians yield, the rhetoricians are conquered, all 
 
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 r/ 
 
 '7^ 
 
 A 
 
 ^ j ' 
 
 •/ - _/ y 
 
 / 
 
 /, 
 
 y 
 
 y 
 
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 ^ t-i'* ^ ^ 
 
 <^/T. r^ -i 
 
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 D. JUNIl JUVENALIS 
 
 i- 
 
 €5' 
 
 Turba lacet; n ec causidicus, nec praeco loquatu r. 
 
 Altera nec mulier: verborum tanta cadit vis, 
 
 Tot pariter pelves, tot tintinnabula dicas 440 
 
 Pulsari. Jam nemo tubas, nemo mra fatiget. 
 
 Una laboranti poterit succurrere lunae^ 
 
 Imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis . 
 
 Nam qu8B docta nimis cupit et facunda videri. 
 
 Crure tenus medio tunicas succingere debet, 445 
 
 Caedere Sylvano porcum, quaridrante lavari. 
 
 Non hajjeat matrona^ tibi qum juncta incumbit. 
 
 Dicendi genus, aut curtum sermone rotato 
 
 ■ II JI 
 
 (f i/, / 7 
 
 
 3 l, t-t- t 
 
 
 turba tacet; nec causidicus nec praeco loquatur, 
 the company is silenced; neither a lawyer nor a common crier can speak^ 
 
 nec altera 
 
 nor any other 
 
 mulier: tanta vis verborum cadit; 
 woman: such a torrent of words falls out; 
 
 dicas tot pelves, tot tintinnabula pulsari 
 
 you would say that so many basons, so many little bells were struck 
 
 pariter. Jam 
 
 at the same time. Now 
 
 nemo fatiget 
 let no one tire out 
 
 tubas, nemo 
 
 the trumpets, nobody 
 
 sera, una poterit succurrere laboranti lunse, 
 
 the brass kettles, she alone is able to relieve the labouring moon, 
 
 et sapiens imponit finem honestis rebus, 
 
 and being wise she assigns a definition to virtuous actions. 
 
 Nam quse cupit videri nimis docta et facunda, 
 
 For she who desires to be esteemed too learned and eloquent, 
 
 debet 
 
 ought 
 
 succingere 
 
 to tuck 
 
 caedere porcum 
 
 (aj /- • ^ 1 to sacrifice a hog 
 
 _ 
 
 ^Cli. 
 
 a.<? i o- txf> 
 
 tunicas 
 
 her coats 
 
 Sylvano, 
 to Sylvanus, 
 
 teiius medio crure, 
 
 up to the middle of her leg. 
 
 lavari 
 to bathe 
 
 quadrante, 
 for a farthing. 
 
 Non matrona, quse juncta 
 
 Let not the m atron , _ whq wedded 
 
 tibi recumbit, habeat 
 
 to you lies by you, ^ have 
 
 
 dicendi, aut torqueat curtum enthymema 
 the of -dc ohjiimiu g, or introduce _. a shoij c nthymem e 
 
 genus 
 
 •/i 
 
 
 
 /t-t. , 
 
 -il 
 
 
 2'a-I. 
 
 / / 
 
 / 
 
 -'/ t.-£ -y 
 
 t 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 T orquea t ent hymema ; nec historias sciat omnes, 
 Sed quaedam ex libris, et non intelliprat. Odi 
 Hanc ego quae repetit volvitque Palaemon is artem, 
 Servati semper lege et ratione loquendi, 
 Ignotosqu^ mihi tenet antiquaria versus. 
 
 Nec cu ra nda vi ns Opicae castig at amicae 
 Verba . Soloec ismum liceatledsse marit o. 
 
 Nil non permittit mulier sibi; turpe putat nil, 
 Cilm virides gemmas collo circumdedit, et ci!lm 
 Auribus extensis magnos commisit elenchos . 
 Intolerabilius nihil est quam fcemina dives. 
 
 153 
 
 450 
 
 455 
 
 rotato sermone; nec sciat omnes historias, sed 
 in her circumlocutory discourse ; nor let her know all histories, but 
 
 quaedam ex libris, et non intelligat. Ego 
 
 a few things from books, and not comprehend thei r imp ort. 1 
 
 odi hanc quae repetit volvitque artem Palaemonis, 
 
 hate her who repeats and turns over the art of Palsemon. 
 
 servata semper lege et ratione loquendi, 
 
 having always observed the rule and propriety of speaking, 
 
 antiquariaque 
 and being an antiquarian 
 
 tenet versus ignotos mihi, 
 
 quotes verses unknown to me, 
 
 castigat verba Opicae amicae 
 
 and corrects expressions of her Opic gossip 
 
 nec curanda 
 not noticed 
 
 viris. 
 by men. 
 
 Mulier 
 
 A woman 
 
 Liceat marito fecisse soloecismum. 
 
 It should be allowed a husband to commit a solecism. ^ 
 
 permittit non nil sibi; putat nil turpe, 
 permits every thing to herself j she thinks nothing base, 
 
 / J 4. I 
 
 
 cum circumdedit 
 when she has put 
 
 commisit 
 she has entrusted 
 
 Nihil est 
 
 Nothing is 
 
 virides gemmas collo, et cum 
 
 her green gems around her neck, and when 
 
 magnos elenchos 
 hei' large pear-like pearls 
 
 extensis auribus, 
 to her extended ears. 
 
 
 intolerabilius 
 more intolerable 
 
 quam 
 
 than 
 
 dives foeraina. 
 a rich woman. 
 
154 
 
 D. JUMI JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Interek foeda aspectu, ridendaque, multo 460 
 
 Pane tumet facies, aut pi nguia Poppaean a 
 4 jf < Spira t, et hinc miseri viscantur labra mariti. 
 
 Ad^oechum veniet lot^ cute: quando videri 
 'A—^Vult formosa domi ? moechis foliata parantur; 
 
 His emitur quicquid graciles huc mittitis Indi. 465 
 
 Tandem pperit vultum , e t tectoria prima repo nit: 
 
 Incipit agnosci, atque illo lacte fovetur. 
 
 Propter quod secum comites educit asellas, 
 
 £xul Hyperboreum si dimittatur ad axem. 
 
 Sed quae mutatis induc itur atque fovetur 470 
 
 /l UCV- 
 
 Interea 
 
 
 facies, foeda aspectu, ridendaque, 
 
 her face, filthy to behold, and ridiculous. 
 
 tumet multo pane, aut spirat pinguia Poppaeana, 
 
 is daubed with a quantity of paste, or exudes rank Poppaean ointments, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 hinc 
 
 hence 
 
 labra miseri mariti 
 
 the lips of her miserable husband 
 
 viscantur. 
 
 are glued together. 
 
 Veniet 
 
 She will come 
 
 ad moechum lot^ cute: quando vult 
 to her adulterer with a clean skin: when does she wish 
 
 
 videri formosa domi 1 foliata parantur moechis ; 
 to appear beautiful at home ? peifumes are prepared for her adulterers 5 
 
 his emitur quicquid, graciles Indi, mittitis huc. 
 for them is purchased whatever, O slender Indians, ye send hither. 
 
 Tandem aperit vultum, et reponit prima tectoria : 
 
 At length she uncases her face, and takes off her first plaisterings: 
 
 incipit agnosci, atque fovetur 
 
 she begins to be recognized, and is fomented 
 
 illo lacte 
 
 with that milk 
 
 propter quod educit secum asellas comites, 
 
 for which she carries abroad with her her she-asses as her attendants, 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 exul 
 as an exile 
 
 dimittatur 
 she is sent off 
 
 ad Hyperboreum axem, 
 to the north pole. 
 
 quse 
 
 what 
 
 inducitur 
 is daubed 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 fovetur 
 
 poulticed 
 
 tot 
 
 with so many 
 
 / 
 
 
 ^ * / 
 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 155 
 
 476 
 
 Tot medicaminibus, coctaeque siliginis offas 
 Accipit et madidae, facies dicetur an ulcus ? 
 
 Est operae pretium p enitus cognoscere toto 
 Quid faciant agitentque die. Si nocte maritus 
 Aversus jacuit, periit libraria, ponunt 
 ^^mete tunicas, tard^ venisse~fcibunius 
 Dicitur, et poenas alieni pendere somni 
 Cogitur; hic frangit ferulas, rubet ille flagello. 
 Hic scutic4 : sunt quae tortoribus annua praestant. 
 Verberat, atque obiter faciem linit; audit amicas, 
 Aut latum pictae vestis considerat aurum; 
 
 
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 if.f 
 
 480 
 
 mutatis medicaminibus, accipitque offas 
 
 various cosmetics, and receives pastes 
 
 coctae 
 of boiled 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 madidae siliginis, 
 moist )vhite-bread, 
 
 dicetur 
 
 shall it be called 
 
 facies 
 
 a face 
 
 an 
 
 or 
 
 ulcus 1 
 an ulcer ? 
 
 Est pretium operae penitus cognoscere 
 It is worth the labour thoroughly to learn 
 
 quid faciant 
 
 what they do 
 
 agitentque 
 and how employed 
 
 toto die. 
 the whole day. 
 
 Si 
 
 If 
 
 maritus 
 
 the husband 
 
 jacuit 
 
 has lain 
 
 aversus nocte, libraria periit, , 
 
 with his back turned to her for the night, the house-keeper is undone, 
 
 cosmetae ponunt tunicas, Liburnus dicitur 
 
 
 the tire-women must put off their clothes, the Liburnian slave is said 
 
 venisse tarde, et cogitur pendere poenas 
 to have come late, and is forced to undergo the punishments of another's 
 
 alieni 
 
 somni: hie frangit ferulas, ille rubet flagello, 
 
 drowsiness: this slave breaks the rods, that bleeds by the lasb, 
 
 hie ^scutica : sunt quae praestant annua tortoribus. 
 
 this bv the switch: there are wives who pay annuities to torturers. 
 
 Verberat, atque obiter linit faciem; audit amicas, 
 
 She flogs, and at the same time daubs her face; hears her gossips. 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 considerat 
 
 examines 
 
 latum aurum 
 
 the broad gold 
 
 pictae vestis ; 
 of her embroidered garment; 
 
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 Et caeden s longi repetit transacta diurni. 
 
 Et caedit donec lassis caedentibus, Exi, 
 
 Intonet horrendum, j am cognitione perac ta. 
 
 Praefe ctura domu s Siculd non mitior aula. 485 
 
 •Nam si constituit , solitoque decentius optat 
 Ornari, et properat, jamque expectatur in hortis. 
 
 Aut apud Isiacae potius sacraria lenae. 
 
 Componit crinem, laceratis ipsa capillis. 
 
 Nuda humeros Psecas infelix, nudisque mamillis. 4U0 
 Altior hic quare cincinnus ? taurea punit 
 Continuo flexi crimen facinusque capilli. 
 
 et caedens repetit transacta longi diurni, 
 and while lashin g reads over the transactions of her long journal. 
 
 Et caedit donec caedentibus * lassis intonat 
 
 And she lashes till the scourgers being weary she thunders out 
 
 • — ■■ II m 
 
 horrendum, Exi, cognitione jam peracta. 
 
 dreadfully. Be gone, the account being now made up. 
 
 Praefectura dom5s non mitior Siculi aula. 
 
 The government of the house is not milder than the Sicilian court. 
 
 Nam si constituit, optatque ornari 
 
 For if she has made an appointment, and wishes to be adorned 
 
 decentius solito, et properat, jamque expectatur 
 more neatly than usual, and she hurries away, . and is now expected 
 
 in hortis, aut potius apud sacraria Isiacse lense. 
 in the gardens, or rather at the chapel of the Isiac bawd. 
 
 Infelix Psecas ipsa, 
 
 Unhappy Psecas herself, 
 
 humeros, nudisque mamillis, 
 
 shoulders, and bare breasts 
 
 laceratis capillis, nuda 
 
 with torn locks, bare ' 
 
 componit crinem. Quare 
 
 dresses her hair. . Why • 
 
 hie cincinnus altior I Continub 
 
 is this curl higher ? Immediately 
 
 r "" ' ' 
 
 punit crimen facinusque- 
 
 punishes the crime and wickedness 
 
 taurea- • 
 
 the leather thong 
 
 flexi capilli, 
 of a rudled hair. 
 
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 Quid Psecas admisit ! qusenam est hic culpa puellae. 
 
 Si tibi displicuit nasus tuus? Altera laevum 
 
 Extendit, pectitque comas, et volvit in orbem. 495 
 
 Est in consilio matron a, admotaque lanis 
 
 Emeriti quae cessat acu; sententia prima 
 
 H ujus eri t ^ost hanc aetate atque arte minores 
 
 Censebunt , tanq uam famae discrimen agatu r. 
 
 Aut anim ae: t anti est quaerendi cura decor is. 600 
 
 Tot premit ordinibus, tot adhuc compagibus altum 
 ^dificat caput: Andromachen ^ fronte videbis; 
 
 Post minor est: aliam credas. Cedo, si breve parvi 
 
 Quid Psecas admisit? quaenam culpa puellae est hic, 
 
 What has Psecas committed ? what fault of the girl is here. 
 
 si tuus nasus displicuit 
 
 if : your nose has displeased 
 
 tibi? 
 
 you? 
 
 Altera 
 
 Another 
 
 extendit 
 
 unties 
 
 laevum, 
 the leftside. 
 
 pectitque comas, 
 and combs the locks. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 volvit 
 rolls them 
 
 in orbem, 
 into curl. 
 
 Matrona 
 
 est in consilio, quaeque' 
 
 admota 
 
 lanis 
 
 The old nurse is in the council, who also being appointed to spin wool 
 
 cessat emerita acu : 
 is discharged - from using the crisping-pin: 
 
 hujus 
 
 her 
 
 sententia 
 
 opinion 
 
 erit prima; post banc minores aetate atque arte 
 
 shall be ' the first; after her the less advanced in age and skill 
 
 censebunt, tanquam discrimen famae aut 
 
 will give their sentiments, as if the danger of character or 
 
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 animae ' agatur: cura quaerendi decoris est tanti. 
 
 life were concerned ; the care of seeking beauty is so great. 
 
 Premit altum caput tot ordinibus, aedificat adhuc' 
 
 She presses her towering head with so many rows, she builds it still 
 
 tot compagibus ; videbis Andromachen a fronte ; 
 with so many stories; you will see her an Andromache ' in the forehead j' 
 
 est minor post; credas aliam. Cedo, si 
 
 she is shorter behind; you would believe her another person. Excuse her, if 
 
 
D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 I5fl 
 
 Sortita est late ris spatiu m, breviorque videtur 
 
 Virgine Pygmaei, nullis adjuta cothurnis, 505 
 
 Et levis erecti consurgit ad oscula plantd. 
 
 Nulla viri cura interet, nec mentio fiet 
 Damnorum: vivit tanquam vicina mariti: 
 
 Hoc solo propior, quod amicos conjugis odit 
 Et servos. Gravis es t rationibus . Ecce furentis 510 
 Bellonse matrisque deum chorus intrat, et ingens 
 y- Semivir, ol^^nq^ facies reverenda minori. 
 
 Mollia qui rupta secuit genitalia testd, 
 
 Jampridem cui rauca cohors, cui tympana cedunt 
 
 breve spatium parvi lateris est sortita, videturque brevior 
 
 the short space of a ^nder waist has bee n gi^ g her, and she seems shorter 
 
 Pygmaea virgine, adjuta nullis cothurnis, et 
 
 than a Pygmsean virgin, aided by no high-heeled shoes, and 
 
 levis consurgit ad oscula 
 being light she rises to the kisses 
 
 erecta planta. Interea 
 on her tip-toe. In the mean time 
 
 nulla cura viri, 
 
 she has no care of her husband. 
 
 11 ec fiet mentio 
 
 nor will she make mention 
 
 damnorum; vivit tanquam vicina mariti; 
 
 of his losses: she lives as if only a neighbour of her husband ; 
 
 propior hoc solo, quod odit amicos et 
 nearer in this alone, that she detests the friends and 
 
 
 c- ^7tfurentis Bellonse 
 
 servos conjugis. Est gravis rationibus. Ecce chorus 
 
 servants of her husband. She is be^y_ on his finance s. Behold the choir 
 
 _ matrisque deum intrat, et ingens 
 
 of the mad Bellona and of the mother of the god s enters, and the bulky 
 
 semivir, facies reverenda obscoeno minori, 
 
 eunuch, a countenance revered by the obscene rabble, 
 
 qui secuit mollia genitalia rupta testa, cui 
 
 who cut off the attributes of manhood with a broken shell, to whom 
 
 jampridem rauca cohors, cui plebeia tympana 
 
 for some time past thehoarse-sounding cohort, to whom the plebeian timbrels 
 
m 
 
 1 
 
 
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 SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 159 
 
 515 
 
 Plebeia, et Phrygi4 vesti tur bucca tiar^: 
 
 Grande sonat, metuique jubet Septembris et Aj^tci 
 Adventum, nisi ^ centum lustraverit ovis ^ cj / 
 
 Et xeram pelinas veteres donaverit ipsi; 
 
 Ut quicquidTsubiti et magni discriminis instat, 
 
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 In tunicas eat, et totum semel expiet annum. 
 Hybernum fractd glacie descendet in amnem. 
 
 Ter matuti no Tiberi mergetur, et ipsis 
 Vorticibus timidum caput abluet: inde Superbi 
 Totum regis agrum, nuda ac tremebunda , cruentis 
 JErepet genibus. Si candida jusserit Id, 
 
 520 
 
 525 
 
 cedunt, et bucca vestitur Phrygia tiara: sonat 
 
 pay homage, and his cheek is covered with a Phrygian turban: he sounds 
 
 grande, jubetque adventum Septembris Austrique 
 
 aloud, and orders the approach of September and of the south*wind 
 
 metui, nisi lustraverit se centum ovis, 
 to be dreaded, unless the wife shall purify herself with a hundred eggs. 
 
 et donaverit veteres xerampelinas 
 
 and give-^^ her old murry-coloured garments 
 
 ipsi ; 
 to him; 
 
 Ut 
 
 that 
 
 
 quicquid subiti et magni discriminis instat, eat 
 whatever sudden and great danger may threaten, it may go 
 
 in tunicas, 
 into the clothes. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 semel 
 at once 
 
 expiet 
 
 expiate 
 
 totum annum, 
 the whole year. 
 
 Glacie fracta descendet in Hybernum amnem, ter 
 
 The ice being broken she will descend into a winter river, thrice 
 
 
 
 
 matutino mergetur Tiberi, et abluet timidum 
 
 in a morning will be plunged in the Tiber, and cleanse her timid 
 
 caput vorticibus ipsis : inde nuda ac tremebunda 
 
 head in the whirlpools themselves : thence naked and trembling 
 
 cruentis genibus erepet totum agrum regis 
 on her bleeding knees she will crawl over the whole field of king Tarquin. 
 
 Superbi, 
 the Proud. 
 
 Si 
 
 If 
 
 candida lo 
 milk-white lo 
 
 jusserit, 
 shall command. 
 
 I 
 
i 
 
 i 
 
 160 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Ibit ad iEgypti finem, calidaque petitas 
 A Meroe portabit aquas, ut spargat in aede 
 Isidis, antiquo quae proxima surgit ovili. 
 
 Credit enim ipsius domina e se voce moneri. 
 
 En animam et mentem cum qud di nocte loquantur! 
 Ergo hic praecipuum summumque meretur honorem. 
 Qui grege linigero circumdatus, et grege calvo 
 
 ^ Plangentis populi, currit de risor Anubis. 
 
 petit veniam, quoties non abstinet uxor 
 
 Concubitu sacris observandisque diebus ; 
 Magnaque debetur -viulato poena c^urco : 
 
 530 
 
 535 
 
 ibit ad finem .®gypti, portabitque 
 
 she will go to the utmost bound of Algypt, and bring home 
 
 aquas 
 
 waters 
 
 /it, 
 
 * / f 
 
 /-fu. , 
 
 petitas a calida Meroe, ut spargat in sede 
 
 fetched from sultry Meroe, that she may sprinkle them in the temple 
 
 Isidis, 
 
 of Isis, 
 
 quae 
 
 which 
 
 surgit proxima antiquo ovili. 
 
 next to the old sheepfold. 
 
 rises 
 
 Enim 
 
 For 
 
 /'2'L 
 
 'U 
 
 
 f V 
 
 
 U'uno^ 
 cLc^ 
 
 
 credit se moneri voce dominae ipsius. ’ En 
 
 she believes that she is advised by the voice o f the go ddess herself. Behold 
 
 animam et mentem ciim qua di loquantur nocte ! 
 
 the soul and mind with which the gods conv-erse in the night! 
 
 Ergo hie derisor Anubis meretur praecipuum 
 
 Therefore this derider of Anubis deserves the chief 
 
 summumque honorem,' qui currit circumdatis linigero 
 
 and most supreme honour, who runs surrounded by his linen-wearing 
 
 grege, 
 
 train, 
 
 Ille 
 He 
 
 et calvo grege 
 
 and the bald-headed crowd 
 
 petit 
 
 solicits 
 
 concubitu 
 from an embrace 
 
 poena 
 
 punishment 
 
 veniam, 
 
 pardon, 
 
 sacris 
 
 on holy 
 
 debetur 
 is due 
 
 quoties 
 as often as 
 
 populi plangentis. 
 
 of wailing people. 
 
 uxor non abstinet 
 a wife does not abstain 
 
 observandisque diebus ; magnaque 
 
 and solemn days ; and a severe 
 
 .violato 
 
 for violating 
 
 y^L 
 
 cadurco : 
 
 the marriage-bed: 
 
 
SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 IGl 
 
 Et movisse caput visa est argentea serpens. 
 
 Illius laclirymaj meditataque murmura praestant, 
 
 Ut veniam culpae non abnuat, ansere magno 
 Scilicet, et tenui popan o corruptus Qsiijs . fi40 
 
 Cum dedit ille locum, cophino foenoque relicto, 
 x\rcanain Judaea tremens mendicat in aurem. 
 
 Interpres legum Solymarum, et magna sacerdos 
 Arboris, ac summi fida internuncia coeli ; 
 
 Implet et illa manum, sed parcius : aere minuto 545 
 
 Qualiacunque voles Judaei somnia vendunt. 
 
 Spondet amatorem'tenerum, vel divitis orbi 
 
 et argentea serpens est visa movisse ' caput. 
 
 and the silver serpent is observed to shake its head. 
 
 lllius lachrymae ^meditataque murmura praistant, ut 
 
 His tears^ and pretended mur murs pca vail, that 
 
 
 
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 • 1 
 j 
 
 .1 
 
 Osiris 
 
 Osiris 
 
 corruptus 
 being bribed 
 
 non abnuat 
 cannot refuse 
 
 veniam 
 
 pardon 
 
 culpae, 
 
 to her fault, 
 
 scilicet 
 
 forsooth 
 
 magno ansere 
 
 by a large goose 
 
 et tenui popano, 
 
 and ' a thin bro ad-round cake. 
 
 Cum ille dedit locum, Judaea tremens, relicto 
 When he has given place, a Jewess trembling, having left 
 
 cophino foenoque, 
 her basket and hay, 
 
 mendicat 
 
 begs 
 
 interpres 
 an interpreter 
 
 arboris, 
 of a tree. 
 
 legum Solymarum, 
 of the laws of Jerusalem, 
 
 ac fida internuncia 
 
 and faithful iuternuncio 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 arcanam m aurem, 
 
 secretly in her ear, 
 
 magna sacerdos 
 the great priestess 
 
 summi coeli ; 
 of the highest heaven; 
 
 ilia implet manum sed parcius: 
 
 she Alls her hand but too sparingly: 
 
 Armenius vel 
 
 The Armenian or 
 
 Commagenus 
 
 Commagenian 
 
 aruspex 
 
 soothsayer 
 
 t 
 
 III, J ill I 
 
 I'I'W L*f vCfi-ctzir. ifi 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 Judsei 
 
 the Jews 
 
 •/ / 
 /^~ U. //. / 
 
 
 vendunt qualiacunque somnia voles minuto aere, 
 vend any sort df dreams you please for a little money. 
 
 
 spondet 
 
 proinises 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 i 
 
 Testamentum ingens, calidas pulmone columbae 
 Tractato , Armenius, vel Commagenus aruspex: 
 
 Pectora pullorum rimatur , et e xta catelli , 550 
 
 Interdum et pueri: faciet quod deferat ipse. 
 
 Chaldaeis sed major erit fiducia: quicquid 
 Dixerit astrologus, credent k fonte relatum 
 Hammonis; quoniam Delphis oracula cessant. 
 
 Et genus humanum damnat caligo futur i. 555 
 
 Praecipuus tamen est horum, qui saepius exui, 
 
 Cujus amicitia cond ucend^que tabelld 
 Magnus civis obit, et formidatus Othoni. 
 
 tenerum amatorem, vel ingens testamentum divitis 
 a tender lover, or a great legacy from a rich 
 
 orbi, tractato pulmone calidae columbae: 
 
 childless man, having inspected the liver of a warm pigeon: 
 
 rimatur pectora pullorum, et exta catelli, 
 
 he examines the breasts of chickens, and the entrails o f a whelp, 
 
 et interdum pueri : faciet quod ipse deferat. 
 
 and sometimes of a boy: he will do what himself would inform against. 
 
 Sed erit major fiducia Chaldaeis : 
 
 But there will be greater confidence in Chaldsean fortune-tellers: 
 
 quicquid astrologus dixerit, credent relatum a fonte 
 
 whatever an astrologer shall say, they will believe as brought fromthefont 
 
 Hammonis; quoniam oracula cessant Delphis, et 
 
 of Hammon; since the oracles cease at Delphi, and 
 
 c--- 
 
 ■y 
 
 
 c * f C 
 
 
 caligo futuri damnat 
 
 the darkness of futurity condemns 
 
 est praecipuus horum, 
 
 h e is the chief of these. 
 
 humanum genus. 
 
 the human race. 
 
 qui saepius 
 who is oftener 
 
 tf xky cujus 
 by whose 
 
 amicitia conducendaque tabella, 
 
 friendship and hired tablef' 
 
 . - 
 
 Cl VIS, 
 citizen. 
 
 et formidatus Othoni, 
 
 and dreaded by Otho, 
 
 I 
 
 Tamen 
 
 Yet 
 
 exul, 
 
 • an exile, 
 
 magnus 
 
 ji great 
 
 obit. 
 
 died. 
 
SATIUA SEXTA. 
 
 1G3 
 
 Inde fides arti sonuit si dextera ferro 
 
 t «jJU-* /. />-/ 
 
 OlA 
 
 Laevaque, si longo castrorum in carcere mansit. 
 Nemo mathematicus genium indemnatus habelbit, 
 
 560 
 
 Sed qui pen^ perit: cui vix in.Cyclada mitti 
 Contig it, et parv4 tandem caruisse Seripho. 
 
 Consulit ictericae lento de funere matris, 
 
 Ant^ tamen de te, T anaquil tua : quando sororem 
 Efferat et patruos: an sit victurus adulter 
 Post ipsam. Quid enim majus dare numina possunt? 
 Haec tame n ignorat quid si d us triste minetur 
 Saturni; quo laeta Venus se proferat astro; 
 
 
 665 
 
 
 
 r 
 
 Inde 
 
 Hence 
 
 fides 
 is credit 
 
 arti 
 
 to his art 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 dextera Isevaque sonuit 
 his risrht and left hand hath clanked 
 
 
 ferro, 
 
 with the iron chain, 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 mansit 
 
 he hath continued 
 
 in longo 
 
 in the long 
 
 c y 
 
 carcere 
 
 : t-'X 
 
 imprisonment ^ 
 
 castrorum. Nemo mathematicus indemnatus habebit genium,'^ 
 of the camp. No mathematician uncondemned will possess a genius. 
 
 sed qui pene perit : cui vix contigit mitti 
 
 but he who has almost perished: to whom it was a favour to be exiled 
 
 in Cyclada, et tandem caruisse parva Seripho, 
 into one of the Cyclades, and at last to be recalled from little Seriphus. 
 
 C.4,f • 
 
 Tua Tanaquil consulit de lento funere icteri ese 
 
 Your Tanaquil consults about the tedious death of her jaundiced 
 
 
 matris, tamen ante de te: 
 
 mother, though first respecting yourself: 
 
 quando efferat 
 also when she shall bury 
 
 
 1-: 
 
 sororem et patruos: an adulter sit victurus post 
 
 her sister and * uncles: whether her adulterer shall live after 
 
 ipsam. Enim quid majus possunt numina dare? 
 
 herself. For what gi-eater favour can the deities grant ? 
 
 'y-yy.-i 
 
 Tamen 
 
 Yet 
 
 hsec 
 
 she 
 
 ignorat quid 
 is ignorant what 
 
 triste sidus 
 the baleful influence 
 
 minetur ; 
 may threaten; 
 
 quo astro 
 with what star 
 
 Iseta Venus 
 
 propitious Venus 
 
 : , , , 'Ak 
 
 Saturni 
 
 os. 
 
 1-'<C 1 tr */< 
 
 of Saturn 
 
 proferat se; ^ 
 will shew herselfj ^ 
 
 
 n 2 
 
 
 
 '■ i 
 
 "A 
 
 I 
 
 
164 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 
 Qui raensis damno, quae dentur tempora lucro. 570 
 
 Illius occursus etiam vitare memento. 
 
 In cujus manibus, ceu pinguia succina , tritas 
 Cernis ephemeridas; quae nullum consulit, et jam 
 Consulitur; quae, castra viro patriamque petente. 
 
 Non ibit pariter, numeris revocata Thrasylli. 
 
 Ad primum lapidem vectari cum placet, hora 
 
 Sumitur ex libro; si prurit frictus ocelli 
 
 Angulus, inspecta genesj^ collyria poscit. 
 
 iEgra licet jaceat, capiendo nulla videtur 
 
 Aptior hora cibo, nisi quam dederit PetosTris. 580 
 
 qui mensis dentur damno, quae tempora lucro. 
 wha t month m ay be assign ed to loss, what seasons to gain. 
 
 Etiam memento vitare occursus illius in cujus 
 
 Moreover remember to avoid encountering her in whose 
 
 manibus cernis tritas ephemeridas 
 
 hands you see the soiled ephemeres 
 
 ceu pinguia succina; 
 
 as fat amber; 
 
 quse 
 
 consulit - 
 
 nullum. 
 
 et 
 
 who 
 
 consults 
 
 none. 
 
 and 
 
 quae. 
 
 viro 
 
 petente 
 
 castra 
 
 who, 
 
 on her husband 
 
 going 
 
 to the camp 
 
 jam consulitur ; 
 
 now is consulted; 
 
 patriamque, 
 and to his native country. 
 
 
 non ibit pariter, 
 will not go along with him, 
 
 revocata 
 
 being recalled 
 
 numeris Thrasylli, 
 by the numbers o f Thrasyllus . 
 
 Cum placet vectari ad primum lapidem, hora 
 
 When it pleases her to be carried to the first mile-stone, the hour 
 
 sumitur ex libro ; si frictus angulus ocelli prurit, 
 is taken out of her book; if the rubbed corner of her eye itches, 
 
 inspecta genesi, poscit collyria, 
 
 having inspected the scheme of her nativity, she calls for eye-salves. 
 
 Licet jaceat segra, nulla bora videtur aptior 
 Although she lie sick, no hour appears fitted 
 
 capiendo cibo, nisi 
 
 for taking meat, but 
 
 quam Petosiris dederit. 
 
 what Petosiris hath prescribed. 
 
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 SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 ^/i(^ 
 
 Si mediocris erit sp atium lustrabit utrumq ue 
 Metarum, et sort es duce t; fron temque manumque 
 Praebebit vati crebrum poppysma roganti. / 
 
 Divitibus responsa dabit Phryx augur et Indus 
 Conductus; dabit a st rorum mu ndique peritus; 
 
 Atque aliquis senior, qui publica fulgura condit . 
 Plebeiiim in Circo positujn est et in aggere fatum : 
 Quae nullis longum ostendit cervicibus aurum, 
 Consulit ante Phalas, Delphinorumque columnas, 
 
 An saga vend enti nubat, caupone relicto. 
 
 Hae tamen et partus subeunt discrimen, et omnes 
 
 165 
 
 
 585 
 
 H; 
 
 
 
 R; 
 
 d~ 
 
 
 590 
 
 ^<C'Vv'<rf ^ 
 
 Si 
 
 If 
 
 erit 
 she be 
 
 mediocris 
 
 poor 
 
 lustrabit 
 
 she will traverse 
 
 ^ It C-t-^ C t. 
 
 utruraque spatium 
 
 each bound 
 
 'A, 
 
 metarum, et ducet sortes ; prsebebit frontemque /r^j- 
 
 
 
 K 
 
 T' 
 
 '; , ^ 
 
 i 
 
 of the goals, and draw lots •, she will shew both her forehead 
 
 'Of 
 
 i'K. 
 
 manumque vati roganti crebrum poppysma. \ 
 
 and hand to the fortune-teller who desires fi'equent caressing. 
 
 . 'J t -wi^ cvv*^ij 
 
 caressing. AAii '. 
 
 — -C,.^ .. Cj^ -J -, .'^'/*'•^ 1 « ' 
 
 Phryx et Indus augur conductus dabit responsa ^ Uy 
 
 A Phrygian and Indian augur being hired will give responses 
 
 divitibus; peritus astrorum mundique dabit; 
 to the rich; the skilled in the spheres and globe will also give them ; 
 
 yv 
 
 atque aliquis senior qui condit publica fulgura. 
 and someone older who buries the public lightnings. 
 
 Plebei um fatum est positum in Circo et in aggere : 
 
 The plebeian fate is cast in the Circus and on themount ofTarquin : 
 
 quse ostendit nullis longum aurum cervicibus, relicto 
 
 She who exhibits not the long gold-chain about her neck, having discarded 
 
 1' 'i< 
 
 ' if 
 
 caupone, consulit ante phalas columnasque Delphinorum , • 
 
 the cook, consults before the towers_ and the columns of the Dolphins 
 
 Tamen ^ /; i u i 
 
 hae et subeunt discrimen partus, et tolerant ^ 
 these both undergo the danger' of child-bearing, and endure 
 
 an 
 
 whether 
 
 nubat 
 
 she must marry 
 
 vendenti 
 
 the seller 
 
 saga. 
 
 of old clothes. 
 
 ./t-x ft. 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 / 
 
 A.. At t 1 I y Al Ah 
 
 i>r'- ■'lx At. A 
 
 X# I cr/lt- xZA: ^ 4^-? 
 
 ‘ V ^ 
 
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 4 
 
 Nutricis tolerant, fortune urgente, labores : 
 
 Sed jacet aurato vix ulla puerpera lecto. 
 
 Tantum artes hujus, tantum medicamina possunt, 
 
 I Q uae steriles facit , atque homines in ventre necandos t595 
 Conducit. Gaude, infelix, atque ipse bibendum 
 Porrige quicquid erit: nam si distendere vellet. 
 
 Et vexare uterum pueris salientibus, esses 
 iEthiopis fortasse pater: mox decolor haeres 
 I mpleret tabulas n unquam tibi mane vide i^s. 600 
 
 r Transeo suppositos, et gaudia votaq ue saepe 
 Ad spurcos decepta lacus, atque inde petitos 
 
 
 omnes labores nutricis, fortuna urgente: sed vix ulla 
 ali the labours of a nurse, as fortune directs: but scarcely any 
 
 puerpera jacet aurato lecto. Tantum artes, 
 
 child-bearing woman lies in an embroidered bed. So much the arts, 
 
 tantum medicamina hujus possunt qusc facit steriles, 
 
 60 much the medicines of her can do who makes barren wives, 
 
 atque conducit necandos homines in ventre. Infelix, 
 and undertakes to destroy human beings in the womb. Unhappy you. 
 
 gaude, 
 
 rejoice, 
 
 erit 
 shall be 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 bibendum : 
 drunk: 
 
 ipse 
 
 do you yourself 
 
 porrige 
 
 hold out to her 
 
 quicquid 
 
 whatever 
 
 nam si vellet distendere, 
 for if she were inclined to distend. 
 
 et vexare uterum salientibus pueris, fortasse esses 
 and disturb her womb with bouncing boys, perhaps you might be 
 
 pater ^thiopis: 
 the father of an Ethiopian! 
 
 mox decolor hseres, nunquam 
 by and by a discoloured heir, never 
 
 videndus tibi mane, 
 
 to be viewed by you in the morning, 
 
 impleret tabulas, 
 might fill up your last will. 
 
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 Transeo suppositos et gaudia votaque, saepe 
 
 I pass over supposititious children, and the joys and vows, often 
 
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 A. decepta, ad spurcos lacus, atque pontifices inde petitos, 
 
 deceptive, at the filthy lakes, and high-pricsts thence sought, 
 
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 Pontifices, Salios, Scaurorum nomina falso 
 Corpore laturos. Stat fortuna improb a noctu, 
 
 Arridens nudis infantibus ; hos fovet omnes, 
 Invol vitque sinu; domibus tunc p orrici t altis, y 
 Secretumque sibi m imum parat: hos amat, his se 
 Ingeri t, atque suos ridens producit alumnos. 
 
 Hic magicos affert cantus, hic Thessala vendit 
 Philtra, quibus valeant mentem vexare mariti. 
 
 Et solea pulsare nates. Quod desipis inde est; 
 Inde animi caligo, et magna oblivio rerum 
 Qu as modo gessist i. Tamen hoc tolerabile, si non 
 
 
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 Salios, laturos nomina Scaurorum falso 
 
 and the Salii, about to bear the names of the Scauri on their false 
 
 corpore. Improba fortuna stat noctu arridens 
 
 bodies. Capricious fortune stands by night smiling 
 
 nudis infantibus : fovet hos omnes, involvitque 
 
 on these naked infants: she cherishes them all, and wraps them 
 
 sinu; tunc porrigit altis domibus, 
 
 in her bosom j then she conveys them into illustrious houses, 
 
 paratque secretum mimum sibi : amat hos, ingerit 
 and prepares secret diversion to herself: she loves these, she interests 
 
 se his, atque ridens producit suos alumnos, 
 herself in them, and smiling produces her foster children. 
 
 Hie affert magicos cantus, hic vendit Thessala philtra, 
 
 One brings magic charms, another sells Thessalian philtres, 
 
 quibus valeant * vexare mentem mariti, 
 
 with which they may be able to torment the mind of a husband, 
 
 et pulsare nates solea. Inde est quod desipis; 
 
 and to chastise him with a slipper. Hence it is that you grow mad ; 
 
 inde caligo animi, et magna oblivio rerum 
 hence a gloominess of mind, and a great forgetfulness of the affairs 
 
 quas modo gessisti. Tamen hoc tolerabile, si 
 
 which you have lately transacted. However this is tolerable, if 
 
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 Et furere incipias , ut avimculiis ille Neronis 
 Cui totam tremuli frontem Caesonia pulli • 
 
 Infudit. Qute non faciet cjuod principis uxor ? 
 Ardebant cuncta, et fracta c ompage ruebant . 
 
 Non aliter quam si fecisset Juno maritum 
 Insanum. ^linus ergo nocens erit Agrippinae 
 Boletus: siquidem unius praecordia pressit 
 lUe senis, tremulumque caput descendere jussit 
 In coelum, et longa manantia labra saliva. - 
 Haec poscit ferrum atque ignes, haec potio torquet, 
 Haec lacerat mistos Equitum cum sanguine Patres. 
 
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 non et incipias furere, ut ille avunculus Neronis 
 
 you do not likewise begin to be furious, as that uncle of Nero 
 
 GUI Caesonia infudit totam frontem 
 to whom Caesonia administered the whole forehead 
 
 tremuli 
 of a quivering 
 
 
 pulli. Quae non faciet quod uxor principis 
 
 foal. Who will not do what the wife of a prince has done ? 
 
 Cuncta ardebant, et, compage fracta, ruebant 
 
 All parts were in dames, and, the frame being disarranged, burst forth 
 
 non aliter quam si Juno fecisset maritum insanum, 
 
 not otherwise than if Juno had made her husband insane. 
 
 ^ Ergo 
 
 boletus Agrippinae erit miniis nocens: 
 
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 Therefore the mushroom of Agrippina will be less obnoxious 
 
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 siquidem ille 
 
 since 
 
 it 
 
 pressit 
 
 checked 
 
 praecordia 
 the pericardium 
 
 unius senis, 
 of one old man. 
 
 jussitque tremulum caput descendere in coelum, et 
 and directed his paralysed head to descend to heaven, and 
 
 ; ^ ^ • labra 
 
 ' his lips 
 
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 manantia 
 
 flowing 
 
 longa saliva, 
 with lengthened saliva. 
 
 ^ Haec 
 This 
 
 potio 
 
 potion 
 
 poscit 
 calls for 
 
 ferrum 
 the sword 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 ignes, 
 
 flames, 
 
 haec torquet, haec 
 
 this torment's, this 
 
 lacerat 
 
 lacerates 
 
 Patres 
 
 the Fathcis 
 
 mistos cum sanguine Equitum, 
 mixed with the blood of the Knights. 
 
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 Tanti pajj us equRe, tanti una v enefica constat. 
 
 O derunt natos de pellic e: nemo repugnat . 
 Nemo vetat: jamjam privignum occidere fas est 
 Vos ego, pupilli, moneo, quibus amplior est res, 
 Custod ite anima s, et nulli credite mensae : 
 Livida mate rno fervent adipata veneno^ 
 Mordeat ante aliquis quicquid porrexerit illa 
 Quae peperit: timidus praegustet pocula pa ppas. 
 
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 630 
 
 Fingimus haec, altum satird sumente cothurnum 
 
 Scilicet, et, finem egressi legemque priorum. 
 Grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu. 
 
 635 
 
 Partus 
 
 The brood 
 
 equae constat tanti, una venefica 
 of a mare costs so much, a sorceress 
 
 Oderunt 
 
 tanti. . 
 
 so much. / /^z-/_ 
 
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 natos de pellice ; nemo repugnat,*^ 
 
 They abominate those born of a courtezan: no one opposes,<:^^^^^^*\, ^ ^ 
 
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 nemo vetat: jamjam est fas occidere privignum. 
 
 no one forbids it: now it is permitted to kill a son-in-law. 
 
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 Ego ‘moneo vos, pupilli, quibus est ampbor res, 
 
 I advise you, orphans, who have an ampler fortune, 
 
 custodite animas, et credite nulli mensae: livida 
 take care of your lives, and trust to no table: the livid 
 
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 'f.'- 
 
 ;!'a 
 
 adipata 
 
 delicacies 
 
 fervent 
 
 pfFei^sce 
 
 materno veneno, 
 with maternal venom. 
 
 Quicquid 
 
 Whatever food 
 
 ilia 
 
 she 
 
 quae peperit porrexerit, 
 
 W’ho brought you forth shall hold out to you. 
 
 aliquis 
 
 let some one 
 
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 ante mordeat : timidus pappas praegustet pocula, 
 first taste it: let your timid pedagogue previously taste your cups. 
 
 Fingimus haec, scilicet satira sumente altum cothurnum, 
 Do we feign these things, as if satire assumed the lofty buskin. 
 
 et, egressi finem legemque priorum, 
 
 and, having passed the bound and law of former tragedians. 
 
 
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 bacchamur grande carmen Sophocleo hiatu, ignotum 
 
 do we rant a lofty verse in Sophoclean strain, unknown * 
 
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170 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Montibus ignotum Rutulis coeloque Latino ? 
 
 Nos utinam vani! sed clamat Pontia, Feci, 
 
 Confiteor, puerisque meis aconita paravi. 
 
 Quae deprensa patent: facinus tamen ipsa peregi. 
 Tune^uos un^, saevissima vipera, coen4? 640 
 
 Tune duos? septem, si septem forte fuissent. 
 
 Credamus tragicis quicquid de Colchide saev^ 
 
 Dicitur et Progne, Nil contrA co^mr: et illae 
 Grandia monstra suis audebant temporibus, sed 
 Non propter nummos. Minor ad miratio summis 645 
 Debetur monstris quoties facit ira nocentem 
 
 Rutulis montibus Latinoque 
 
 coelo? 
 
 Utinam 
 
 to the Rutulian mountains 
 
 and liatian 
 
 air ? 
 
 I could wish 
 
 nos vani! 
 
 sed 
 
 Pontia 
 
 clamat. 
 
 confiteor, 
 
 we were fabulous! 
 
 but 
 
 Pontia 
 
 exclaims, 
 
 I confess it. 
 
 paravique 
 
 aconita 
 
 meis pueris, 
 
 , quae 
 
 deprensa 
 
 and 1 have prepared 
 
 poisons 
 
 for my boys. 
 
 which 
 
 being detected 
 
 patent: tamen ipsa 
 
 peregi 
 
 facinus. 
 
 Tune 
 
 are evident: yet 
 
 I myself committed 
 
 the crime. 
 
 Did you kill 
 
 duos una coena, 
 
 saevissima vipera ? 
 
 tune 
 
 two at one meal, 
 
 O most cruel 
 
 viper? 
 
 did you kill 
 
 duos ? ■ Septem 
 
 1 , si 
 
 forte 
 
 fuissent 
 
 septem. 
 
 two ? Seven, 
 
 if 
 
 by chance there had been 
 
 seven. 
 
 Credamus 
 
 tragicis 
 
 quicquid 
 
 dicitur 
 
 de saeva 
 
 We may believe the tragedians whatever 
 
 is related 
 
 of the savage 
 
 Colchide et Progne. Conor nil contra: et illae 
 
 Colchan^ and Progne. .1 attempt nothingjnjcontradiction: and these women 
 
 audebant grandia monstra suis temporibus, sed non 
 
 perpetrated great atrocities in their times, but not 
 
 propter nummos, 
 for money. 
 
 Minor admiratio 
 
 Less wonder 
 
 debetur summis 
 is excited by these most 
 
 monstris quoties 
 
 enormous crimes when 
 
 ira 
 
 auger 
 
 facit 
 
 makes 
 
 hunc 
 
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SATIRA SEXTA. 
 
 171 
 
 Hunc sexum; et rabie jecur incendente feruntur 
 Praecipites, ut saxa jugis abrupta, quibus mons 
 Subtrahitur, clivoque latus pendente recedit. 
 
 Illam ego non tulerim quae computat et scelus ingens 650 
 Sana facit. Spectant subeuntem fata mariti 
 
 Alcestim; et, similis si permutatio detur. 
 
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 Morte viri cuperent animam servare catellae. 
 
 Occurrent multae tibi Belides atque Eriphylae: 
 
 Mane Clytaemnestram nullus non vicus habebit. 655 
 Hoc tantum refert, quod Tyndaris illa bipennem 
 Insulsam et fatuam dex^a levdque tenebat: 
 
 sexum nocentem; et rabie incendente jecur . feruntur 
 sex resentful; and fury inflaming the liver they are carried on 
 
 praecipites, ut saxa abrupta ju^is, quibus 
 
 headlong, as stones torn from mountain-lops, from which 
 
 mons subtrahitur, latusque recedit pendente 
 
 the mountain is withdrawn, and the side starts from the pendent 
 
 clivo. Ego non tulerim illam quae computat et sana 
 
 declivity. I could not tolerate her who pre-meditates and in her senses 
 
 facit ingens scelus. Spectant Alcestim subeuntem fata 
 commits a great wickedness. They behold Alcestes undergoing the fate 
 
 mariti ; et, si similis permutatio detur, 
 
 of her husband; and, if a similar change were permitted, 
 
 cuperent servare animam catellae morte viri. 
 
 they would wish to save the life ofa lap-dog by the death of the husband. 
 
 Multae Belides atque Eriphylae occurrent tibi: nullus 
 
 Many Belides and Eriphylae will meet you : there is no 
 
 vicus non habebit Clytaemnestram mane. 
 
 street that will not have a Clytaemnestra in the morning. 
 
 Hoc tantum refert, quod ilia Tyndaris 
 
 This only makes the difference, that that daughter of Tyndarus 
 
 Hoc tantum 
 This only 
 
 ^ tenebat insulsam et fatuam bipennem dextra laevaque: 
 
 held a bungling and ineffectual axe in the right and left-hand : 
 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 At nunc res agitur tenui pulmone rube tae; 
 Sed tam en et ferro, si pra^ustarit Atrides 
 PoSica t^ viSTcautus medicamina r^gis. 
 
 660 
 
 at 
 
 but 
 
 nunc 
 
 now 
 
 res 
 
 the business 
 
 agitur 
 
 is accomplished 
 
 tenui pulmone 
 
 with the subtle lungs 
 
 rubetse; sed tamen et ferro, si cautus Atrides 
 
 pf a toad ^ yet however still with the steel, if the cautious Atrides 
 
 prsegustarit Pontica medicamina ter victi regis, 
 had tasted before hand the Pontic antidotes of the thrice vanquished monarch. 
 
 
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 Et spes et ratio studiorum in Caesare tantilim: 
 
 Solus enim tristes h4c tempestate Camoenas 
 llespexit ; cum jam celebres notique poetae 
 Balneolum Gabiis, Romae conducere furnos 
 Tentarent, nec foedum alii nec turpe putarent 5 
 
 Praecones fieri; cum desertis Aganippes 
 Vallibus esuriens migraret in atria Clio. 
 
 ‘Nam si Pierii quadrans tibi nullus in umbrd 
 
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 Et spes et ratio studiorum inCsesare tantum 
 Both the expectation and reward of studies are in Caesar only; • < 
 
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 enim solus respexit tristes Camoenas hac tempestate ; /rJsua' 
 
 for , he alone regards the sad Muses , at this season; -'itiv.vv 
 
 cum jam celebres notique poetse tentarent conducere* -- 
 
 when now . the illustrious and known poets would endeavour to rent ^ h<\ 
 
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 Gabiis, furnas Romae, alii 
 
 at Gabii, bake-houses at Rome, others liXvxx, ||^ce 4 c. 
 
 balneolum 
 a little bath 
 
 putarent 
 
 would consider it 
 
 praecones ; 
 common criers; ‘ 
 
 nec 
 
 iteither 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 ^ foedum 
 disgraceful 
 
 vallibus 
 the vallies 
 
 Clio esuriens 
 
 Clio. .• starving 
 
 si nullus quadrans 
 if , not a farthing 
 
 migraret 
 
 would remove 
 
 ostendatur 
 can be shown 
 
 nec turpe fieri 
 
 nor base to become . 
 
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 Aganippes desertis, 
 
 of Aganippe being deserted, /- 
 
 in atria. . Nam 
 
 to porter’s lodges. 
 
 For 
 
 tibi in Pieria umbra, 
 
 to you in the Pierian shade. 
 
 
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 Ostendatur, ames nomen victumque Machaerae; 
 
 Et vendas potihs commissa quod auctio vendit 10 
 
 Stantibus, oe nop horum, tripodes, armari a, cistas, 
 
 Alcithoen Pacci, Ttebas, et Terea Fausti. 
 
 Hoc satius quam si dicas sub judice. Vidi 
 Quod non vidisti: faciant equites Asiani, 
 
 Quanquam et Cappadoces faciant, equitesque Bithyni, 15 
 Altera quos nudo traducit Gallia talo. 
 
 Nemo tamen studiis indignum ferre laborem 
 Cogetur posthac, nectit quicunque c anoris 
 Eloquium vocale modis, laurumque momordit. 
 
 
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 ames 
 
 you may love 
 
 nomen 
 the name 
 
 victumque 
 and the livelihood 
 
 Machserse; 
 of Machaera j 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 potius vendas quod auctio commissa vendit stantibus, 
 rather vend what the auction now begun vends to the by-standers, 
 
 oenophorum, tripodes. 
 
 armaria. 
 
 cistas, Alcithoen 
 
 a wine cruet 
 
 , trivets. 
 
 book-cases, 
 
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 chests, the Alcithoe 
 
 Pacci, 
 
 Thebas, 
 
 et Terea Fausti. 
 
 Hoc 
 
 of Paccius, 
 
 Thebes, j 
 
 md Tereus of Faustus. 
 
 This 
 
 satius 
 
 quam si dicas 
 
 sub judice. 
 
 Vidi 
 
 is better 
 
 than if you say in the presence of a judge, I saw 
 
 quod lion vidisti : 
 
 quanquam 
 
 Asiani equites 
 
 faciant. 
 
 what you have not seen: 
 
 although 
 
 the Asiatic knights 
 
 do it. 
 
 et 
 
 Cappadoces 
 
 faciant. 
 
 Bithynique equites 
 
 and 
 
 the Cappadocians 
 
 do it, 
 
 and Bitbynian knights 
 
 quos 
 
 altera Gallia 
 
 traducit 
 
 nudo talo. 
 
 Tamen 
 
 whom 
 
 the other Gaul 
 
 leads over 
 
 bare-footed. 
 
 However 
 
 nemo 
 
 cogetur 
 
 posthac 
 
 ferre 
 
 laborem 
 
 nobody shall be obliged 
 
 hereafter 
 
 to endure 
 
 labour 
 
 indignum 
 
 studiis. 
 
 quicunque 
 
 nectit 
 
 vocale 
 
 unworthy 
 
 of their studies. 
 
 whoever 
 
 unites 
 
 vocal 
 
 eloquium 
 
 canoris modis, momorditque 
 
 laurum. 
 
 eloquence 
 
 to melodious measures, and browses 
 
 the laurel. 
 
 
 
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 Hoc ag itg, 6 juvenes I circum spicit et stimulat vo s. 
 M^rian^e /ibi du^is indulsrentia qu^rit. 
 
 175 
 
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 indulgentia quaer it. 
 
 25 
 
 Si qua ali und e putas rerum expectanda tuar um 
 Pr^i^, atque ideo crocem membrana tabellae 
 Impletur, lignorum aliquid posce ocyus, et quae 
 Componis, d ona V eneris, Telesine, marite^ 
 
 Aut claude et positos tine4 p ertund e libellos. 
 
 Frange miser calamos, vigilata que proelia dele. 
 
 Qui facis in parv^ sublimia carmina celld. 
 
 Ut dignus venias hederis et imagin e mac r^. 
 
 Spes nulla ulterior: didicit jam dives avarus ^30 
 
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 Agite hoc, O juvenes! indulgentia ducis 
 
 Attend to this, O young men! the benignity of the emperor 
 
 circumspicit et stimulat vos, quaeritque materiam sibi, 
 looks around and stimulates you, and seeks occasion for showing itself. 
 
 Si putas qua praesidia tuarum rerum expectanda 
 
 If you think any supplies of your wants are to be expected 
 
 aliunde, atque ideo membrana croceae tabellae 
 
 elsewhere, and therefore the parchment of your yellow table-book 
 
 impletur, 
 is filled up, 
 
 componis, 
 you compose, 
 
 aut claude 
 
 or hide 
 
 Miser, 
 
 Hapless man. 
 
 posce aliquid lignorum ocyus, et quae 
 
 call for some faggots quickly, and what 
 
 Telesine, 
 
 O Telesinus, 
 
 dona 
 
 give 
 
 
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 Veneris, /}l / 
 
 to the husband of Venus, ^ ^ 
 
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 et pertunde positos libellos tinea, 
 and destroy your locked-up books by the moth. 
 
 frange calamos, deleque vigilata proelia, 
 break your pens, and cancel your laboured battles. 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 facis 
 
 make 
 
 sublimia carmina 
 
 sublime verses 
 
 venias 
 
 you may become 
 
 dignus 
 
 worthy 
 
 hederis 
 of the ivy 
 
 Nulla ulterior spes: jam 
 
 There is no ulterior expectation: now 
 
 in parva cella, ut 
 
 in a small cell, that. 
 
 et macra imagine, 
 and a slender statue. 
 
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 dives avarus didicit 
 the rich miser has learned * 
 

 
 
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 Tantiam. admirari, tantum laudare disertos , 
 
 Ut pueri Junonis avem. Sed defluit astas^ 
 
 Et pelagi patiens, et cassidis , atque ligonis. 
 
 Taedia tunc subeunt animos, tunc seque suamque 
 Terpsichoren odit facunda et nuda senectus. 
 
 Accipe nunc artes, ne quidjtibi conferat ist e 
 Quem col is: et Musarum et Apollinis aede relictd. 
 Ipse facit versus, atque uni cedit Homero, 
 
 Propter mille annos. At si dulcedine famae 
 Succ ensus recites, Maculonus commodat aede s; 
 
 Ac longe ferrata domus servire jubetur . 
 
 
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 tantum 
 . only 
 
 admirari, 
 to admire, 
 
 tantum 
 
 only 
 
 // 
 
 ^ / 
 
 ut 
 
 as 
 
 pueri 
 children do 
 
 avem 
 the bird 
 
 Junonis. 
 
 of Juno. 
 
 laudare 
 
 to praise 
 
 disertos, 
 the eloquent. 
 
 Sed aetas, patiens 
 
 But j age, patient 
 
 
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 et 
 
 both 
 
 pelagi, 
 
 of the sea, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 cassidis, atque ligonis, defluit. 
 
 of the helmet, and the spade, decays. 
 
 Tunc taedia subeunt animos, tunc facunda et nuda 
 
 Then chagrin seizes the mind, then eloquent and naked 
 
 senectus 
 
 odit 
 
 hates 
 
 seque 
 both itself 
 
 suamque 
 and its own 
 
 Terpsichoren. 
 
 Terpsichoi’e. 
 
 Nunc accipe artes, ne iste quem colis conferat 
 
 Now bear the artifices, lest he whom you court should bestow 
 
 Y ^ quid tibi : 
 
 ..y'.'Ta any thing on you: 
 
 ifuJlCK. 
 
 relicta 
 having left 
 
 aede et Musarum et 
 
 the temple both of the Muses and 
 
 ; ' '^‘'‘■'^Apolli^^ ipse facit versus, atque cedit Homero uni, 
 
 /ur Apollo, he himself makes verses, and 
 
 ii- 
 
 yields to Homer alone, 
 
 propter mille annos. At si succensus dulcedine 
 
 . because a thousand years before him. But if inspired with the sweetness 
 
 famae 
 
 of fame 
 
 recites, 
 
 you recite, 
 
 Maculonus commodat aedes ; ac 
 
 Maculonus lends his apartments j and 
 
 domus 
 his house 
 
 longe 
 
 strongly 
 
 ferrata 
 
 barred 
 
 jubetur 
 
 is ordered 
 
 servire, 
 to serve you. 
 
 
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SATIRA SEPTIMA. 
 
 In qu4 pollicitas^mitatur janua portas^ 
 
 Scit dare libertos extremi in parte sedentes 
 Ordinis, et magnas comitum disponere voces* 
 Nemo dabit regum quanti subsellia constent, 
 
 Et quae conducto pendent apabathra tigillo . 
 Quaeque reportandis posita est orchestra cathedris . 
 Nos tam en hoc agimus , tenuique in pulvere sulcos 
 Ducimus, et littus sterili versamus aratro. 
 
 Nam si discedas, laqueo tenet ambitiosi 
 Consuetudo mali: tenet insanabile multos 
 Scribendi cacoethe s, et aegro in corde senescit. 
 
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 in qua janua imitatur sollicitas portas. Scit 
 
 in which his door is like anxiously guarded city-gates. He knows how 
 
 dare 
 
 to dispose 
 
 lihertos 
 his freedmen 
 
 sedentes 
 
 sitting 
 
 ordinis, et disponere magnas voces 
 
 of the row, and to excite . the loud plaudits 
 
 in extrema parte 
 iu the farthest part 
 
 comitum, 
 of his attendants. 
 
 dabit quanti subsellia constent, 
 
 will give what the benches cost, 
 
 Nemo regum 
 
 None of the patrons 
 et anabathra qu?e pendent conducto tigillo, orchestraque 
 
 or the stairs that hang by a hired beam, or the orchestra 
 
 qu® est posita cathedris reportandis. Tamen 
 
 which is set with chairs to he carried back again. Yet 
 
 I'-y" Zit' rt 
 
 nos agimus hoc, ducimusque sulcos 
 
 we do this, and draw furrows 
 
 in tenui ^ 
 
 ^ Hx.k i-i! ^ 
 
 in the ligh t 
 
 pulvere, et 
 
 dust, and 
 
 versamus 
 
 turn 
 
 Nam si discedas. 
 
 For if you abandon this. 
 
 tenet laqueo : 
 
 holds you in a chain: 
 
 tenet multos, et 
 
 possesses many, and 
 
 littus 
 
 the shore 
 
 consuetudo 
 the custom 
 
 sterili aratro. 
 
 with a barren plough. 
 
 ambitiosi mali 
 
 of an ambitious evil • 
 
 insanabile cacoethes scribendi 
 
 the incurable itch of writing 
 
 senescit 
 
 grows inveterate 
 
 in ®gro corde. 
 
 in their diseased minds. 
 
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 oi-fft-C/i ^»-. 
 
 'y't.*,/jy <HyX* 
 
 Sed vatem egregium, cui non sit publica vena. 
 Qui nihil expositum soleat deducere , nec qui 
 Communi feriat carmen triviale mon eta, ■^<vV>7 
 
 £r<^. 
 
 
 
 CT" 
 
 (Hunc qualem nequeo monstrare, et sentio tantum,) 
 
 ><Anxietate carens animus facit, omnis acerbi 
 Impatiens, cupidus sylvarUm, aptusque bibendis 
 Fontibus Aonidum. Neque enim cantare sub antro 
 Pierio, thyrsumve potest contin gere sana^ 
 
 Paupertas, a^ue aeris inops, quo nocte dieque 
 Corpus eget. Satur est, cum dicit Horatius, Euhoe! 
 Quis locus ingenio, nisi cum se carmine solo 
 
 l/z- /l/H^ 
 
 GO 
 
 
 Y-ei^ 
 
 A 
 
 : ^ 
 
 Sed animus, carens anxietate, impatiens omnis acerbi, 
 But a mind, free from anxiety, impatient of all trouble, 
 
 cupidus sylvarum, aptusque bibendis fontibus 
 
 enamoured of the woods, and fitted for drinking the fountains 
 
 Aonidum, facit egregium vatem, cui non publica vena 
 of the Aonides, makes an excellent poet, to whom no common faculty 
 
 sit, qui soleat deducere 
 
 belongs, who is accustomed to produce 
 
 nihil expositum, 
 
 nothing 
 
 trifling. 
 
 nec qui feriat triviale carmen communi moneta, hunc 
 
 nor one who strikes off a trivial ode in a common style, him 
 
 ./ qualem 
 
 such as 
 
 Enim 
 
 For 
 
 quo 
 
 which 
 
 ' T 
 
 ?v / 
 
 - / 
 
 .Kucc^ ‘-/‘.‘^a-^^cantare 
 i‘ ^ losing 
 
 nequeo monstrare, et sentio tantum. 
 
 I cannot describe, and conceive only. 
 
 neque sana paupertas, atque inops aeris, 
 
 neither sober poverty or one destitute of money. 
 
 corpus 
 the body 
 
 sub 
 
 undei' 
 
 eget 
 
 requires 
 
 nocte 
 
 night 
 
 dieque, 
 
 and day, 
 
 potest 
 is able 
 
 Cum Horatius 
 
 ; When Horace 
 
 Pierio antro, contingereve thyrsum, 
 the Pierian cave, or touch the thrysus. 
 
 dicit, Euhoe ! est satur. Quis 
 
 cries. Euhoe! he is well filled. What 
 
 -■^42r/‘"‘-^locus 
 
 room 
 
 ingenio, nisi cum nostra pectora, non 
 
 for genius, unless when our souls, not 
 

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 SATIRA SEPTIMA. 
 
 y- 
 
 Vexant, et domin is CirrhaB Ni saeque feruntur 
 Pectora nostra, duas non admittentia curas? 
 
 179 
 
 /ft 
 
 /i 
 
 
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 Magnae mentis opus, nec de lodice paranda 
 A ttonitae , currus et equos, faciesque deorum 
 Aspicere, et qualis Rutulum confundit Erinnys. 
 
 Nam si Virgilio puer et tolerabile desit . 
 
 Hos pitium , caderent omnes k crinibus hydri : 
 
 S urda nihi l gemeret grave buccina. Poscimus ut sit 
 Non minor antiquo Rubrenus Lappa cothurno, 
 
 —I Cujus et alveolos et lanam pignerat Atreus? 
 
 Non habet infelix Numitor quod mittat amico ! 
 
 
 admittentia 
 
 admitting 
 
 duas curas, 
 other cares, 
 
 et feruntur 
 
 and are horne along 
 
 vexant se 
 
 are engaged 
 
 dominis Cirrhse 
 
 by the deities of Cirrha 
 
 Opus magnse mentis, nec attonitsc 
 
 It is the work • of a great mind, not distracted 
 
 lodice, ^ aspicere currus et equos, 
 
 a blanket, to treat of chariots and horses. 
 
 carmine solo, 
 with verse alone, . 
 
 ^ fy f y/ 
 
 Nisteque ? . riiiJ' 
 
 1 1 ^ C. C y* - m / 
 
 de paranda - 
 
 about obtaining -=- - - 
 
 laciesque jy' # ’ 
 
 and the faces 
 
 
 deorum, et qualis Erinnys confundit Rutilum. 
 
 of the gods, and what _ Fury confounds the Rutilian. 
 
 Nam si puer et tolerabile hospitium desit Virgilio, 
 
 For if a servant and a tolerable lodging had been wanted by Virgil, > 
 
 If ^ 
 
 omnes hydri caderent a crinibus: surda buccina - 
 
 all the symbols of poesy would have fallen from his locks: the dull trumpet A ^^ 
 
 gemeret nihil grave. Poscimus ut Rubrenus ^ ^'ti| 
 
 would have sounded nothing grand. Do we expect that Rubrenus ^ j 
 
 
 Lappa 
 
 Lappa 
 
 et 
 
 both 
 
 non sit minor 
 should not fall short 
 
 antiquo cothurno, 
 
 of the ancient buskin. 
 
 CUJUS 
 of whom 
 
 alveolos 
 the platters 
 
 et lanam 
 
 Atreus pignerat ? 
 
 and woollen garment Atreus had pledged ? 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 Infelix Numitor non habet quod mittat amico ! 
 
 Unhappy Numitor 
 
 X., / ' / • ' ^ 
 
 has not what he should send to his friend! 
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 Quintiliae quod donet habet : nec defuit illi 75 
 
 Unde emeret multd pascendum carne leonem 
 Jam domitum. Constat leviori bellua sumptu 
 Nimiriim, et capiunt plus intesti na p oetae. 
 
 Contentus fama j aceat Lucanus in hortis , 
 
 Marmoreis: at Serrano tenui que Saleio 
 Gloria quantalibet, quid erit, si gloria tantum est? 
 Curritur ad vocem jucundam, et carmen amicae 
 {jriiebaidos, laetam fecit cum Statius urbem, 
 
 Promisitque diem: tant4 dulcedine captos 
 
 Afficit ille animos, tantaque libidine vulgi 85 
 
 habet quod donet Quintiliae: nec defuit illi 
 
 ^ bnt he has what he can give to Quintiliae: nor Mias there wanting to him 
 
 unde emeret leonem jam domitum 
 
 wherewith he could purchase a lion already so far subdued as 
 
 pascendum multa came. Nimirum bellua constat 
 
 to be fed with abundance of flesh. Doubtless the beast stands him 
 
 leviori sumptu, et intestina poetse capiunt plus, 
 
 in less expence, and the intestines of the poet contain the most. 
 
 Lucanus, contentus fama, jaceat in marmoreis hortis: 
 Lucau, content with fame, may repose in his marble gardens: 
 
 ■i . ^ ' 
 
 at quantalibet gloria, quid erit Serrano 
 
 but ' 'as much as the glory is, what . will it be to Serranus 
 
 tenuique Saleio, si est tantum gloria ? Curritur 
 
 ' and lean Saleius, if it is only . glory ? They hurry 
 
 ad jucundam vocem et -carmen amicae Thebaidos, 
 
 to the pleasing voice and the verse of the favourite Thebajs, 
 
 cirm Statius fecit urbem laetam, 
 
 when Statius made the city joyful^ 
 
 promisitque 
 
 and appointed 
 
 diem: Ille 
 
 the day: he 
 
 afficit animos 
 
 affects their minds 
 
 captos 
 
 captivated 
 
 tanta dulcedine, 
 with such delight. 
 
 auditurque 
 
 and is heard 
 
 tanta 
 
 with so much 
 
 libidine 
 
 transport 
 
^ /y 
 
 
 
 Ar/„ 
 
 
 tr :a /ri’w; 
 
 y 
 
 '5 ^:f c ’^-• ■^ iTl IM. 
 
 
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 e^■*^ t- t, -tf 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 SATIllA SEPTIMA. 
 
 ini 
 
 cT- 
 
 Auditur : sed cum fregit subsellia versu, 
 Esurit, i ntacta m Parid i nisi vendat Agaven . 
 
 / 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 .^y-t^r.. 
 
 r/j> 
 
 Ill e et militiae multis largitur honorem ; 
 
 Semestri vatum digitos circumligat auro. 
 
 Quod non dant proceres dabit histrio. Tu Camerinos 90 
 Et Bareas, tu nobilium magna atria curas l 
 Praefectos Pelopea facit, Philomela tribunos. 
 
 Haud tamen invideas vati, quem p ulpita pascunt . 
 
 Quis tibi Mecaenas? quis nunc erit aut Proculeius, 
 
 Aut Fabius? quis Cotta iterum ? quis Lentulus alter ? 95 
 Tunc par ingenio pretium: tunc utile multis ict. 
 
 vulgi: sed 
 
 by the rabble : but 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 fregit 
 
 he breaks 
 
 subsellia versu, 
 the benches' by his verse, 
 
 
 esurit, 
 
 he starves, 
 
 Ille 
 
 nisi vendat 
 unless he can sell 
 
 / 
 
 Agaven 
 
 his Agave 
 
 et 
 
 
 He 
 
 too 
 
 largitur honorem 
 
 bestows the honour of a commission 
 
 • A A ^ T* • I- 
 
 intactam Paridi. 
 
 untouched to Paris. /::^c , 
 
 militiae multis ; 
 
 on many; 
 
 X 
 
 circumligat digitos 
 
 He begirts the fingers 
 
 vatum 
 
 of poets 
 
 semestri auro. 
 
 yf.C 
 
 With a summer gold ring. L- 
 
 Quod proceres non dant histrio dabit. Tu curas 
 
 What the nobles do not give a player will give. Do you care for _i 
 
 • 1 .1. « (/ 
 magiia atria nobilium ? " 
 
 Camerinos et Bareas,' tu 
 the Camerini an^t^ Bare®, do you regard the great courts of noblemen ? 
 
 Pelopea facit praefectos, Philomela tribunos. Tamen 
 
 r,e 
 
 Pelopea makes prefects, Philomela 
 
 tribunes. However ' 
 
 
 haud invideas vati quem pulpita pascunt. Quis 
 
 ■ you need not envy the poet whom the theatre supports. Who 
 
 Meeaenas tibi ? quis nunc erit aut Proculeius, aut 
 
 is a Mec®nas to you ? who now will be either a Proculeius, or 
 
 1 *', 
 
 Fabius ? quis Cotta iterum ? quis alter Lentulus ? Tunc 
 
 a Fabius? who a Cotta again? who another Lentulus? Then 
 
 Z1.' ' ^ ^ 
 
 ✓ 
 
 >■! 
 ( { 
 
 
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 pretium par ingenio : tunc utile multis 
 
 there would be a reward suitable to genius; then it would he profitable to many 
 
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 f f ^ 
 til 
 
 Pallere, et vinum toto nescire Decembri. 
 
 Vester porro labor foecundior, historiarum 
 Scriptores : petit hic plus temporis', atque olei plus : 
 Namque oblita mod i millesima pagina surgit 100 
 
 Omnibus, et crescit inulti d amnosa papyro. 
 
 ^ Sic ingens rerum numerus jubet, atque operum lex. 
 
 Quae tamen inde seges ? terrae quis fructus apertae ? 
 
 Quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti ? 
 
 Sed gen us ignavum quod lecto gaudet et umbr^. 105 
 Dic igitur, quid causidic is civilia praesten t 
 Officia, et magno comites in fasce libelli? 
 
 r 
 
 pallere, et nescire vinum toto Decembri. 
 
 to be pale with study, and not to taste wine all December. 
 
 / * ^ 
 
 
 »-.1 hic 
 
 Porro, scriptores historiarum, vester labor foecundior: 
 Moreover, ye writers of histories, your labour is more advantageous: 
 
 ^ olei: 
 
 > I ^ i ’ • 
 
 V this 
 
 petit 
 
 requires 
 
 plus temporis, atque plus 
 
 more 
 
 Si 
 
 ; .Zt 
 
 namque millesima pagina, 
 
 for the thousandth page, 
 
 omnibus, 
 
 to all, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 crescr 
 
 grows 
 
 time, 
 
 oblita 
 
 forgetful 
 
 damnosa 
 
 expensive 
 
 et 
 
 more 
 
 oil: 
 
 modi, 
 of measure, 
 
 surgit 
 
 swells 
 
 multa papyro. 
 
 by the quantity of paper. 
 
 c-tt; 
 
 
 Sic ingens numerus rerum, atque lex operum jubet. 
 
 So the great variety of things, and the law of writing enjoins. 
 
 Tamen quse seges inde ? quis fructus apertse terree ? 
 
 Yet what harvest from thence? what fruit of the opened ground ? 
 
 quis dabit historico quantum daret ^ legend 
 who will give to an historian asmuchas hewouldgive for reading 
 
 acta ? Sed ignavum genus quod gaudet lecto et umbrd. 
 
 journals? But it is a lazy race that indulsres in bed and the shade. 
 
 Die igitur, quid officia 
 
 Say then, what do offices 
 
 civilia, et 
 of law, and 
 
 libelli 
 
 briefs 
 
 comites in magno fasce, 
 
 which accompany them in a large bundle. 
 
 praestent causidicis I 
 produce to barristers ? 
 
SATIRA SEPTIMA. 
 
 183 
 
 I psi magna sonant ; sed tunc cum creditor audit 
 Praecipui, vel si tetigit latus acrior illo, 
 
 Qui venit ad dubium grandi cum codice nomen, 
 Tunc immensa cavi spirant mendacia folles, 
 Conspuiturque sinus. Verum deprendere messem 
 
 110 
 
 Si libe t, hinc centum patrimonia causidicorum, 
 
 ’Parte alia solum russati pone Lacerta e. 
 f Coi^edere duce s : surgis tu^aUidus Ajax, 
 
 Dicturus dubia pro libertate. Bubulco 
 Judice. Rumpe miser tensum jecu r, ut tibi la sso 
 Figantur virides, scalarum gloria, p^mae. 
 
 
 / 
 
 Ipsi 
 
 They 
 
 sonant magna ; 
 
 bawl aloud; 
 
 sed 
 
 but 
 
 tunc 
 
 tlien 
 
 praecipue cum 
 chieHy wheii/ *" 
 
 creditor audit, vel si acrior 
 
 the creditor hears, or if a keener 
 
 ..1 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 venit 
 
 comes 
 
 ad dubium nomen 
 to a dubious name 
 
 illo tetigit latus, 
 than he has twitched side, ' 
 
 1 . • 1 * 
 
 cum grandi codice, /. ^ ’ 
 
 »ith his large 
 
 
 tunc cavi folles spirant immensa mendacia, ^ 
 
 then his hollow bellows breathe mighty lies, - 
 
 
 sinusque conspuitur. Verum si libet deprendere 
 
 and his bosom is slavered over. But if you wish to compute 
 
 messem, pone bine patrimonia centum causidicorum, 
 his gain, lay in one scale the patrimonies of a hundred lawyers. 
 
 alia 
 
 on the other 
 
 parte 
 
 part 
 
 Lacertae 
 
 that of Lacerta 
 
 
 solum russati. 
 
 alone,_-—-4 b. his red livery. 
 
 Duces 
 
 The judges 
 
 consedere 
 are seated: 
 
 tu 
 
 you 
 
 dkturus 
 
 to plead 
 
 pro 
 
 for 
 
 dubia libertate, 
 
 doubtful liberty, 
 
 pallidus Ajax surgis 
 like pale Ajax • rise up :? ,,i 
 
 Bubulco judice. 
 
 Bubulcus being judge. 
 
 
 Miser, 
 
 Miserable being. 
 
 rumpe 
 
 burst 
 
 tensum jecur, 
 
 your stretched liver. 
 
 ut 
 
 that 
 
 virides 
 
 green 
 
 palmae, gloria scalarum, figantur tibi lasso, 
 palms, the glory of your stairs, may be hung up to you fatigued. 
 
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 91 
 
 Quod vocis pretium ? s iccus petasunculus ej , vas 
 Pelumidujm aut veteres, Afrorum epimenia, bulbi; 
 Aut vinum Tiberi d evectum : quinque lagenae, 
 
 Si quater egist i. Si contigit aureus unus, 
 
 Inde cadunt part es, ex foedere pragmaticorum, 
 Emilio dabitur quantum petet: et melius nos 
 Egimus: hujus enim stat currus aheneus, alti 
 Quadrijuges in vestibulis, atque ipse f eroci 
 Bellatore sedens curvatum hastile minatur 
 
 120 
 
 125 
 
 Eminu s, et statui meditatur praelia lusca. 
 
 Sic Pedo conturbat, Matho deficit: exitus hic est 
 
 Quod pretium vocis! siccus petasunculus et vas 
 
 What is the price of your voice ? a rusty little ham and a dish 
 
 
 pelamidum, aut veteres bulbi, epimenia 
 \ ^ (/icvyj'c^^ ' of sprats, or old roots, the mon thly gi 
 
 
 Afrorum ; 
 monthly gifts of the A fricans j 
 
 /f 
 
 ^v-c^eiy 
 
 mum 
 or wine 
 
 devectum 
 wafted down 
 
 Tiberi : 
 the Tiberj 
 
 quinque lagenae, 
 Ave flagons. 
 
 
 
 egisti quater. Si unus aureus contigit, partes 
 
 if you have pleaded four times. If one gold coin is received, shares 
 
 eadunt inde, ex foedere pragmaticorum, 
 fall from thence, according to agreement with your brother-pettifoggers. 
 
 
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 .Emilio dabitur quantum petet : et nos 
 
 To i^milius will be given as much as he may ask: though we 
 
 egimus melius: enim hujus aheneus currus alti 
 
 have pleaded better: for his brazen chariot and his stately 
 
 quadrijuges 
 
 prancers 
 
 stat 
 
 stand 
 
 . jet. 
 
 in vestibulis, 
 
 in the court yard, 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 ipse 
 
 himself 
 
 feroci bellatore 
 a fierce war-horse 
 
 minatur 
 
 brandishes 
 
 curvatum hastile 
 his crooked spear 
 
 ’Ui-' 
 
 
 ■/tt 
 
 
 eminus, et meditatur prtelia ' lusca 
 
 aloft, and meditates fighting with his squinting 
 
 statua. 
 
 statue. 
 
 Sic 
 
 Thus 
 
 Pedo 
 
 Pedo 
 
 conturbat, Matho deficit: hie est exitus 
 
 turns bankrupt, Matho fails: this is the end 
 
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 ^ X 
 
 Tongilli, magno cum r hinocerote lavari 130 
 
 Qui solet, et v exat lutulen ti|balnea turba, 
 
 P erque forum juvenes longo premit assere Medo s, 
 Empturus pueros, argentum, myrrhina, villas : 
 
 ^ Spondet e nim Tyrio stlatar ia pu rpura filo. 
 
 Et tamen hoc ipsis est utile v ^urpura vendit 135 
 
 Causidicum , vendunt amethystina : convenit illis 
 Et strepitu, et facie majoris vivere census. 
 
 S ed finem impens ae non_ ser vat prodiga Roma . 
 
 Ut redeant veteres, Ciceroni nemo ducentos 
 Nunc dederit nummos, nisi fulserit annulus ingens. 140 
 
 
 Tongilli, qui 
 
 of Tongillus, who 
 
 rhinocerote, et 
 
 fhinoceros, and 
 
 solet 
 
 is accustomed 
 
 vexat 
 
 annoys 
 
 lavari 
 to be bathed 
 
 nifto-nn ^ « 
 
 cum 
 
 with his huge ^ 
 
 if 
 
 balnea 
 
 the baths 
 
 lutulenta turba, 
 
 with his dirty equipage, * 
 
 ^perque forum premit juvenes Medos longo assere, 
 
 and through the forum presses ^ the young Medes with his long raftei^- , 
 
 empturus pueros, argentum, myrrhina, villas: 
 
 being about to purchase boys, silver, myrrh-bowls, country-seats j 
 
 ^ enim stlataria purpura Tyrio filo 
 for foreign purple with Tyrian thread 
 
 Et tamen 
 And yet 
 
 causidicum, 
 the lawyer, 
 
 hoc 
 
 this 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 utile 
 
 useful 
 
 procures him credit. 
 
 ipsis : purpura vendit X 
 
 to them: purple sells 
 
 amethystina 
 
 violet-coloured robes 
 
 vendunt : 
 
 sell him: 
 
 convenit , y. 
 
 illis vivere et strepitu et 
 
 it IS convenient 
 majoris censfis. 
 
 
 _ _ . ^ facie majoris census. ' 
 
 for them to live both in noise and in the shew of a larger fortune. 2<l^ « 
 
 Sed prodiga Roma servat non finem impensse. 
 
 But prodigal Rome sets no bound _to expense. 
 
 Ut veteres redeant, nemo nunc dederit 
 
 Although the ancients should return, nobody now would give 
 
 ducentos nummos Ciceroni, nisi ingens annulus fulserit, 
 two hundred sesterces to Cicero, unless a large ring sparkled. 
 
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 iri 
 
 't 
 
 Respicit hoc primum qui litigat, an tibi servi 
 
 Octo, decem comites, an post te sella , togati 
 
 _ 
 
 Ante pedes. Ideo conducta Paulus agebat ^ ^ , 
 
 S ardonyce , atque ideo pluris qu^m Cossus agebat, ^ 
 
 Qu^mBasilus. 'Rara in tenui facundia panno, 
 
 Quando licet flentem Basilo producere matrem ? 
 
 Quis ben^ dicentem Basilum ferat ? accipiat te 
 Gallia, vel potius nutricula causidicorum 
 Africa, si placuit mercedem imponere linguae. 
 
 Declamare doces, 6 ferrea pectora/ Vecti, 
 
 150 
 
 Cum perimit saevos classis numerosa tyrannos l 
 
 Qui litigat respicit hoc primum, an tibi octo servi 
 
 Whoever goes to law regards this first, whether you have eight servants 
 
 decern comites, * an sella post te, togati 
 
 and ten attendants, whether a chair comes after you, and gowned-raen 
 
 ante pedes, 
 before your feet. 
 
 Ideb 
 
 Therefore 
 
 Paulus 
 
 Paulus 
 
 agebat 
 
 pleaded 
 
 conducta 
 with a hii^d 
 
 Sardonyce, atque ideb agebat pluris quam Cossus, 
 f ^rdony x, and therefore pleaded at a higher fee than Cossus, 
 
 • • ' / - or than 
 
 Basilus. 
 
 Basilus. 
 
 Facundia 
 
 Eloquence 
 
 rara 
 
 is rare 
 
 in tenui panno. 
 
 in mean attire. 
 
 
 Z 
 
 
 ndo licet Basilo producere 
 
 n is it allowed Basilus to produce 
 
 flentem matrem I 
 
 a weeping mother ? 
 
 
 Quis ferat Basilum dicentem bene % Gallia accipiat te. 
 
 Who can endure Basilus speaking well ’ Let Gaul receive you. 
 
 
 vel 
 
 or 
 
 potius Africa, 
 
 rather Africa, 
 
 nutricula 
 
 the little-nurse 
 
 causidicorum, 
 
 of lawyers. 
 
 
 
 Sl 
 
 if 
 
 placuit imponere 
 
 you please to put 
 
 mercedem 
 a value 
 
 linguae. 
 
 on your eloquence. 
 
 C' 
 
 Doces 
 
 Do you teach 
 
 declamare, 
 to declaim. 
 
 O ferrea pectora, 
 
 O iron heart. 
 
 Vecti, 
 
 Vectiiis, 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 numerosa classis 
 a numerous class 
 
 perimit saevos tyrannos ? 
 aims at destroying cruel tyrants ? 
 
 
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SATIRA SEPTIMA. 
 
 187 
 
 
 
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 Nam quaecunque sedens modo legerat, haec eadem stans ^ 
 
 Pro feret , atque eadem cantabit versibus isdem. . . n 
 
 Occidit miseros cramb e_rep etita magistros. 
 
 Quis color , et quod sit causae genu s, atque ubi summ a 155 
 Quaestio, quae veniant diversi parte sagittae , 
 
 Scire volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nemo. 
 
 Mercedem ap pellas ? quid enim scio? culpa docentis 
 Scilicet arguitur, quod laev^ in parte mamillae 
 Nil salit Arcadico juveni, cujus mihi sextd . 160 
 
 Quaque die miserum dirus caput Hannibal implet: 
 
 Quicquid id est de quo deliberat; an petat urbem 
 
 
 
 
 ’• o, 
 
 Nam qusecunque legerat modo sedens, proferet 
 
 For whatever he has read lately while sitting, he will recite 
 
 hsec eadem stans, atque cantabit eadem isdem versibus, 
 these same things standing, and chaunt the same in the same verses. '. 
 
 Crambe repetita occidit miseros magistros. Omnes 
 
 Insipid stuff repeated kills the miserable masters. All 
 
 volunt scire quis sit color, et quod genus x, 
 
 desire to know what may be the plea, and what the nature 
 
 \t 
 
 causse, atque ubi summa qutestio, quse sagittse .y 
 
 of the case, also w'here the chief question lies, what objections 
 
 veniant diversa parte, nemo solvere mercedem. 
 may come from the adverse party, none to pay the fee. 
 
 ‘ I 
 
 Appellas mercedem? quid enim scio ? Scilicet culpa ' ^ 
 
 Do you call for your fee ? what indeed do I know? Forsooth the fault 
 
 docentis arguitur, quod nil salit Arcadico / 
 
 of the teacher is declared, that nothing beats to the Arcadiaq j', 
 ^ ^ if, 
 
 juveni in laeva parte mamillae, cujus dirus Hannibal^ - | 
 
 youth in the left side of the breast, 'whose direful Hannibal , ' ' 
 
 implet mihi miserum caput quaque sexta die: quicquid id est 
 
 fills my aching head every sixth day: whatever it is ; • 
 
 de quo deliberat; an petat urbem «•! 
 
 on which he deliberates; whether he should go to the city ; 
 
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 A Cannis; an post nimbos et fulmina cautus 
 C ircumag at madidas jioh_ortfis. 
 
 Quantum vis stipulare, et protinus accipe quod do, 165 
 Ut toties ilium pater audiat. Ast alii sex 
 Et plures uno conclamant ore sophista?, 
 
 Et veras agitant lites, raptore relicto: 
 
 Fusa venena silent, malus ingratusque maritus, 
 
 Et quae jam veteres sanant mortaria c aecos. 170 
 
 Ergo sibi dabit yse rudeni , si nostra movebunt 
 Consilia, et vitaB diversum* iter ingredietur. 
 
 Ad pugnam qui rhetorica descendit ab umbra. 
 
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 a 
 
 from 
 
 Cannis: 
 
 Cannae : 
 
 an, 
 
 or. 
 
 post 
 
 after 
 
 nimbos 
 
 the rains 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 fulmina, 
 
 thunders, 
 
 cautus circumagat cohortes madidas a tempestate. 
 
 he should cautiously wheel about his troops soa ked_ by the storm. 
 
 Stipulare quantum vis, 
 
 Stipulate as much as you will, 
 
 et protinus accipe quod 
 
 and instantly take what 
 
 t 
 
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 r 
 
 • «.1^* w . I % cf 
 
 do, 
 
 I give. 
 
 ut 
 
 that 
 
 pater 
 the father 
 
 sex alii sophistae et 
 six other sophists and 
 
 ore, 
 
 mouth. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 agitant 
 
 plead 
 
 audiat illum toties. Ast 
 
 may hear him often. But 
 
 plures conclamant , uno 
 more declaim together as with one 
 
 veras lites, relicto raptore : 
 real causes, having left the ravisher; 
 
 silent, malus ingratusque maritus. 
 
 fusa venena 
 
 ^are hushed, the wicked and ungrateful husband, 
 
 et mortaria, quae sanant caecos jam veteres. 
 
 and the mortars, which cure the blind already aged. 
 
 ' ..V dabit sibi rudem, si nostra consilia 
 
 *** Therefore he shall give to himself the rod, if our counsels 
 
 '■'^<rC’/r.e /i A 
 
 1 I 
 
 movebunt, et 
 
 move him, and 
 
 ingredietur 
 he enter upon 
 
 diversum 
 
 a different 
 
 iter 
 
 way 
 
 vitae, 
 of life, 
 
 qui 'descendit ab 
 
 who descends from 
 
 rhetorica umhra 
 the rhetorical shadow 
 
 ad pugnam, 
 
 to real pleading. 
 
SATIRA SEPTIMA. 
 
 189 
 
 Summula ne pereat, qu4 vilis tessera vaenit 
 Fr u^nti : quippe haec merces lautissima ^ Tenta 175 
 Chryso gonus q uanti doceat, vel Pollio quanti 
 Lautoru m pue ros, artem scindens Theodori . 
 
 Balnea sexcentis, et pluris porticus, in qu^ 
 
 Gestetur dominus quoties pluit: anne serenum 
 Exspectet, spargatve luto jumenta recenti ? 180 
 
 Hic potius : namque hic mundae nitet ungula mulae . 
 
 Parte alid longis Numidarum fulta columnis 
 Surgat, et algentem rapiat caenatio solem. 
 
 Quanticunque domus, veniet qui fe rcula docte 
 
 ne summula pereat, qu^l vilis tessera frumenti 
 lest the small pittance be consumed for which the poor ticket of corn 
 
 vsenit: 
 sold: 
 
 quippe 
 
 for 
 
 hsec 
 
 this 
 
 merces 
 
 reward 
 
 lautissima. Tenta 
 
 is the most ample. Try 
 
 quanti Chrysogonus, vel quanti Pollio doceat 
 
 for how much Chrysogonus, or for how much Pollio may teach 
 
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 pueros lautorum, scindens artem Theodori, 
 
 the boys of the rich, dividing the art of Theodorus. 
 
 Balnea sexcentis, et porticus pluris, inquaw-^tv Ji 
 
 Baths cost six hundred sesterces, and the portico more, in which - 
 
 dominus gestetur quoties pluit: anne 
 a lord is carried when it rains * must 
 
 exspectet 
 he wait 
 
 serenum, 
 
 a serene day. 
 
 spargatve 
 
 or besmear 
 
 jumenta 
 
 his cattle 
 
 hie potius : namque hic ungula 
 
 here rather: 
 
 for 
 
 here the hoof 
 
 mundse mulse 
 of the neat mule 
 
 Alia 
 In another 
 
 parte 
 
 part 
 
 coenatio, 
 a banquet-house, 
 
 Numidarum, 
 of the Numidians, 
 
 surgat, 
 
 may rise, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 fulta 
 
 supported 
 
 rapiat 
 
 catch 
 
 recenti luto ? 
 
 with fresh dirt ? 
 nitet. 
 
 shine8.^^y^./f^^. 
 
 longis columnis 
 
 by long pillars 
 
 algentem solem, 
 the cool sunshine. 
 
 Quanti cunque domus. 
 
 veniet 
 
 Whatever 
 
 the house cost, there will come one 
 
 qui componit 
 
 who ranges 
 
 
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190 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
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 Compon it ^ ven iet qui pu ln^nt aria c ondit . 
 Hos inter sumptas sestertia' Quintiliano, 
 
 Ut multum, duo sufficient; res nulla minoris 
 
 185 
 
 2». 
 
 Constabit •patri, quam filius. Unde igitur tot 
 Quintilianus habet saltus ? exempla novorum 
 
 Fatuum tr ansi: felix et pulcher 'et acer. 
 
 190 
 
 
 Felix et sapiens et nobilis et generosus 
 Appositam njgra e lunam subtexit alutae : 
 
 Felix, orator quoque maximus, et j aculato r. 
 Et s i perfrix it cantat bene. Distat enim quae 
 Sidera te excipiant, modo primos incipientem 
 
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 195 
 
 fercula docte; 
 
 veniet qui condit pulmentaria. 
 
 
 the dishes skilfully; there will 
 
 come one who seasons 
 
 the hashes. 
 
 ' / 
 
 Inter hos 
 
 sumptus 
 
 duo sestertia, ut 
 
 multum. 
 
 Amidst these 
 
 expenses 
 
 two sestertia, as 
 
 a great thing, 
 
 
 sufficient 
 
 Quintiliano 
 
 ; nulla res 
 
 constabit 
 
 
 shall content 
 
 Quintilian; 
 
 nothing will 
 
 cost 
 
 
 .flUAAvt- 
 
 minoris patri 
 less to a father 
 
 quam 
 
 than 
 
 filius, 
 his sou. 
 
 Unde igitur 
 
 whence then 
 
 habet 
 
 has 
 
 ,j Quintilianus tot saltus? Transi exempla novorum 
 
 Quintilian so many forests? Passover examples of sudden 
 
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 II • ' . 
 
 , Ijj^ Ln tvC tfcn.u.1»^ 
 
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 A; Vo 
 
 fatorum : 
 
 fortunes: 
 
 felix et 
 
 the prosperous man is both 
 
 pulcher et acer, 
 
 handsome and smart. 
 
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 felix et sapiens et nobilis et generosus 
 
 the prosperous man both wise and noble and generous 
 
 4i 
 
 V 
 
 if 
 
 subtexit 
 hath concealed 
 
 lunam appositum nigrse alutse: 
 
 the moon marked on his black leather shoe: 
 
 
 
 felix quoque maximus orator, et jaculator, et 
 
 the fortunate man likev/ise is a very great orator, and pleader, and 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 perfrixit, 
 he is hoarse, 
 
 cantat 
 
 he sings 
 
 bene. 
 
 well. 
 
 Euim distat 
 For it makes a difference 
 
 quse sidera excipiant te, modo incipientem 
 
 what stars receive you, just beginning 
 
 edere 
 
 to utter 
 
7 ^ 
 
 
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 SATIRA SEPTIMA. 
 
 Edere vagitus, et adhuc h matre rubentem. 
 
 Si Fortuna volet, fies de rhetore consul: 
 
 Si volet haBc eadem, fies de c onsule rheto r. 
 
 Ventidius quid enim? quid Tullius ? anne aliud quam 
 Sidus et occulti.miranda potentia fati ? 200 
 
 Servis regna dabunt, captivis fata triumphos. 
 
 Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo. 
 
 ^ Poenituit multos vanae ste ril isque cathedra e. 
 
 Sicut Thrasymachi probat exitus, atque Secundi 
 Carrinatis ; et hunc inopem vidistis, Athenae, 205 
 
 Nil praeter gelidas ausae conferre cicutas. 
 
 191 
 
 
 An. 
 
 primos vagitus, et adhuc rubentem a matre, 
 
 the first infant cries, and as yet red from the mother. 
 
 Si fortuna volet, fies consul de rhetore : 
 
 If fortune pleases, you shall become a consul from a rhetorician: 
 
 si haec eadem volet, fies rhetor de consule, 
 
 if this same pleases, you shall become a rhetorician from a consul. 
 
 Enim quid Ventidius? quid Tullius? anne 
 
 For what was Ventidius? what Tullius? was it 
 
 aliud quam sidus et miranda potentia occulti fati ? 
 any thing else than the star and the wonderful power of hidden fate ? 
 
 Fata dabunt regna servis, triumphos captivis. 
 
 The fates will give kingdoms to slaves, triumphs to captives. 
 
 Tamen ille felix rarior quoque albo corvo. 
 
 Yet that fortuna te person is more rare too than a white crow. 
 
 PoBnituit multos vanse sterilisque cathedrae. 
 It hath repented many of their vain and barren chair, 
 
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 sicut exitus ^ Thrasymachi atque Secundi Carrinatis^^"^»^^^^^'' 
 as the end of Thrasymachus and of Secundus Carrinas 
 
 ... 
 
 probat ; et vidistis hunc inopem, Athenae, 
 
 proves; and you have seen him starving, O Athens, 
 
 ausae conterre ml praeter gelidas cicutas. ^ 
 
 daring to bestow on him 
 
 nil 
 
 nothing except 
 
 the cold hemlock. 
 
192 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
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 Dt majorum umbris tenuem et sine pondere terram, 
 y- Spirantesqu e crocos et in urnd perpetuum ver. 
 
 Qui praeceptorem sancti voluere parentis 
 Esse loco. Metuens virgae jam grandis Achilles 210 
 Cantabat patriis in montibus : et cui non tunc 
 Elicer^ risum citharc^di cauda magistri '{ ^ 
 
 Sed Ruffum at(^ue alios caedit sua” quaeque juventus : 
 RufFum, qui toties Ciceronem Allobroga dixit. 
 
 Quis gremio Enceladi doctique Palaemonis affert 215 
 Quantum grammaticus meruit labor ? et tamen ex hoc. 
 Quodcunque est (minus est autem qu^m rhetoris aera) 
 
 Di umbris majorum tenuem terram, et 
 
 Ye Gods grant to the shades of our ancestoi-s a thin earth, and 
 
 sine pondere, spirantesque crocos et perpetuum ver 
 
 without weight, also breathing crocuses and a perpetual spring 
 
 in urna, 
 in their urn. 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 voluere praeceptorem esse loco 
 would have a praeceptor to be in place of 
 
 r * / 
 
 sancti parentis. Achilles, jam grandis, metuens virgae, 
 
 a pious paient. Achilles, when grownup, being a fraid of the rod, 
 
 cantabat in patriis montibus : et cui tunc cauda 
 . sang on his native mountains : and from whom then would the tail 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 - citharoedi magistri non eliceret risum ? Sed 
 
 Z of the harper his master not draw forth a smile? But 
 
 i,..wfcvav.ujuaeque sua juventus caedit Ruffum atque alios: 
 
 
 
 all his 
 
 Ruffum, 
 
 Ruffus, 
 
 Quis affert 
 
 Who brings 
 
 own 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 youths 
 
 strike 
 
 Ruffus 
 
 and 
 
 others; 
 
 toties dixit Ciceronem Allobroga. 
 
 so often called Cicero an Allobrogian. 
 
 gremio Enceladi doctique Palaemonis 
 
 quantum grammaticus labor 
 as much as their grammatical labour 
 
 ex 
 
 from 
 
 this, 
 
 whatever it is 
 
 and of the learned 
 
 Palaemon 
 
 meruit ? 
 
 et 
 
 tamen 
 
 deserves ? 
 
 and 
 
 yet 
 
 Lutem est 
 
 minus quam 
 
 (for it is 
 
 less 
 
 than 
 
SATIRA SEPTIMA. 1<)3 
 
 Discipuli custos p^ mordet Acoenitus ipso, 
 
 Et qui dispensat, frangit sibi. Cede, Palaemon, 
 
 Et p atere ind6 aliquid decrescere, non aliter qu^m 220 
 Insti tor hybernse^ tegetis, niveique cadurci: 
 
 Dummodo non pe reat mediae q uod noctis ab hora ^ 
 
 Sedisti, qua nemo faber, qua nemo sederet, 
 
 Qui docet obliquo lanam deducere ferro ; c 
 
 Dummodo non pereat totidem olfecisse lucernas, 225 
 
 Quot stabant pueri, cum totus decolor esset 
 Flaccus, et haereret nigro fuligo Maroni. 
 
 Rara tamen merces quae cognitione Tribuni 
 
 aera - rhetoris} Acoenitus ipse, custos discipuli, 
 the fee of a rhetorician) Acoenitus himself, the guardian of the scholar, 
 
 sibi. 
 
 praemordet, et qui dispensat, frangit siDi. Uede, ” 
 and he who manages it, subtracts for himself. Yield, 
 
 " ^ n, -. - —7 ' 
 
 Palaemon, et patere aliquid decrescere inde, non 
 Palaemon, and sufier something to be taken olF from thence, not 
 
 aliter quam institor hybernae tegetis niveique cadurci ; 
 
 otherwise than a seller of a winter rug a ^ a white blanke t; 
 
 dummodb non pereat, qu6d sedisti ab hora 
 
 provided it be not in vain that you have sat up’ from the hour 
 
 mediae noctis, qua nemo faber, qua nemo 
 
 of mid-night, in which no smith, in which nobody 
 
 sederet, qui docet deducere lanam obliquo ferro: 
 would sit up, who teaches to card the wool with the crooked iron tooth? 
 
 dummodb non pereat olfecisse totidem lucernas 
 
 provided it be not in vain that yo u have sm elt as many lamps 
 
 quot V pueri stabant, 
 
 as St boys w on g^ tanding, 
 
 decolor, et fuligo 
 
 discoloured, and the soot 
 
 cum totus Flaccus esset 
 
 when all Flaccus was 
 
 haereret nigro Maroni, 
 stuck to blackened Maio. 
 
 Tamen 
 
 However 
 
 rara merces quae non egeat cognitione 
 a rare reward that does not need the cognizanc^; 
 
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 194 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Non egeat. Sed vos sasvas imponite leges, 
 
 ^ Ut praeceptor i verborum regula constet, 230 
 
 Ut legat historias, auctores noverit omnes, 
 
 Tanquam ungues digitosque suos; ut forte rogatus, 
 
 Dum petit aut thermas aut Phoebi balnea, dicat 
 
 Nutricem Anchisae, nomen patriamque novercae 
 
 Archemori: dicat quot Acestes vixerit annos, 235 
 
 Quot Siculus Phrygibus vini donaverit urnas. 
 
 Exigite ut mores teneros ceu pollice ducat, 
 
 ^ ^ — — --- - - , * ■■ . -- 
 
 Ut si quis cera vultum facit: exigite ut sit 
 
 Et pater ipsius coetus, ne turpia ludant, 
 
 
 Tribuni. 
 
 of a Tribune, 
 
 Sed vos imponite saevas leges, 
 But ye impose severe laws, 
 
 ut 
 
 that 
 
 regula verborum constet praeceptori, ut legat 
 
 the rule of words be clear to the master, that he read 
 
 historias, noverit omnes auctores, tanquam suos 
 
 histories, know all authors, as readily as his own 
 
 ungues digitosque; .ut forte rogatus, dum 
 
 nails and fingers j that by chance being interrogated, while 
 
 petit aut thermas aut balnea Phoebi, dicat 
 
 he is going either to the hot baths or the baths of Phoebus, he may state 
 
 nutricem Anchisae, nomen patriamque novercae 
 
 the nurse of Anchises, the name and native country of the step-mother 
 
 Archemori; dicat quot annos Acestes vixerit, 
 
 of Archemorus; that he may tell how many years Acestes lived, 
 
 quot 
 
 and how many 
 
 urnas vini Siculus donaverit Phrygibus. 
 
 pitchers ‘ of wine the Sicilian gave to the Phrygians. 
 
 Exigite ut ducat teneros mores ceu pollice, 
 
 Insist that he form their tender manners as with his thumb. 
 
 ut si 
 
 as 
 
 quis 
 any one 
 
 facit vultum 
 moulds a face 
 
 cera : exigite 
 in wax: insist 
 
 ut sit 
 
 that he be 
 
 et 
 
 also 
 
 pater 
 the father 
 
 coetus ipsius, 
 of the flock itself. 
 
 ne ludant 
 
 lest they commit 
 
 turpia, 
 
 obscenities. 
 
SATIRA SEPTlxMA. 
 
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 Ne laciant vicibus. Non est leve tot puerorum 
 Observare manus, oculosque in fine trementes. 
 Haec, inquit, cures; sed cum se verterit annus. 
 Accipe, victori populus quod postulat, aurum. 
 
 195 
 
 240 
 
 ne faciant vicibus. Non est leve observare nidnus 
 
 lest they <lo something by turns. It is not easy to watch the hands 
 
 tot puerorum, oculosque trementes in fine. i^u 
 of so many boys, and their eyes tremulous in the corner. Take 
 
 Cures 
 
 care 
 
 haec, inquit; sed cum annus verterit se, 
 
 of these things, says he; but when the year shall have revolved. 
 
 accipe aurum quod populus postulat victori, 
 lake tliegold which the populace requires for the conqueror. 
 
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 Stemmata quid faciunt? quid prodest, Pontice, longo 
 i Sanguine censer i, pictosque ostendere vultus 
 Majorum, et stantes in curribus ^milianos ; 
 
 Et Curios jam dimidi os, humerosque minorem 
 Corvinum, et Galbam auriculis nasoque carentem ? 
 
 Quis fructus generis tabuit jactare capaci ^ 
 
 Corvinum, et post hunc multa deducere virga 
 Fumosos equitum cum Dictatore Magistros, 
 
 II 
 
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 ■ICcU 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 f' 
 
 
 
 
 Quid 
 .What 
 
 stemmata 
 do coats of arms 
 
 faciunt ? 
 signify ? 
 
 Quid prodest, Pontice, 
 What avails it, Ponticus, 
 
 • I • X J * 4. 
 
 censen longo sanguine, ostendereque pictos vultus 
 
 '''■ esteemed for a long pedigree, and to shew the painted faces 
 
 majorum, 
 
 _ ——i- of your ancestors, 
 
 
 Ji, 
 
 et Curios 
 
 also the Curii 
 
 et 
 and 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 ^milianos 
 the ^Emilii 
 
 stantes 
 
 standing 
 
 in curribus ; 
 
 in their chariots; 
 
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 dimidios, Corvinumque minorem 
 
 half blotted out, Corvinus too less 
 
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 '/r* /t t r* » 
 
 f / 
 
 humeros, et 
 i,y tiie shoulders, and 
 
 tyttt 
 
 9 ‘ 
 
 Cx' rt -1 
 
 Galbam carentem 
 
 Galba wanting 
 
 auriculis nasoque ? 
 
 ears and nose ? 
 
 : Quis 
 
 • ; *^'e<tCo What 
 
 fructus 
 
 advantage 
 
 ntfi I,, • 
 
 generis, 
 of genealogy, 
 
 virga 
 a branch, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 jactare 
 
 to boast 
 
 post 
 
 after 
 
 
 Corvinum 
 
 of Corvinus 
 
 capaci tabula 
 in your large table 
 
 hunc 
 
 him 
 
 deducere, 
 
 to deduce. 
 
 multa 
 by many 
 
 fumosos magistros equitum cum Dictatore, 
 
 the smoky masters of the horse with a Dictator, 
 
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SATIRA OCTAVA. 
 
 197 
 
 Si coram Lepidi s mal^ vivitur ? effigies quo 
 
 Tot bellatorum, si luditur alea pernox 
 
 Ante Numantinos ? si dormire incipis ortu 
 
 Luciferi, quo siffna duces et castra movebant? 
 '— 7 —' ^ — V ‘y //^ 
 
 Cur Allobrogicis et magn4 gaudeat ard 
 
 10 
 
 
 Nati?s i n Herculeo Fabius lar4, si cupidus, si 
 
 
 Vanus, et Euganei quantumvis mollior agn^? 
 Si tenerum attritus Catinensi pumice lumbuJh 
 Squallen tes tradjicit avos, emptorque veneni 
 ^ Frangendi m iseram funestat imagine gentem? 
 Tota lic^t veteres exornent undique cerae 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 vivitur 
 
 vou live 
 
 7 ^ 
 
 male coram Lepidis ? 
 
 wickedly before 4:he Lepidi? 
 
 Quo 
 
 To what purpose 
 
 / '' *—'■ 
 /<>. c. /Au^ i y' 
 
 effigies tot bellatorum, si pernox alea luditur 
 
 are the images of so many warlike heroes, if the nightly dice are played 
 
 ante Numantinos ? Si incipis 
 before the Numantini ? If you begin 
 
 dormire ortu 
 
 to sleep at the rising of 
 
 Luciferi, quo duces movebant signa et castra ? 
 
 the morning star, when generals used to move their standards and camp? 
 
 
 
 Cur 
 
 Why should 
 
 Fabitis, natus in Herculeo lare, gaudeat j 
 
 Fabius, born in a Herculean family, glory ^ 
 
 7-U 
 
 Allobrogicis 
 in the Allobrogici 
 
 et magna ar^, 
 and his great altar, 
 
 si cupidus, 
 
 if he be covetous, 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 vanus, et quantumvis mollior ^Euganea agna ? 
 
 vain, ,and somewhat softer skinned than a Eugan ean lamb? 
 
 J 1 «rc 
 
 A 
 
 -» -I.- 
 
 si attritus tenerum lumbum Catinensi pumice 
 if having smoothed his tender loins with a Catinian pumice>stone 
 
 traducit 
 he disgraces 
 
 squallentes avos, 
 his rough-haired ancestors. 
 
 funestat 
 
 pollutes 
 
 miseram gentem 
 
 his miserable race 
 
 emptorque 
 
 and a purchaser 
 
 X 
 
 imagine 
 
 by his image 
 
 veneni 
 of poison 
 
 frangenda % f - / ' , 
 
 being broken^? i 
 
 ■/ 
 
 
 
 Licet 
 
 Although 
 
 veteres 
 
 ancient 
 
 cerse exornent 
 
 waxen figures adorn 
 
 
 tota atria 
 all your galleries 
 
X i /c/., . 
 
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 / 
 
 
 193 
 
 V. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Atria, Nobilitas sola est atque unica Virtus, 
 Paulus, vel Cossus, vel Drusus moribus esto : 
 Hos ante effigies majorum pone tuorum: 
 Praecedant ipsas illi, te consule, virgas. 
 
 Prima mihi debes ^nim i bona. San ctus haberi, 
 .Tustitiaeque tenax factis dictisque mereris l . 
 
 I Affnosco procerem : salve, Getulice, seu tu 
 
 i ' * > 
 
 Silanus, quocunque alio de sanguine rarus 
 Civis et egregius patriae contingis ovanti. 
 Exclamare libet populus quod clamat Osiri 
 Invento : quis enim generosum dixerit hunc qui 
 
 20 
 
 25 
 
 80 
 
 
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 f < cc'>< i V 
 
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 undique, Virtus Adtr sola atque unica nobilitas, 
 on every side. Virtue is the sole and only nobility. 
 
 Esto 
 
 Be you 
 
 pone 
 
 place 
 
 illi 
 
 let them 
 
 moribus Paulus, vel Cassius, vel Drusus: 
 
 in manners Paulus, or Cassius, or Drusus: 
 
 hos 
 
 these 
 
 ante 
 
 before 
 
 praecedant 
 
 precede 
 
 effigies 
 
 the effigies 
 
 virgas ipsas, 
 the rods themselves. 
 
 tuorum majorum : 
 
 of your progenitors: 
 
 te consule, 
 if you be consul. 
 
 f -* 
 
 Debes mihi prima bona animi. Mereris, 
 
 You owe to me the chief ornaments of your mind. Do you deserve, 
 
 factis dictisque, haberi sanctus, tenaxque 
 
 by your actions and words, to be esteemed virtuous, and tenacious 
 
 justitiae agnosco procerem: salve, Getulice, seu tu, 
 
 of justice? 1 ^knowledge you a noblem an; bail, Getulian, or you, 
 
 ^— 
 
 Silanus, contingis rarus et egregius civis 
 
 Silanus, if you turnout arare and illustrious citizen 
 
 ovanti patriae 
 to your exulting country 
 
 de quocunque sanguine. Libet 
 
 from whatever kindred. It is lawful 
 
 exclamare 
 
 to exclaim 
 
 quod 
 
 what 
 
 populus 
 the people 
 
 clamat 
 
 bawl 
 
 Osiri 
 
 on Osiris 
 
 invento : enim quis 
 for who will 
 
 being found 
 
 dixerit hunc generosum qui 
 pronounce him noble who 
 
 1 
 
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 ^ SATIKA OCTAVA. 199 
 
 Indignus genere, et preeclaro nomine tantum 
 Insignis? nanu _m cujus da m Atlanta vocamus : 
 
 J Bthiopem cygnu m : parvam extortamque puellam. 
 Europen : canibus pigris scabieque vetusti 
 Laevibus^ et siccae lambentibus ora lucernae, S5 
 
 Nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo, si quid adhuc est 
 Quod fremat in terris violentius* Ergo cavebis. 
 
 Et metues, ne tu sic Creticus, aut Camerinus. 
 
 
 
 His ego quem monui? tecum est mihi sermo, Rubelli 
 
 Plaute: tumes alto Drusorum sanguine, tanquam 
 Feceris ipse aliquid propter quod nobilis esses; 
 
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 < 'yf> 
 
 40 
 
 indignus 
 
 is unworthy 
 
 genere, 
 of his race, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 insignis 
 
 remarkable 
 
 praeclaro nomine 
 for his renowned name 
 
 tantum? Vocamus 
 only ? We call 
 
 nanum 
 
 the dwarf 
 
 cujusdam 
 of some one 
 
 Atlanta: 
 
 Atlas: 
 
 extortamque puellam 
 and crooked wench 
 
 iEthiopem cygnum: parvam 
 
 an ^Ethiopian a white swan: a little 
 
 Europen: canibus pigris Irevibusque vetusta scabie, 
 
 Europa : to dogs lazy and smooth with an old mange, - 
 
 et lambentibus ora sicc» lucernse, nomen erit 
 
 and licking the ou tside s of a dry lamp, the name shall be ^ 
 
 pardus, tigris, leo, si est adhuc quid, quod 
 
 a leopard, a tiger, a lion, of if there is yet any thing that 
 
 fremat violentius in terris, 
 roars more violently on earth. 
 
 Ergo 
 
 Therefore 
 
 cavebis, 
 you shall beware. 
 
 et metues, 
 and be afraid. 
 
 ne sic tu 
 
 lest you thus be 
 
 Creticus, aut Camerinus. 
 
 Creticus, or Camerinus. 
 
 Quem ego monui his ? 
 Whom have I advised by these ? 
 
 Mihi sermo 
 My discourse 
 
 Rubelli Plaute ; 
 
 Rubellius Plautus: 
 
 tumes 
 you swell 
 
 alto sanguine 
 
 with the high blood 
 
 est tecum, 
 is with you, 
 
 Drusorum, 
 
 of the Drusi, 
 
 tanquam ipse feceris aliquid propter quod esses 
 
 as if yourself had done any thing for which you should 
 

 
 
 
 
 
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 ■'X^^-Vvv* 4 ^k‘ ^ Ut te concipere t quae sanguine fulget liili, 
 
 i Non quae ventoso c onduct a sub aggere 
 
 Vos humiles, inquis, vulgi pars ultima nostri, 
 
 Quorum nemo queat patriam monstrare parentis: 45 
 
 Ast ego Cecropides, Vivas, et originis hujus 
 Gaudia longa feras: tamen imd ex plebe Quiritem 
 Facundum invenies: solet hic defendere causas 
 Nobilis indocti: veniet de plebe togatd,. 
 
 Qui juris nodos et legum aenigmata solvat. 50 
 
 Hic petit Euphraten juvenis, domitique Batavi 
 Custodes aquilas, armis industrius; at tu 
 
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 nobilis: ut conciperet te quae fulget sanguine 
 
 , be noble: as if she conceived you who shines with the blood 
 
 " liili, non qure conducta texit sub ventoso aggere. 
 
 I of lulus, not she who being hired knit_under the stormy town-wall. 
 
 I Inquis, Vos humiles, ultima pars nostri vulgi, 
 
 I I You exclaim, Ye are mean, the lowest part of our rabble. 
 
 c> f 
 
 
 
 nemo 
 
 none 
 
 quorum 
 of whom 
 
 queat 
 
 is able 
 
 monstrare 
 to state 
 
 
 ast ego Cecropides. Vivas, et 
 
 but lam aCecropian. May you live, and 
 
 hiijus 
 of this 
 
 orjginis 
 
 origin: 
 
 tamen 
 
 yet 
 
 ex ima plebe ; 
 from the meanest of the people: 
 
 invenies 
 you will find 
 
 hie solet 
 he is wont 
 
 patriam parentis: 
 
 the country of his parent: 
 
 feras longa gaudia 
 
 reap the lasting joys 
 
 facundum Quiritem 
 
 an eloquent Roman 
 
 defendere 
 to defend 
 
 causas 
 the causes 
 
 indocti nobilis : 
 of an unlearned nobleman: 
 
 veniet 
 one will come 
 
 de togata plebe, 
 from the gowned mob. 
 
 qui solvat nodos juris et ceriigmata legum. 
 Mfho can untie the knots of justice and the riddles of the laws. 
 
 Hie juveftis, industrius armis, petit Euphraten, 
 
 This young man, industrious in arms, goes to the Euphrates, 
 
 aquilasque . custodes domiti Batavi : at tu 
 
 and the eagles the protectors of the conquered Balavian: but you 
 
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 201 
 
 Nil nisi Cecrcyides, trnncnqRe simillimus Hermas : 
 Nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine, qu^m quod 
 Illi marmoreum caput est, tua vivit imago. 
 
 Dic mihi, Teucrorum proles, animalia muta 
 Quis generosa putet, nisi fortia ? nempe volucrem 
 Sic laudamus equum, facilis cui plur ima palm a 
 Fervet, et exultat rauco victoria circo. 
 
 ^ciBills hic, quocunque venit de^ramine, cujus 
 Clara fuga, ante alios, et primus in aequore pulvis. 
 4-Sed venale p ecus Corythae, posteritas et 
 Hirpini, si rara jugo victoria sedit; 
 
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 nil nisi Cecropides, simillimusque trunco Hermae: ^ 
 
 are nothing but Cecropian, and very like .tba ottttuo-»of Mercury : ■ 
 
 quippe 
 
 for 
 
 illi 
 
 he 
 
 vincis nullo alio discrimine, quam quod 
 
 you excel by no other difference, than that 
 
 est marmoreum caput, tua imago 
 
 has a marble head,* and your image 
 
 Die mihi, proles Teucrorum, quis putet 
 
 Tell me, offspring of the Trojans, who considers 
 
 vivit. 
 
 lives. 
 
 muta 
 
 dumb 
 
 animalia generosa, nisi fortia 1 Sic nempe 
 
 animals noble, unless they are powerful ? Thus for example 
 
 laudamus volucrem equum, cui plurima palma facilis 
 we praise the fleet horse, for whom many a palm easily won 
 
 fervet, et victoria exultat rauco circo. 
 
 shines conspicuous, and victory exults in the vociferating circus. ^ 
 
 Hie nobilis, de . quocunque gramine venit, cujus / 
 
 This is noble, from whatever grass ‘ ^ 
 
 fuga clara ante alios, et pulvis primus in sequore. 
 
 flight is pre-eminent before others, and his dust is first in the plain. 
 
 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 pecus 
 the colt 
 
 Hirpini, 
 
 of Hirpinus, 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 Corythse 
 
 of Corytha • 
 
 victoria 
 
 victory 
 
 venale, et 
 
 is sold, as well as 
 
 rara 
 
 seldom 
 
 sedit 
 sits on 
 
 
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 posteritas / 
 the breed 
 
 jug-o; 
 
 their reins j 
 
 
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 Nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla 
 Umbrarum: Dominos pretiis mutare jubentur 65 
 
 Exiguis, tritoque trahunt epirhedia collo 
 Segnipedes, dignique molam versare Nepotis. 
 
 Ergo ut miremur te, non tua, primum aliquid da. 
 
 Quod possim titulis incidere praeter honores, , 
 
 Quos illis damus, et dedimus, quibus omnia debes. 70 
 Haec satis ad juvenem, quem nobis fama superbum 
 Tradit, et inflatum, plenumque Nerone propinquo. 
 
 Karus enim ferm^ sensus communis in illa 
 Fortuna. Sed te censeri lahde tuorum, 
 
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 "L 
 
 
 
 respectus majorum nil ibi, 
 
 respect for progenitors is nothing there. 
 
 nulla gratia 
 there is no regal'd 
 
 umbrarum: 
 for their shades : 
 
 segnipedes, dignique versare molam 
 the slow-footed, and those iit to turn the mill 
 
 
 
 Nepotis, jubentur mutare dominos exiguis 
 
 of Nepos, are ordered to change their masters at low 
 
 pretiis, trahuntque epirhedia trito collo. Ergo, 
 
 prices, and draw carts _ with a galled neck. Therefore, 
 
 ut miremur te, non tua, primum da 
 
 that we may admire you, and not your connections, first give me 
 
 aliquid quod possim incidere titulis praeter honores 
 something that I can engrave in your titles besides the honours 
 
 quos damus illis, et dedimus, quibus debes omnia, 
 which we give to them, and have given to them, to whom you owe all. 
 
 Haec satis ad juvenem, quem fama tradit nobis 
 
 These are sufficient to a youngjnan, whom fame represents to us 
 
 superbum, et inflatum, plenumque Nerone propinquo, 
 as haughty, and inflated, and full of Nero his near relation. 
 
 Enim ferme communis sensus rarus 
 For generally common sense is rare 
 
 in ilia fortuna, 
 in that high estate. 
 
 Sed noluerim te, Pontice, sic censeri laude 
 But I would not have you, PonJicus, so esteemed by the ^ttery 
 
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 Pontice, noluerim, sic ut nihil ipse futurae 
 Laudis agas : miserum est alienee incumbere famee, 
 
 Ne collapsa ruant subductis tecta columnis. 
 
 Stratus humi palmes viduas desiderat ulmos. 
 
 Esto bonus miles, tutor boniw, arbite r idem 
 Integer: ambiguae si c | uando*c itabere testis 
 Incertaeque rei, Phalaris lic^t imperet, ut sis 
 Falsus, et admoto dictet perjuria tauro. 
 
 Summum crede nefas animem proferre pudori, y 
 Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas. 
 
 Dignus morte peiit, coenet licet ostrea centum 85 
 
 
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 tuorum, ut ipse agas nihil futurae laudis: 
 velations, as that yourself should do nothings worthy of future praise: 
 
 est miserum incumbere alienae famae, ne 
 
 it is a miserable thing to rely on another’s fame, lest 
 
 columnis subductis collapsa tecta ruant, 
 
 the pillai-s being taken away the tottering buildings tumble into ruins. 
 
 Palmes, stratus humi, desiderat viduas ulmos. 
 The vine, lying on the ground, requires the widowed elms. 
 
 Esto bonus miles, 
 Be a good soldier, 
 
 si quando 
 
 if at any time you 
 
 bonus tutor, idem integer arbiter; 
 a good tutor, and the same impartial judge: 
 
 citabere testis ambiguae 
 
 should be cited as a witness to a doubtful 
 
 incertaeque rei, licet Phalaris imperet ut sis 
 
 and uncertain affair, though Phalaris command that you be 
 
 falsus, et admoto tauro dictet perjuria, 
 
 false, and havj^ introiduc^ his bull dictate perjuries, 
 
 crede summum nefas praeferre animam pudori, 
 
 consider it the highest wickedness to prefer your safety to your reputation, 
 
 et propter vitam perdere causas vivendi, 
 and for the sake of life to sacrifice the motives for existence. 
 
 Perit 
 
 He perishes 
 
 dignus morte, 
 
 worthy of d eath^ 
 
 licet 
 
 although 
 
 coenet 
 he sup on 
 
 
 
 
 
 centum 
 
 a hundred 
 
 
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 Gaur^a, et Cosmi toto mergatur ah eno. 
 
 Jlxp^^ctata diiTtandem provincia <i^um te 
 Rectoi^m accipiet, p one irae fraena modum que, 
 
 Pone et avaritiae ; miserere inopum sociorum. 
 
 Ossa vides regum vacuis exhausta medullis. 90 
 
 Respice quid moneant leges, q uid curia mandet ; • 
 
 Praemia quanta bonos maneant; qu^m fulmine justo 
 Et Capito et Tutor ruerint, damnante senatu. 
 
 Piratae Cilicum : sed quid damnatio confert. 
 
 Cum Pansa eripiat quicquid tibi Natta reliquit ? 95 
 
 Praeconem, Chaerippe, tuis circumspice pannis. 
 
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 Gaurana ostrea, et mergatur toto aheno Cosmi, 
 
 ^ ^ Gaurane oysters, and be dipped in all the brazen baths of Cosmus. 
 
 Cum tandem 
 When at length 
 
 provincia, diu expectata, accipiet 
 the province, which was long expected, shall receive 
 
 te .rectorem, 
 you as governor, 
 
 pone 
 
 put 
 
 fraena 
 
 reins 
 
 modumque irae 
 
 and bounds to your anger, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 pone 
 
 curb 
 
 avaritiae : 
 
 your avarice: 
 
 miserere 
 
 pity 
 
 inopum sociorum. , 
 
 needy associates. . Ou-OuzU 
 
 Vides ossa 
 
 You see the bones 
 
 regum 
 
 of kings 
 
 exhausta 
 
 exhausted 
 
 vacuis medullis, 
 of their extracted marrow. 
 
 Respice quid leges moneant, quid curia mandet ; 
 
 Consider what the laws advise, what the senate commands j 
 
 quanta praemia maneant bonos; quam justo fulmine 
 
 what great rewards await the good; with what just thunder i 
 
 
 
 et Capito et Tutor, piratae Cilicum, ruerint, 
 
 both Capito and Tutor, the pirates of the Cilicians, fell. 
 
 
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 senatu damnante : sed quid damnatio confert, cum 
 
 ------ SC11CI.I.U uaiiiiiautt? . scu uauiiiatiu l, uuui 
 
 A I as the senate condemned them: but what does condemnation signify, when 
 
 1 Pansa eripiat quicquid Natta reliquit tibi? 
 
 Pansa takes away whatever Natta left you ? 
 
 Chserippe, 
 
 Chaerippus, 
 
 circumspice praeconem tuis pannis, 
 
 look out a crier for your 
 
 rags. 
 
 
 
 
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 Jamque tace. Furor est post omnia perd ere naulum. 
 Nou idem gemitus olim, nec vulnus erat pa r 
 Damnorum , sociis florentibus, et modo victis. 
 
 Plena domus tunc omnis, et ingens stabat acervus 
 Nummorum, ^artana c hlam ys, ^nchylia Coa; 
 
 Et, cum^Parrhasii tabmis si^isque Myronis, 
 Phidiacum vivebat eb(ir, nec non Polycleti 
 Multus ubique labor; rarae sine Mentore menste. 
 Inde Dolabella est, atque hinc Antonius, inde 
 Sacrilegus Verres. Re fereban t navibus altis 
 Occulta spolia, et plures de pace triumphos. 
 
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 jamque tace. Est furor perdere naulum post omnia. 
 
 and now be quiet. It is madness to lose the freight after all. A' '/An. 
 
 Non idem gemitus olim, nec erat vulnus 
 Tliere were not the same lamentations formerly, nor was the severity 
 
 .. — 
 
 damnorum par, sociis florentibus, et modo victis. 
 
 
 of their losses equal, as our allies were flourishing, and^^lately conquered. 
 
 Tunc 
 
 Then 
 
 omnis domus 
 
 every house 
 
 plena, 
 
 was full. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 ingens acervus 
 
 a great quantity 
 
 
 nummorum 
 of money 
 
 stabat, 
 
 existed. 
 
 Spartana 
 
 a Spartan 
 
 chlamys, Coa 
 
 cloak, and Coan 
 
 
 
 conchylia, et, cum 
 
 purples, and, with 
 
 tabulis Parrhasii signisque 
 
 pictures of Parrhasius and statues 
 
 
 Myronis, Phidiacum ebur vivebat, nec non multus y 
 ofMyro, Phidias’s ivory image lived, and also the great ^ ^ 
 
 labor Polycleti ubique ; rarae mensae sine Mentore. 
 labours of Polycletus were every where; few tables were wi thout a Mentor . 
 
 ^ Inde est Dolabella, atque hinc Antonius, inde 
 
 Thence is Dolabella, and thence Antony, thence 
 
 Referebant 
 
 sacrilegus Verres. 
 
 the sacrilegious Verres. 
 
 They carried home 
 
 occulta spolia 
 the stolen spoils 
 
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 altis navibus, et plures triumphos de pace. Nunc 
 
 in lofty ships and many triumphs on account of peace. Now 
 
 
 
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 Nunc sociis juga pauca boum, et grex parvus equarum, 
 
 Et pater armenti capto eripietur agello: 
 
 — Ipsi deinde lares, si quod spectabile signum: 110 
 
 Si quis in aedicula deus unicus: haec etenim sunt 
 Pro summis: nam sunt baec maxim a, despicias tu 
 Forsitan imbelles Rhodios, unctamqu e Corinthum ; 
 
 Despicias merito : quid resinata j uventus, y ^ 
 
 Cruraque totius facient tibi laevia gentis? ‘’^115 
 
 Horrida vitanda est Hispania, Gallicus axis, tr' 
 
 Illyricumque latus. Parce et messoribus illis ^ 
 
 
 
 Qui saturant urbem circo scenaeque vacantem. 
 
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 pauca juga boum sociis, et parvus grex equarum, 
 
 few yokes of oxen are left-to our allies, and a small number of marcs, 
 
 et pater armenti eripietur agello capto: 
 and even the father of the he}^^ taken from the pasture which is seized: 
 
 deinde lares ipsi, si quod signum spectabile, 
 
 then the houshold-gods themselves, if any image is valuable. 
 
 si quis unicus deus in sedicula : etenim haec sunt 
 
 if any single god is in the cottage; but these are 
 
 I ^ pro summis : nam haec sunt maxima. 
 
 for the things most precious t for these are the greatest. 
 
 mj-uuMi, Forsitan tu despicias imbelles Rhodios, unctamque Corinthum; 
 
 Perhaps you may despise the weak Rhodians, an d perfumed Corinth: 
 
 despicias merito: quid resinata juventus 
 
 «■ u-fn ' ,a.L'l\i.'W you man despise them deservedly: what ca n the effe mi nated yo uth 
 
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 laeviaque 
 
 and smooth 
 
 crura 
 
 limbs 
 
 Horrida Hispania est 
 
 Fierce Spain 
 
 IS 
 
 totius gentis 
 of the whole nation 
 
 vitanda, 
 to be avoided, 
 
 faciant 
 
 Gallicus 
 
 the Gallic 
 
 tibi? 
 
 you? 
 
 axis, 
 
 chariot 
 
 Illyricumque latus, 
 and the Illyrian coast. 
 
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 Parce 
 
 Spare 
 cier¬ 
 
 et 
 
 also 
 
 illis 
 
 those 
 
 messoribus 
 
 reapers 
 
 
 qui saturant urbem vacantem circo scenteque. 
 
 who supply the city which is empty through the circus and theatre. 
 
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 Quanta autem inde feres tam dirae praemia culpse. 
 
 Cum tenues nuper Marius dis cinxerit A fros l 120 
 
 Curandum imprimis ne magna injuria fiat 
 Fortibus et miseri s: tollas licet omne quod usquam est 
 Auri atque argenti, scutum gladiumque relinques. 
 
 Et jacula, et galeam: spoliatis arma supersunt. ^ 
 
 Quod modo pr oposui, non est sen tentia; verum 125 
 
 Credite me vobis folium recitare Sibyllae. 
 
 Si tibi sancta cohors comitum': si nemo tribunal 
 
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 Vendit acersec omes; si nullum in conjuge crimen; 
 
 Nec per conventus, nec cuncta per oppida curvis 
 
 Autem quanta praemia tam dirae culpae feres 
 
 But what great rewards for such direful injury shall you receive 
 
 inde, cum nuper Marius discinxerit tenues Afros ? 
 
 from thence, when lately Marius h as stripped, the poor Africans ? 
 
 Curandum imprimis ne magna injuria fiat fortibus 
 Take care in the first place that no great injury be done to the brave 
 
 et miseris: licet tolles omne quod est 
 
 and the wretched: although you should takeaway every thing that there is 
 
 usquam auri atque argenti, relinques scutum 
 
 any where of gold and of silver, you will leave them a shield 
 
 gladiumque, et jacula, et galeam : arma supersunt 
 
 and sword, and javelins, and a helmet: arms remain 
 
 spoliatis. Quid proposui modo, non est sententia ; 
 to the plundered. What 1 have advanced just now, is not my own sentiment 
 
 verum credite me recitare vobis folium Sibyllae, 
 but imagine me to recite to you the oracle of the Sibyl. 
 
 Si 
 
 If 
 
 tibi 
 
 you have 
 
 sancta cohors 
 a virtuous company 
 
 comitum ; 
 
 of attendant s: 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 nemo 
 no 
 
 acersecomes vendit 
 fnx CiL. minion 
 
 
 endit tribunal; si nullum crimen in conjuge; 
 
 sells the tribunal; if no crime is in your wife 
 
 I'^tkcA:. /iLA^ 
 
 V/I. 
 
 nec Celaeno 
 nor as a Celaeno 
 
 /■ 
 
 parat ire "^per conventus, nec 
 she prepares to rove through the conventicles, nor 
 
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 Unguibus ire parat nummos raptura Celaeno : 
 Tunc licet k Pico numeres genus ; altaque si te 
 Nomina delectent, omnem Titanida pugnam 
 Inter majores ipsumque Promethea ponas: 
 
 De quocunque voles proavum tibi sumito libro. 
 Quod si praecipitem rapit ambitu s atque libido. 
 Si frangis virgas sOciorum in sanguine, si te 
 Delectant hebetes lasso lictore secures, 
 
 Incipit ipsorum contra te stare parentum 
 Nobilitas, cl aramqu e facem praeferre pud endis. 
 Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se 
 
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 135 
 
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 per cuncta oppida raptura nummos curvis unguibus: 
 through all the towns to lay hold of money with her crooked talons: 
 
 tunc licet numeres genus a Pico; siqiie alta 
 
 ’ then you may reckon your genealogy from Picus j and if dignified 
 
 nomina delectent te, ponas omnem Titanida pugnam 
 tities delight you, you may place the whole Titanian fight 
 
 Prometheaque ipsum inter majores : sumito 
 
 and Prometheus himself among your ancestors: take a great 
 
 proaviim tibi de quocunqne libro voles. 
 
 grandfather to yourself out of whatever book you please. 
 
 Quod si ambitus atque libido 
 But if ambition and lust 
 
 rapit praecipitem, 
 
 carry you headlong. 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 frangis 
 you break 
 
 virgas 
 the rods 
 
 secures 
 the axes 
 
 hebetes 
 
 blunted 
 
 111 sanguine 
 in the blood 
 
 lasso 
 
 by the weary 
 
 sociorum, 
 of yourassociates. 
 
 if 
 
 lictore delectant te, 
 
 lictor delight you. 
 
 nobilitas parentum ipsorum incipit stare contra 
 
 the nobility of your parents themselves begins to stand up against 
 
 te, praeferreque claram facem pudendis. ^Omne 
 
 you, an d to exhibit a bright torch to your shameful crimes. Every 
 
 vitium animi habet tanto conspectius crimen in se, 
 vice of the mind has so much more conspicuous guilt in itself, 
 
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 209 
 
 Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur. 
 Quo mih i te solitum falsas signare tabell as 
 In templis quae fecit avus, statuamque parentis 
 Ante triumphalem? quo, si nocturnus adulter 
 Tempora Santonico velas adoperta cucullo? 
 
 Praeter majorum ciner es atque ossa volucri 
 Carpento rapitur pinguis Damasippus; et ipse, 
 Ipse rotam stringit multo sufflamine Consul: 
 Nocte quidem; sed luna videt, sed sidera testes 
 Intendunt oculos. Finitum tempus honoris 
 Cum fuerit, clar4 Damasippus luce flagellum 
 
 
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 quanto 
 in piopoi tion as 
 
 qui 
 he who 
 
 peccat 
 
 offends 
 
 habetur 
 is accounted 
 
 major. 
 
 illustiious. 
 
 
 Quo mihi te solitum signare falsas tabellas _ 
 
 What is it t^ me that you are accustomed to sign false wills 
 
 in templis quae avus fecit, anteque f 
 
 in the temples which your grandfather built, and before 
 
 triumphalem statuam parentis ? quo, si nocturnus adulter / 
 
 the triumphal statue of your father ? what, if as a nightly adulterer 
 
 velas 
 
 you cover 
 
 tempora 
 
 your temples 
 
 adoperta 
 
 concealed 
 
 /7 
 
 S^tonico cucullo ? c 
 
 in a~Santonic cowl ? 
 
 
 Pinguis Damasippus rapitur volucri carpento praeter 
 Fat Damasippus is hurried along in his swift chariot 
 
 near 
 
 cineres 
 
 the ashes 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 ipse 
 
 himself 
 
 ossa majorum;' 
 
 bones ^ of his aneestors; 
 
 Consul, ^ stringit rotam 
 Consul, strikes his wheel 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 Ipse, 
 
 himself. 
 
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 multo sufflamine : ^ 
 
 i. 
 
 with much puffing : 
 
 
 nocte quidem; sed luna videt, sed sidera testes 
 in the night indeed ; but the moon sees, but the stars as witnesses 
 
 intenduiit oculos, 
 fix their eyes upon him. 
 
 Cum tempus honoris fuerit 
 
 When the time of his dignity shall be 
 
 finitum, Damasippus 
 
 finished, Damasippus 
 
 sumet flagellum clara luce, 
 shall take the whip in the clear sunshine, 
 
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 1. t^£.-t^-»- i- ti 
 
 i^ ''y/x -ot 
 
 Sumet, et occursum nusquam trepidabit amici 
 Jam senis, at virgd prior i nnue t, atque maniplos 
 Solvet, et infundet jumentis hordea lassis. 
 Interet dum l^oalag^torvumque juvencum. 
 
 More Numae, caedit Jovis ante altaria, jurat 
 Hipponam, et facies olida ad praesepia pictas. 
 Sed cum pervigiles placet i nstaurar e p opina s, 
 
 _ Obvius assiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo 
 Currit, Idumaeae Syrophoenix incola portae. 
 Hospitis affectu dominum regemque salutat. 
 
 Et cum venali Cyane succincta lagen^. 
 
 155 
 
 \.y 
 
 160 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 nusquam 
 
 nowhere 
 
 trepidabit 
 will tremble 
 
 occursum 
 
 at the meeting 
 
 amici 
 
 of his friend 
 
 jam senis, at prior innuet virga, atque solvet 
 
 uow aged, but will first salute him with his whip, and unbind 
 
 maniplos, et infundit hordea lassis jumentis, 
 the trusses of h ay, and pour in the barley to his wearied horses. 
 
 Interea dum Cccdit lanatas torvumque juvencum, 
 
 In the mean time while he kills sheep and a stern bullock, 
 
 more Numse, ante altaria Jovis, jurat 
 
 after the manner ofNuma, before the altars of Jupiter, he swears 
 
 
 
 Hipponam, 
 by Hippona, 
 
 et pictas facies 
 and the painted faces 
 
 ad olida prsesepia. 
 
 on the stinkinsr stalls. 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 • Syrophoenix, 
 
 ' I'Ue, cu Mclx ucJ a S yrophcenician , 
 
 placet instaurare pervigiles popinas, 
 
 it pleases him to renew his wakeful tav ern-reve ls. 
 
 udus assiduo amomo, currit obvius, 
 moist with rich essence, runs up to meet him. 
 
 
 Syrophoenix 
 a Syrophcenician 
 
 dominum 
 
 tot'd 
 
 Cyane 
 
 as Cyane 
 
 incola Idumreae portae, salutat 
 
 inhabitant of the Idiimsean gate, salutes him 
 
 C(r-t t- 't 
 
 regemque affectu hospitis, et 
 
 and king with the affectation of a host, and 
 
 succinta 
 neatly dressed 
 
 cum 
 
 with 
 
 
 lagena venali. 
 
 a flagon to sell. 
 
 
SATIRA OCTAVA. 
 
 211 
 
 4 
 
 Defensor culpae dicet mihi, Fecimus et nos 
 
 Haec ju venes. Esto; desisti nemp^, nec ultri ^ 
 
 ' •s * ^ ' 
 
 Fovis ti errorem. Breve sit quod turpiter audes, 165 
 Quaedam cum prima resecentur crimina barbi. 
 
 Indulge veniam pueris: Damasippus ad illos 
 Thermarum calices , inscriptaque lintea vadit. 
 
 Maturus bello Armeniae, Syriaeque tuendis 
 Amnibus, et Rheno, atque Istro. Praestare Neronem 170 
 Securum valet haec aetas. Mitte Ostia, Caesar; 
 
 Mitte ; sed in magna legatum quaere popina. 
 
 Invenies aliquo cum percussore jacentem. 
 
 
 Defensor culpae dicet mihi, Et nos juvenes 
 The defender of the culpability will say tome, And we when young'men 
 
 fecimus haec. Esto ; nempe desisti, nec fovisti 
 
 have done these things. Be it so; yet you desisted, nor did you indulge 
 
 errorem ultra, 
 the error farther. 
 
 Sit breve quod audes turpiter. 
 Let it be brief what you attempt basely. 
 
 Quaedam 
 
 Some 
 
 crimina 
 
 crimes 
 
 resecentur 
 should be cut off 
 
 cum prima barba ; 
 with the first beard; 
 
 indulge veniam pueris: Damasippus vadit ad illos 
 
 grant indulgence to boys; Damasippus goes to these ctA. 
 
 calices thermarum, inscriptaque lintea, maturus bello 
 
 goblets of the hot-baths, and ins cribed signs, ready for the 
 
 Armeniae, 
 
 tuendisque 
 
 amnibus 
 
 Syriae, et 
 
 
 of Armenia, 
 
 and for protecting 
 
 the rivers 
 
 of Syria, and 
 
 
 Rheno, 
 
 atque Istro. 
 
 Haec 
 
 aetas 
 
 valet praestare 
 
 
 the Rhine, 
 
 and Ister. 
 
 This 
 
 age 
 
 is able to establish 
 
 
 Neronem 
 
 securum. 
 
 Caesar, 
 
 mitte 
 
 Ostia; mitte ; 
 
 
 Nero 
 
 in security. 
 
 Caesar, 
 
 send 
 
 to Ostia; send; 
 
 
 A 
 
 sed quaere legatura in magna popina. Invenies 
 but seek your deputy in a large tap-house. You will find him 
 
 jacentem 
 
 lolling 
 
 cum 
 
 with 
 
 permistum 
 
 some assassin, mixed 
 
 aliquo percussore, 
 
 assassin. 
 
212 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 u fix/' 
 
 Permistum nautis, aut furibus, aut fugitivis ; 
 
 Inter carnifices, et fabros sandapilarum, 175 
 
 __ --- . — ■ - 
 
 Et resupinati cessantia tympana Gal li: 
 
 ^qua ibi libertas, communia pocula, lectus 
 Non alius cuiquam, nec mensa remotior ulli. 
 
 Quid facies, talem sortitus, Pontice, servum ? 
 
 Nempe in Lucanos, aut Thusca ergastula mittas. 180 
 'At vos, Trojugenae, vobis ignoscitis, et quse 
 Turpia cerdon i Volesos Brutosque decebunt! 
 
 Quid, si nunquam adeo foedis adeoque pudendis 
 
 j Utimur exemplis. 
 
 ut non pejora 
 
 supersint? 
 
 
 f 
 
 j 
 
 ; nautis, 
 
 with sailors, 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 furibus, 
 
 felons, 
 
 aut fugitivis ; 
 
 or fugitives; 
 
 inter 
 
 among 
 
 carnifices, 
 
 hangmen, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 fabros sandapilarum, et 
 
 coffin-makers, and 
 
 cessantia 
 the silent 
 
 tympana 
 
 ■ drums 
 
 Galli 
 
 of the priest of Cybele 
 
 resupinati : 
 lying on his back: 
 
 sequa 
 
 equal 
 
 libertas 
 
 liberty 
 
 ibi, 
 
 is there, 
 
 pocula communia, non 
 
 cups are in common, no 
 
 alius 
 
 different 
 
 lectus 
 
 couch 
 
 cuiquam, 
 to one, 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 remotior mensa 
 a more remote table 
 
 ulli. 
 to any. 
 
 Sortitus talem servum, Pontice, quid facies? 
 Having obtained such a slave, Ponticus, what will you do ? 
 
 mittas • in Lucanos, Thusca ergastula, 
 
 you will send hira to the Lucani, or Tuscan work-shops. = 
 
 nempe 
 
 certainly 
 
 At 
 
 But 
 
 VOS, 
 
 you. 
 
 Trojugenae, ignoscitis vobis, et 
 
 descendants of Troy, excuse yourselves, and 
 
 quse turpia cerdoni decebunt Volesos Brutosque! 
 
 what actions are shameful to a cobbler will become theVolesi and Bruti! 
 
 ^ Quid, si nunquam utimur exemplis 
 
 Wbat, «te we never shew examples 
 
 adeo 
 
 so 
 
 foedis 
 
 vile 
 
 adeoque pudendis, ut 
 
 and so shameful, that 
 
 c L t. C £ 
 
 
 
 » £- 
 
 
 g.f ,i t t t. <^<4, ^ 
 
 4,1 C 
 
 
 S / 
 
 pejora 
 
 worse 
 
 "L >£ Ot-I. 
 
 / 
 
 non supersint ? 
 do not exist ? 
 
 
I 
 
 SATIRA OCTAVA. 
 
 213 
 
 Consumptis opibus vocem, Damasippe, locasti 
 Sipario,^ clamosum ageres ut phasma Catull i. 
 Laureolum velox etiam ben^ Lentulus egit. 
 
 Judice me, dignus ver^ cruce. Nec tamen ipsi 
 Ignoscas populo : populi frons durior hujus. 
 
 Qui jedet et spectat triscurria patriciorum ; 
 Planipedes audit Fabios, ridere~pdtesrqui 
 Mamercorum alapas. Quanti sua funera vendant 
 Quid refert? vendunt nullo cogente Nerone, 
 
 Nec dubitant celsi Praetoris vendere ludis. 
 
 Finge tamen gladios inde, atque hinc pulpita pone: 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 ■'t 
 
 195 
 
 Opibus consumptis, Damasippe, 
 
 Your wealth being- consumed, Damasippus, 
 
 7 V 
 
 ^/i ■,nct 
 
 locasti vocem 
 you have let your voice 
 
 
 . I 
 
 - ."i 
 
 1 t/ 
 
 
 sipario, . ut ageres clamosum phasma Catulli, 
 to the stage, that you might perform the clamorous vision of Catullus. 
 
 
 1 
 
 7T » 
 
 Velox Lentulus 
 
 Nimble Lentulus 
 
 etiam 
 
 also 
 
 eg-it 
 
 performed 
 
 Laureolum 
 
 Laureolus 
 
 bene, 
 ' well, 
 
 'i'' 
 
 dignus vera cruce, me judice. Nec tamen ignoscas 
 
 worthy of a real gibbet, if I be a judge. Nor even can you pardou 
 
 7/' 
 
 / 
 
 populo ipsi : frons hujus populi durior, r b- 
 
 the populace themselves : the effrontery of this people is more hardened, ^ ' f 
 
 qui sedet et spectat triscurria Patriciorum; 
 
 sits and beholds the buffooneries of the Patricians ^ ^ ^ ; 
 
 that 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 beholds 
 
 triscurria 
 the buffooneries 
 
 audit planipedes Fabios qui potest ridere alapas 
 
 bears the plain-footed Fabii ^ who can laugh at the buffets 
 
 •I 
 
 Mamercorum. 
 of the Mamerci. 
 
 Quid 
 
 What 
 
 refert 
 signifies it 
 
 quanti 
 
 for how much 
 
 vendant 
 
 they sell 
 
 ' t CL. 
 
 CL.C-'LCi 
 
 
 sua funeral vendunt nullo Nerone cogente, 
 
 their funerals ? they vend them without any Nero compelling them, ^ 
 
 nec dubitant vendere ludis celsi prsetoris. ' 
 
 nor do they hesitate to sell them at the games of the haughty pi ajtor. 
 
 ^ Tamen, finge gladios inde, atque pone pulpita hinc: 
 
 However, suppose swords on that side, and place stages on this: 
 
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214 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Quid satius? mortem sic quisquam exhorruit, ut sit 
 Zelotypus Thymeles, stupidi collega Corinthi? 
 
 Res hau d mira tamen, citharoedo princi pe , mimus 
 Nobili s: haec ultra, quid erit nisi ludus ? et illic 
 Dedecus urbis habes : nec m irmillonis in armis, 200 
 Nec clypeo Gracchum pugnantem, aut falce supini, 
 (Damnat enim tales habitus, et damnat et odit,) 
 
 Nec gale^ frontem abscondit: movet ecce tridentem, 
 Postquam librati pendentia retia dextra 
 Nequicquam effudit ; nudum ad spectacula vultum 205 
 Erigit, et totd fugit agnoscendus aren^. 
 
 
 
 quid satius ? quisquam sic exhorruit 
 ^ which is more eligible ? has any one so shuddered 
 
 mortem, ut 
 at death, that 
 
 
 HI' *■ ' 
 
 
 
 sit zelotypus Thymeles, collega stupidi Corinthi? 
 
 he would be jealous of Thymele, the colleague of the stupid Corinthus ? 
 
 Tamen nobilis mimus, principe citharoedo, haud mira res: 
 
 Yet a nobleman a buffoon, when a prince is a harper, is no wonderful thing: 
 
 ultra hsec, quid erit nisi ludus? et illic habes 
 after these, what will there be but shows? and there you have 
 
 /It'-1 
 
 txj C'Ci./A^- «- J- 
 
 < * * 
 
 ^v< i’f' U'<<' " 
 
 dedecus urbis : Gracchum, nec in armis mirmillonis, 
 
 the disgrace of the city: Gracchus, neither in the arms of a sword-player, 
 
 nec pugnantem clypeo, aut supina falce, (enim 
 
 nor 
 
 fighting 
 
 with a shield, or a crooked falchion, (for 
 
 damnat tales 
 
 habitus, 
 
 et damnat 
 
 et 
 
 odit), 
 
 he condemns such 
 
 dresses, 
 
 and he condemns 
 
 and 
 
 hates them). 
 
 nec 
 
 abscondit 
 
 frontem 
 
 galea; 
 
 ecce 
 
 movet 
 
 nor 
 
 covers 
 
 his head 
 
 with a helmet; 
 
 behold 
 
 he shakes 
 
 tridentem, postquam effudit pendentia retia nequicquhm 
 his trident, after he has spread^ his pendent nets in vain 
 
 ■ librata dextra ; erigit nudiim vultum ad spectacula, 
 
 t on bis poised right-hand; he raises his uncovered head to the spectators, 
 
 : et agnoscendus fugit tota arena. 
 
 ‘ and to be recognized flies over the whole amphitheatre. 
 
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 '3 J 
 
 
 SATIRA OCTAVA. 
 
 t/' ^ ^ X f Lj. 
 
 Credamus tunicae, de faucibus aurea cillm se 
 Porrigat, e t longo jactetur spira galero. 
 
 Ergo ignominiam graviorem pertuli t omrfi 
 Vulnere, cum Graccho jussus pugnare secutor. 
 
 Libera si dentur populo suffragia, quis tam 
 Perditus, ut dubitet Senecam praeferre Neroni ? 
 
 Cujus supplicio non debuit una parari 
 Simia, nec serpens unus, nec culeus unus. 
 
 Par Agamemnonidae crimen; sed causa facit rem 215 
 Dissimilem: quippe ille, deis auctoribus, ultor 
 Patris erat caesi media inter pocula: sed nec 
 
 215 
 
 7 ^ 
 
 210 
 
 \ ' 
 
 f 
 
 Credamus tunicae, cum . aurea porrigat se {: 
 
 We may discover his tunic, when adorned w'ith gold it extends 
 
 de faucibus, et spira ^ jactetur longo galero. '\f. 
 
 from his jaws, and the circling wreath is dangled from his high b eave r. 
 
 Ergo secutor, jussus pugnarp cum Graccho, r 
 
 Therefore the pursuer, being ordered to fight with Gracchus, ; 
 
 Omni vulnere. vSi ' 
 
 than any wound. If j- 
 
 quis tarn perditus ^ 
 
 free suffrages were granted to the people, who is so abandoned ■ 
 
 pertulit ignominiam graviorem 
 
 endured a reproach more grievous 
 
 - ~ j(/C^ 
 
 libera suffragia dentur populo. 
 
 ut dubitet 
 
 that he would hesitate 
 
 cujus supplicio 
 
 for whose punishment 
 
 praeferre Senecam Neroni 1 
 
 to prefer Seneca to Nero ? 
 
 nec una simia, nec unus ’ 
 
 not _nox _ one 
 
 serpens, 
 
 serpeuj. 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 units culeus 
 one sack 
 
 debuit 
 
 ought 
 
 paran. 
 to be prepared. 
 
 Crimen Agamemnonidae par; sed 
 
 The crime of Agamemnonides was the same; but 
 
 causa facit 
 
 the.cause makes ^ \ 
 
 
 rem dissimilem : quippe ille, auctoribus deis, 
 
 the thing dissimilar: for he, impelled by the gods, 
 
 erat 
 
 was 
 
 ' .( 
 
 ultor patris caesi inter media pocula : sed nee 
 the avenger of his father murdered amidst festivity : but neither 
 
216 
 
 D. JUMI JUVENALIS 
 
 Electrae jugulo se polluit, aut Spartani 
 Sanguine conjugii: nullis aconita propinquis . 
 
 , Miscuit: in scen^ nunquam cantavit Orestes; 220 
 
 Troica non scripsit. Quid enim Virginius armis 
 Debuit ulcisci magis, aut cum Vindice Galba? 
 
 Quid Nero tam saeva crud^que tyrannide fecit? 
 
 Haec opera, atque hae sunt generosi principis artes, 
 t-' Gaudentis foedo peregrina ad pulpita cantu 225 
 
 Prostitui, Graiaeque apium meruisse coronae. 
 
 Majorum effigies habea nt insignia voci S) 
 
 Ante pedes Domitii longum tu pone Thyestae 
 
 ' polluit se 
 
 \ ^ he polluted himself by 
 
 ■; Spartam miscuit aconita nullis propinquis: 
 
 Af- of his Spartan spouse : he hath made up wolf’s-bane for no neighbours: 
 
 Orestes nunquam cantavit in scena,* non scripsit 
 
 Orestes never sang on the stage; he never wrote 
 
 jugulo Electrae, aut sanguine 
 
 the murder of Electra, or by the blood 
 
 )> 
 
 »*/' 
 
 
 Troica. Enim quid debuit Virginius magis 
 
 on the destruction of Troy. For what ought Virginius more 
 
 ulcisci armis, aut Galba cum Vindice ? Quid 
 to avenge with arms, or Galba with Vindex? What 
 
 ir-^v 
 
 'Nero fecit 
 did Nero perform 
 
 tarn saeya crudaque tyrannide ? Haec 
 by his savage and. cruel tyranny ? These 
 
 1« ’i 
 
 
 sunt opera, atque hae artes generosi 
 
 are the achievements, and these are the accomplishments of a noble 
 
 principis, gaudentis prostituti foedo cantu ad peregrina 
 prince, exulting at being prostituted to shameful singing on foreign 
 
 pulpita, meruisseque apium Graiae coronae. 
 
 stages, and to have merited the parsley of a Grecian crown. 
 
 Effigies majorum habeant insignia vocis. 
 
 Let the eflSgies of your ancestors possess the honour s of your voice, 
 
 tu pone, ante pedes Domitii, longum syrma Thyestae, 
 
 do you place, before the feet of Domitius, long robe of Thyestes, 
 
 J:/ fi~>x 
 
 -- J 
 
 
 A 
 
 / »• I cV , C ( i t »t. ' ^ 
 
 / f 
 
 L 1 cC 'i » 
 
 4*. 
 

 SATIRA OCTAVA. 
 
 217 
 
 230 
 
 Syrma, vel Antigones, seu personam Menalippes, 
 
 Et de marmoreo citharam suspende colosso. 
 
 Quis, Catilina, tuis natalibus , atque Cethegi 
 Inveniet quicquam sublimius ? arma tamen vos 
 Nocturna, et flammas domibus templisque parastis. 
 
 Ut Braccatoru m pueri, Senonumque minores. 
 
 Ausi quod liceat tunic^ punire molesta. 
 
 Sed vigilat Consul vexillaque vestra coercet. 
 
 Hic novus Arpinas , ignobilis, et modo Romae 
 M unicipalis equ es galeatum ponit ubique ^ 
 
 Praesidium attonitis, et in omni gente laborat. 
 
 235 
 
 
 vel 
 
 or 
 
 Antigones, 
 of Antigone, 
 
 seu 
 
 or 
 
 personam 
 the mask 
 
 Menalippe, 
 
 of Menalippe, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 suspende 
 
 suspend 
 
 citharam 
 your harp 
 
 Catilina, 
 
 Catiline, 
 
 quis 
 
 who 
 
 inveniet 
 will And 
 
 de marmoreo colosso. 
 
 on a.marblp statue. 
 
 quicquam sublimius tuis natalibus 
 
 any thing more noble than your birth 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 Cethegi ? 
 
 that of Cethegus ? 
 
 Tamen 
 
 Yet 
 
 VOS 
 
 ye 
 
 parastis 
 
 prepared 
 
 noctuma 
 
 nocturnal 
 
 arma, 
 
 arms. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 flammas 
 
 fire 
 
 domibus 
 
 for our houses 
 
 templisque, 
 and temples. 
 
 ut 
 
 as 
 
 pueri 
 
 sons 
 
 Braccatorum, minoresque Senonum, 
 
 of the Gauls, and the descendants of the Senones, 
 
 ausi 
 
 daring 
 
 quod 
 
 what 
 
 liceat 
 
 it might be lawful 
 
 punire 
 
 to punish 
 
 molesta tunica, 
 with a pitched shirt. 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 Consul vigilat, coercetque vestra vexilla : 
 
 the Consul is on the watch, and checks your standards': 
 
 
 c^ c V r’. 
 
 Hie 
 
 This 
 
 novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et mod6 municipalis 
 
 upstart Arpinian, ignoble, and lately a free 
 
 -tn 
 
 eques 
 
 knight 
 
 
 r 
 
 I. 
 
 -I 
 
 
 Romse, ponit ubique galeatum prsesi^ium ^ ; 
 
 of Rome, places everywhere an armed guard I' 
 
 attonitis, et laborat in omni gente. Igitur 
 
 for the alarmed citizens, and is active in every tribe. Therefore 
 

 ■ ^ fC. 
 
 218 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 „ 7 , / / J- -2 J’ ^ 
 
 Tan tum igitu r muros intra toga contulit illi 
 
 Nd minis , e t tituH , quantum non L eucad e, quantum 
 Tbe^s jiliag campis Octavius abstulit udo 
 Caedibus assiduis gladio. Sed Roma parentem, 
 Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit. 
 
 Arpinas alius Volscorum in monte solebat 
 Poscere mercedes alien o lassus a ratro; 
 
 Nodosam post haec'^angebat vertice vitem. 
 
 Si lentus pigr4 muniret castra dolalpra: 
 
 Hic tamen et Cimbros, et summa pericula rerum 
 Excipit, et solus trepidantem protegit urbem. 
 
 240 
 
 245 
 
 250 
 
 ^ h •» c > > 1 1, 
 
 '■.f't/nit 7\ i->./t1i-CvLi__ 
 
 ; , ^ - I. / . The gown 
 
 i| ..“Vc tcfliUln 'ivf.v'f.lv -- — — 
 
 toga 
 
 {Cfvc 
 
 
 vy\ I tv Vv V 
 
 
 et 
 
 i.fjJtUUt. ^ - 
 
 iJikUp,;,:: It^iquantum 
 
 . V tlv |v >-t C\ vH t 
 
 tituli, 
 
 honour, 
 
 contulit illi intra muros tantum nominis 
 
 brought to him within the walls as much ^celebrity 
 
 -— ‘ ■ I 
 
 ----y 
 
 quantum Octavius non abstulit Leucade, 
 
 as even Octavius did not bear from Leucas, 
 
 campis 
 
 from the plains 
 
 ‘A'Z- 
 
 assiduis caedibus, 
 with continual slaughter. 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 Thessaliae 
 of Thess alia 
 
 Roma 
 
 Rome 
 
 gladio 
 by his sword 
 
 udo 
 
 wet 
 
 parentem, 
 styled him her parent, 
 
 
 
 • e-oh 
 
 Roma 
 
 Rome 
 
 Alius 
 
 Another 
 
 J 
 
 solebat 
 was wont 
 
 libera 
 when free 
 
 dixit 
 called 
 
 . 2 
 
 Arpinas, 
 
 Arpinian, 
 
 Ciceronem 
 
 Cic^ 
 
 las^s 
 
 wearied 
 
 patrem 
 the father 
 
 patriae, 
 of his country. 
 
 poscere 
 to ask 
 
 mercedes 
 
 A. 
 
 wages 
 
 ^in monte 
 
 on a mountain 
 
 alieno aratro, 
 
 by another man's ploi^b, 
 
 '~7/ 
 
 Volscorum ; 
 of the Volsci j 
 
 ! 
 
 111 
 
 a ’fe’ - 
 
 si 
 if 
 
 i * r , 
 
 ■ iv <-». CvLW J « 
 
 haec 
 
 these 
 
 lentus 
 
 slow 
 
 frangebat 
 
 he broke 
 
 muniret 
 he fortified 
 
 nodosam vitem 
 a knotty vine-branch 
 
 vertice, 
 
 on his head. 
 
 castra dolabra : 
 
 the camp with his tardy hatchet: 
 
 I. 
 
 tamen 
 
 yet 
 
 hie 
 
 he 
 
 excipit et Cimbros, 
 sustained both the Cimbri, 
 
 rerum, 
 of their affairs, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 sollis 
 
 alone 
 
 protegit 
 
 protected 
 
 et summa pericula 
 
 and the greatest dangers 
 
 trepidantem urbem. 
 
 the trembling city. 
 

 SATIRA OCTAVA.^ y _ 219 
 
 A^zU. _ 
 
 Atque ideo postquam ad Cimbros, st ragem que volabant, 
 
 X 
 
 Qui nunquam attigerant majora cadavera, corvi, 
 Nobilis ornatur lauro collega secundA w^> 
 
 ;L 
 
 !»' 
 
 Plebeiae Deciorum animae, plebeia fuerunt 
 Nomina: pro totis legionibus hi tamen, et pro 
 Omnibus auxiliis, atque omni plebe Latind 
 Sufficiunt Dis infernis, Terraeque parenti. 
 Pluris enim Decii qu^m qui servantur ab illis. 
 Ancilla natus trabeam et diadema Quirini 
 
 255 
 
 Et fasces meruit , regum ultimus ille bonorum. 
 Prodita laxabant portarum claustra tyrannis 
 
 260 
 
 Atque ideo postquam 
 
 And thus after 
 
 corvi 
 the ravens 
 
 volabant 
 
 flew 
 
 ad Cimbros, 
 
 to the Cimbri, 
 
 stragemque, qui nunquam attigerant majora cadavera. 
 
 and to the carnage, who 
 
 had never touched 
 
 larger carcases, 
 
 ( 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 — 7 ^ — 
 
 nobilis 
 
 collega 
 
 ornatur 
 
 secunda lauro. ^.-2:../ 
 
 his noble 
 
 colleague 
 
 is adorned 
 
 with the second laurel. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 •• / ' 
 
 Animse 
 
 Deciorum 
 
 plebeiaB, 
 
 nomina 
 
 fuerunt 
 
 /AZ * 7 ^^- c/r^/x 
 
 The souls 
 
 of the Decii 
 
 were plebeian. 
 
 their names 
 
 were 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ceV 
 
 plebeia: 
 
 tamen hi 
 
 sufficiunt infernis Dis, 
 
 parentique 
 
 
 plebeian: 
 
 yet these 
 
 satisfy the infernal Gods, 
 
 and mother 
 
 
 Terrse, 
 
 pro tot 
 
 legionibus. 
 
 et pro 
 
 omnibus 
 
 
 Earth, 
 
 for so many 
 
 legions. 
 
 and for 
 
 all 
 
 
 auxiliis, 
 our auxiliaries. 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 omni 
 
 ali 
 
 Latina plebe. 
 
 the Latin people. 
 
 Enim 
 
 For 
 
 Decii pluris 
 
 the Decii are of more value 
 
 quam 
 than those 
 
 qui 
 
 wIk) 
 
 servantur 
 
 are saved 
 
 ab illis, 
 by them. 
 
 Ille ultimus bonorum regum, natus ancilla, meruit 
 
 He the last of our good kings, born of a bond-servant, merited 
 
 
 
 trabeam, 
 the purple robe, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 diadema 
 
 the diadem 
 
 Quirini, 
 
 of Quirinus, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 fasces, 
 the fasces. 
 
 1 
 
 A- 
 
 Juvenes Consulis 
 The sons of the Consul 
 
 I Jx 1. I V t ^ Lx ix 
 
 ipsius 
 
 himself 
 
 C irtyj 4 Ui >/ . CtCnr/ i /(i t ['*■(■'<■ 
 
 
 II 
 
 ft 
 
 ^ * 
 
 (,A.C VX( flCX'-LTtX C\ 
 
 laxabant claustra 
 opened the bars 
 
 ^ f- 
 
 I 
 
 Vl'lc-vvv a C-U r ivl /-tvJ C' ^ 
 
 .vtxiv I felt.-- 
 
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220 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 I 
 
 -4 
 
 Exulibus juvenes ipsius Consulis, et quos 
 Map^num alicju id dubi4 pro libertate deceret , 
 Quod miraretur cum Coclite Mutius, et quae 
 Imperii fines Tiberinum virgo natavit 
 Occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus 
 Matronis lugendus; at illos verbera justis 
 Afficiunt p&nis,’4t legum prima securis. 
 
 Malo pater tibi sit Thersites, dummodo tu sis 
 iEacidae similis, Vulcaniaque arma e messa s, 
 Qu^m te Thersitae similem producat Achilles. 
 Et tamen, ut long^ repetas longeque revolvas 
 
 
 
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 portarum prodita exulibus tyrannis, et quos 
 
 of our gates which were betrayed to the exiled tyrants, those whom 
 
 aliquid magnum pro dubia libertate deceret, quod 
 
 some great act for doubtful liberty might have become, which 
 
 Mutius cum Coclite miraretur, et virgo 
 Mutius with Cocles might admire, and the virgin 
 
 quae natavit Tiberinum, fines imperii. Servus, 
 
 who swam theTiberinean wave, t he extremities of our emp ire. A slave, 
 
 matronis, produxit occulta crimina 
 
 lamented by the matrons, diseovered the secret crimes 
 
 ad patres ; 
 
 to the senators; 
 
 at 
 
 but 
 
 verbera 
 
 scourgings 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 prima 
 the first 
 
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 securis 
 
 axe 
 
 legum 
 
 of the laws 
 
 afficiunt ^ illos justis poenis. 
 
 affected them with just punishments. 
 
 Malo 
 
 1 had rather . 
 
 Thersites 
 
 Thersites 
 
 sit pater tibi, 
 
 were your father. 
 
 dummodb 
 
 provided 
 
 
 tu sis similis .^acidae, capessasque arma Vulcania, 
 
 you were like A£acides, and could manage the arms of Vulcan, 
 
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 quam 
 than that 
 
 Achilles 
 
 Achilles 
 
 producat 
 
 had begot 
 
 te 
 
 you 
 
 similem 
 
 like 
 
 Thersitae. 
 
 Thersites. 
 
 Et 
 
 And 
 
 tamen, 
 
 yet, 
 
 ut longe repetas longeque revolvas 
 although you far retrace and far pursue 
 
 
 
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 221 
 
 N omen, ab infami gentem deducis asylo. 
 
 Majorum primus quisquis fuit ille tuorum. 
 
 Aut pastor fuit, aut illud quod dicere nolo. 275 
 
 nomen, 
 
 your name, 
 
 Quisquis 
 
 Whoever 
 
 deducis 
 you derive 
 
 ille primus 
 
 that first 
 
 gentem ab infami asylo. 
 
 vour race from an infamous asylum. 
 
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 tuorum majorum fuit, aut 
 
 of your ancestors was, either 
 
 fuit pastor, aut illud quod nolo dicere, 
 
 he was a shepherd, or that occupation which I am unwilling to 
 
 I name. 
 
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 Juv, Scire velim, quare toties mihi, NaBvole, tristis 
 Occurras fron^ obduct a, ceu Marsya victus. 
 
 Quid tibi cum vultu, qualem deprensus habebat 
 Ravola, dum Rhodopes uda terit inguina barb4? 
 
 Nos colaphum incutimus lambenti cr ustula servo. 
 Non ^at h^c facie miserabilior Crepereius 
 Pollio, qui triplicem usuram praestare paratus 
 
 / Circuit, et fatuos non invenit. Unde repente 
 
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 Velim scire, Naevole, 
 
 quare 
 
 toties occurras 
 
 
 Juv. 
 
 I wish to know, Naevolus, 
 
 w'hy 
 
 you so often meet 
 
 »; !•, 
 
 mihi 
 
 tristis obducta fronte. 
 
 ceu 
 
 victus Marsya. 
 
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 me 
 
 in sadness with a lowering brow. 
 
 like 
 
 vanquished Marsyas. 
 
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 Quid 
 
 tibi cum vultu 
 
 qalem 
 
 Ravola habebat, 
 
 
 What 
 
 have you to do with a countenance 
 
 such as 
 
 Ravola betrayed. 
 
 
 , deprensus dum terit inguina Rhodopes uda barba? 
 
 ij? when caught as he scrubbed the parts of Rhodope with his wet beard? 
 
 
 
 f Nos incutimus colaphum servo lambenti crustula. 
 We inflict a blow upon a slave for licking the sweetmeat s. 
 
 Crepereius Pollio, qui circuit paratus praestare triplicem 
 Crepereius Pollio, who runs about prepared to give triple 
 
 
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 usuram, 
 
 interest. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 non invenit 
 does not find 
 
 fatuos, 
 men so infatuated. 
 
 non erat 
 was never 
 
 miserabilior 
 more wretched 
 
 hac facie. Unde tot 
 
 than this aspect. Whence so many 
 
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 rugae 
 
 wrinkles 
 
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 Tot rugae ? cert^ modico contentas agebas 
 Ye rnam equitem , conviva joco mordente factus, 10 
 
 ^Et salib us vehemens in tra pomoeria natis . 
 
 Omnia nunc contr^: vultus gravis, horrida siccae 
 Sylva comae; nullus tota nitor in cute, qualem 
 -7 Praestabat cali di cir cumlita fascia visci; 
 
 Sed fruticante pITolueglecta et squallida crura. 15 
 
 Q uid m aci es aegri veteri s, quem tempore longo 
 Torret quarta dies, olimque domestica febris l 
 '-t- Deprenda s animi tormenta latentis in aeg’ro ^ ^ y 
 
 Corpore, deprendas et gaudia: sumit utrumque - 
 
 repente % certe contentus modico agebas 
 
 Oil a sudden ? surely contented with moderation you acted 
 
 equitem vernam, conviva facetus mordente joco, et 
 
 the knightly slave, a guest facetious with cutting jest, and 
 
 vehemens salibus natis intra pomoeria, 
 
 vehement in sallies of wit hatched within the boundaries of the city. , 
 
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 Nunc omnia contra: vultus gravis, siccse2. 
 
 Now every feature in you is otherwise: your countenance grave, your dry 
 
 comte horrida sylva; /Rullus nitor in tota cute, ^qalem 
 hairs a rough wood; no comeliness in your whole skin, such as 1 
 
 fascia calidi visci circumlita praestabat; sed 
 the poultice of warm pitch spread about it caus ed; but 
 
 crura neglecta, et squallida pilo fruticante. 
 
 your legs neglected, and squalid with hair growing up. 
 
 
 
 
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 Quid macies segri veteris, quem quarta dies, 
 
 Why that leanness of a sick old man, whom the fourth day, 
 
 febrisque olim domestica, torret longo tempore ? 
 
 and fever formerlj' a family distemper, parches for a long time ? 
 
 Deprendas tormenta animi latentis in segro 
 
 You may discover the torments of the mind latent in a sick 
 
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 corpore, deprendas et 
 body, you may also discover 
 
 gaudia : 
 exultation: 
 
 inde 
 
 thence 
 
 facies 
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 Ind^ha Htum fac ies: igitur flexisse v ideri s 
 
 20 
 
 Propositum, et vitae c ontrarius ire prio ri. 
 
 Nuper enim (ut repeto) fanum Isidis, et Ganymedem 
 
 25 
 
 Pacis, et advectae secreta palatia matris. 
 
 Et Cererem (nam quo non prostat foemina templo ?) 
 
 Notior Aufidio moechus scelerare solebas, 
 
 (Quod taceo) atque ipsos etiam inclinare maritos, 
 
 Ncbv, Utile et hoc multis vitae genus: at mihi nullum 
 Inde operae pretium; pingues aliquando lacernas. 
 Munimenta togae, duri crassique coloris. 
 
 Et male percussas textoris pectine Galli 30 
 
 sumit utrumque habitum: igitur videris flexisse 
 assumes each habit ; therefore you seem to have altered 
 
 propositum, et 
 your purpose, and 
 
 ire contrarius priori vitae, 
 to go contrary to your former life. 
 
 Enim 
 
 For 
 
 nuper (ut repeto) moechus notior Aufidio, 
 
 lately (as I remember) as an adulterer more notorious than Aufidius, 
 
 solebas scelerare fanum Isidis, et Ganymedem 
 
 you were accustomed to pollute the temple of Isis, and the Ganymede 
 
 
 y ^ Paeis, et secreta palatia matris advectae, et 
 
 of Peace, and the secret palaces of mother Cybele brought hither, and 
 
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 ' Cererem (nam quo templo foemina non prostat ] atque 
 
 Ceres (for in what temple does not a female expose herself?) and 
 
 \'P-lC4.C^ . 
 
 (quod taceo) 
 (what I keep silent) 
 
 inclinare 
 to entice 
 
 etiam 
 
 even 
 
 maritos 
 
 husbands 
 
 ipsos. 
 
 themselves. 
 
 JVcev. Et hoc genus vitae utile multis : at nullum 
 
 Ncev. And this manner of life is useful to many: but there is no 
 
 pretium operae mihi inde : aliquando accipimus pingues 
 rewaid for labour to me from thence: sometimes we receive greasy 
 
 ' ^ y L lacernas, munimenta togae, duri crassique coloris, 
 
 cloaks, the preservers of a gow n, of a hard and thick colour, 
 
 y et male percussas pectine Galli textoris ; 
 
 and badly woven in the loom of a Gallic weaver j 
 
SATIRA NONA. 
 
 225 
 
 Accipimus; tenue argentum, venae que se cundae. 
 
 Fata regunt homines. Fatum est in partibus illis 
 Quas sinu s abscondit: nam si tibi sidera cessant, 
 
 Nil faciet longi mensura incognita nervi: 
 
 Quamvis te nudum spumanti Virro labello 85 
 
 Viderit, et blandae, assiduae, densaeque tabellae 
 Sollicitent: Alros yap e^i^Ksroct av^px ytUxi^os. 
 
 Quod tamen ulterius monstrum qu^m mollis avarus ? 
 
 Hebc tribuij deinde illa dedi, mox plura tulisti. 
 
 Computat et cevet. Ponatur calculu s, adsint 40 
 
 Cum tabula pueri: numera sestertia quinque 
 
 
 tenue argentum, secundseque venae. Fata 
 thin silver, and of the second vein. The Fates 
 
 homines. 
 
 men. 
 
 sinus 
 the clothing 
 
 Est 
 There is 
 
 abscondit : 
 conceals: 
 
 fatum 
 a fate 
 
 nam 
 
 for 
 
 in illis partibus 
 in these parts 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 sidera 
 
 the stars 
 
 tibi, incognita mensura longi nervi faciet 
 
 you, the unknown measure of a long nerve will avail you 
 
 quamvis Virro, spumanti labello, viderit te 
 
 although Virro, with his frothy lip, shall behold you 
 
 regunt/ 
 
 govern 
 
 quas 
 
 which 
 
 cessant 
 
 forsake 
 
 nil: 
 nothing: 
 
 nudum, 
 
 naked. 
 
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 et blandte, assiduae, 
 
 and his blandishing, assiduous. 
 
 densaeque tabellae 
 
 and importunate letters 
 
 sollicitent : 
 solicit you: 
 
 yap 
 
 for 
 
 avTot 
 a very 
 
 iclvxi^os 
 
 catamite 
 
 e<pe\x.erxt 
 
 seduces 
 
 xv^px. 
 a man. 
 
 Tamen quod ulterius monstrum quam avarus mollis 1 
 Yet what greater monster than an avaricious debauchee ? 
 
 Tribui haec, deinde dedi illa, mox tulisti plura. 
 I granted you these, then 1 gave those, by and by you obtained more. 
 
 Computat 
 He reckons 
 
 et cevet. 
 
 and commits lewdness. 
 
 Calculus 
 
 Let the acconnt 
 
 ponatur, 
 be settled. 
 
 pueri adsint cum tabula: 
 let the boys be present with the journal; 
 
 numera quinque sestertia 
 number five sestertia 
 
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 Omnibus in rebus ; numerentur deinde labores. 
 
 An facile et pronum est agere intra viscera penem 
 Legitimum, atque illic hesternae occurrere coense ? 
 Servus erit minus ille miser qui foderit agrum 
 Quiim dominum. Sed tu sane tener, et puerum te. 
 Et pulchrum, et dignum cyatho coeloque putabas. 
 
 ^ Vos huinili asseclae, vos indulgebitis unquam 
 
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 , Cultori, jam n ec morbo donare parati ? 
 
 En cui tu viridem umb^lam, cui succina mittas 
 Grandia, natalis quoties redit, aut madidum ver 
 Incipit; et strata positus longtiqu e cathedrd 
 
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 ; jL r.u t!,C in omnibus rebus; deinde labores 
 
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 in ali the payments ; 
 
 then let the performances 
 
 numerentur. 
 
 be numbered. 
 
 An est facile et pronum agere legitimum penem 
 
 Is it an easy and ready matter to perpetrate abominable 
 
 dntra viscera, atque illic occurerre 
 
 guilt, and there to encounter 
 
 hestemje coense ? 
 
 yesternight’s supper ? 
 
 
 Ille servus erit minus miser qui foderit agrum 
 
 , - . • ^ • ' That slave shall be less wretched who digs the land 
 
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 5^ ^^^o'^uam dominum. ^Sed tu, sane tener, putabas te et 
 
 than the master. But you, truly delicate, thought yourself both 
 
 
 
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 puerum et pulchrum, et dignum cyatho coeloque. 
 
 young and beautiful, and worthy of the cup and heaven. 
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 Vos, jam nec parati donare morbo, unquam 
 
 Will you, now unprepared to yield to this distemper, ever 
 
 indulgebitis 
 
 indulge 
 
 humili 
 a humble 
 
 asseclae 1 
 
 attendant ? 
 
 VOS cultori ? 
 will you a dependant ? 
 
 
 En cui tu mittas viridem umbellam, cui grandia 
 
 Behold the man to whom you must send a green umbrella, to whom large 
 
 succina quoties natalis redit, aut madidum ver 
 
 amber cups as often as his birth-day returns, or the wet spring 
 
 incipit; et positus strata long^ue cathedra, 
 
 begins; and being placed in your embroidered and long chair. 
 
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 ~i- Munera femineis tractas secreta calendis. 
 Dic, passer, cui tot montes, tot praedia servas 
 Appula, tot milvos intra tua p ascu a lassos ? 
 
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 Te Trifolinus age r fecundis vitibus i mplet , ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Sus pectumque jugum Cumis , et Gaur us inaj ns: 
 
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 Nam quis plura linit victuro dolia musto ? 
 Quantum erat exhausti lumbos donare clientis 
 Jugeribus paucis? meliusne hic ri^t icus infa ns 
 Cum matre, et casias, e^um lusore catel lo 
 Cymbala pulsantis legatun^^ aiaici ? 
 
 Improbus es cum poscis, ait; sed pensio clamat. 
 
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 tractas 
 
 you obtain 
 
 secreta munera 
 
 the secret presents 
 
 femineis calendis, 
 on the female calends. 
 
 Die, 
 
 Say, 
 
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 passer, cui servas tot montes, tot Appula 
 sparrow, for whom do you keep so many mountains, so many Appulian 
 
 prsedia, tot 
 farms, so many 
 
 milvos 
 
 kites 
 
 lassos 
 
 wearied 
 
 intra 
 
 within 
 
 tua pascua T 
 
 your pastures ? 
 
 Trifolinus 
 Your Trifoline 
 
 ager 
 
 land 
 
 implet 
 
 supplies 
 
 te 
 
 you 
 
 fecundis vitibus, 
 with fruitful vines. 
 
 
 jugumque suspectumCumis, et inanis Gaurus : ___ 
 
 and the mountain-top suspected at Cumae, and empty Gaurus: ‘ 
 
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 linit plura dolia musto victuro ? ^ 
 
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 nam quis 
 for who stops up 
 
 more casks 
 
 •iU • 4 • ..1 % C^Y. 
 
 with wine that is sure to keep ? / Ay 
 
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 lumbos exhausti clientis 
 
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 Quantum erat donare 
 What were it to reward the labours of a worn out dependant 
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 paucis jugeribus ? Hic ne rusticus infans cum matre, 
 with a few acres? Might not this .rustic child f with his mother, v-Z' , < 
 
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 melius 
 
 et casulis, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 huts. 
 
 and 
 
 catello lusore. 
 
 with the dog his play-fellow. 
 
 better 
 
 'Ytic y-n t 
 
 fiet legatum ^ amici pulsantis cymbala? 
 
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 become the legacy of a friend striking the cymbals of Cybele ? 
 
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 Ait, es improbus cum poscis : ^^ed pensio clamat, 
 Says he, you are unreasonable when you ask; but rent calls out, 
 
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 Posce : sed appellat puer unicus, ut Polyphemi 
 
 Lata acies p er quam solers evasit Ulysses, 65 
 
 Alter emendus erit, namque hic non sufficit; ambo 
 
 Pascendi. Quid agam brum4 spirante ? quid, oro, 
 
 Quid dicam scapulis puerorum mense Decembri, 
 
 Et pedibus ? Durate, atque expectate cicadas ! 
 
 Verum ut dissimules, ut mittas caelera, quanto 70 
 
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 Metiris pretio, quod, ni tibi deditus essem, 
 
 Devotusque cliens, uxor tua virgo maneret? 
 
 Scis certe quibus ista modis, qu^m saepe rogaris. 
 
 Et quae pollicitus. Fugientem saepe puellam 
 
 posce: sed unicus puer appellat, ut lata acies 
 
 ask on : but my only slave bawls out, like t he large ey e 
 
 Polyphemi per quam solers Ulysses evasit, Alter 
 
 of Polyphemus by which the subtle Ulysses escaped. Another 
 
 erit emendus, namque hic non sufficit ; ambo 
 
 shall be purchased, for this is not sufficient j both 
 
 pascendi. Bruma spirante, quid agam ? quid, 
 must be fed. The winter blows keen, what shall I do ? what, 
 
 oro, quid dicam scapulis et pedibus puerorum 
 I beseech you, what shall I say to the shoulders and feet of my hoys 
 
 Decembri mense ? Durate, atque expectate cicadas ? 
 
 in December month ?. Endure, and wait the return of the grasshoppers ? 
 
 Verum ut dissimules, ut mittas csetera, quanto 
 
 But though you may dissemble, though you may omit the rest, at what 
 
 pretio metiris, quod, ni essem deditus tibi, 
 price do you estimate it, that, unless I were given up to you, 
 
 devotusque cliens, tua uxor maneret virgo 1 Scis certe 
 and a devoted client, your wife would continue a virgin ? You certainly know 
 
 quibus modis, quam saepe rogaris ista, 
 
 by what meas ures, and how often you requested these things, 
 
 et quae pollicitus. Saepe rapui fugientem puellam 
 and what yOu promised. Often have I caught the flying maid 
 
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 Amplexu rapui ; tabulas quoque ruperat, et jam 
 Signaba t: tota ^ix hoc ego nocte redem i. 
 
 Te plorante foris. Testis mihi lectulus, et tu. 
 
 Ad quem pervenit lecti sonus et dominae vox. 
 
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 Instabile, ac dirimi coeptum, et jam pene solutum 
 Conjugium in multis d oimbu s servavit adulter. 
 
 Quo te c ircumagas? quae prima aut ultima ponas l 
 Nullum ergo meritum est, ingrate ac perfide, nullum. 
 
 Quod tibi filiolus vel filia nascitur ex me? 
 
 Tollis enim, et libris actorum spargere gaudes 
 Argumenta viri. Foribus suspende coronas; 85 
 
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 amplexu; ruperat tabulas quoque, et jam 
 
 in close embrace j she had tore the marriage-contra ct likewise, and now 
 
 signabat : ego vix redemi hoc tota nocte, 
 
 was signing to anoth er; I scarce redeemed this in a whole night, 
 
 te plorante foris. Lectulus mihi testis, et tu ad quem 
 
 while you wept at the door. The bed is my witness, and you to whom 
 
 sonus lecti et vox dominae pervenit. 
 
 the noise of the bed and the voice of my mistress came. 
 
 Adulter servavit instabile conjugium, ac coeptum 
 
 An adulterer has preserved the unstable marriage-bond, and about 
 
 dirimi, et jam pene solutum in multis domibus, 
 
 to be dissevered, and now almost dissolved in many houses. 
 
 Quo circumagas te ? quae ponas prima aut ultima ? 
 
 Whither can you turn yourself? what can you offer first or last? 
 
 Est 
 Is it 
 
 quod 
 
 that 
 
 ergo nullum meritum, ingrate ac perfide, nullum, 
 
 therefore no merit, ungrateful and perfidious, none. 
 
 filiolus 
 a little son 
 
 vel 
 
 or 
 
 filia 
 
 daughter 
 
 nascitur tibi 
 
 is born to you 
 
 ex me T 
 from me? 
 
 Enim tollis, et gaudes spargere argumenta viri 
 For you rear them, and rejoice to scatter the proofs of your manhood 
 
 libris actorum. Suspende coronas foribus; 
 
 through the books of records. Suspend garlands .from your gates 
 
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 Jam pater es : dedimus quod famas opponere possis. 
 
 Jura parentis habes ; propter me scriberis haeres ; 
 
 Legatum omne capis nec non et dulc e caducum . 
 j. Commoda praetere4 junguntur multa caducis. 
 
 Si numerum, si tres implever o. Juv, Justa doloris, . 90 
 
 Nasvole, causa tui: contr^ tamen ille quid affert? 
 
 Ncrv, Negligit, atque alium bipedem sibi quaerit asellum. 
 ; Haec soli commissa tibi celare memento, 
 
 Et tacitus nostra s i ntra te fige querelas. 
 
 Nam res mortifera est inimicus pumice laevis. 95 
 
 Qui modo secretum commiserat, ardet, et odit. 
 
 jam es pater: dedimus quod possis opponere 
 
 now you are a father: we have bestowed what you can oppose 
 
 
 faraae. Habes jura parentis; propter me scriberis 
 
 to reputation. You possess the rights of a parent j by me you are enrolled 
 
 haeres ; capis omne legatum, nec non et dulce caducum, 
 an heir \ you claim all the legacy, and likewise a pleasant windfall. 
 
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 Praeterea, multa commoda junguntur caducis, si 
 
 Besides, many advantages are joined to these wind-falls, if 
 
 implevero numerum, si tres. Juv. Justa causa 
 
 I complete the number, if I have three. Juv, Just is the cause 
 
 tui doloris, Naevole; tamen quid ille affert contra? 
 of your complaint, Nsevolusj but what doe s he advance on the other hand ? 
 
 N(jev. Negligit, atque quaerit alium bipedem asellum sibi. 
 Ncbv, He neglects me, and seeks another two-legged ass for himself. 
 
 Memento celare haec commissa tibi soli, et 
 
 Remember to conceal these secrets entrusted to you alone, and 
 
 tacitus fige nostras querelas intra te. Nam 
 
 silent fix our complaints_^___ wit hin ^ ^urself. For 
 
 inimicus laevi^ pumice est mortifera res. 
 
 an enemy sleeked by a pumice-stone is a death-bringing thing. 
 
 Q,ui modo commiserat secretum ardet, et odit. 
 He who lately had committed the secret is enraged, and hates me, 
 
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 Tanquam p rodiderim quicquid scio : sumere ftrrum, 
 Fuste aperire caput, candelam apponere valvis 
 Non dubitat. Nec contemnas aut despicias, quod 
 His opibu s nunquam cara est annona veneni. 
 
 Ergo occulta teges, ut curia Martis Athenis. 
 
 Juv, O Corydon, Corydon, secretum divitis ullum 
 Esse putas? servi ut taceant jumenta l oque ntur, 
 
 Et canis, et postes, et marmora: claude fenestras, 
 Vela tegant rimas, junge^ ostia, tollito lumen 
 E medi o, taceant omnes, prope nemo recumbat: 
 Quod tamen ad cantum galli facit ille secundi. 
 
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 105 
 
 
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 I 
 
 tanquam prodiderim quicquid scio; non dubitat sumere ' 
 as if I had disc overed whatever Iknow: he does not hesitate to take 
 
 ferrum, aperire caput fuste, apponere candelam valvis. 
 
 a sword, to break my head with his cane, to set fire to my doors. 
 
 Nec 
 
 contemnas aut 
 
 Neither 
 
 contemn 
 
 nor 
 
 Opibus - 
 
 annona 
 
 veneni 
 
 riches 
 
 the price 
 
 of poison 
 
 teges 
 
 occulta 
 
 ut 
 
 conceal 
 
 secrets 
 
 as 
 
 despicias, quod 
 
 despise this truth, that 
 
 est nunquam cara, 
 is never dear. 
 
 ^ curia Martis 
 
 the court of Mars 
 
 hjs J • 
 
 to these . 
 
 Cjr t t 4. — V ^ i V ■ 
 
 Ergo 
 
 Therefore ^ , 
 
 » xjG '^cj ft-i C- o 
 
 Athenis. 
 
 at Athens. -/r?, 
 
 r»-« * 
 
 JuV), O Corydon, Corydon, putas . esse ullum secretum 
 JnX). O Corydon, Corydon, do you think that there is any secret thing 
 
 divitis? Ut servi taceant jumenta loquentur, et 
 
 among the rich? Though servants be silent the cattle will speak, and 
 
 '7vc-. . V< 
 
 Kiccl Ait .. 
 — A. rt-c iz.’t. t I'-i 
 
 i/ 
 
 Uu/ 
 
 canis, ^ et postes, et marmora: claude fenestras, 
 the dog, and posts, and marbles: shut the windows, 
 
 ' f 
 
 t 
 
 vela tegant rimas, junge ostia, tollito lumen 
 
 let curtains cover the chinks, bar the doors, carry the light ‘ j •! 
 
 e medio, omnes taceant, nemo recumbat prope : I 
 
 from the middle of the house, let all be silent, let no one lie near: ; 
 
 tamen, quod ille facit ad cantum secundi galli, i 
 
 yet, what he performs at the crowing of the second cock, ' ' . ; 
 
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 t ^ In -yi 
 
 
 
 
 
 P roximus ante diem caupo sciet, audiet et quae 
 
 Finxeru nt pariter libr^ius, archimag^iri. 
 
 Carptores : quod enim dubitant componere crimen 
 
 In dominos, quoties rumoribus ulciscuntur 
 
 Baltea? nec deerit qui te per compita quaerat 
 
 Nolentem, et miseram vinosus inebriet aurem, 
 
 ^ . .1 - ^ 
 
 Illos ergo roges quicquid paulo ante petebas 
 A nobis: taceant illi, sed prodere malunt 
 Arcanum qu^m subrepti potare Falerni, 
 
 Pro populo faciens quantum Laufella bibebat. 
 Vivendum recte, cum propter plurima, tdm his 
 
 110 
 
 115 
 
 proximus caupo sciet ante diem, et audiet pariter 
 
 the next imi-keeper shall know it before day-break, and hear likewise 
 
 quae librarius, archimagiri, carptores finxerunt: 
 what the steward, the master-cooks, the carvers have invente d: 
 
 enim quod crimen dubitant componere in dominos, 
 
 for what crime do they hesitate to contrive against their masters, 
 
 quoties ulciscuntur baltea rumoribus? 
 
 whenever they revenge the strokes of the belt by evil rumours ? 
 
 Nec deerit, qui quaerat te nolentem 
 
 Nor shall there one be wanting who can seek you out against your will 
 
 
 per compita, et 
 
 vinosus 
 
 inebriet 
 
 miseram aurem. 
 
 t 
 
 through the streets, and 
 
 being intoxicated 
 
 will stun 
 
 your miserable ear. 
 
 h' 1 
 , 1 
 
 Ergo 
 
 roges 
 
 illos quicquid 
 
 paul6 
 
 ante petebas 
 
 
 Therefore 
 
 you may ask 
 
 them whatever 
 
 a little 1 
 
 befpre you exacted 
 
 . 'i toe A-t-v/T 
 
 a nobis: 
 
 ^^^lli taceant, / sed 
 
 malunt 
 
 prodere 
 
 ■ f 
 
 of us: 
 
 Let them be silent, * but 
 
 they wish 
 
 rather to betray 
 
 arcanum 
 
 quam 
 
 potare subrepti 
 
 Falerni 
 
 i , . ' 
 
 •• 
 
 the secret 
 
 than 
 
 to drink of surreptitious 
 
 Falernian wine 
 
 t ; 
 
 ) ' ■ 
 
 quantum Laufella, faciens pro populo, bibebat. 
 
 as much as^ Laufella, sacrificing for the people, used to quaff. 
 
 Vivendum 
 You must live 
 
 recte, cum propter plurima, 
 regularly, for many reasons. 
 
 turn praecipue 
 and chiefly 
 
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 SATIRA NONA. 
 
 233 
 
 
 120 
 
 Prascipue causis, ut linguas mancipiorum 
 Contemnas : nam lingua mali pars pessima^rvi. 
 
 D eterior tam en hic, qui liber non erit, illis 
 Quorum animaseTfarre suo cust odiFe F^re. 
 
 Ncev. Idcirco, ut possim linguam contemnere servi. 
 
 Utile consilium modo, sed commune, dedisti: 
 
 Nunc mihi quid suades post damnum temporis, et spes 125 , 
 
 Deceptas? festinat enim decurrere^ velox_ if / 7 ^- 1 ,/- ' 
 
 ^osculy^s^ a ngustes miseresque brevissima vites 
 Portio: dum bibimus, dum serta, unguenta, puellas 
 Poscimus, obrepit non intellecta senectus, 
 
 7>^* 
 
 his causis, ut contemnas linguas mancipiorum: 
 for these causes, that you may despise the tongues of servants: 
 
 nam lingua pessima pars mali servi. Tamen, 
 for the tongue is the worst part of a bad servant. However, 
 
 hie qui non erit liber deterior illis quorum 
 
 the master who will not be free is worse than they whos e 
 
 animas custodit et suo farre et sere, 
 
 lives he supports both with his own bread and mon ey. ^ ^ 
 
 Neev. Idcirco modo dedisti utile sed commune consilium, 
 iV«r. Therefore you have now given a useful but common admonition, 
 
 ut possim contemnere linguam servi: Nunc 
 
 that 1 may despise the tongue of a servant: Now 
 
 quid suades mihi post damnum temporis et 
 
 what do you advise me after the loss of my time and 
 
 deceptas 
 
 disappointed 
 
 spes ? Enim brevissima portio angustae 
 hopes ? For the very short portion of a scanty 
 
 miseraeque vitae, velox flosculus, festinat decurrere: 
 
 and miserable life, like the swift-fading flower, hastens to wither: 
 
 dum bibimus, dum 
 while we drink, while 
 
 poscimus serta, unguenta, 
 
 we call for garlands, ointments, 
 
 puellas, 
 
 girls. 
 
 senectus 
 
 old age 
 
 non intellecta 
 
 unperceived 
 
 obrepit, 
 creeps 011 . 
 
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 234 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 4 
 
 
 Juv, Ne trepida : nunquam pathicus tibi deerit amicus, 
 Stantibus et salvis his collibus: undique ad illos 131 
 Convenient et carpentis et navibus omnes 
 Qui digito scalpunt uno caput. Altera major 
 Spes superest: tu tantum erucis imprime dentem. 
 
 Ncev, H%c exempla para feli^bus: at mea Clotho 135 
 Et Lachesis gaudent si pascitur inguine venter. 
 
 O parvi nostrique lares ! quos t hure minuto . 
 
 Alit fnrrf». fit toniii .<;n1pn ftvnrnarp. r.nrnna. ' I 
 
 
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 Aut farre , et tenui soleo exornar e corona, 
 
 Quando ego figain aliquid quo sit mihi tuta senectus 
 A tegete et baculo ? viginti millia foenus 
 
 140 
 
 
 Juvi. Ne trepida: his collibus stantibus 
 
 Juv. Do not fear: while these 
 
 hills 
 
 are standing 
 
 et salvis, 
 and safe. 
 
 ./ 
 
 pathicus amicus nunquam deerit : tibi : omnes qui 
 a friend of your own description shallnever be wanting to you: all who 
 
 ' -/ scalpunt caput uno digito convenient undique 
 
 ' scratch the head with one tingei 
 
 finger will flock together from every place 
 
 c /Z ad illos et carpentis et navibus. Altera major spes 
 
 to them both in chariots and ships. Another greater hope 
 
 Cr-' 
 
 superest: tu tantum imprime dentem erucis, 
 
 remains : do you only impress your tooth upon stimulating herbs. 
 
 JVcev. Para haec exempla felicibus : at mea Clotho 
 
 Ncbv). Prepare these examples for the blest: but my Clotho 
 
 i< 'I 
 
 i’- i '. 
 
 et Lachesis gaudent si venter pascitur inguine, 
 and Lachesis rejoice if my belly is fed by my own means. 
 
 O parvi nostrique lares! quos soleo exornare 
 
 O my sordid household gods! whom I am wont to adorn 
 
 --— 
 
 V minuto thure, aut farre, et tenui corona, quando 
 
 with a little incense, or a cake, and slender chaplet, when 
 
 ego figam aliquid quo senectus sit 
 shall I secure any thing by which old age may be 
 
 tuta 
 
 safe 
 
 mihi 
 to me 
 
 / 
 
 / ^ 
 
 
 a tegete 
 
 from a coarse garment 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 baculo ? 
 a crutch? 
 
 viginti millia 
 
 twenty thousands 
 
 foenus 
 at interest 
 
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 SATIRA NONA. 
 
 235 
 
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 •/ 145 
 
 Pignoribus positis i argenti vascula puri. 
 
 Sed quae Fabricius censor notet, et duo fortes 
 De grege Moesorum, qui me cervice loca ti 
 Securum jubeant clamoso insister e circo ? 
 
 Sit mihi praeteret curvus caelator , et alter 
 Qui multas facies pingat cito. Sufficient haec. 
 
 Quando ego pauper ero. Votum miser abile! nec spes 
 His saltem ; nam cum pro me Fortuna rogatur, 
 
 Affigit ceras illa de nave peti^s 
 
 Quae Siculos cantus effugit remige surdo. 150 
 
 pignoribus positis ? 
 by pledges deposited ? 
 
 vascula 
 
 small vessels 
 
 puri argenti, 
 of pure silver, 
 
 sed 
 
 but 
 
 quae Fabricius censor notet, et duo fortes 
 what Fabricius the censor would condemn, and two strong men 
 
 de grege Msesorum, qui, locata 
 of the tribe of the Moesians, who, placing 
 
 cervice, 
 
 their shoulder under me. 
 
 jubeant 
 
 may bid 
 
 me 
 
 me 
 
 insistere 
 
 stand 
 
 securum 
 
 secure 
 
 clamoso circo I 
 
 in the noisy circus ? 
 
 Sit mihi praeterea curvus caelator, et alter 
 
 May there be to me besides ajl exible engraver, and another 
 
 qui cito pingat multas facies. Haec sufficient, 
 
 who can expeditiously paint many countenances. These shall suiHce, 
 
 quando ego ero pauper. Miserabile votum ! nec spes 
 since I shall ever be poor. A miserable wish! nor is there hope 
 
 there hope 
 
 
 
 
 
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 t-. 
 
 h 
 
 rf ! 
 
 ■■t 
 
 .. t 
 
 t't 
 
 his saltern; nam cum* Fortuna rogatur pro me, . [ 
 
 of these onlyj for when Fortune is importuned for “ ■ ' 
 
 me. 
 
 affigit 
 
 she fixes in her ears 
 
 ceras 
 
 wax 
 
 petitas 
 
 obtained 
 
 de ilia nave 
 from that ship 
 
 quae 
 
 which 
 
 ti 
 
 effugit 
 
 escaped 
 
 Siculos 
 the Sicilian 
 
 A /> 
 
 
 <2- «i 
 
 
 cantus 
 
 songs 
 
 / 
 
 ri-\^ C 
 
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 remige surdo. 
 
 owing to the rowers being deaf.y / 
 
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 SATIRA X. 
 
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 Omnibus in terris quae sunt a Gadibus usque 
 Auroram et Gangem, pauci dignosc ere possunt 
 Vera hona atque illis multum diversa^ remoti 
 Erroris nebula: quid enim ratione timemus 
 Aut cupimus ? quid tam dextro pede concipis, ut te 5 
 Conatus non poeniteat, votique peracti ? 
 
 Evertere domos totas optantibus ipsis 
 f- Di faciles : nocitura toga, nocitura petuntur 
 
 In omnibus terris quae sunt a Gadibus usque Auroram 
 In ali the countries which are situated from Gades even to the East 
 
 et Gangem, pauci, remota nebula erroris, 
 
 and the Ganges, few, having removed the mist of prejudice. 
 
 possunt dignoscere vera bona 
 
 are able to distinguish real benefits 
 
 atque multum diversa 
 and things very different 
 
 illis: 
 
 from them: 
 
 enim 
 
 for 
 
 i ^ 0 -x. t^e 
 
 ratione I quid 
 
 with reason ? what 
 
 quid 
 
 what 
 
 timemus 
 do we fear 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 cupimus 
 
 desire 
 
 concipis tam dextro pede ut 
 do you conceive wiUi so dextrous a foot that 
 
 non poeniteat te 
 it does not repent you 
 
 conatus 
 of the attempt 
 
 votique peracti ? 
 
 and your wish accomplished ? 
 
 Faciles di evertere totas domos ipsis optantibus : 
 
 The complying gods have overthrown whole families by granting their wishes: 
 
 nocitura petuntur toga, nocitura 
 
 destructive things arc sought in peace, destructive things 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 237 
 
 Militi^ . Torrens dicendi copia multis. 
 
 Et sua mortifera est facundia. Viribus ille 10 
 
 Confisus periit admirandisque lacertis. 
 
 Sed plures nimi^ congesta pecunia cura 
 Strangulat, et cuncta exsuperans patrimonia census. 
 Quanto delphinis balasna Britannica major. 
 
 Temporibus diris igitur, jussuque Neronis, 
 
 Longinum, et magnos Senecae praediviti s hortos 
 Clausit, et egregias Lateranorum ob.sidet aedes 
 Tota cohors: rarus venit in coenacula miles. 
 
 Pauca licet portes argenti vascula puri. 
 
 militia. Torrens copia dicendi et sua 
 
 in war. A rapid fluency of speaking and their own 
 
 facundia est mortifera multis. 
 
 eloquence are fatal to many, 
 
 viribus admirandisque lacertis 
 
 to his strength and his wonderful arms 
 
 Ille confisus 
 
 That man who trusted 
 
 periit. Sed 
 
 perished. But 
 
 
 pecunia congesta nimia cura strangulat 
 
 money heaped together with too much care strangles 
 
 plures, et census exsuperans cuncta patrimonia, 
 
 more, and a revenue exceeding all patrimonies. 
 
 quanto Britannica balaena major delphinis. 
 
 by as much as a British whale is larger than dolphins. 
 
 Igitur diris temporibus, jussuque Neronis, tota ^ 
 
 Therefore in direful times, and by the command of Nero, a whole 
 
 cohors clausit Longinum, et magnos hortos ^ ^ ^ 
 
 cohort beset Longinus, and the extensive gardens / 
 
 praedivitis Senecae, et obsidet egregias aedes 
 
 of the rich Seneca , and besieges the stately edifices 
 
 Lateranorum: miles rarus venit in coenacula. ^ ^ 
 
 of the Laterans; a soldier seldom comes to a tenement rented by the poor. — 
 
 Licet 
 
 Although 
 
 portes pauca vascula 
 
 you carry a few little vessels 
 
 puri argenti, 
 of pure silver, 
 
238 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Nocte iter ingressus, gladium contum que timebis, 20 
 Et motse ad lunam trepidabis arundinis umbram. 
 
 Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator. 
 
 Prima fere vota^ et cunctis notissima templis, 
 
 Diviti ae ut crescant, ut opes; ut maxima toto 
 Nostra sit arca Foro; nulla aconita bibuntur 26 
 Fictilibu s: tunc illfttime cum pocula sumes 
 Gemmata, et lato S etinum ardebit in auro. 
 
 Jamne igitur laudas, quod de sapientibun^ alter 
 ' Ridebat, quoties k limine moverat unum 
 
 Pr otuleratqu e pede m; flebat contrarius alter ? 30 
 
 
 ingressus iter nocte, timebis gladium 
 
 proceeding on you journey in the night, you shall dread the sword 
 
 contumque, et trepidabis umbram arundinis motse 
 
 and bludgeon, and tremble at the shadow of a reed shaken 
 
 ad lunam. Viator vacuus cantabit coram latrone, 
 in the moon-light. A traveller without wealth will sing before a robber. 
 
 Fere prima vota, et notissima cunctis templis. 
 
 Generally our first prayers, and most common in all the temples are. 
 
 ut divitise, ut opes crescant; ut nostras 
 that riches, that wealth may increase; that our own 
 
 area sit maxima toto Foro; sed nulla aconita 
 
 chest maybe the chief in the whole Forum: but no poisons 
 
 ' f bibuntur fictilibus: tunc time ilia cum 
 
 ^ are drunk out o f common vessels; then fear these things when 
 
 ' sumes pocula gemmata, et Setinum ardebit 
 
 1 you shall take cups set with gems, and the Setine wine shall sparkle 
 
 ; — ---— 
 
 , inlatoauro: Jamne igitur laudas, quod alter 
 
 in a large golden bowl. Do yo not now therefore commend it, that one 
 
 .1 
 
 de sapientibus ridebat quoties moverat protuleratque 
 ^ of the sag^ laughed as often as he moved and advanced 
 
 ' unum pedem a limine; alter contrarius flebat? 
 
 one foot from his threshold; the other on the contrary wept? 
 
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 SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 Sed facilis cuivis riffidi censura cachinni: 
 
 239 
 
 
 
 Mirandum est unde ille oculis suffecerit humor. 
 
 Perpetuo risu p ulmonem agitare solebat 
 Democritus, quanquam non essent urbibus illis 
 Prastexta, et trabeae, fasces, lectica, tribunal. 
 
 35 
 
 Quid, si vidisset Praetorem in curribus altis 
 Extantem, et medio sublimem in pulvere Circi, 
 in tunica Jovis, et pictae Sarrana ferentem 
 Ex humeris aulaea t ogae, magnae que coronae 
 Tantum orbem, quanto cervix non sufficit ulla l . 
 Quippe tenet sudans hanc publicus, et sibi Consul 
 
 y Sed 
 
 « 
 
 censura 
 
 rigidi cachinni 
 
 facilis 
 
 But 
 
 the severity 
 
 of a satirical laugh 
 
 is easy 
 
 ^est 
 
 mirandum 
 
 unde ille humor 
 
 suffecerit 
 
 it is 
 
 astonishing 
 
 whence that moisture 
 
 was supplied 
 
 40 
 
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 '9^?^trx ■i M f-Ci^ , 
 
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 cuivis: 
 to any one /i ■» 
 
 -^ XleLu^t.yy ' 
 
 oculis, i iv^c^c . 
 
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 Domocritus solebat agitare pulmonem perpetuo 
 Democritus was accustomed to agitate his lungs with perpetual 
 
 agitate 
 
 lungs 
 
 risu. 
 
 laughing, 
 
 quanquam 
 
 although 
 
 non essent 
 there were not 
 
 ilUs 
 in those 
 
 perpetual 
 
 urbibus 
 
 cities 
 
 / ‘'■y, 
 
 
 prsetexta, et trabeae, fasces, lectica, tribunal. 
 
 the senatorial gown, and robes of state, rods, litter, or a tribunal. 
 
 Quid, 
 
 What, 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 vidisset 
 he had beheld 
 x 
 
 curribus, et sublimem 
 
 chariot, and conspicuous 
 
 prsetorem extantem in altis 
 
 the praetor mounted in his lofty 
 
 in medio 
 in the middle 
 
 
 pulvere Circi, 
 
 of the dusty Circus, 
 
 
 in tunica Jovis, et ferentem ex humeris Sarrana 
 
 in the vestment of Jove, and bearing on his shoulders the purple 
 
 aulsea pictae togae, tantumque 
 
 tapestry of his embroidered gown, and such 
 
 orbem 
 
 a circumference 
 
 magnae coronae, 
 of a great crown. 
 
 quanto 
 
 so large 
 
 ulla cervix 
 that one neck 
 
 non sufficit ? 
 is insufficient ? 
 
 
 Quippe publicus servus, sudans, tenet 
 
 For a public slave, perspiring, holds 
 
 hanc, et ne 
 
 It, 
 
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 and lest 
 
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 240 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Ne place at, curru servus portatur eodem. 
 
 Da nunc et vplucrfijn, sceptro quae surgit eburno. 
 Illinc cornicines^ hinc paecedentia lon^ i 
 Agm inis officia, et niveos ad fraena quirites, 
 Defossa i n loculi s quos sportula fecit amicos. 
 
 Tuqg quoque materiam rishs invenit ad omnes 
 Occursus hominum; cujus prudentia monstrat 
 Summos posse viros, et magna exempla daturos. 
 Vervecum in patrii crassoque sub aere nasci. 
 Ridebat curas, nec non et gaudia vulgi. 
 
 Interdum et lachrymas; cum Fortunae ipse minaci 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 Consul placeat sibi, portatur eodem curru, 
 
 the Consul should be too proud of himself, is borne along in the same chariot. 
 
 Et nunc da volucrem quae surgit eburno sceptro, 
 And now give him the bird (ea gle) which rises on an ivory sceptre. 
 
 illinc cornicines, hinc officia longi agminis 
 on one side the horn-blowers, on the other the attendance of an extended troop 
 
 praecedentia, 
 
 marching in the van. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 niveos quirites 
 white-robed citizens 
 
 ad frena, 
 
 at his reins. 
 
 ..A', 
 
 
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 quos sportula, defossa in loculis, fecit amicos. 
 
 . whom the sportula , concealed in his pockets, has made his friends. 
 
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 Tunc quoque invenit materiam risus ad omnes 
 
 Then likewise he found some reason for laughter among all 
 
 occursus hominum; cujus prudentia monstrat summos 
 
 companies of men; whose prudence shews that the highest 
 
 1 1 
 
 viros, et daturos magna exempla, posse 
 
 characters, and to give 
 
 great examples, 
 
 may be 
 
 nasci 
 
 born 
 
 t i i i \ % {'t c C_-- 
 
 in patria vervecum, 
 
 r .. ' in the native country of weth ers, 
 
 .• "'uft- - - 
 
 Ridebat curas, nec non et 
 
 subque 
 
 and under 
 
 crasso aere. 
 
 a thick air. 
 
 He laughed at the cares, and also 
 
 gaudia 
 at the joys 
 
 vulgi, 
 of the vulgar. 
 
 interdum et lachrymas; cum ipse mandaret laqueum 
 Sometimes even at their tears; when he himself ordered a halter 
 
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SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 241 
 
 Mandaret laqueum, mediiimque ostenderet unguem. 
 Ergo super vacua haec aut pernicios a petuntur. 
 Propter quae fas est genua incerare deorum. 
 
 Quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae 
 Invidiae, mergit longa atque insignis honorum 
 Pagina; descendunt statuae restemque sequuntur: 
 Ipsas deinde rotas bigarum impacta securis 
 Caedit, et immeritis franguntur crura caballis. 
 
 Jam strident ignes, jam follibus atque caminis 
 Ardet adoratum populo caput, et crepat ingens 
 Sejanus : deinde ex facie toto orbe secundi 
 
 55 
 
 60 
 
 minaci Fortunae, 
 
 to threatening Fortune, 
 
 ostenderetque 
 and displayed to her 
 
 medium unguem. /'-vw ^ 
 
 his middle finger, ^ 
 
 Ergo haec supervacua aut perniciosa petuntur, 
 
 Therefore these sup erfluo us or pernicious things are sought for, 
 
 propter quae est fas incerare genua deorum. ^ 
 
 on account of which it is customary to wax the knees of the 
 
 I 
 
 Potentia, subjecta magnae invidiae, praecipitat quosdam ; 
 
 Power, subject to great envy, precipitates some; 
 
 longa 
 
 a long 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 insignis pagina 
 
 illustrious page 
 
 honorum 
 
 of honours 
 
 mergit ; 
 
 overwhelms j 
 
 statuae descendunt sequunturque restem ; deinde 
 
 the statues descend and follow the rope; then 
 
 impacta securis caedit ipsas rotas bigarum, ' £rru^ 
 
 the impelled hatchet cuts through the very wheels of th^ two-horsed chariots, 
 
 et crura caballis franguntur immeritis. 
 
 and the legs of the steeds • are broken without deservin^^ it. 
 
 Jam ignes strident, jam caput adoratum populo 
 
 Already the fires roar, now the head once adored by the people , ^ 
 
 ardet follibus atque caminis, et ingens 
 burns by the bellows and the furnace, and the great // 
 
 X 
 
 Sejanus crepat ; deinde ex secunda facie toto orbe 
 
 Sejanus crackles; then out of the second face in the whole world 
 
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242 
 
 D. JUINII JUVENALIS 
 
 Fiunt urceoli, pelves, sartago, patellae. 
 
 Pone domi lauros, duc in Capitolia magnum 65 
 
 Cr etatumqu e bovem : Sejanus ducitur unco 
 Spectandu s : gaudent omnes: quae labra, quis illi 
 Vultus erat! Nunquam, si quid mihi credis, amavi 
 Hunc hominem: sed quo cecidit sub crimine? quisnam 
 Delator? qu ibus indici is? quo teste probavit? 70 
 
 ^*^*Nil horum: verbosa et grandis epistola venit 
 
 - A Capreis i^ bene habet ; nil plus interrogo: sed quid 
 Turba Remi? Sequitur fortunam ut semper, et odit 
 ^ Damnatos. Idem populus, si Nursci a Thusc o 
 
 fiunt urceoli, pelves, sartago, patella?. 
 
 aie made water-pots, basot^ frying-pans, and platters. 
 
 Pone lauros domi, duc magnum cretatumque bovem 
 
 Place laureis upon your house, lead a large white ox 
 
 in Capitolia: Sejanus ducitur unco spectandus : 
 
 to the Capitol: Sejanus is dragged with a hook to be gazed at: 
 
 omnes gaudent: quse labra, quis vultus erat illi! 
 
 all rejoice; what lips, what a countenance had he! 
 
 Nunquam, 
 
 Never, 
 
 si credis 
 if you believe 
 
 mihi quid, amavi hunc 
 
 me any thing, did I love this 
 
 hominem : sed sub 
 
 man: but under 
 
 quo 
 
 what 
 
 crimine cecidit ? quisnam 
 crime has he fallen ? who 
 
 
 / 
 
 delator ? quibus indiciis ? quo teste probavit ? 
 
 ^as informer? from what discoveries? by what evidence has he proved it ? 
 
 nil horum : verbosa et grandis epistola venit 
 
 it was nothing of these: a long and solemn letter came 
 
 a Capreis : habet bene; interrogo nil plus: sed quid 
 
 
 ^om Capreae : it is well; I ask 
 
 nothing more: 
 
 but what 
 
 turba Remil Sequitur fortunam ut semper, et odit 
 
 do the rabble of Remus? They follow fortune as usual, and hate 
 
 ■ 
 
 damnatos, 
 the condemned. 
 
 Si Nurscia 
 
 Nurscia 
 
 If 
 
 favisset 
 had favoured 
 
 
 
 
 Thusco, 
 th e Thuscan. 
 
 / 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 

 
 
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 SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 Favisset, si oppressa foret secura senectus 
 Principis,’ liAc ips^ Sejanum diceret hora 
 Augustum.^ Jampride m, ex quo suffragia nulli 
 Vendimus, effudit curas. Nam qui dabat olim 
 Imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se 
 Continet, atque duas tantum res anxius optat. 
 Panem et Circenses. Perituros audio multos: 
 Nil dubium: magn a est fornacula ; pallidulus mt 
 Brutidius meus ad Martis fuit obvius aram. 
 Qu^m timeo, victus ne poenas exigat Ajax, 
 
 Ut mal^ defensus! curramus praecipites, et 
 
 243 
 
 75 
 
 80 
 
 secura 
 the secure 
 
 senectus 
 
 old age 
 
 principis 
 of the prince 
 
 foret 
 had been 
 
 oppressa^ 
 borne down. 
 
 idem populus diceret Sejanum Augustum 
 
 this same people would proclaim Sejanus Augustus 
 
 liac 
 
 in that ^ / 
 
 » // tnrt> 
 
 Ji.U 
 
 A 
 
 ipsa hora. Jampridem, ex quo 
 
 fi c'y , 
 
 yO • ' • 
 
 vendimus suffragia t . w / , 
 
 very hour. Long ago, from the time we sold our suffrages ^ 
 
 curas. Nam qui olim 
 
 their cares. For they 
 
 nulli, 
 to none, 
 
 effudit 
 the mob diffused 
 
 ^_ olim 
 
 who formerly / ' 
 
 dabat 
 
 bestowed 
 
 impenum, 
 
 empire, 
 
 fasces, legiones, 
 
 the fasces, legions, 
 
 omnia, 
 all things, 
 
 nunc 
 
 now 
 
 continet se, atque anxius optat duas res tantum, 
 
 restrain themselves, and with anxiety desire two things only. 
 
 .A „ 
 
 panem et Circenses. Audio multos perituros: 
 
 bread and the Circensian games. I hear many are about to perish : 
 
 r 
 
 nil dubium : 
 no doubt: 
 
 
 pallidulus, 
 
 rather pale. 
 
 fuit obvius mi 
 
 met me 
 
 est magna fornacula : meus Brutidius, 
 
 there is a large fur nace; my Brutidius, ^ ^ 
 
 ad aram Martis. Quam j;‘ 
 
 at the altar of Mars. How ' I*' 
 
 ^ ^✓ . I- n 
 
 timeo ne Ajax victus exigat poenas, 
 
 1 fear lest Ajax vanquished should demand punishments. 
 
 
 Ut 
 
 as 
 
 male 
 being badly 
 
 defensus ! 
 defended! 
 
 curramus 
 let us run 
 
 praecipites, 
 
 precipitatelyj 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 Q2 
 
 ; f; 
 
 ■ s 
 
244 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Dum jacet in rip4, calcemus Cassaris hostem/ 
 
 Sed videant servi , ne quis negat, et pavidum in jus 
 Cervice astricti dominum trahat: hi sermones 
 Tunc de^S^ano: secreta haec murmura vulgi. 
 Visne salutari sicut Sejanus^ habere 
 Tantundem, atque illi summas donare curules; 
 Illum exercitibus praeponere ; tutor haberi 
 Principis Augusti Caprearum in rupe sedentis 
 Cum grege Ch aldaeo ? vis certe pila , cohortes. 
 Egregios equites, et castra domestica? quidni 
 Haec cupias? et qui nolunt occidere quenquam. 
 
 90 
 
 95 
 
 calcemus hostem Caesaris,- dum jacet in ripa, 
 trample the enemy ofCsesar, while he lies upon the bank. 
 
 Sed servi videant, ne quis negat, et trahat pavidum 
 But let our slaves behold us, lest any one deny, and drag^ his trembling 
 
 
 
 dominum in jus astricta cervice : hi sermones 
 
 master to the judicature by his fastened neck : these were the speeches 
 
 tunc de Sejano ; hscc secreta murmura vulgi. 
 
 then concerning Sejanus j these the secret murmurs of the rabble. 
 
 -Hri- I 
 
 Visne salutari sicut Sejanus ; habere tantundem, 
 Do you wish to be saluted as Sejanus was ; to have as much wealth. 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 ilium 
 
 another 
 
 sedenits 
 
 sitting 
 
 grege ? 
 dock ? 
 
 equites, 
 
 cavalry, 
 
 hsec? 
 
 donare 
 to bestow 
 
 exercitibus ; 
 over armies; 
 
 curules siimmas 
 
 curule sums 
 
 haberi 
 to be regarded 
 
 illi; 
 
 on one ; 
 
 tutor 
 the tutor 
 
 in Augusta rupe Caprearum cum 
 on the August rock of Capreae with 
 
 certe vis pila, cohortes, 
 
 surely you wish javelins, cohorts. 
 
 praeponere 
 to place 
 
 principis, 
 
 of a prince, 
 
 Chaldaeo 
 a Chaldean 
 
 egregios 
 
 illustrious 
 
 et domestica castra ? 
 
 quidni 
 
 cupias 
 
 and domestic camps ? for what would you not desire 
 
 et qui nolunt occidere 
 
 these things? and they who are unwilling to kill 
 
 quenquam, 
 
 any one. 
 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 246 
 
 Posse volunt. Sed quce praeclara et prospera tanti 
 Cum reh us laetis par sit mensura malorum ? 
 
 Hujus qui trahitur praetextam sumere mavis, 
 An Fidenarum Gabiorumque esse potestas ? 
 Et de mensura jus dicere, vasa minora 
 Fran»er e. p annosus vacuis ^dilis Ulubris? 
 Ergo quid optandum.foret ignorasse fateris 
 
 e i- 
 
 f .' > 
 
 ‘J. ^ VI 
 
 S' ■ i? 
 
 100 
 
 
 ; ' 'J 
 
 Sejanum : nam qui nimios optabat honores. 
 Et nimias poscebat opes, numerosa parabat 
 Excelsae turris tabulata , unde altior esset 
 Casus, et impulsae praeceps immane ruinae. 
 
 105 
 
 n .1 
 
 volunt posse, 
 stili wish that they were able. 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 quae 
 
 what 
 
 pneclara 
 
 renowned 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 prospera tanti, cum mensura malorum 
 
 prosperous situations are of such estimation, when the measure of sorrows 
 
 sit par laetis rebus 1 mavis sumere praetextam 
 
 is equal to joyful circumstances ^ Would you rather assume the robe 
 
 hujus qui 
 of this man who is dragged along, or 
 
 trahitur, an esse potestas Fidenarum 
 
 be the ruler of Fidenae 
 
 
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 ^ A 
 
 Gabiorumque? et pannosus ^dilis vacuis Ulubris 
 
 and Gabii? and as a ragged iEdile at the unfrequented Ulubrae to give 
 
 dicere 
 
 
 r 
 
 JUS 
 
 judgment 
 
 de mensura, 
 
 concerning measures. 
 
 frangere 
 
 and to break 
 
 minora vasa ? 
 
 the smaller vessels ? _ 
 
 Ergo fateris Sejanum ignorasse quid foret 
 
 Therefore you confess that Sejanus was ignorant what should ^ 
 
 optandum : nam qui optabat nimios honores. 
 
 wished for 
 
 for he who desired too many honours, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 poscebat nimias opes, 
 
 prayed for too many riches, 
 
 parabat 
 
 raised 
 
 numerosa tabulata 
 
 the numerous stories 
 
 excelsse turns, 
 of a lofty tower. 
 
 unde 
 
 whence 
 
 casus 
 his fall 
 
 esset 
 
 was 
 
 altior, 
 
 the higher, 
 
 ‘if •• 
 
 'II 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 
 praeceps 
 the precipice 
 
 impulsae ruinae 
 of hii. impelled qweithiov/ 
 
 immane. 
 more awful. 
 
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 .I’;'] 
 i (Tti 
 
 
 
 > r 
 
 / 
 
 H 
 
 
 « 
 
 
 1-'^ a /x^ I 
 
 •'ll 
 
246 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Quid Crassos, quid Pompeios evertit, et iilum 
 Ad sua qui domitos d eduxit flagra Quirites ? 
 
 Summus nempe locus, nulla no n arte petitus , 110 
 
 Magnaque numinib us vota exaudita malignis. 
 
 Ad jgenerum Cereris sine caede et vulnere pauci 
 Descendunt reges, et sicca morte tyranni, , 
 
 Eloquium ac famam Demosthenis aut Ciceronis 
 Incipit optare, et totis Quinquatribus optat , 115 
 
 Quisquis adhuc uno p artam colit asse Miner vam, 
 
 Quem sequitur custos angustae vernula capsae. 
 
 Eloquio sed uterque perit orator: utrumque 
 
 / /■ x 
 
 Quid evertit Crassos, 
 
 What overthrew the Crassi, 
 
 quid 
 
 what 
 
 y 
 
 Pompeios, et illum 
 the Pompeys, and him 
 
 qui deduxit domitos Quirites ad sua flagra 1 
 
 who humbled the subdued Romans to his lash ? 
 
 Nempe summus locus, petitus non null^ arte, 
 Namely an exalted situation, sought by every art, 
 
 magnaque vota exaudita malignis numinibus. Pauci 
 
 and long prayers heard by malignant deities. Few 
 
 reges et tyratini descendunt ^d generum Cereris 
 
 kings and tyrants descend to the son-in-law of Ceres 
 
 sine csede, et vulnere, et sicca morte, 
 
 without slaughter, and wounds, and bloodless death. 
 
 Incipit optare eloquium ac famam Demosthenis 
 
 He begins to wish for the eloquence and fame of Demosthenes 
 
 ^ aut Ciceronis, et optat totis Quinquatribus, 
 
 or Cicero, and he prays for it during the whole five days festival, 
 
 quisquis adhuc colit Minervam partam uno asse, 
 
 whoever as yet cultivates Eloquence purchased with one penny, 
 
 quern vernula sequitur, custos angustae capsae, 
 whom the little slave follows, the guardian of his nai'row satchel. 
 
 Sed uterque orator perit eloquio : largus et 
 
 But each orator perished by his eloquence: a plentiful and 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 247 
 
 Largius et exundans l etho dedit ingenii fons ? 
 Ingenio manus est et cervix caesa; nec unquam 
 Sanguine causidic i maduerunt rostra pusilli . 
 Ofortmi^am natam m e Co muleJ Roma m ! 
 Antoni gladios potuit contemnere, si sic 
 Omnia dixisset: ridenda poemata malo, 
 
 Qu^m te conspicuae, divina Philippica, famae, 
 Volveris a pri m^ quae proxima. Saevus et illum 
 Exitus eripuit, quem mirabantur Athenae 
 Torrentem, et pleni moderantem fraena theatri: 
 Dis ille adversis genitus, fiitoque sinistro, 
 
 120 
 
 125 
 
 exundans fons ingenii dedit utrumque letho: manus 
 overflowing fountain of genius gave both to death: a hand 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 cervix 
 
 neck 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 caesa ingenio; nec unquam 
 
 cut off on account of genius j nor have ever 
 
 rostra 
 
 the rostrums 
 
 maduerunt 
 
 been sprinkled 
 
 sanguine 
 
 with the blood 
 
 pusilli causidici, 
 of a paltry pleader. 
 
 O fortunatam Romam, 
 
 O fortunate Rome, 
 
 Si 
 
 If 
 
 dixisset omnia 
 
 natam 
 
 redeemed 
 
 sic. 
 
 he had spoken all in this manner. 
 
 me 
 
 by me 
 
 potuit 
 he might 
 
 Consule ! 
 
 the Consul! 
 
 contemnere 
 have despised 
 
 gladios Antoni: 
 
 the swords of Antony; 
 
 main 
 
 poemata ridenda, 
 
 1 had rather scribble poems to be laughed at. 
 
 quam te, divina Philippica, conspicuae famae, 
 
 than thee, O divine Philippic, of conspicuous fame. 
 
 volveris 
 
 art turned over 
 
 proxima 
 
 next 
 
 a prima. 
 after the first. 
 
 Et 
 
 And 
 
 eripuit 
 
 cut off 
 
 ilium 
 
 him 
 
 quern 
 
 whom 
 
 Athenae 
 
 Athens 
 
 torrentem et 
 
 who was eloquent and 
 
 moderantem fraena 
 capable of directing 
 
 quae 
 
 which 
 
 saevus exitus /ry //'/ l , 
 a cruel end 
 
 rairatotur,. 
 
 admired, 
 
 ^/<1 * L - C > 
 
 pleni theatri : ' 
 
 the crowded theatre^ 
 
 adversis, v 
 
 ille genitus dis sinistroque fato 
 
 he being begot with the gods and an unpropilious fate against him, 
 
 
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 248 D. JUMI JUVENALIS 
 
 Quern pater ardentis massse fuligine lippus, 130 
 
 A carbone et forcipibus, gladiosque parante 
 Incude, et luteo Vulcano, ad rhetora misit. 
 
 Bellorum exuviae, truncis affixa tropliaiis 
 Lorica, et fracta de casside buccida pendens. 
 
 Et curtum temone jugum, victaeque triremis . 135 
 
 Aplustre, et summo tristis captivus in arcu, 
 
 Humanis majora bonis creduntur: ad haec se 
 
 Romanus, Graiusque ac Barbarus induperator 
 
 ErexU: causas discriminis atque laboris 
 
 Inde habuit. Tanto major fames sitis est quam 140 
 
 quern 
 
 lippus pater 
 
 misit 
 
 fuligine 
 
 ardentis 
 
 whom 
 
 his blear-eyed father 
 
 sent 
 
 from the smoke 
 
 of the burning 
 
 massse. 
 
 a carbone 
 
 et 
 
 forcipibus. 
 
 incudeque 
 
 mass. 
 
 from the coal 
 
 and 
 
 tongs, 
 
 and anvil : 
 
 parante gladios, et luteo Vulcano, 
 
 preparing swords, and sooty Vulcan, 
 
 ad rhetora. 
 to a rhetorician. 
 
 Exuviae bellorum, lorica affixa truncis 
 
 The spoils of war, a coat of mail fixed on trunks of trees 
 
 
 
 
 
 trophaeis, 
 
 'as trophies, 
 
 et jugum 
 and a chariot 
 
 triremis. 
 
 galley, 
 
 et buccula pendens de fracta casside, 
 
 and a beaver pendent from a broken belmet , 
 
 curtum temone, aplustreque victae 
 divested of its beam, the flag too of a vanquished 
 
 et tristis captivus in summo arcu, 
 
 and a melancholy captive on an elevated arch. 
 
 creduntur majora humanis bonis: Romanus, 
 
 are believed greater than human blessings: the Roman, 
 
 Graiusque, ac Barbarus induperator erexit se 
 
 and Grecian, and Barbarian commander respectively exerts himself 
 
 ad hjBC: inde habuit causas discriminis atque 
 
 for these : thence has he experienced the causes of danger ‘ and 
 
 laboris. 
 
 toil. 
 
 Sitis 
 The thirst 
 
 famte est 
 of fame is 
 
 tanto major quam 
 so much greater than 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 249 
 
 Virtutis, Quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam 
 Prcemia si tollas ? patria m t amen obruit olim 
 Gloria paucorum, et laudis, titulique cupido 
 Haesuri sax is cinerum cus todibus; ad quae 
 Discutienda valent sterilis mala robora ficus: 145 
 
 Quandoquidem data sunt ipsis quoque fata sepulchris. 
 
 Expende Hannibalem; quot libras in duce summo 
 Invenies i* hic est, quem non capit Africa Mauro 
 Perfusa oceano, Nj loque admota tepent i. 
 
 Rursus ad ^tbiopum populos,' aliosque elephantos 150 
 Additur imperiis Hispania: Pyrenaeum 
 
 virtutis. Enim 
 that of virtue. For 
 
 quis amplectitur virtutem ipsam si 
 who courts virtue herself if 
 
 tollas prtemia? Olim tamen g’loria paucorum 
 
 you take away her rewards ? Formerly however the glory of a few 
 
 obruit patriam, et 
 
 ruined their native country, and 
 
 cupido laudis, titulique 
 the desire of praise, aud of a title 
 
 haesuri saxis 
 
 to be fixed on the monumental stones 
 
 custodibus 
 
 as preservers 
 
 Cinerum ; 
 of their ashe s; 
 
 - 7 ^ A. 
 
 ■// 
 
 
 ad discutienda quae mala robora sterilis ficus valent: 
 
 to destroy which the malicious roots of a barren fi g-tree a re able; 
 
 rtc-t ■ 
 
 quandoquidem quoque fata sunt data sepulchris ipsis. - 
 
 since even destruction attends sepulchres themselves. c/ 
 
 Expende Hannibalem : quot libras invenies in summo 
 
 Weigh Hannibal: how many pounds will you find in the mighty 
 
 duce I hie est quern Africa, perfusa Mauro oceano, 
 
 general ? this is he whom Africa, washed by the Mauritanian ocean. 
 
 ' /9 'f 'S 
 
 admotaque 
 
 and stretching 
 
 Hispania 
 
 Spain 
 
 tepenti Nilo, 
 
 to the wann Nile, 
 
 non capit. 
 does not contain. 
 
 Rursus 
 
 Again 
 
 additur 
 is added 
 
 imperils 
 
 by his conquests 
 
 ad populos 
 
 to the people 
 
 aliosque elephantos ; transilit 
 
 and other elephants: he marched over 
 
 iEthiopum, y • ^ 
 of Ethiopia, ctt 
 
 Pyrenaeum : , 
 the Pyrenees \ 
 
250 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Transilit: opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque: 
 
 Diduxi t scopulos, et montem rupit aceto. 
 
 J am tenet Italiam, tamen ultra pergere tendit: 
 
 Actum, inquit, nihil est, nisi Poeno milite portas 155 
 Frangimus, et media vexillum pono Suburr^. 
 
 O qualis facies, et quali digna tabella, 
 
 Cum Gaetula ducem portaret bellua l uscum ! 
 
 Exitus ergo quis est? 6 gloriafvincitur idem 
 
 Nempe, et in exilium praeceps fugit, atque ibi magnus 160 
 
 Mirandusque cliens sedet ad praetoria regis. 
 
 Donec Bithyno libeat vigilare tyranno. 
 
 natura opposuit Alpemque nivemque; diduxit 
 
 nature opposed to hira both the Alps and the snow: he rent 
 
 scopulos, et rupit montem aceto. Jam 
 
 the rocks, and burst open a mountain with vinegar. Now 
 
 tenet Italiam, tamen tendit pergere ultra : 
 
 he possesses Italy, yet he resolves to go on farther; 
 
 Nihil est actum, inquit, nisi frangimus portas 
 
 Nothing is done, says he, unless we break open the gates 
 
 Poeiio milite, et pono vexillum medi^ Suburra. 
 Punic army, and I place ray standard i n the mid dle of Suburra. 
 
 ’ % 
 
 
 ''A 
 
 <, tv- 
 
 
 O qualis facies, et quali 
 O what a face, and of what 
 
 tabella digna, 
 a picture deserving, 
 
 Gsetula bellua 
 the Gaetulian beast 
 
 portaret 
 
 carried 
 
 luscum ducem ! 
 
 the one-eyed general! 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 Ergo 
 
 Then 
 
 
 vincitur. 
 
 what is 
 
 his ond ? O glory! truly 
 
 the same man 
 
 is conquered. 
 
 et fugit 
 and flies 
 
 prtBceps in exilium, 
 precipitately into exile. 
 
 atque ibi 
 
 and there 
 
 magnus 
 the great 
 
 mirandusque cliens sedet 
 
 and renowned dependant sits 
 
 ad praetoria 
 at the palace 
 
 regis, 
 of the king. 
 
 donee 
 
 until 
 
 libeat Bithyno 
 
 it please the Bithynian 
 
 tyranno 
 
 tyrant 
 
 vigilare, 
 to awake. 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 251 
 
 Finem animaB quse res humanas miscuit olim, 
 
 Non gladii, non saxa dabant, non tela; sed ille 
 Cannarum vindex, et tanti sanguinis ultor, 165 
 
 Annulus. I, demens, et saevas curre per Alpes, 
 
 Ut pueris placeas, et declamatio fias. ^ 
 
 Unus P ellaeo j uveni non sufficit orbis: 
 
 -^stuat infelix angusto limite mundi. 
 
 Ut Gyarae clausus scopulis parvaque Seripho. 170 
 
 Cum tamen ? figulis munitam intraverat urbem, ^ 
 Sarcophago contentus erat. Mors sola fatetur 
 Quantula sint hominum corpuscula. Creditur olim 
 
 Non gladii, non saxa, non tela dabant finem 
 
 Not swords, not stones, not darts put an end 
 
 animae quae 
 
 to the life which 
 
 annulus, file 
 
 a ring , that 
 
 tanti sanguinis, 
 of so much blood. 
 
 olim 
 
 formerly 
 
 vindex 
 
 avenger 
 
 miscuit humanas res; sed 
 confounded human affairs; but 
 
 Cannarum, 
 
 of Cannse, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 ultor 
 
 revenger 
 
 yC'i- 
 
 £r7t. 
 
 I, demens, et curre per saevas Alpes, 
 Go, madman, and run over the rugged Alps, 
 
 ut placeas pueris, et fias declamatio! 
 
 that you may please school-boys, and become the theme for a declamation I 
 
 Unus orbis 
 
 One world 
 
 infelix 
 
 the unhappy man 
 
 non sufficit Pellaeo 
 
 does not satisfy the Pellaean 
 
 aestuat angusto limite 
 is chagrined at the contracted limit 
 
 
 juvem: 
 
 youth: 
 
 mundi, 
 of the world. 
 
 
 ut clausus parva Seripho scopulisque Gyarae, 
 
 as if enclosed by little Seriphus and the rocks of Gyaras. 
 
 Tamen cum intraverat urbem munitam a figulis ^ 
 
 Yet when he had entered the city fortified with brick walls / 
 
 erat contentus sarcophago. Mors 
 
 he was contented with a tomb. Death 
 
 sola fatetur 
 
 alone discovers 
 
 quantula sint 
 how perishable are 
 
 corpuscula hominum. Athos creditur 
 the puny bodies of men. Athos is believed 
 
252 
 
 D. JUMl JUVENALIS 
 
 Velificatu s Athos, et quicquid Graecia mendax 
 
 Audet in historia; cum stratum classibus isdem, 175 
 
 S upposit umque rotis s olid u m mar e: credimus altos 
 
 Defecisse amnes, epotaque flumina Medo 
 
 Prandente, et madidis cantat quae Sostratus alis. 
 
 Ille tamen qualis rediit Salamine relicti. 
 
 In Corum atque Eurum solitus saevire flagellis 180 
 
 Barbar us, ^olio nunquam hoc in carcere pas sos. 
 
 Ipsum compedibus qui vinxerat Ennosigaeum ? 
 
 Mitiu^id sane, qu^od non et stigmate dignum 
 Credidit: huic quisquam vellet servire deoruni? 
 
 olim velificatus, et quicquid mendax Graecia 
 
 once to have been circumnav^ated, and whatever lying Greece 
 
 , . audet in historia ; cum mare stratum isdem classibus, 
 
 relates in history; when the sea was covered with the same ships, 
 
 _ suppositumque rotis solidum; credimus altos 
 
 and put und«* ^ ^heejs as a pavement: we believe that deep 
 
 amnes defecisse, fluminaque epota Medo 
 
 rivers failed, and waters weie drunk up by the Mede 
 
 ^ ^/prandente, et 
 
 quae Sostratus cantat madidis alis. 
 
 
 as he dined, and the songs whic h Sostratus chants over his flowing cnps. 
 
 Tamen qualis 
 
 Yet what sort of a hero 
 
 ille Barbarus rediit relicta 
 
 did that Barbarian return _ from abandoned 
 
 Q- 
 
 ^ \a\ 
 
 
 Salamine, 
 
 Salamis, 
 
 solitus 
 who was wont 
 
 ssevire 
 
 to rage 
 
 in Corum 
 
 against the West 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 Eurum flagellis, nunquam passos hoc in .®olio carcere. 
 
 East wind wi th sc ourges^ never suffering this in their ^olian prison. 
 
 qui vinxerat 
 
 Ennosigaeum 
 
 ipsum compedibus. 
 
 who had bound Neptune the shaker of the earth himself with chains. 
 
 Id 
 
 It 
 
 mitius 
 was very kind 
 
 sane, 
 
 truly. 
 
 quod 
 
 that 
 
 non et credidit 
 he did not also consider him 
 
 dignum ’^stigmate : quisquam deorum vellet servire huic ? 
 deserving the lash : was any of the gods willing to serve .him?^ 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 253 
 
 Sed qualis rediit? nempe un^ nave cruentis 185 
 
 Fluctibus, ac tard^ per densa cadavera pror^. 
 
 Has toties optata exeg it gloria poenas. 
 
 Da spatium vitae, multos da, Jupiter, annos: 
 
 Hoc recto vultu, solum hoc et pallidus optas. 
 
 Sed quam continuis et quantis longa senectus 190 
 
 Plena malis! deformem et tetrum ante omnia vultum, 
 Dissimilem que sui, d eformem pr o cute pellem , 
 Pendentesque genas, et tales aspice rugas. 
 
 Quales, umbriferos ubi pandit Tabraca saltus. 
 
 In vetuli scalpit jam mater simia bucc^. 195 
 
 Sed qualis rediit ? nempe un& nave cruentis 
 But how returned he ? namely with one ship through the gory 
 
 fluctibus, 
 
 ac 
 
 tarda prora 
 
 waves. 
 
 and 
 
 with its tardy prow 
 
 Gloria, 
 
 toties 
 
 exoptata, 
 
 Glory, 
 
 so often 
 
 wished for. 
 
 Jupiter, 
 
 da 
 
 spatium vitae, 
 
 Jupiter, 
 
 grant me 
 
 length of life. 
 
 optas 
 
 hoc 
 
 recto vultu, 
 
 per densa cadavera. 
 
 among the crowded carcases. 
 
 exegit has ptenas. 
 required these sacrifices. 
 
 da multos annos : 
 
 grant me many years ; 
 
 et hoc solum pallidus, 
 you may wish this with an erect countenance, and this alone when pallid. 
 
 
 
 Sed quam continuis et quantis malis longa senectus 
 But with what continued and overwhelming evils is old age 
 
 plena! Ante 
 
 replete! Above 
 
 omnia, aspice deformem et 
 
 all things, behold the deformed and 
 
 tetrum vultum,' dissimilemque sui, 
 hideous countenance, so unlike itself. 
 
 deformem pellem 
 an ugly hide 
 
 pro cute, pendentesque genas, 
 
 for a skin, and flabby cheeks, 
 
 quales jam mater simia 
 
 as now a mother-ape 
 
 et tales rugas 
 
 and such wrinkles 
 
 scalpit • in vetula 
 scratches on her old 
 
 bucca, ubi ^ Tabraca pandit umbriferos saltus, 
 cheek, where Tabrac^ opens its shady groves. 
 
 
D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 200 
 
 254 
 
 Plurima sunt juvenum discrimina ; pulchrior ille 
 Hoc, atque ille alio: multhm hic robustior illo: 
 
 ^ senum f acies, cum voce trementia me mbra . 
 
 /k// ^ laeve caput, madi dique in fandia nasi: 
 
 Frangendus misero gin giva panis inermi: 
 
 Usque adeo gravis uxori, gnatisque, sibique. 
 
 Ut capt atori moveat fastidia Cosso. 
 
 Non eadem vini atque cibi torpente palato. 
 
 Gaudia: nam coiths jam longa oblivio: vel si 
 Coneris, jacet exiguus cum ramice nervus ; 
 
 Et quamvis tot4 palpetur nocte jacebit. 
 
 l.-l VlT tv, V., 
 
 \f ■ i/. 
 
 jll tr*l l'V> A 1* J*** • *11 
 
 (1 y yj Sunt plurima discrimina juvenum; ille 
 
 ^ There are many differences of young men; this 
 
 j rCt --^ 
 
 ut atque ille alio: hic multum robustior illo: 
 
 'kvvv^ c-wa T-vLvwwfhan that, and that than another: this is much more robust than that 
 
 205 
 
 pulchrior 
 is fairer 
 
 facies senum una, membra trementia cum voce, 
 the face of old men i^the same, their limbs trembling with their voice. 
 
 •t 
 
 et caput jam Iseve, infantiaque 
 
 and their head now bald, and the childishness 
 
 madidi nasi: 
 of a running nose: 
 
 panis frangendus 
 
 bread must be broken 
 
 misero 
 for the wretch 
 
 inermi gingiv5: 
 
 with his toothless gum: 
 
 usque adeo gravis uxori, gnatisque, sibique, 
 even so troublesome to his wife, and children, and himself too, 
 
 ut moveat fastidia captatori Cosso. Palato 
 
 that he would excite loathings to the sycophant Cossus. When the palate 
 
 torpente, non eadem gaudia vini atque cibi: 
 
 languishes, there is not the same pleasure in wine and food: 
 
 nam jam longa oblivio coitus: vel si 
 
 for already there has been a long forgetfulness of sexual love: or if 
 
 coneris, exiguus nervus cum ramice jacet; 
 
 you should attempt, your diminished nerve with a rupture flags; 
 
 et quamvis palpetur tota nocte jacebit, 
 
 and although it may be excited the whole night it will remain the same. 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 255 
 
 Anne aliquid sperare potest haec inguinis aeg^r i i | 
 
 Canities ? quid, quod merito suspecta libido est !'; 
 
 Quae Venerem affectat sine viribus? Aspice partis | 
 
 Nunc damnum alterius: nam quae cantante voluptas, 210 ^ 
 
 Sit lic^t eximius, citharoed o, sive Seleuco, 
 
 Et quibus auratd mos# est fulgere lacernA ? 
 
 Quid refert magni sedeat qu^ parte theatri, 
 
 Qui vix cornicines exaudiat atque tubarum 
 Concentus? Clamore opus est, ut sentiat auris, 215 
 
 Quem dicat venisse puer, quot nunciet horas. 
 
 Praeteret, minimus gelido jam in corpore sanguis i 
 
 Anne potest haec canities 
 
 Can this hoariness 
 
 segn inguinis 
 of a diseased groin 
 
 sperare 
 
 hope 
 
 aliquid ? quid, quod libido est merito suspecta 
 
 for any thing ? why mention, that the desire is deservedly suspected 
 
 quae affectat Venerem sine viribus? Nunc 
 
 which affects love without powers ? Now 
 
 consider-—- 1 
 
 damnum alterius partis: nam quae voluptas citharoedo 
 
 the loss of another faculty: for what pleasure has he as the harper 
 
 -LA^ 
 
 
 cantante, 
 
 sings. 
 
 licet sit 
 although he is 
 
 et quibus mos est 
 
 whose custom it is 
 
 eximius, 
 
 celebrated, 
 
 fulgere 
 to shine 
 
 sive 
 
 or 
 
 Seleuco, 
 
 Seleucus, 
 
 aurata lacerna ? 
 in an embroidered garment ? 
 
 Quid refert qua parte magni theatri sedeat. 
 What does it signify in what part of the extensive theatre he sits, 
 
 qui vix exaudiat cornicines atque concentus 
 who can scarcely hear the horn-blowers and the sounds 
 
 tubarum? Est opus clamore, lit auris sentiat, 
 
 of the trumpets ? There is necessity for roaring out, that his ear may learn, 
 
 quern puer dicat venisse, quot horas nunciet. 
 whom his boy states to have arrived, or what hour he calls it. 
 
 Praeterea, minimus sanguis jam 
 Besides, the very little blood now 
 
 in gelido corpore 
 in his chilled body 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 I 
 
 Febre calet sol4: circumsilit agmine facto 
 Morborum omne genus, quorum si nomina quaeras. 
 Promptius expediam quot amaverit Hippia moechos; 220 
 
 Quot Themison aegros autumno occideret uno; 
 
 ^Quot Basilus socios, quot c ircumscripserit Hirrus 
 Pupillos ; quot longa viros exsorbeat uno 
 Maura die, quot discipulos inclinet Hamillus. 
 
 Percurram citius quot villas possideat nunc 225^ 
 
 Quo tondente gravis juveni mihi barba sonabat. 
 
 Ille humero, hic lumbis, hic cox4 debilis, ambos 
 Perdidit ille oculos, et luscis invidet: hujus 
 
 
 /1 L-s/ 
 
 1.1-1 J fc i.< 
 
 calet febre sola: omne genus 
 
 is warmed by a fever alone: every description 
 
 quorum 
 
 of which 
 
 morborum, 
 
 of diseases. 
 
 facto agmine, 
 being complicated, 
 
 circumsilit, 
 
 frisk around him, 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 quaeras 
 you ask 
 
 nomina, promptius expediam quot mcechos Hippia 
 
 the names, more readily could I calculate how many adulterers Hippia 
 
 amaverit ; quot aegros Themison occiderit uno autumno; 
 
 loved ; how many patients Themison killed in one autumn; 
 
 quot 
 how many 
 
 Hirrus; 
 
 Hirrus; 
 
 quot 
 how many 
 
 socios Basilus circumscripserit, quot pupillos 
 
 allies Basilus circumvented, how many pupils 
 
 quot viros longa Maura exsorbeat uno die, 
 
 how many men long Maura could drain in one day. 
 
 discipulos 
 
 disciples 
 
 Hamillus 
 
 Hamillus 
 
 inclinet, 
 can seduce. 
 
 Citius 
 
 Sooner 
 
 percurram 
 
 ^ should I recapitulate 
 
 quot villas ^unc possideat quo 
 
 how many villas he now possesses by whose 
 
 ^'''Mondente 
 
 mihi gravis barba 
 mv troublesome beard 
 
 If fii 
 
 /»/ / j . 
 
 , Cm. ^ 
 
 CMM (jti. <• iVvwxJ 
 
 Ille debilis humero, hic 
 
 That is lame in the shoulder, this 
 
 sonabat 
 
 sounded 
 
 lumbis, 
 in the loins. 
 
 juveni. 
 
 when a young man. 
 
 hie 
 
 this 
 
 coxa, 
 in the hip^ 
 
 ille perdidit ambos oculos, et invidet luscis : pallida 
 
 that has lost both his eyes, and envies thoseblindofone: the pale 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 257 
 
 Pallida labra cibum capiunt digitis alienis. 
 
 Ipse ad conspectum coenae diduc ere rictum 
 Suetus, hiat tantum, ceu pullus hirundinis, ad quem 
 Ore volat pleno mater jejuna. Sed omni 
 Memborum damno major dementia, quae nec 
 Nomina servorum, nec vultum agnoscit amici, 
 
 Cum quo praeterita coenavit nocte, nec illos 
 Quos genuit, quos eduxit: nam codice saevo 
 Haeredes vetat esse suos; bona tota feruntur 
 Ad Phiale n : tantum artificis valet halitus oris^ 
 
 Quod steterat multos in carcere fornicis annos. 
 
 230 
 
 
 235 
 
 labra hujus capiunt cibum ‘ alienis digitis, 
 lips of this receive food from another’s fingers. 
 
 suetus diducere rictum ad conspectum 
 accustomed to open his jaw at the sight 
 
 tantum hiat, seu pullus hirundinis, 
 only gapcS) like the young of a swallow, 
 
 Ipse 
 
 He himself 
 
 coenae, 
 of a supper, 
 
 ad quern 
 to which 
 
 jejuna mater volat pleno ore. Sed dementia 
 
 the hungry mother flies with a full mouth. But imbecility of mind 
 
 major 
 is greater 
 
 Omni damno . membrorum, quae agnoscit 
 than all his loss of members, which knows 
 
 nec 
 
 nomina 
 
 servorum, • nec 
 
 vultum 
 
 amici, 
 
 neither 
 
 the names 
 
 of the servants, nor 
 
 the countenance of a friend, 
 
 1 ' 
 
 cum 
 
 with 
 
 quo coenavit 
 whom he supped 
 
 nocte 
 the night 
 
 praeterita, 
 
 previous. 
 
 nec illos 
 
 nor those 
 
 quos 
 
 whom 
 
 genuit, 
 he begot, 
 
 quos 
 or whom 
 
 eduxit : 
 he brought ii 
 
 nam seevo codice 
 
 p: for by a cruel codicil 
 
 vetat 
 
 SllOS 
 
 esse 
 
 haeredes ; 
 
 tota bona 
 
 feruntur 
 
 he prevents his own being 
 
 his heirs; 
 
 all his goods 
 
 are made over 
 
 ad Phialen; 
 
 halitus 
 
 artificis oris, 
 
 quod 
 
 steterat 
 
 to Phiale: 
 
 the breath 
 
 of her artful mouth, 
 ^ . ■ 1 1 • ** 
 
 that 
 
 had stood 
 
 multos annos 
 
 in carcere fornicis, 
 
 valet 
 
 tantum. 
 
 many years 
 
 in the prison 
 
 of a bagnio, 
 
 prevails 
 
 so much. 
 
 
258 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 ! 
 
 Ut vigeant sensus animi, ducenda tamen sunt 240 
 
 I Funera gnatorum, rogus aspiciendus amatas 
 
 Conjugis, et fratris, plenaeque sororibus urnae. 
 
 Haec data poena diu viventibus, ut renovata 
 Semper cLade domus, multis in luctibus, inque 
 Perpetuo moerore, et nigr^ veste senescant. 245 
 
 Rex Pylius, magno si quipqu am credis Homero, 
 Exemplum vitm fuit ^^cornice secundae: 
 
 Felix nimirum, qui tot per secula mortem 
 Distuli t,^atque suos ja m dextri c omputat annos. 
 
 Quique novum toties mustum bibit: oro, parumper 250 
 
 / 
 
 
 
 7^ 
 
 Ut sensus animi vigeant, tamen funera 
 
 Although the faculties of his mind are vij^oio us, yet the funerals 
 
 gnatorum sunt ducenda, rogus amatae conjugis, 
 
 of his children are to be carried out, the pile of his beloved wife, 
 
 et fratris, urnaeque plenae sororibus aspiciendus, 
 
 and of a brother, and of the urn Ailed with his sisters ashes istobeseen. 
 
 Haec poena data diu viventibus, ut, clade 
 
 This punishment is inflicted on long livers, that, the destruction 
 
 domus 
 of a family 
 
 semper renovata, 
 
 being always renewed. 
 
 senescant 
 
 they may grow old 
 
 luctibus, inque perpetuo moerore et 
 
 grief, and in continual sorrow and 
 
 Pylius rex, si 
 The Pylian king, if 
 
 credis magno Homero 
 
 you credit the great Homer 
 
 fuit 
 
 was 
 
 exemplum 
 an example 
 
 vitse 
 
 of a life 
 
 secundte 
 
 next 
 
 in multis 
 
 in extreme 
 
 nigra veste. 
 
 black apparel. 
 
 quicquam, 
 
 in any respect, 
 
 a cornice: 
 
 to a crow; 
 
 nimirum felix, qui distulit mortem per tot secula, 
 he was assuredly happy, who kept oft’ death for so many ages, 
 
 atque jam computat suos annos dextra, quique toties 
 
 and now reckons up his years by his right-hand, and who so often 
 
 bibit novum mustum ; 
 
 has drunk new sweet wine: 
 
 
 s 'j I ^ ^ I ^ c c e -I I -Ttr c 
 
 oro, attendas parumper, 
 I pray, do you attend a little, 
 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 259 
 
 Attendas, quantum de legibus ipse queratur 
 Fatorum, & nimio de stamine, cum vidit acris 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 Antilochi barbam ardentem: nam quaerit ab omni^ 
 Quisquis adest, socio, cur haec in tempora duret; 
 Quod facinus dignum tam longo admiserit aevo. 
 Haec eadem Peleus raptum cum luget Achillem, 
 
 •■ji 
 
 255 
 
 Atque alius cui fas Ithacum lugere n atantem . 
 Incolu mi Trojd Priamus venisset ad umbras 
 Assaraci magnis solennibus, Hectore funus 
 Portante, ac reliquis fratrum cervicibus, inter 
 Iliadum lachrymas, ut primos edere planctus 
 
 
 
 Hi 
 
 i 
 
 'Ili 
 
 
 ; n 
 . ■) 
 ■■ ‘I 
 
 260 
 
 
 rl! 
 
 
 M- 
 ■ t 
 
 quantum ipse queratur de legibus fatorum, et 
 
 how much he complains of the laws of the fates, and 
 
 .'v\ 
 
 i! 
 
 de nimio stamine, 
 of his too long thread, 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 videt 
 
 he sees 
 
 barbam acris 
 the beard of the ardent 
 
 
 r~r~i. 
 
 Antilochi ardentem : nam qujerit ab omni socio, quisquis tyWi. v 
 
 Antilochus burning: for he asks of every companion, whoever t/ 
 
 adest, 
 
 is present, 
 
 cur 
 
 why 
 
 duret in hsec tempora ; quod 
 he should contiiVue to these times; what 
 
 /y 
 
 
 
 facinus 
 
 crime 
 
 admiserit 
 had he committed 
 
 
 
 and 
 
 dignum tam longo sevo. Peleus 
 
 worthy of so long a life. Peleus ^ 
 
 y y 
 
 les _ cut ot|, 
 
 fas lugere Ithacum 
 
 hsec eadem cum luget Achillem raptum, 
 
 m akes these same complaints when he laments Adiilles _ cut off, 
 
 atque '^aiius cui las lugere iinacum 
 
 
 h; 
 
 alius cui 
 another to wh om i t Was permitted to bewail the Ithacan 
 
 y/ -«y^c/ _ 
 
 ( 
 
 natantem. Troja incolumni, Priamus venisset ad umbras 
 
 as he sailed away. Had Troy been safe, Priam had come to the Shades 
 
 Assaraci 
 
 of Assaracns 
 
 magnis solemnibus, Hectore ac 
 
 with great solemnities. Hector and 
 
 reliquis 
 
 the other ^ 
 
 
 cervicibus fratrum portante funus, inter lachrymas 
 
 shoulders of his brethren bearing the body, among the (ears 
 
 Iliadum, ut Cassandra, Polyxenaque scissa 
 
 of the Phrygians, that Cassandra, . and Polyxena with a real 
 
 Ay) R 
 
 
 
 00 
 
 
260 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Cassandra inciperet, scissaque Polyxena pall4: 
 
 Si foret extinctus diverso tempore quo non 
 Coeperat audaces Paris aedificare carinas. 
 
 Longa dies i gitur quid contu lit? omnia vidit 265 
 
 Eversa , et flammis Asiam ferroque cadentem. ' 
 
 Tunc miles tremulus positi tulit arma tiara, 
 
 Et ruit ante aram summi Jovis, ut vetulus bos. 
 
 Qui domini cultris tenue et miserabile collum 
 Praebet, ab ingrato jam fastiditus aratro. 270 
 
 Exitus illg.u tcunque hominis ; sed torva canino 
 Latravit rictu, quae post hunc vixerat, uxor. 
 
 palla, inciperet 
 
 garment, might begin 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 foret 
 he had 
 
 edere primos planctus : 
 to send forth the first expressions of woe: 
 
 extinctus diverso tempore quo Paris 
 
 died at a different time in which Paris 
 
 non coeperat 
 had not begun 
 
 aedificare 
 
 to build 
 
 audaces carinas, 
 his darins: vessels. 
 
 quid longa dies contulit ? 
 what did lon^ life . avail him ? 
 
 et Asiam 
 
 and . Asia 
 
 cadentem 
 
 falling: 
 
 Igitur 
 Therefore 
 
 vidit omnia eversa, 
 
 he saw all things overturned, 
 
 flammis ferroque. Tunc 
 
 by fire and sword. Then 
 
 tremulus miles, tiara posita, 
 
 as a trembling soldier, his diadem being laid aside, 
 
 tulit arma, 
 he took arms. 
 
 et ruit ante • aram summi Jovis, ut vetulus bos, 
 and rushed .before the altar of supreme Jupiter, as an old ox. 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 tenue 
 
 his lean 
 
 fastiditus ab ingrato aratro, 
 
 by the ungrateful plough, 
 
 slighted 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 et miserabile collum 
 and miserable neck 
 
 cultris 
 to the knives 
 
 prtebet 
 
 yields 
 
 domini, 
 of his master. 
 
 Utcunque ille exitus hominis: sed torva uxor. 
 
 Accordingly this was the end of a man : but his grim wife. 
 
 qu» 
 
 who 
 
 vixerat post hunc, latravit canino rictu. 
 
 survived 
 
 ^ him, barked with the jaw of a dog. 
 
 2 ^ it. 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 261 
 
 Festino ad nostros, et regem transeo Ponti 
 Et Croesum, quem vox justi facunda Solonis 
 Respicere ad longae jussit spatia ultima vitae. 
 Exilium et career, Minturnarumque paludes. 
 Et mendicatus vict4 Carthagine panis , 
 Hinc jiaugas liabu ^ere. Quid illo cive tulisset 
 Natura in terris, quid Roma beatius unquam. 
 Si circumducto captivorum agmine, et omni 
 Bellorum pompa, animam exbalasset opimam , 
 Cum de Teutonico vellet descendere curru? 
 Provida Pompeio dederat Campania febres 
 
 275 
 
 
 
 280 
 
 \ 
 
 Festino 
 
 I hasten 
 
 ad nostros, 
 to our own, 
 
 , et 
 and 
 
 transeo regem 
 
 pass by the king 
 
 Ponti ^ 
 
 of Pontus 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 Croesum, 
 
 Croesus, 
 
 quem 
 
 whom 
 
 facunda vox 
 
 the eloquent voice 
 
 justi Solonis 
 
 of just Solon 
 
 jussit 
 
 directed 
 
 respicere 
 to look 
 
 ad ultima spatia 
 
 to the ultimate stages 
 
 longse vitae. 
 
 of a long life. 
 
 Exibum et career, paliidesque Minturnarum, 
 
 The exile and imprisonment of Marius, and the marshes of Minturnae, 
 
 et panis mendicatus victa Carthagine, hinc ^ 
 
 and bread begged in conquered Carthage, hence 
 
 -‘ (/ 
 
 habuere causas. Quid natura tulisset in terris, 
 had their causes. What had nature exhibited in the earth. 
 
 quid Roma 
 
 what had Rome 
 
 unquam beatius 
 ever more happy 
 
 illo cive, 
 than that citizen, 
 
 ■ '/ / V / C 
 
 H 
 
 si exhalasset opimam animam cum 
 
 if he had breathed out his mighty soul when 
 
 vellet y . 
 
 he was 
 
 descendere 
 to descend 
 
 de Teutonico curru, 
 from his Teutonic chariot, 
 
 circumducto 
 
 surrounded 
 
 agmine 
 
 by a troop 
 
 captivorum 
 
 of captives 
 
 et Omni pompa 
 
 and in all the pomp 
 
 bellorum ? 
 
 of wars ? 
 
 Provida 
 
 Provident 
 
 Compania dederat 
 Campania had given 
 
 Pompeio febres 
 
 to Pompey fevers 
 
 optandas ; 
 to be wished for ; 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Optandas ; sed multae urbes, et publica vota 
 Vicerunt; igitur fortuna ipsius et urbis 28£i 
 
 Servatum victo caput abstulit Hoc cruciatu 
 Lentulus, h^c poena caruit; ceciditque Cethegus 
 Integer, et jacuit Catilina cadavere toto. 
 
 Formam optat modico pueris, majore puellis 
 Murmure, cum Veneris fanum vidit anxia mater 290 
 Usque ad delicias votorum. Cur tamen, inquit, 
 
 Corripias ? pulchra gaudet Latona Dian4. 
 
 Sed vetat optari faciem Lucretia, qualem 
 Ipsa habuit. Cuperet Rutilae Virginia gibbum 
 
 I 'jit: 
 
 t 
 
 : 
 
 sed multse urbes, et publica vota vicerunt; 
 
 but many cities, and the public prayers prevailed: 
 
 igitur fortuna 
 therefore the fortune 
 
 caput victo 
 the head of the conquered 
 
 hoc cruciatu, hac 
 this torture, this 
 
 integer, et Catilina jacuit toto cadavere. 
 
 undetruncated, and Catiline lay with an entire body. 
 
 Cum anxia mater , videt fanum Veneris, optat 
 
 When the anxious mother beholds the shrine of Venus, she wishes 
 
 ipsius 
 of himself 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 servatum, 
 hitherto preserved. 
 
 urbis 
 of the city 
 
 Lentulus 
 
 Lentulus 
 
 poena ; 
 punishment; 
 
 Cethegusque 
 
 Cethegus too 
 
 abstulit 
 took off 
 
 caruit 
 
 escaped 
 
 cecidit 
 
 fell 
 
 i /ec? formam pueris modico murmure, majore puellis, 
 
 beauty to her boys in a gentle whisper, but much louder for the girls, 
 
 ' usque ad delicias votorum. 
 
 ( t I 
 
 ^ t.Jx 
 
 
 even to the fondness of her prayers, 
 corripias 1 Latona 
 
 Tamen, inquit, cur 
 
 However, says she, why 
 
 do you blame me ? Latona 
 
 rejoices in her 
 
 fair Diana. 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 Lucretia vetat 
 
 Lucretia forbids 
 
 faciem, 
 
 a face, 
 
 qualem 
 
 such as 
 
 ipsa 
 
 she herself 
 
 hahuit, 
 
 had, 
 
 optari. Virginia 
 
 to be wished for. Virginia 
 
 cuperet 
 would desire 
 
 accipere 
 to take 
 
1 
 
 
 
 -V ^ 
 
 W - 
 
 SATIRA DECIMA. 263 
 
 Accipere, atque suam Rutilae dare. Filius autem 295 
 
 Corporis egregii miseros trepidosque parentes 
 Semper habet. Kara est adeo concordia formae 
 Atqnepudicitiae! Sanctos licet horre a mores 
 Tradiderit domus, ac veteres imitata Sabinas: 
 
 Praeterea castum ingenium, vultumque modesto 300 
 
 Sanguine ferventem tribuat natura benigna 
 Larga manu, (quid enim puero conferre potest plus 
 Custod e, et cur^Natura potentiqr omni ?) 
 
 Non licet esse viros : nam pro diga corruptoris 
 Improbitas ipsos audet tentare parentes, 305 
 
 gibbum Rutilae, atque dare suam Rutilae, 
 
 the hump-back of Rutila, and to give her own symmetry to Rutila. 
 
 Autem filius egregii corporis habet semper miseros 
 
 But a youth of a Ane form has always wretched 
 
 trepidosque parentes. Concordia formae atque pudicitiae 
 
 and trembling parents. The concord of beauty and chastity ' / 
 
 est adeo rara! Licet horrida domus tradiderit sanctos ^ 
 
 so rare! Although the homely house should exhibit divine 
 
 18 
 
 mores, 
 
 morals. 
 
 ac 
 
 and 
 
 larga natura 
 
 liberal nature 
 
 imitata veteres Sabinas: 
 
 imitate the ancient Sabines: 
 
 tribuat benigna manu 
 
 bestow with a bountiful hand 
 
 prseterea 
 and moreover 
 
 castum 
 a chaste 
 
 jrC'T'lt. 
 
 ingenium, vultumque ferventem modesto sanguine, 
 
 disposition, and a countenance glowing with a modest blush, 7^^ ^^ 
 
 (enim quid plus natura, potentior 
 
 
 (for 
 
 what 
 
 more 
 
 custode, 
 than her keeper, 
 
 C<0\. V'V/ 
 
 et omni cura, 
 and all care, 
 
 non licet esse viros : 
 
 it is not allowed them to become men : 
 
 can nature, more powerful 
 puero! 
 
 upon a boy ?) -/i*. 
 
 conferre 
 
 confer 
 
 nam prodiga improbitas 
 
 for the prodigal vileness 
 
 corruptoris 
 of the seducer 
 
 audet 
 
 dares 
 
 tentare 
 
 to tempt 
 
 parentes 
 
 the parents 
 
 IpSOS. 
 
 themselves. 
 
ii 
 
 
 11'ii 
 
 |l' 
 
 c- s^t 
 
 264 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 tnuneribus fiduci a. Nullus ephebum 
 
 'a(." ' 
 
 fk'' 
 
 ; 
 
 
 
 
 
 UfO-^ - 
 
 
 Deformem S 80 vd castravit in arce tyrannus: 
 
 Nec praetextat um rapuit Nero loripedem , vel 
 Strumosu m, atque utero pariter j^ibboq ue t umente m. 
 
 I nunc, et juvenis specie laetare tui/ quem 310 
 
 Majora expecta nt discr imina . Fiet adulter , 
 
 Publicus, et poenas metuet quascunque maritus 
 
 Exigit iratus: nec erit felicior astro 
 
 Martis, ut in laqueos nunquam incidat: exigit autem ^ 
 
 Interdum ille dolor plus, qu^m lex ulla dulori 315 
 
 Concessit. Necat hic ferro, secat ille cruentis 
 
 Tanta fiducia in muneribus. Nullus tyrannus castravit 
 
 Such is the confidence in bribes. No tyrant has mutilated 
 
 deformem ephebum 
 
 a deformed youth 
 
 in sseva arce: nec Nero 
 
 in his cruel abode: nor has Nero 
 
 rapuit prffitextatum loripedem, vel strumosum, 
 ravished a noble boy club-footed, or scrophulous. 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 tumentem 
 
 swelling 
 
 pariter utero gibboque. 
 equally in the chest and hump. 
 
 
 nunc, et 
 
 now, 
 
 and 
 
 Iretare 
 
 rejoice 
 
 specie 
 
 in the appearance 
 
 tui 
 
 of your 
 
 I majora discrimina expectant. Fiet 
 
 greater dangers await. He shall become 
 
 juvenis 
 young boy 
 
 I 
 
 Go 
 
 quern 
 
 whom 
 
 publicus adulter, 
 
 a public adulterer, 
 
 At 
 
 / 
 
 H. >»* 
 
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 A. 
 
 /* 
 
 ‘Lit. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 metuet 
 
 dread 
 
 exigit : 
 requires: 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 poenas 
 
 the punishments 
 erit 
 
 shall he be 
 
 quascunque 
 
 which 
 
 iratus maritus 
 an enraged husband 
 
 felicior 
 
 happier 
 
 ut nunquam incidat in laqueos : 
 that he never falls into the nets; 
 
 interdum 
 
 sometimes 
 
 exigit 
 
 demands 
 
 plus 
 
 more 
 
 quam 
 
 than 
 
 astro 
 
 than the star 
 
 ^ autem 
 
 but 
 
 ulla lex 
 
 any law 
 
 ille 
 
 that 
 
 Martis 
 
 of Mars 
 
 dolor 
 
 afflictior 
 
 - 
 
 concessit 
 has conceded 
 
 
 it ^ frH >/ 
 
 dolori. Hic 
 
 to affliction. This 
 
 necat ferro, ille secat 
 
 kills with the sword, (hat cuts 
 
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 SATlllA DECIMA. 
 
 205 
 
 Verberibus, quosdam moechos et mugilis intrat.- 
 Sed tuus Endymion dilectae fiet a dulter 
 Matronae. Mox cum dederit Servilia nummos, 
 
 Fiet et illius, quam non amat: exuet omnem 
 
 Corporis orn atum. Quid enim ulla negaverit udis 
 Inguinibus , sive est haec Hippia sive Catulla? 
 Deterior totos habet illic foemina mores. 
 
 320 
 
 Sed casto quid forma nocet ? quid profuit olim 
 Hippolyto grave propositu m ? quid Bellerophonti ? 
 Erubuit nem pe haec ceu fastidita repulsi : 
 
 Nec Sthenoboea minus quam Cressa e xcanduit, et se 
 
 / 
 
 
 325 
 
 verberibus, 
 
 lashes, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 mugilis 
 the mullet 
 
 intrat 
 
 enters 
 
 quosdam moechos, 
 
 some adulterers. 
 
 Sed tuus Endymion fiet adulter dilectae 
 But your Endymion will become the gallant of a beloved 
 
 matronae. Mox cum Servilia, quam non amat, 
 matron. By and by when Servilia, wliom he does not love. 
 
 dederit nummos, fiet et illius; exuet omnem 
 
 shall give him money, he will become her’s also: she will sell every 
 
 ornatum corporis. Enini quid ulla negaverit udis 
 ornament of her body . For what will any woman deny to vigorous 
 
 
 inguinibus, sive 
 parts, whether 
 
 
 • • 7^ 
 
 Deterior toeminp ' 
 most niggardly woman 
 
 haec est Hippia sive Catulla? 
 
 she is Hippia or Catulla? ^ 
 
 foemina habet totos mores illic. 
 
 shows the w hole of her liberality here. ^ 
 
 <*< f'V 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 quid 
 
 what 
 
 forma nocet 
 
 does beauty hurt 
 
 casto ? 
 the chaste? 
 
 quid 
 
 what 
 
 olim 
 of old 
 
 i.' i' 
 
 grave propositum profuit Hippolyto? quid Bellerophonti? j 
 
 did his rigid purpose profit Hippolytus? what Bellerophon? ^ 
 
 ---— ^ ^ y:\ 
 
 nempe hjec erubuit ceu fastidita repulsa: 
 
 she reddened with anger when slighted by rejection: ^ 
 
 indeed 
 
 nec Sthenoboea minus excanduit, quam' Cressa et 
 
 nor w'as Sthenoboea less inflamed than the Cretan, and 
 
 
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 A i. 
 
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 266 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Concussere amba e. Mulier scevissima tunc est, 
 
 Cum stimul os odio pudo r admovet . Elige quidnam 
 Suadendum esse putes, cui nubere Caesaris uxo r 330 
 Destinat . Optimus hic et formosissimus idem 
 Gentis patriciae rapitur miser extinguendu s 
 Messalinae ocul is: dudum sedet illa parato 
 Flammeol o; Tyriusq ue palam genial is in hortis 
 Sternitur, et ritu decies centena dabuntur 335 
 
 ■ ^tiq uo: veniet cum signatoribus a uspex. k 
 
 Haec tu secreta et paucis commissa putabas? 
 
 Non nisi legitime vult nubere. Quid placeat, dic: 
 
 (^44 c< 1 h~ 
 
 amb® 
 
 both 
 
 concussere se. 
 tormented themselves. 
 
 Mulier 
 
 A woman 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 tunc 
 
 then 
 
 s®vissima 
 most savage 
 
 Pi — 
 
 W;' 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 pudor 
 
 shame 
 
 addit stimulos 
 adds stings 
 
 odio. 
 
 to her resentment. 
 
 Elige 
 
 Chuse 
 
 quidnam 
 
 whatever 
 
 putes esse suadendum cui uxor Caesaris destinat 
 you think adviseable to him whom the wife of Cajsar determines 
 
 nubere. Hie optimus et idem formossimus 
 to marry. This most noble and the same most beautiful youth 
 
 patriciae gentis rapitur miser extinguendus oculis 
 
 of the patrician race is hurried to destruction before the eyes 
 
 
 Messalinae : 
 
 of Messal ina ; 
 flammeolo ; 
 
 dudum illa sedet parato 
 
 while long she sits in her prepared 
 
 Tyriusque genialis sternitur palam 
 
 •^^“^Tlame-coloured veil j and the Tyrian nuptial couch is spread openly 
 in hortis, et antiquo ritu decies centena 
 
 ^ in the gardens, and by ancient custom ten times a hundred sestertia 
 
 -- dabuntur : auspex veniet cum signatoribus. 
 
 shall be bestowed: the soothsayer shall come with the notaries. 
 
 r ti" 
 
 I'; 
 
 Tu putabas hsec secreta et 
 
 Did you think these things secret and only entrusted to a few ? 
 
 commissa paucis 
 
 / 
 
 
 non vult nubere nisi legitime. Die quid placeat: 
 
 she will not wed unless legitimately. Say what yoii please; 
 
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 C e^c ^ 
 
 , 
 
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SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 267 
 
 Ni pare re velis, pereundum est ante lucernas: 
 
 Si scelus admittas, dabitur mora parvula, dum res 340 
 Nota urbi et populo, contineat pr incipis aures: 
 
 Dedecus ille, domus sciet ultimu s. Interet tu 
 Obsequere imper io si tanti est vita dierum 
 pauco rum: quicquid melius leviusque putaris, 
 
 Praebenda est gladio pulchra haec et candida cervix. 345 
 Nil ergo optabunt homines? si consilium vis. 
 
 Permittes ipsis expendere numinibus quid 
 Conveniat nobis, rebusque sit utile nostris. 
 
 Nam pro jucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt di. 
 
 i- 
 
 ni velis parere, est pereundum ante lucernas: 
 unless youchuse tu comply, you must perish before the lamps are lighted: 
 
 si admittas scelus, parvula mora dabitur, dum res, 
 if you commit the crime, a short delay shall be granted, till the affair, 
 
 nota urbi et populo, contingat aures principis: 
 
 known to the town and people, reach the ears of the prince: 
 
 ille ultimus sciet dedecus domus. Interea 
 
 he the last shall know the disgrace of his family. In the mean lime 
 
 tu obsequere imperio, si vita paucorum dierum est 
 do you obey her command, if the life of a few days is 
 
 tanti, quicquid putaris melius leviusque, htec 
 
 of such value: whichever you may think best or the easiest, this 
 
 pulchra et candida cervix est praebenda gladio. 
 
 beautiful and white neck is to be subjected to the sword. 
 
 Ergo homines optabunt nil? Si vis consilium, 
 Therefore shall men wish for nothing ? if you require advice. 
 
 permittes numinibus ipsis expendere quid conveniat 
 
 you should grant to the deities themselves to determine what may be proper 
 
 nobis, sitque utile nostris rebus. Nam di, pro 
 
 for US, and profitable for our affairs. For the gods, instead 
 
 jucundis dabunt quaeque optissima. 
 
 of what is pleasing will bestow whatever things are most proper. 
 
268 
 
 1>. JUMl JUVENALIS 
 
 
 
 75 ^*’ 
 
 
 Carior est illis homo quam sihi: nos animorum 
 Impulsu, et caeca magnaque cupidine ducti^ 
 Conjugium petimus, partumque uxoris: at illis 
 Notum qui puer i qualisque futura sit uxor. 
 
 Ut tamen et poscas aliquid, voveasque sacellis 
 Exta , et candiduli divina tomacula porci. 
 
 Orandum est ut sit me ns sana in corpore^ sano . 
 Fortem posce animum, et mortis terrore carentem; 
 Qui spatium vitae extremum i nter mune ra ponat 
 Naturae ; qui ferre queat quoscunque labores ; 
 Nesciat irasci; cupiat nihil; et potiores 
 
 350 
 
 355 
 
 360 
 
 Homo est carior illis quam sibi; nos, ducti 
 Man is dearer to them than tu himself: we, led on 
 
 cr^ 
 
 impulsu animorum, et caeca magnaque cupidine, 
 
 hy the impulse of our minds, and by blind and stroug desire, 
 
 petimus conjugium partumque uxoris: at notum 
 
 seek wedlock and the delivery of our spouse : but it is known 
 
 illis qui pueri 
 
 to them only what the boys 
 
 qualisque uxor sit futura, 
 
 and what the wife may prove. 
 
 Et tamen, ut 
 And yet, that 
 
 poscas aliquid, voveasque exta 
 
 you may ask something, and vow entrails 
 
 sacellis, 
 to their shrines, 
 
 et divina tomacula 
 
 and sacred puddiags 
 
 candiduli porci, 
 
 of a whitish hog. 
 
 est orandum, ut sit sana mens in sano corpore, 
 
 you must pray*, that you may have a sound mind in a sound body. 
 
 
 
 Posce fortem animum, et carentem terrore mortis, 
 Ask for a bj ave soul, and free from the terror of death, 
 
 qui ponat extremum spatium 
 that can place the last stage 
 
 vitae inter munera 
 of life among the_bgiyfits 
 
 naturae; 
 
 of nature; 
 
 qui 
 
 that 
 
 queat 
 
 can 
 
 ferre 
 
 endure 
 
 quoscunque 
 
 any 
 
 labores ; 
 
 hardships; 
 
 
 
 nesciat irasci ; 
 
 let it not know what it is to be angry; 
 
 cupiat 
 let it covet 
 
 nihil; 
 
 nothing; 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
SATIRA DECIMA. 
 
 269 
 
 Herculis aerumn as credat saevosque labores, 
 
 Et Venere, et coenis, et plumis Sardanapali. 
 Monstro quod ipse tibi possis dare: Semita certi 
 Tranquillue per virtutem patet u nica vita. 
 Nullum numen habes, si sit prudentia; sed te 
 Nos facimus, Fortuna, deam, coeloque locamus! 
 
 credat aerumnas saevosque labores Hercules potiores j 
 
 let it believe the trials and serere labours of Hercules more agreeable 
 
 *** ■ -- T 
 
 et Venere, et coenis, et plumis 
 
 than lasciviousness, luxury, and the downy beds 
 
 Monstro, quod ipse possis dare tibi: certe 
 
 I show you, what you yourself can give to yourself \ certainly 
 
 imica semita tranquillae vitae patet per virtutem, 
 the only path to a tranquil life lies open through virtue. 
 
 Si sit prudentia, Fortuna, habes nullum numen ; 
 
 If there is prudence, O Fortune, thou hast no divinity 3 
 
 sed nos facimus te deam, locamusque coelo ! 
 but we make thee a goddess, and place thee in heaven! 
 
 Sardanapali. 
 
 of Sardanapalus. ^ 
 
270 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 
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 Cf^ 
 
 cCk/ 
 
 t. t-f- ^ / 
 
 SATIRA XL 
 
 
 Atticus eximii si coenat lautu s habetur : 
 
 Si Rutilus, demens; quid enim majore cachinno 
 Excipitur vulgi qu4m pauper Apicius? omnis 
 Convictu s, thermae, stationes , omne theatrum 
 De Rutilo. N am dum valida ac juv enjUa jnembr a 5 
 Sufficiunt galeae, dumque ardens sanguine, fertur 
 Non cogente quidem, sed nec prohibente Tribuno, 
 Scripturus leges, et regia verba lanistae. 
 
 Si Atticus coenat 
 
 If Atticus sups 
 
 Rutilus, demens: 
 
 ^ Im.x^ Rutilus, mad: 
 
 eximie habetur lautus: si 
 sumptuously he is accounted splendid: if 
 
 enim quid excipitur majore cachinno 
 
 for what is received with greater derision 
 
 «A 
 
 /'/ 
 
 /C 
 
 vulgi 
 
 of the vulgar 
 
 thermae, 
 
 the hot-baths. 
 
 quam 
 
 than 
 
 pauper Apicius ^ omnis convictus, 
 
 poor Apicius ? every entertainment. 
 
 Nam 
 
 For 
 
 dum 
 
 while 
 
 stationes, omne theatrum de Rutilo. 
 
 the places of resort, every theatre talk of Rutilus. 
 
 valida ac juvenilia membra sufficiunt 
 
 his strong and juvenile limbs are sufficient 
 
 galeae, dumque ardens sanguine, fertur scripturus 
 
 for the helmet, and while warm with blood, it is said he is about to write 
 
 leges et verba regia 
 
 lanistae. 
 
 Tribuno 
 
 the laws an^ the words o f c ommand of a fencing-master, the Tribune 
 
 non cogente quidem, sed nec prohibente. 
 
 not compelling indeed, but not hindering him. 
 
SATIRA UNDECIMA. 
 
 271 
 
 Multos porro vides, quos saepe elusus ad ipsu m 
 Creditor introitum solet expectare macelli, 10 
 
 Et quibus in solo vivendi causa palato est. 
 
 Egr egius coemat meliusque m iserrim us horum, 
 E^citfcciisfirus jam p^lucente ruina. 
 
 Intere t gustus elementa per omnia quaerunt, 
 
 Nunquam animo pretiis obstantibus: interius si 15 
 
 Attendas, magis illa juvant qucs pluris emuntur. 
 
 Ergo haud difficil e est perituram arcessere summam 
 Lancibus oppositis vel matris imagine fracta. 
 
 Et quadringentis nummis condire gulosum 
 
 Porro vides multos quos creditor, ssepe elusus, 
 
 Moreover you see many whom a creditor, frequently eluded. 
 
 solet expectare ad ipsum introitura macelli, 
 
 is accustomed to w ait for at the very entrance of the market-place, 
 et quibus causa vivendi est in palato solo. 
 
 and to whom the cause of living is . in their palate alone. 
 
 Miserrimus horum, et cito casurus ruina 
 The most wretched of these, and soon to fall by a misfortune 
 
 jam perlucente, coenat melius egregiusque. 
 
 already apparent, sups better and more elegantly. 
 
 Interea quaerunt gustus per omnia elementa, pretiis 
 
 In the mean time they seek dainties through all the elements, the prices 
 
 nunquam obstantibus animo : si attendas interius, 
 
 never checking their inclination: if you attend more minutely. 
 
 ilia juvant magis quae emuntur pluris. Ergo 
 
 those things delight the more which are purchased for most. Therefore 
 
 L 
 
 baud est difficile arcessere summam perituram 
 
 /V .it is no t difficu lt to obtain a sum about to be squandered away ^ 
 
 lancibus oppositis vel fracta imagine matris, et / 
 
 for pawned dishes 
 
 condire 
 to pro vide 
 
 or the broken image of their mother, and 
 
 y- y. 
 
 gulosum^tile quadringentis nummis : 
 
 a luxunous^oish 
 
 for four hundred 
 
 pieces; 
 
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 ) 
 
D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 k 
 
 
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 272 
 
 t 
 
 Fictile: sic veniunt ad miscellanea ludi. 
 
 Refert ergo quis haec eade m paret : in Rutilo nam 
 Luxuria est; in Ventidio laudabile nomen 
 Sumit, et k censu fa mam trahit . Illum ego jure 
 Despiciam qui scit quanto sublimior Atlas 
 Omnibus in Lybi^ sit montibus : hic tamen idem 
 Ignoret quantum ferrati distet ab arca 
 ' ^ Sacculus. E ccelo descendit, o-sayroy, 
 
 Figendum et memori tractandum pectore, sive 
 Conjugium quaeras, vel sacri in parte senatus 
 Esse velis. Nec enim loricam poscit Achillis 
 
 20 
 
 35 
 
 30 
 
 ■ , 'thus 
 ■ 4 ^ ' y- 
 
 veniunt 
 piey arrive 
 
 ad miscellanea 
 
 at the common fare 
 
 ludi. ' 
 
 of the fencing-schouf. 
 
 ^ _ refert, quis paret haec eadem; 
 
 rvTf Therefore the difference is, who preparg^ these same articles; 
 
 iSt 
 
 
 nam in Rutilo est luxuria ; in Ventidio sumit laudabile 
 
 for in Rutilus itis luxury; in Ventidius it assumes a laudable 
 
 nomen j et trahit famam a censu. Ego despiciam 
 
 name, and draws 
 
 fame 
 
 from his estate. 
 
 I 
 
 can despise 
 
 ilium jure qui 
 
 him with justice who 
 
 scit 
 
 knows 
 
 quanto 
 
 how much 
 
 Atlas 
 
 Atlas 
 
 sit 
 
 is 
 
 sublimior 
 
 higher 
 
 omnibus montibus 
 than all the mountains 
 
 in Libya 
 in Lybia: 
 
 : tamen 
 
 yet 
 
 hie 
 
 this 
 
 idem 
 
 same individual 
 
 ignoret quantum 
 knows not how much 
 
 sacculus distet ab ferrata arca, 
 
 a small purse differs from an iron chest. 
 
 
 The maxim. Know 
 
 crsauTov, 
 
 thyself. 
 
 descendit e coelo, figendum 
 descended from heaven, to be fixed 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 tractandum 
 
 revolved 
 
 memori pectore, 
 
 in your retentive mind, 
 
 sive 
 
 whether 
 
 quaeras 
 you desire 
 
 conjugium, 
 
 marriage, 
 
 Enim 
 
 For 
 
 vel velis 
 or wish 
 
 esse 
 to be 
 
 in parte 
 in a part 
 
 sacri senatus, 
 of the sacred senate. 
 
 nec 
 
 neither 
 
 Thersites 
 
 does Thersites 
 
 poscit loricam 
 
 demand the coat of mail 
 
SATIRA UNDECIMA. 
 
 273 
 
 t 
 
 Thersites, in qu^ se traducebat Ulysses 
 Ancipitem: seu tu magno discrimine causam 
 Protegere affectas, te confl e, dic tibi quis sis; 
 Orator vehemens, an Curtius, an Matho. Buccae 
 
 
 Noscenda est mensura tuae, spectandaq ue rebus 
 In summis minimisque, etiam cum piscis emetur; 
 Nec mullum cupias cum sit tibi gobio tantum 
 In loculis : quis enim te, deficiente crumen^ 
 
 Et crescente gul^, manet exitus; aere paterno 
 Ac rebus mersis m ^ntrem , f oenoris atque 
 Argenti gravis, et pecorum agrorumque capacem? 
 
 35 
 
 40 
 
 
 Achillis in qua Ulysses traducebat se ancipitem: seu 
 of Achilles in which Ulysses shewed himself distrustful; or 
 
 tu affectas protearere causam maarno discrimine^ consule 
 
 if you affect to defend acause of great consequence, consult • 
 
 
 te, 
 
 yourself, 
 
 die 
 
 inform 
 
 an 
 
 or 
 
 Curtius, 
 
 a Curtius, 
 
 tibi 
 
 yourself 
 
 2 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 SIS; 
 you are; 
 
 
 an 
 
 or 
 
 Matho. 
 
 a Matho. 
 
 Mensura 
 The measure 
 
 vehemens orator, 
 a x’ehement orator, y~ , 
 
 tu» bucc» 
 
 c-1 tV 
 
 of your cheek | 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 noscenda 
 
 to be known 
 
 spectandaque 
 
 and surveyed 
 
 in summis 
 
 in the highest 
 
 mmimisque 
 
 and lowest 
 
 
 rebus, 
 
 concerns. 
 
 etiam 
 
 even 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 piscis 
 a Ash 
 
 emetur ; 
 
 is to be purchased ; 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 cupias mullum 
 
 do you desire a mullet 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 tibi sit 
 you have 
 
 gobio. 
 
 a gudgeon 
 
 tantum 
 
 only 
 
 in loculis : 
 
 in your pockets: 
 
 enim, 
 
 for. 
 
 crumena 
 your purse 
 
 deficiente et gala 
 
 failing and your gluttony 
 
 crescente, 
 
 increasing, 
 
 quis 
 
 what 
 
 exitus 
 
 end 
 
 manet te; paterno sere ac 
 awaits you; your paternal estate and 
 
 rebus mersis in ventrem, capacem foenoris, 
 
 effects being plunged into your belly, cap aciou s enough for the interest. 
 
 atque gravis argenti, 
 
 and heavy principal, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 pecorum 
 
 cattle 
 
 agrorumque 
 and tieUs’ 
 
6j/ Zv-C-Vrii^-^"*^ tf 
 
 
 274^ 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Talibus k dominis post cuncta novissimus exit 
 Annulus, et digito mendicat Pollio nudo. 
 
 ^ pr aematuri cine res, nec funus acerbum 
 
 Lu xurias , sed morte magis metuenda senectus^ 45 
 
 lEpl^umque gradus; conducta pecunia Romae, 
 
 Et coram dominis consumitur: inde ubi paulum 
 Nescio quid superest, et pallet foenoris auctor, 
 
 Qui vertere solum Baias et ad Ostia currunt. 
 
 Cedere namque foro jam non tibi deterius, quam 50 
 
 Esquilias k ferventi migrare Suburr^. 
 
 Ille dolor solus patriam fugientibus, illa 
 
 A talibus dominis, post 
 From such masters, after 
 
 L'L'itu./rn-^t*hU4v: novissimus, 
 jitcrf-c ^lu- .1 last, 
 
 ‘^* 1 -, ■tSU. 
 
 te^ j —■ 
 
 ’ La o-^Xtr _ 
 
 H^Avir \f4, liA- I 
 
 l' '> J ■ ' but 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 Pollio 
 
 Pollio 
 
 cuncta, 
 all things, 
 
 mendicat 
 
 begs 
 
 annulus 
 the ring 
 
 exit 
 
 goes 
 
 digito nudo. 
 
 with his finger bare. 
 
 Cineres non praematuri, nec funus acerbum luxuriae. 
 Cinereal ashes are not premature, nor is a funeral bitter to luxury, 
 
 senectus 
 
 old age 
 
 metuenda 
 
 is to be dreaded 
 
 magis 
 
 more 
 
 
 plerumque 
 
 frequently 
 
 gradus : 
 
 the gradations; 
 
 pecunia 
 
 money 
 
 morte. 
 than death. 
 
 conducta 
 is taken up 
 
 Hi 
 
 These are 
 
 Romae, 
 at Rome, 
 
 
 et consumitur coram dominis : inde ubi paulum, 
 
 and spent in the presence of their creditors: thence when but a little, 
 
 tUl -ne/t ^ 
 
 nescio quid, superest, et auctor foenoris pallet, 
 
 know not what, remains, and theowner of the money lent turnspale, 
 
 7^ . -----—^ ' 
 
 t- qui vertere solum currunt Baias et ad Ostia. 
 
 ^ those who have changed their residence run to Raise and to Ostia. 
 
 f Namque jam non deterius tibi cedere foro, 
 
 ■ For now it is no more discredit to you to quit the forum for debt, 
 
 
 quam 
 
 migrare 
 
 Esquilias 
 
 than 
 
 to remove 
 
 to the Esquiliae 
 
 Hie 
 
 solus dolor 
 
 fugientibus 
 
 This 
 
 is the only vexation 
 
 to those flying 
 
 a ferventi Suburr&. 
 from the hot Suburra. 
 
 patriam, ilia 
 their native country, this 
 

 
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 SATIRA UNDECIMA. 
 
 275 
 
 
 est moestitia, caruisse 
 
 Moestitia est, caruisse anno Circensibus uno. 
 Sanguinis in facie non haeret gutta ; morantur 
 Pauci ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe pudorem. 
 Experiere hodie numquid pulcherrima dictu. 
 
 55 
 
 Persice, non praestem vita, nec moribus, et re; 
 
 Sed laudem siliquas occ ultus ganeo, pultes^ 
 Coram aliis dictem puero, sed in aure placentas. 
 
 Nam, cum sis conviva mihi promissus, habebis 
 Evandrum, venies Tirynthius, aut minor illo 
 Hospes, et ipse tamen contingens sanguine coelum ; 
 Alter aquis, alter flammis ad sidera missus. 
 
 60 
 
 Circensibus 
 
 uno anno. 
 
 IS 
 
 their sorrow, to want the Circensian games for one year. ■ 
 
 Gutta 
 A drop 
 
 sanguinis 
 of blood 
 
 non hseret 
 does not exist 
 
 in facie; 
 in their face j 
 
 panel 
 
 few 
 
 «r’l 
 
 ^ /rWc .. . 
 
 morantur pudorem, ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe. 
 
 ^ retain any shame, which is ridiculed and expelled from the city. 
 
 Experidre hodie, Persice, numquid non priestem 
 
 You sliall experience to-day, Persicus, whether I do not practise 
 
 pulcherrima dictu vita, nec moribus, et re; 
 these most admirable maxims in my life, manners, and estate; 
 
 sed occultus ganeo laudem siliquas, dictem 
 . but as a private glutton I may praise pease, mention 
 
 pultes puero coram aliis, sed in aure placentas, 
 
 pulse to my boy before others, but in his ear sweet-meats. 
 
 Nam ciim sis promissus mihi conviva, habebis 
 
 For since you are promised to me as a guest, you shall find me 
 
 //' , 'V . . ^''5' . /(/ / ' - . 
 
 ^Evandrum, venies Tirynthius, aut hospes minor illo, 
 
 / __ r?-1— . -I—11--'T': .u:— — .--.i t_ ^ 
 
 
 ai^Evander, you shall come aTirynthian, or a stranger meaner than he. 
 
 
 7 
 
 ‘/t 
 
 
 et tamen * ipse contingens coelum sanguine; 
 yet himself claiming heaven by blood; 
 
 <$ 
 
 and 
 
 
 
 er' 
 
 missus 
 sent up 
 
 aquis, 
 
 alter flammis. 
 
 ad sider.a 
 
 to the stars by w'ater, ' the other by fire. 
 
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 / / . ^ L/ 
 
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 276 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 ^ ^F ercula nunc andi nullis ornata macel lis : 
 
 De Tiburtino veniet pinguissimus agro 
 Hoedulus, et toto grege mollior, inscius herbae, 
 Necdum ausus virgas humilis mordere salicd; 
 Qui plus lactis habet qu^m sanguinis; et montani 
 Asparagi, posito quos legit v illica fuso. 
 
 Grandia pi^aeterek, tortoque calentia foeno 
 Ova adsunt ipsis cum matribus, et servata e 
 Parte anni, quales fuerant in vitibus uvae: 
 Signinum Syriumque pyrum: de corbibus isdem 
 Emula Picenis, et odoris mala recentis, 
 
 65 
 
 70 
 
 ■r» 
 
 .1^ 
 
 
 Nunc 
 
 Now 
 
 audi 
 
 hear 
 
 pinguissimus 
 
 a very fat 
 
 fercula 
 the dishes 
 
 hoedulus 
 young kid 
 
 ornata 
 
 furnished 
 
 nullis macellis: 
 from no shambles: 
 
 veniet 
 shall corUe 
 
 de Tiburtino agro, 
 
 from my Tiburtine field, 
 
 
 et 
 
 ter. and 
 
 ,vv , necdum 
 
 ■ nor as yet 
 
 mollior 
 
 tenderer 
 
 toto grege, 
 
 than the whole herd. 
 
 mscius 
 
 heedless 
 
 herbse, ’ 
 
 of the grass. 
 
 ausus 
 
 daring 
 
 qui 
 
 that 
 
 habet 
 
 has 
 
 plus 
 
 more 
 
 mordere 
 to bite 
 
 lactis 
 
 milk 
 
 virgas 
 
 the twigs 
 
 quam 
 
 than 
 
 humilis salicti ; 
 of the low willow j 
 
 montani asparagi, quos villica, 
 
 monntain asparaguses, which my farmer’s wife, after laying aside her distaff. 
 
 sanguinis; 
 blood j 
 
 posito fuso, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 ii nn 
 
 
 legit. 
 
 torto foeno, 
 
 Praeterea, 
 
 Besides, 
 
 grandia ova, 
 
 large eggs. 
 
 adsunt cum matribus 
 
 /in twisted hay, are served up with the mothers 
 
 calentiaque 
 and warm 
 
 ipsis, et 
 themselves, and 
 
 i 
 
 uvae servatse parte anni, quales fuerunt in vitibus : 
 
 grapes preserved apart of the year, such as they were upon the vines: 
 
 Signinum Syriumque pyrum: - de isdem corbibus 
 
 the Signian ■ and Syrian pear: out of the same baskets 
 
 mala semula Picenis, et recentis odoris, nec 
 apples rivalling the Picene, and of a fresh smell, nor > 
 
SATIRA UNDECIMA. 
 
 277 
 
 Nec metuenda tibi, siccatu m frigore postquam 75 
 
 Autumnum, et crudi posuerepencuTaT succi. 
 
 Haec olim nostri jam luxuriosa senatus 
 Coena fuit: Curius parvo quae legerat horto, 
 
 Ipse focis brevibus p onebat oluscula : quae nunc 
 Squallidus in magna fastidit compede fossor, 80 
 
 Qui meminit calid ae sapiat quid vulva^po^in^ 
 
 Sicci terga suis, rara pendentia crate, . 
 
 Moris erat quondam festis servare diebus, 
 
 Et natalitium cognatis poner e lardum , 
 
 Accedente nova, si quam dabat hostia, carne. 85 
 
 metuenda tibi, postquam siccatum frigore, 
 to be feared by you, affer being mellowed by winter, 
 
 posuere autumnum et pericula crudi succi. 
 
 they have lost their autumnal rawness and the dangers of their crudejuice. 
 
 Jam olim 
 Of old 
 
 Curius 
 
 Curius 
 
 htec 
 
 this 
 
 ipse 
 
 himself 
 
 fuit luxuriosa coena 
 
 was the luxurious supper 
 
 ponebat 
 
 placed 
 
 brevibus focis 
 on his little hrc 
 
 nostri senatus ; 
 of our senate: 
 
 oluscula 
 the pot-herba 
 
 quae 
 
 which 
 
 legerat 
 he had gathered 
 
 parvo horto : 
 in his small garden : 
 
 qufc 
 
 which 
 
 squallidus fossor 
 the dirty ditcher 
 
 meminit 
 
 remembers 
 
 quid 
 
 how 
 
 in raagna compede fastidit, 
 
 in his large chain disdains, 
 
 vulva calidae popinae 
 
 the sow’s belly of a smoking co ok’s- shop 
 
 nunc 
 
 now 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 sapiat. 
 
 relishes. 
 
 Erat moris 
 It was the custom 
 
 pendentia 
 hanging 
 
 quondam servare terga 
 
 formerly to reserve the back 
 
 SICCl SUIS, 
 of a dried sow, 
 
 rara crate, 
 on a wide rack. 
 
 ponere 
 to serve up 
 
 came 
 
 meat 
 
 natalitium lardum 
 birth-day bacon 
 
 festis diebus, 
 
 for festival days, 
 
 cognatis, 
 
 to relations. 
 
 accedente, 
 
 added, 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 hostia 
 the sacrifice 
 
 dabat 
 
 aftbrdcd 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 nova 
 with fresh 
 
 quam. 
 
 aiiv% 
 
 

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 278 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Cognatorum aliquis titulo ter Consulis, atque 
 Castrorum imperiis, et Dictatoris honore 
 Functus, ad has epulas solito maturius ibat. 
 
 Erectum domito referens ^ monte j ^gonen i. 
 
 Cum tremerent autem Fabios, durumque Catonem, 00 
 Et Scauros, et Fabricios, rigidique severos 
 Censoris mores etiam collega timeret; 
 
 Nemo inter curas, et seria duxit habendum. 
 
 Qualis in oceani fluctu testudo nataret, 
 
 Clarum Trojugenis factura ac nobile fulcrum: 95 
 
 Sed nu do latere et parvis frons aerea lectis 
 
 
 Aliquis cognatorum, 
 
 Some ffjtsijof your relations. 
 
 functus 
 having enjoyed 
 
 ter, 
 
 thrice, 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 imperiis 
 the command 
 
 Castrorum, 
 of the Camps, 
 
 titulo 
 the title 
 
 et 
 and 
 
 Consulis 
 of Consul 
 
 honore 
 the honour 
 
 \ , 
 
 
 Dictatoris, 
 of Dictator, 
 
 ibat maturius solito 
 went faster than usual 
 
 M 
 
 h. 
 
 /4 
 
 referens 
 
 bringing back 
 
 Iigonem 
 his spade 
 
 erectum 
 
 elevated 
 
 ad has epulas, 
 
 to these entertainments, 
 
 a domito monte. 
 
 from a levelled mountain. 
 
 ^ Autem cum tremerent rabios, durumque Catonem, 
 
 n/ ' But when they trembled at the Fabii, and stern Cato, 
 
 , ^ ^ .Ae./ ^ '<y ^ ’ 
 
 Scauros, et 
 
 and 
 
 the Scaurii, and 
 
 Fabricios, collegaque 
 
 Fabricii, and his colleague 
 
 etiam 
 
 even 
 
 timeret severos mores 
 dreaded the severe morals 
 
 rigidi Censoris : 
 of the rigid Censor: 
 
 nemo duxit 
 nobody thought 
 
 habendum 
 
 that it was to be reckoned 
 
 qualis 
 what species 
 
 factura 
 to make 
 
 sed 
 
 but 
 
 testudo 
 of tortoise 
 
 clarum ac 
 a splendid and 
 
 inter curas 
 
 among his cares 
 
 nataret 
 swam 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 in fluctu 
 in the wave 
 
 seria 
 
 serious concerns 
 
 oceaiii, 
 
 of the ocean. 
 
 nudo latere 
 with a plain side 
 
 nobile fulcrum Trojugenis; 
 noble couch for the Troy-born people j 
 
 et parvis lectis area frons 
 and small beds the brazen front 
 
 7» c-/t 
 
f 
 
 SATIRA UNDECIMA. 
 
 Vile coronati caput ostendebat aselli, 
 
 Ad quod lascivi ludebant ruris alumni. 
 
 Tales ergo cibi, qualis domus atque supellex. 
 Tunc rudi s et Graias mirari nescius artes. 
 Urbibus eversis, praedarum in parte reperti, 
 Magnorum artificum frangebat pocula miles . 
 Ut phaleris gauderet equus, coelataque cassi s 
 Romuleae simulacra ferae mansuescere jussae 
 Imperii fato, et gemin os sub rupe Quirinos, 
 Ac nudam effigiem clypeo fulgentis et hasta, 
 Pendentisque dei, perit uro ostenderet hosti. 
 
 279 
 
 100 
 
 105 
 
 
 
 ostendebat vile caput aselli 
 exhibited the despicable head of an ass 
 
 lascivi alumni 
 the wanton youths 
 
 
 tales 
 were such 
 
 miles, 
 the soldier, 
 
 urbibus 
 on cities 
 
 frangebat 
 
 broke 
 
 gauderet 
 
 might exult 
 
 hosti 
 
 to the enemy 
 
 jussae 
 
 destined 
 
 qualis 
 
 as 
 
 runs 
 
 of the country 
 
 domus 
 
 their houses 
 
 coronati, ad quod 
 crowned, , at which 
 
 ludebant. Ergo cibi 
 
 played. Therefore their meals 
 
 atque supellex. Tunc 
 
 and furniture. Then 
 
 rudis et nescius mirari 
 rude and too ignorant to admire 
 
 eversis, in parte ' praedarum 
 being subdued, in part of the spoils 
 
 pocula 
 
 the cu{>s 
 
 magnorum 
 of great 
 
 artificum, 
 
 artificers, 
 
 phaleris, coelataque cassis 
 
 in his trappings, and his embossed helmet 
 
 Grains artes, 
 
 the Grecian arts, 
 
 reperta , 
 found, 
 
 ut equus 
 that his horse 
 
 ostenderet 
 
 might show 
 
 perituro 
 about to perish 
 
 mansuescere 
 
 to become tame> 
 
 simulacra 
 
 the figures 
 
 Romuleae ferae 
 
 of the Romulean wolf 
 
 fato imperii, et 
 
 by the fate of the empire, and 
 
 gemmos 
 the twin 
 
 Quirinos sub rupe, 
 
 Quirini under the rock. 
 
 ac nudam effigiem 
 and the naked etiigy 
 
 r 
 
 dei pendentis, fulgentisque clypeo et hasta, 
 of the god hovering aloft, and glittering with his shield and spear. 
 

 
 280 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Argenti quod erat solis fulgebat in armi s. 
 Ponebant igitur Thusco farrat a catino 
 Omnia tunc,. quibus invideas si l ividulu s sis. 
 Templorum quoque majestas praesentior, et vox 
 Nocte fere medid, mediamque audita per urbem. 
 
 Littore ab oceani Gall is venientibus, et dis . 
 iOfficium vatis peragentibus, h os m o nuit no s. 
 Hanc rebus Latiis curam praestare solebat 
 Fictilis, et nullo violatus Jupiter auro. 
 
 Illa domi natas, n ostrdque ex ^rbore mens as 
 Tempora viderunt; hos lignum stabat in usus. 
 
 110 
 
 115 
 
 Quod 
 
 What 
 
 erat 
 
 there was 
 
 argenti 
 of silver 
 
 i .e 
 
 
 
 Igitur tuiic ponebant 
 
 Therefore then they put 
 
 fulgebat in armis solis, 
 shone in arms alone. 
 
 omnia farrata Thusco' 
 all their simple food in a Thuscaii 
 
 / /, 
 A 
 
 SI 
 
 SIS 
 
 lividulus. 
 
 
 catino, quibus invideas 
 
 , ^ w platter, which you would envy if you were the lea st splenetic . 
 
 . ^ ]VJajestas templorum quoque praesentior, et vox, 
 
 I jjjgjggjy of our temples likewise was more favourable, and^a voice, 
 
 ^ ^ -- 
 
 -^ audita fere media nocte, perque mediam urbis, 
 
 i-AVcic A heard almost at midnight, and through the middle of the city. 
 
 
 
 
 
 j •! Gallis venientibus ab littore oceani, ' et dis 
 
 the Gauls coming _from the shore of the ocean, and the gods 
 
 V/ 
 
 
 /?.a:.I^^rvv^eragentibus officium 
 --performing the office 
 
 vatis, 
 
 of a prophet. 
 
 monuit nos hos. 
 warned us of them. 
 
 . 'll' 
 
 Jupiter, 
 
 Jupiter^ 
 
 fictilis, 
 made of clay. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 violatus 
 
 profaned 
 
 nullo auro, 
 with no gold. 
 
 solebat prsestare 
 
 was accustomed to show 
 
 hanc curam ■ Latiis rebus. Ilia 
 
 this regard for Latian affairs. . Those 
 
 tempora 
 
 times 
 
 videntnt 
 
 saw 
 
 mensas 
 
 our tables 
 
 natas 
 
 made 
 
 domi, 
 at home, 
 
 exque 
 and of 
 
 nostra arbore ; 
 
 our own timbe r: 
 
 lignum 
 the wood 
 
 
 stabat in hos usus, 
 
 was applied to thme uses, 
 
 
 
 ■^ 7 -^ < 4 - 
 
 
 

 
 SATIRA UNDECIMA. 
 
 Annosam si forte nucem dejecerat Eurus. 
 
 281 
 
 At nunc divitibus coenandi nulla voluptas ; 
 
 Nil rhombus, nil dama sapit; putere videntur 
 Unguenta atque rosae, latos nisi sustinet orbes 
 Grande ebur, et magno sublimis pardus hiatu 
 Dentibus ex illis quos mittit porta Syenes, 
 
 Et Mauri celeres, et Mauro obscurior Indus, 
 
 Et quos deposuit Nabathaeo bellua saltu. 
 
 Jam nimios capitique graves: hinc surgit orexis. 
 Hinc stomacho vires : nam pes argenteus illis 
 Annulus in digito quod ferreus. Ergo superbum 
 
 120 
 
 125 
 
 'l 
 
 \ 
 
 ! r 
 
 .k 
 
 i,- 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 forte 
 by chance 
 
 Eurus 
 
 the east'Wind 
 
 dejecerat 
 
 had overthrown 
 
 annosam nucem, 
 an old walnut-tree. 
 
 
 coenandi 
 in supping 
 
 divitibus ; 
 among the rich; 
 
 At nunc nulla voluptas 
 
 But now there is no pleasure 
 
 y 
 
 rhombus sapit nil: dama nil: unguenta atque 
 
 the turbot relishes nothing: the doe nothing: the ointments and 
 
 
 
 rosse videntur 
 
 putere, 
 
 nisi 
 
 grande ebur 
 
 sustinet 
 
 roses seem 
 
 to stink, 
 
 unless 
 
 heavy ivory 
 
 supports 
 
 latos orbes. 
 
 et 
 
 sublimis pardus magno hiatu, 
 
 the broad tables. 
 
 and 
 
 a lofty panther with 
 
 a large jaw, 
 
 ex illis dentibus 
 
 quos 
 
 porta 
 
 Syenes 
 
 mittit. 
 
 from those teeth 
 
 which 
 
 the port 
 
 of Syene 
 
 sends, 
 
 et celeres Mauri 
 
 , et 
 
 Indus 
 
 obscurior 
 
 Mauro, 
 
 and the swift Moors, 
 
 , and' 
 
 the Indian 
 
 darker than a Moor, 
 
 
 
 
 ^ c e 
 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 quos bellua deposuit Nabathseo saltu, ' jam ^ 
 
 which the beast dropt in the Nabathaea n grc^ . already 
 
 capiti ; 
 
 nimios 
 too large 
 
 
 hinc 
 
 orexis 
 
 gravesque 
 
 and heavy for its head: hence an appetite arises, 
 
 hinc 
 
 hence 
 
 vires 
 
 strength 
 
 stomacho 
 to the stomach 
 
 surgit,^ 
 
 arises, 
 illis 
 
 A < 
 
 
 
 ' quod 
 is what 
 
 (7 
 
 : nam argenteus pes illis 
 
 i: for _ a silver foot to them ‘ij^ 
 
 , * 1 * *. X£ i-' 
 
 terreus annulus m nio-itn. kro-n raveo / 1 
 
 an iron^mtg 
 
 't- * 
 
 in digito, 
 is on^he finger. 
 
 Ergo 
 
 Therefore 
 
 caveo 
 I avoid 
 
 
 
 ‘i 
 
 y, >- 
 
 
 t. 
 
 
 
 
282 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Convivam caveo qui me sibi comparat, et res 130 
 
 Despicit exiguas. Adeo nulla unci a nobis 
 Est eboris, nec tes sella e^ nec calcul us ex hac 
 Materi^; quin ipsa manubria cultellorum 
 Ossea; non tamen his ulla unquam opsonia fiunt 
 Kancidula; aut ideo pejor gallina secatur. , 135 
 
 Sed nec structor erit cui cedere debeat omnis 
 Pergu l^ discipulus Trypheri doctoris, apud quem 
 Sumine cum magno lepus, atque aper, atque pygargu s. 
 
 Et Scythicae volucres , et Phoenicopterus ingens, 
 
 Et Gaetulus orix, hebeti Iqntissima ferro 140 
 
 ^ ^ ce. 
 
 superbum convivam, 
 a proud guest, 
 
 qui comparat me 
 
 who compares me 
 
 sibi, et 
 to himself, and 
 
 despicit 
 
 despises 
 
 exiguas 
 
 my less costly 
 
 res. Adeo 
 
 articles. Besides 
 
 est 
 
 there is 
 
 nulla uncia 
 not an ounce 
 
 eboris 
 
 of ivory 
 
 nobis, 
 with us. 
 
 / 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 tessellae, nec 
 
 tables, .« nor 
 
 7 
 
 " calculus 
 
 chess-board 
 
 ex hac materia ; 
 of this stuff; 
 
 quin 
 
 but 
 
 ipsa 
 
 the very 
 
 «x-A ; • 
 
 manubria 
 
 handles 
 
 cultellorum 
 of my knives 
 
 ossea; tamen non ulla opsonia unquam 
 are of bone; yet not any food /f ever 
 
 fiunt 
 
 becomes 
 
 
 
 ■ -yi - /y 
 
 any iqoq p 
 
 rancidula his; aut ideo gallina secatur pejor. 
 rank by these; or en this account is a hen carved the worse. 
 
 Sed nec erit structor cui omnis pergula debeat 
 But neither shall there be a carver to whom every pir^ula o^ht 
 
 cedere, aiscipulus doctoris Trypheri, apud quem lepus 
 
 to yield, a disciple of doctor Tryp herus, with whom the hare 
 
 ^ magno sumine, atque aper, atque 
 
 with a large udder of a sow, and the boar, and 
 
 
 pygargus, 
 the pygarg. 
 
 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 
 et 
 
 > 
 
 and 
 
 
 - o 
 
 i.\.2 
 
 Scythicae volucres, et ingens 
 
 Scythian birds, and the huge 
 
 Phoenicopterus, 
 
 Phoenicopter, 
 
 Gaetulus orix, (lautissima ulmea coena) caeditur 
 Gaetulian goat, (a most delicious wooden supper) is carved 
 
 e-- f-c.^ 
 
 ^'X- t x-x, C C 
 
 
SATIRA UNDECIMA. 
 
 283 
 
 Caeditur^ et tota sonat ulmea coena Suburr4. 
 
 Nec frustum capreae subducere nec latus Afr^ 
 
 Novit avis noste r tyrunculu s, ac rudis omn i 
 Tempore, et exiguae frustis imbutu s ofellae. 
 
 Plebeios calices, et paucis assibus emptos, 145 
 
 Porrige t incultu s puer, atque a frigore tutus ; 
 
 Non Phryx aut Lycius, non a mangone petitus 
 Qui^ uam erit, et magn o: cum poscis, posce Latini, 
 
 Idem habitus cunctis; tonsi rectique capilli, 
 
 Atque hodie tantum propter convivia pexi, 150 
 
 Pastoris duri est hic filius, ille bubulci; 
 
 hebeti ferro, 
 by a blunt knife, 
 
 et sonat tota Subiirra. 
 
 and resounds over the whole Suburra. 
 
 Noster tyrimculus 
 Our young novice-boy 
 
 capreae 
 
 of a deer 
 
 tempore, 
 
 his time, 
 
 Puer, 
 My boy. 
 
 novit nec subducere frustum 
 
 knows neither how to take off a slice 
 
 nec latus Afrte avis, ac rudis omni< 
 
 nor the wing of an African birt^ being awkward all 
 
 et imbutus frustis exiguae ofellae, 
 
 and accustomed to pieces of a small steak. 
 
 incultus, atque tutus 
 
 in a homely dress, and defended 
 
 a frigore, 
 from the cold, 
 
 porriget plebeios calices, et emptos paucis assibus ; 
 
 shall tender you common glasses, and purchased for a few pence; 
 
 non erit Phryx aut Lycius, non quisdam petitus 
 
 he shall not be at^hrygian or Lycian, no r any one o bt ained 
 
 a mangone, et magno : cum poscis, 
 
 from a slave-merchant, and at a high price: when you require any thing, 
 
 posce Latine. Idem habitus cunctis ; capilli tonsi 
 
 ask in Latin. The same dress to all my attendants; their hairs cropped 
 
 rectique, 
 
 and straight, 
 
 atque pexi hodie tantum propter convivia. 
 
 and combed to-day only on account of our feast. 
 
 Hie 
 
 This 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 filius duri pastoris, 
 the son of my hardy shepherd, 
 
 ille bubulci ; . 
 that of the herdsman ; 
 
 r 
 
284 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem, 
 
 Et casulam, et notos tr istis desiderat hoedos; 
 
 Ingenui vultAs puer, ingenuique p udori s. 
 
 Quales esse decet quos ardens purpura vestit. 155 
 
 Nec pugillares defert in balnea raucus 
 Testiculos, nec vellendas jam praebuit alas ; ’ 
 
 Crassa nec opposito pavidus tegit inguina gutto. 
 
 Hic tibi vina dabit diffusa in montibus illis, 
 
 A quibus ipse venit, quorum sub vertice lusit: 160 
 
 Namque una atque eadem est vini/patria, atque ministri. 
 Forsitan expectes, ut Gaditana canoro 
 
 suspirat matrem non visam longo tempore, et 
 he bewails his mother not seen for a long time, and 
 
 tristis desiderat casulam et notos hoedos; 
 sorrowful longs for his little hut and well-known kids; 
 
 puer ingenui vultus ingenuique pudoris, quales 
 
 a boy of an ingenuous countenance and generous modesty, such as 
 
 decet esse quos ardens purpura vestit. 
 
 becomes them to be whom the brilliant purple covers. 
 
 Nec raucus defert pugillares testiculos in balnea. 
 
 Nor hoarse does he carry his impurities into the baths. 
 
 nec jam 
 
 nor as yet 
 
 prsebuit alas 
 
 has he offered his arm-pits 
 
 vellendas ; nec 
 
 to be trimmed; nor 
 
 pavidus 
 
 ashamed 
 
 legit 
 
 conceals 
 
 crassa inguina gutto opposito, 
 
 his gross obscenities with a distillatory opposed. 
 
 Hie dabit tibi vina diffusa in illis montibus 
 He shall give you wines pressed on those mountains 
 
 a quibus ipse venit, sub vertice quorum lusit : 
 from which he himself came, under the top of which he has played; 
 
 namque patria vini atque ministri est una atque 
 
 for the native country of the wine and the servant is one and 
 
 eadem. Expectes forsitan, ut Gaditana incipiat 
 the same. You expect perhaps, that a Spanish courtezan will begin 
 
SATIRA UNDECIMA. 
 
 285 . vi 
 
 • f,i 
 
 Incipiat prurire choro, plausuque probatae ;'l 
 
 Ad terram tremulo descendanFclune puellae: v 
 
 Spectent hoc nuptae, juxt^ recubante marito, 1(15 l 
 
 Quod pudeat narrasse aliquem praesentibus ipsis; [ 
 
 I rritamentum Veneris languentis, et acres 
 Divitis urticae. Major tamen ista voluptas 
 
 Alterius sexus: magis illa incenditur, et mox <; 
 
 Auribus atque oculis concepta urina movetur. 170 ^ 
 
 Non capit has nugas humilis domus : audia t ille 
 
 Testarurn crepitus^ um verbi s^ nudum ^ido stans * ; 
 
 Fornice mancipium quibus abstinet: ille fruatur 
 
 • -i 
 
 prurire 
 
 to tickle you 
 
 plausu, 
 
 by applause. 
 
 canoro choro, 
 
 with her musical choir, 
 
 descendant ad terram 
 fall on the ground 
 
 puellseque, probatse 
 
 and the maids, encouraged 
 
 tremulo clune : 
 with a tremulous buttock: 
 
 
 nuptse spectent hoc, marito recubante juxta, 
 let married women behold this, the husband reclining near, 
 
 quod pudeat aliquem narrasse praesentibus ipsis; 
 which mayashame anyone to have narrated as being present themselves 3 
 
 irritamentum languentis Veneris, et acres 
 
 a provocative of languishing lechery, and the sharp 
 
 , urticae 
 
 stings 
 
 divitis, 
 of the rich. 
 
 Tamen ^isfa"^ voluptas alterius sexus 
 Howevejjl^^hat pleasure of the other sex 
 
 
 major: 
 
 is greater: 
 
 ilia 
 
 the Mnale 
 
 C 
 
 magis incenditur, 
 
 is more inflamed, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 mox 
 
 by and by 
 
 
 urina 
 
 the passion 
 
 concepta 
 
 conceived 
 
 auribus atque 
 
 by the eyes and . 
 
 oculis 
 
 ears 
 
 movetur. 
 
 is excited. 
 
 
 Humilis domus non capit has nugas : 
 
 A humble house does not reach these follies : 
 
 ille audiat 
 let him hear 
 
 
 crepitus 
 the noise 
 
 testarum 
 of shells 
 
 cum verbis 
 
 with _the words 
 
 quibus nudum 
 
 from which a naked 
 
 
 mancipium, stans 
 
 slave, . standing 
 
 olido fornice, 
 in a stinking brothel, 
 
 abstinet 
 
 abstains; 
 
 ille 
 let him 
 
 i'- ' 
 
 di 
 
 ■i ' 
 
286 
 
 D, JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Vocibus obscoenis, omnique libidinis arte. 
 
 Qui Lacedaemonium py tismat e lubricat orbem . 175 
 
 Namque ibi fortunae v eniam j amus. Alea turpis. 
 
 Turpe et adulterium mediocrijms : haec tamen illi 
 Omnia cum faciant, hilares nitidique vocantur. 
 
 Nostra dabunt alios hodie convivia ludos: 
 
 Conditor Iliados cantabitur, atque Maronis 180 
 
 Altisoni djibiam facientia carmina palma m. 
 
 Quid refert tales versus qu^ voce legantur? 
 
 Sed nunc dilatis averte negotia curis . 
 
 Et gratam requiem dona tibi; quando licebit 
 
 qui lubricat Lacedaemonium orbem pytismate, fruatur 
 who lubricates the Lacedaemonian table with his vomit, enjoy 
 
 obscoenis vocibus omnique arte libidinis. Namque 
 
 obscene songs and every art of lust. For 
 
 ibi damus veniam fortunae. Alea turpis, 
 there we make allowance for a fortune. Dice is scandalous, 
 
 et adulterium turpe mediocribus: tamen, cum iUi 
 
 and adultery abominable among the middling classes: yet, when they - 
 
 faciant omnia haec, vocantur hilares nitidique. 
 
 commit all these things, they are called jovial and polite. 
 
 Nostra convivia hodie dabunt alios ludos : 
 
 Our entertainments to-day will supply other amusements: 
 
 conditor 
 the author 
 
 Iliados cantabitur, 
 
 of the Iliad will be sung, 
 
 atque carmina 
 
 and the verses 
 
 altisoni Maronis, facientia palmam 
 
 of the high-sounding Maro, rendering the palm 
 
 dubiam. 
 
 dubious. 
 
 Quid refert qua voce tales versus legantur? 
 What signifies it with what tone such verses are read ? 
 
 Sed nunc, dilatis curis, avertelbfc^ negotia, et 
 But now, having banished cares, turn from business, and 
 
 dona tibi ^ gratam requiem; quando licebit 
 
 give yourself , an agreeable respite j since you will be 
 
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 SATIRA UNDECIMA. 
 
 ri 
 
 Per lotam cessare diem: non foenoirs ulla 
 Mentio, nec, prima si luce egressa reverti 
 Nocte solet, tacito bilem tibi contrahat uxor, 
 Humida suspectis referens multitia rugis, 
 Vexatasque comas, et vultum auremque calentem. 
 Protinus ante meum quicquid dolet exue limen: 
 Pone domum et servos, et quicquid frangitur illis. 
 Aut perit: ingratosj ante omnia pone sodales . 
 Interet Megalesiacae spectacula mappae 
 Idaeum solenne colun t, similisque triumpho 
 Perda caballorum Praetor sedet: ac, mihi pace 
 
 287 
 
 185 
 
 190 
 
 195 
 
 cessare per totam diem: non ulla mentio 
 
 at leisure through the whole day ; let no mention be made 
 
 foenoris, nec uxor contrahat bilem tibi 
 
 of the interest of money, nor your wife occasion jealousy to you 
 
 
 tacito, 
 who are silent. 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 egressa 
 going out 
 
 prima luce, solet 
 
 with the first dawn, she is wont 
 
 reverti nocte, referens humida multitia suspectis 
 
 to return at night, bringing back her wet thin robes with suspicious 
 
 rugis, vexatasque comas, calentemque aurem et vultum, 
 rumples, and disturbed locks, and burning ear and countenance. 
 
 Protinus exue ante meum limen quicquid dolet : 
 
 Forthwith put off before my threshold whatever grieves you: 
 
 pone domum et servos, et quicquid frangitur aut 
 
 forget your house and servants, and whatever is broken or 
 
 perit illis : ante omnia pone ingratos sodales, 
 
 lost by them: above all things forget ungrateful compa nion s. / 
 
 Interea spectacula Megalesiacae mappse colunt a 
 In the mean time the shows of the Megalesian towel celebrate 
 
 
 Idaeum solenne. Praetorque, 
 
 the Idsean solemnity, and the Praetor, 
 
 sedet similis triumpho : ac, 
 
 sits as in triumph: and. 
 
 * perda caballorum, 
 the bane of horses. 
 
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 it is allowed me . 
 
 
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 Immens£e nimiaeque licet si dicere plebis^ 
 
 Totam hodie Romam Circus capit; et f rago r aurem 
 Percutit, eventum viri dis quo colligo panni . 
 
 Nam si deficeret , moestam attonitamque videres 
 Hanc urbem, veluti Cannarum in pulvere victis 200 
 
 Consulibus. Spectent juvenes, quosj^ mor et au dax 
 Sponsio , quos cultae decet assedisse puellae: 
 
 No stra bi^at v ernum c ontracta cuticula solem, 
 
 EfFugiatque togam. Jam nunc'in balnea salva 
 
 Fronte licet vadas, quanquam solida hora supersit 205 
 
 Ad sextam. Facere hoc non possis quinque diebus 
 
 ?'l ■C’-/' 
 
 
 dicere pace immensseqiie nimiae plebis, Circus 
 
 to speak with the leave of the immense and excessive crowd, the Circus 
 
 capit 
 
 holds 
 
 totam Romam 
 
 all Rome 
 
 hodie ; 
 to-day; 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 fragor percutit 
 
 the shout strikes 
 
 aurem, 
 
 ray ear, 
 
 Nam si 
 
 quo 
 
 bv which 
 
 colligo 
 
 I guess 
 
 eventum 
 
 the success 
 
 viridis panni, 
 of the green liv«ery. 
 
 deficeret, videris hanc urbem moestam 
 For if such diversions should fail, you would see this city sad 
 
 attonitamque, veluti Consulibus victis in pulvere 
 
 and aghast, as when the Consuls were vanquished in the field 
 
 Cannarum. Juvenes spectent quos clamor et audax 
 of Cannae. Let young men behold them whom clamour and a daring 
 
 sponsio, 
 
 wager. 
 
 quos 
 
 whom 
 
 assedisse 
 sitting beside 
 
 cultae puellae 
 
 a handsome girl 
 
 decet: 
 becomes: 
 
 nostra 
 
 let our 
 
 contracta cuticula 
 
 wrinkled skin 
 
 bibat 
 
 drink 
 
 vernum solem, 
 
 the vernal sun. 
 
 - 
 
 ^ ^ salva fronte, 
 
 effugiatque togam. Jam nunc 
 
 and shun the gomi. Now at this time 
 
 licet vadas in balnea 
 ^ou may go 
 
 
 // it '/ 
 
 with a good grace. 
 
 quanquam 
 
 although 
 
 solida hora 
 a whole hour 
 
 into the bath 
 
 supersit 
 remains * 
 
 ad sextam. Non possis facere 
 
 to the sixth. You cannot do 
 
 hoc 
 
 this 
 
 qumque 
 
 for five 
 
 continuis 
 
 succesive 
 
 
 
SATIRA UNDECIMA. 289 
 
 ^ 2 , / ^ , 7 ” 
 
 Continuis: quia sunt talis quoque taedia vitae 
 
 Magna. Voluptates commendat rarior usus. 
 
 diebus: quia sunt quoque magna tsedia 
 
 days : because there are also great fatigues 
 
 talis vitae. 
 
 ill such a life. 
 
 Rarior usus 
 
 A rarer use 
 
 commendat 
 
 sweetens 
 
 voluptates. 
 
 pleasures. 
 
 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 C nZy'ie - 
 
 
 SATIRA XII. 
 
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 Natali, Corvine, die milii dulcior bsec lux^ 
 
 Qua testus promissa deis aiiimalia cespes 
 
 Expectat: niveam Reginae caedimus agnam : 
 
 Par vellu s dabitur pugnanti Gorgone Maur^. 
 
 Sed procul extensum p etulan s quatit hostia funem, 
 
 Tarpeio servata Jovi, frontemque coruscat : 
 
 'Uyfui^ Quippe ferox vitulus, templis maturua et arae. 
 
 K i/Y- iZ' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 'vhcfc c’x Ar,^e,rix Corvine, 
 
 hsec 
 
 lux, 
 
 qua 
 
 festus 
 
 cespes 
 
 1- - - 
 
 O Corvinus, 
 
 this 
 
 d«y, 
 
 on which 
 
 the festal 
 
 turf 
 
 ' D . V / 
 
 expectat 
 
 animalia 
 
 
 promissa 
 
 deis. 
 
 dulcior 
 
 4' if f t /M, tv/v C 
 
 ' ^ ' y' 
 
 awaits 
 
 the animals 
 
 
 promised 
 
 to the gods. 
 
 is sweeter 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 0 2 eC ft ^ c/t » 
 
 mihi 
 
 natali die: 
 
 
 csedimus 
 
 niveam agnam 
 
 . /''**■ *v"1^< iP 
 
 to me 
 
 than my birth-day: 
 
 we sacrifice 
 
 a snow- 
 
 -white lamb 
 
 Reginae: 
 
 to the Queen (Juno) 
 Maura 
 
 par vellus dabitur pugnanti 
 
 n equal fleece shall be given to Pallas fighting 
 
 Gorffone: Sed petulans hostia. 
 
 with her Mauritanian Gorgon; But 
 
 a perverse 
 
 victim. 
 
 servata 
 
 preserved 
 
 Tarpeio 
 for Tarpeian 
 
 Jovi, quatit 
 
 Jove, shakes 
 
 procul extensum 
 the far-extended 
 
 funem, 
 
 rope. 
 
 coruscatque 
 
 and brandishes 
 
 frontem : 
 
 his forehe^: 
 
 quippe ferox 
 
 for he is a fierce 
 
 vitulus, 
 
 calf. 
 
 maturus . 
 mature 
 
 templis 
 for the temples 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 arse, 
 
 altar. 
 
SATIRA DUODECIMA. 
 
 291 
 
 Spargendusque mero, quem jam pudet ubera matris 
 Ducere, qui vexat nascenti robora cornu. 
 
 Si res ampla domi, similisque affe ctibus esset, 10 
 
 Pinguior Hispull^ traheretur taurus, et ips^ 
 
 Mole piger , nec finitimi nutritus in herb^; 
 jLasta sed ostendens Clitumni pascua sanguis 
 Iret , et k grandi cervix ferienda ministro, 
 
 Ob reditum trepidantis adhuc, horrendaque passi 15 
 Nuper, et incolumem sese mirantis amici. 
 
 Nam praeter pelagi casus, et fulguris ictum 
 Evasi, densae coelum abscondere tenebrae 
 
 spargendusque mero, quem jam pudet ducere 
 
 and about to be sprinkled with wine, whom now it shames to suck 
 
 ubera matris, qui vexat robora nascenti cornu, 
 
 the teats of his mother, who butts the oaks with his growing horn. 
 
 Si esset ampla res domi, similisque affectibus. 
 
 If I had an ample fortune at home, and equal to my inclinations; 
 
 
 
 taurus traheretur pinguior Hispulla, et piger 
 a bull should be dragged along fatter t han Hispu lla, and slow 
 
 /y 
 
 ty 
 
 ips& mole, 
 
 with his own size. 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 nutritus 
 
 pastured 
 
 yfe-.-yi 
 
 • on the neig hbouring grass; , 
 
 in finitima herba ; 
 
 sed ostendens 
 but showing 
 
 laeta pascua 
 
 the joyful pastures 
 
 Clitumni 
 
 of Clitumnus 
 
 sanguis 
 
 his blood 
 
 iret, 
 
 should flow, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 cervix ferienda a grandi ministro, 
 his neck be struck by a mighty priest. 
 
 
 ob reditum amici adhuc trepidantis, passique 
 for the return of roy friend still trembling, having suffered 
 
 horrenda nuper, 
 
 dreadful dangers lately, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 mirantis se incolumen. 
 Wondering that he is safe. 
 
 Nam, praeter casus pelagi, et ictum 
 
 For, besides the dangers of the deep, and the stroke 
 
 fulguris evasi, densae tenebrae abscondere coelum 
 of lightning escaped, thick darkness concealed the sky 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Nube una» subitusque antennas impulit ignis; 
 
 Cum se quisque illo percussum crederet, et mox 20 
 
 7 ^ Attonitus nullum confem posse putaret 
 Naufragium velis ardentibus. Omnia fiunt 
 Talia, tam graviter, si quando poetica surgit 
 Tempestas. Genus ecce aliud discriminis,: audi, 
 
 Et miserere iterum, quanquam sint caetera sortis 25 
 
 ^ Ejusdem: pars dira quidem, sed cognita multis. 
 
 Et quam votiva testantur fana tabella 
 Plurima. Pictores quis nescit ab Iside pasci? 
 
 Accidit et nostro similis fortuna Catullo, 
 
 
 una nube» 
 in one cloud, 
 
 subitusque 
 and a sudden 
 
 Ignis 
 
 fire 
 
 impulit 
 
 caught 
 
 antennas; 
 the sail-yard^ ; 
 
 cum quisque crederet se percussum illo, et mox 
 
 when every one believed himself struck by it, and presently 
 
 attonitus 
 each being aghast 
 
 putaret nullum naufragium 
 
 supposed that no shipwreck 
 
 conferri 
 
 compared 
 
 ardentibus velis. 
 
 to burning sails. 
 
 Omnia 
 
 All 
 
 fiunt 
 
 become 
 
 i^/ttam graviter, si quando 
 ' y y ■ ^ so dreadful, as when 
 
 ■ / /* 
 
 , / I t cc t '•» 
 
 j 5.„V Cc xc. 
 
 '>• 
 
 ■/ - 
 
 poetica tempestas 
 a poetic tempest 
 
 C t-CcC 
 
 
 Behold 
 
 iterum 
 
 again 
 
 sortis : 
 sort: 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 aliud 
 anot her _ 
 
 miserere, 
 
 pity» 
 
 pars 
 a part 
 
 genus 
 .-kind_ 
 
 discriminis 
 of danger; 
 
 audi, 
 
 hear. 
 
 posse 
 could be 
 
 talia, 
 
 such, 
 
 surgit. 
 
 arises. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 quanquam caetera sunt ejusdem 
 
 although the rest are of the same 
 
 dira 
 
 dreadful 
 
 quidem, sed cognita multis, 
 indeed, but known to many, 
 
 quam plurima fana 
 
 which many fanes 
 
 testantur votiva tabula, 
 testify with a votive tablet. 
 
 V./ . 
 
 a Quis 
 
 »v ^ Similis 
 A similar 
 
 - _ 
 
 nescit 
 
 knows not 
 
 fortuna 
 
 fortune 
 
 pictores 
 
 that painters 
 
 accidit 
 
 happened 
 
 pasci 
 
 are maintained 
 
 ab Iside ? 
 
 by Isis ? 
 
 et nostro Catullo, 
 likewise to our Catullus, 
 
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 yy 
 
 
 

 
 
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 SATIRA DUODECIMA. 293 
 
 CAm plenus fluctu m edius foret alveus, et jam, 30 
 
 y Alternum puppis Ijilus evertentibus undis 
 
 Arboris incer tae, rmllam prudentia cani < ^ 
 
 RectBris conferret ope m; decidere jactu 
 Cmpit cum ventis, imitatus castora, qui se 
 Eunuchum ipse facit, cupiens evadere damno 35 
 
 Testiculorum: adeo medicatum intelligit inguen. 
 
 Fundite quae mea sunt, dicebat, cuncta Catullus; 
 Praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima, vestem 
 Purpuream, teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam, 
 
 H Atque alias, quarum generosi graminis ipsum 40 
 
 cum medius alveus foret 
 when the middle huid was 
 
 plenus fluctu, et jam, 
 
 full of the flood. ami already, 
 
 undis evertentibus 'alternum latus puppis 
 from the waves oversetting alternately the side of the stern 
 
 incertse arboris, prudentia cani rectoris conferret 
 of the rolling ship, the skill of the grey-haired pilot co uld affo rd 
 
 nullam opem ; 
 
 no aid; 
 
 cospit 
 
 he began 
 
 decidere 
 to compromise 
 
 cum ventis 
 
 with the winds 
 
 jactu, 
 for his loss, 
 
 se 
 
 himself 
 
 imitatus 
 
 imitating 
 
 eunuchum, 
 an eunuch, 
 
 castora, 
 the beaver, 
 
 cupiens 
 
 anxious 
 
 quiipse 
 who 
 
 evadere 
 to escape 
 
 facit 
 
 makes 
 
 damno 
 
 with the loss 
 
 testiculorum : 
 of his testicles: 
 
 intelligit inguen adeo medicatum, 
 he understands that his groin is so medicinal. 
 
 Catullus dicebat, fundite' cuncta quae sunt mea ; 
 Catullus said, throw overboard all that are mine; 
 
 volens praecipitare etiam pulcherrima, purpuream 
 
 willing to cast away even the most beautiful articles, the purple 
 
 vestem, aptam quoque teneris Maecenatibus, atque 
 
 vest. 
 
 alias, 
 
 others, 
 
 .fit 
 
 quarum 
 
 whose 
 
 even 
 
 and 
 
 for the delicate Maecenases, 
 
 'Y- ^ 
 
 jpsum pecus natura 
 
 vei’yjcattle the nature of the grateful 
 
 penerosi 
 
 C7 
 
 
 
 
294 
 
 D. JCNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 
 
 Infec it ^atura pecus, sed et egregius fons 
 Viribus occultisT^t BaBticus adjuvat aer. 
 
 Ille nec argentum dubitabat mittere, lances 
 Parthenio factas, urnae cratera capacem. 
 
 Et dignum sitiente Pholo, vel conjuge Fusci, 
 Adde et b^ca udas, e t mille escaria , mnjtum 
 Coelati, biberat quo callidus emptor Olynthi. 
 
 Sed quis nunc alius, qua mundi parte, quis audet 
 Argento praeferre caput, rebusque salutem? 
 
 Non propter vitam faciunt patrimonia quidam. 
 Sed vitio caeci propter patrimonia vivunt. 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 < . 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 grammis 
 
 verdure 
 
 infecit, 
 hath tinged, 
 
 sed 
 
 but 
 
 et 
 
 also 
 
 egregius fons 
 the noble fountain 
 
 occultis viribus, et 
 
 with its occult powers, and 
 
 Baeticus aer 
 Bsetic air 
 
 adjuvat. 
 
 improves. 
 
 ille dubitabat 
 did he hesitate 
 
 mittere argentum, 
 
 to throw over • his silver-plate, 
 
 factas Parthenio, cratera capacem urnae. 
 
 made by Parthenius, a vessel 
 
 holding 
 
 an urn full. 
 
 Nec 
 
 Nor 
 
 lances 
 
 goblets 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 conjuge 
 the wife 
 
 Fusci, 
 
 of Fuscus. 
 
 dignum Pholo sitiente, vel 
 
 worthy of Pholus when thirsty, or 
 - ■ 
 
 Adde bascaudas et, et mille escaria, multum coelati,' 
 
 Add baskets likewise, and a thousand vessels, a large embossed cup. 
 
 
 callidus emptor 
 
 the artful purchaser 
 
 Olynthi 
 
 of Olynthu s 
 
 biberat, 
 had drank. 
 
 Sed quis alius nunc, qua parte mundi, quis audet 
 
 But what other is there now, in any part of the world, who dares 
 
 praeferre caput argento, salutemque rebus ? 
 
 to prefer his head to his money, and safety to his possessions ? 
 
 Quidam faciunt patrimonia non propter vitam, sed 
 
 Some raise fortunes not for life, but 
 
 caeci 
 
 blind 
 
 vitio 
 with vice 
 
 /f " ^ c.^ / i-t- 
 
 (jP ' \ /..c *- 
 
 vivunt propter patrimonia. Maxima 
 
 live for/ortupes. The greatest 
 
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 SATIRA DUODECIMA. 295 
 
 Jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima; sj^n^ 
 
 Damna levant. Tunc, adversis urgentibus, i lluc 
 Recidi t, ut malum ferro submitteret, 
 
 Explicat an^sjum; disc riminis ultima quando 55 
 
 Praesidia afferimus navem factura minorem. 
 
 I nunc, et ventis animam committe, dolato 
 Confisus ligno, digitis k morte remotus 
 Quatuor, aut septem, si sit latissima ta eda. 
 
 Mox cum reticulis, et pane, et ventre lagenae, 60 
 
 Aspice sumendas in tempestate secures. 
 
 Sed postquam jacuit planum mare, tempora postquam 
 
 pars 
 
 part 
 
 utilium rerum 
 
 of his useful goods 
 
 jactatur ; 
 
 is thrown overboard ; 
 
 sed 
 
 but 
 
 nec 
 
 neither 
 
 levant damna. Tunc, adversis urgentibus, 
 
 do the losses alleviate the dangers. Then, adverse winds opposing, 
 
 recidit illic, ut submitteret malum ferro, ac 
 
 it came to this, that he submitted the mast to the axe, and 
 
 
 
 angustum explicat se : ultima discriminis 
 
 distressed disencumbers himself: they are extremities of danger 
 
 quando afferimus prsesidia factura navem minorem, 
 when we bring these aids to make the ship lighter. 
 
 I mine, 
 
 Go now. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 committe animam 
 commit life 
 
 ventis, confisus 
 to the winds, coniidiug 
 
 dolato ligno, 
 in a hewn plank. 
 
 remotus 
 
 removed 
 X 
 
 a morte 
 from death 
 
 quatuor digitis, 
 
 four fingers. 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 septem. 
 
 si 
 
 tfeda sit 
 
 latissima. 
 
 seven. 
 
 if 
 
 the pine-vessel be 
 
 very thick. 
 
 aspice, 
 
 cum 
 
 ^ reticulis. 
 
 et 
 
 remember, 
 
 with 
 
 your provision little nets. 
 
 , and 
 
 Mox 
 
 By and by 
 
 pane, 
 
 bread, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 ventre lagjense, 
 the large bellied flagon. 
 
 secures 
 the axes 
 
 sumendas 
 to he used 
 
 in tempestate, 
 in a storm. 
 
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 Sed postquam mare jacuit planum, postquam prospera 
 
 But when the sea lay smooth, when prosperous 
 
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296 
 
 D. JLMI JUVENALIS 
 
 Prospera, vectoris fatumque valentius Euro, 
 
 Et pelago ; postquam Parcae meliora benigna 
 
 Pensa manu ducunt hjlares, et staminis albi 65 
 
 Lanificae ; modica nec multo fortior aur^ 
 
 Ventus adest; inopi miserabilis arte cucurrit 
 Vestibus extensis, et, quod superaverat unum. 
 
 Velo, prora, suo: jam deficientibus Austris, 
 
 Spes vitae cum sole redit: tum gratus liilo, 70 
 
 Atque novercali sedes p raelata Lavino 
 Conspicitur sublimis apex, cui candida' nomen 
 Scrofa dedit (laetis Phrygibus mirabife sumen) 
 
 tempora, fatumque vectoris valentius Euro 
 
 seasons, and the fate of the passenger was more powerful than the east-wind 
 
 et pelago ; postquam hilares Parcae ducunt raieliora 
 
 and the deep; when the cheerful Parcae draw out better tasks 
 
 benigna mann, et 
 
 with a benignant hand, and 
 
 lanificae 
 
 become the spinstera 
 
 albi 
 
 of a white 
 
 staminis ; 
 
 nec 
 
 thread; 
 
 nor 
 
 aura 
 
 adest; 
 
 
 blows; 
 
 modica 
 than a moderate 
 
 /- /• 
 
 ventus multb fortior 
 a bn oo B O ' much stronger 
 
 adest; miserabilis prora cucurrit inopi arte 
 
 the miserable vessel made a poor shift 
 
 vestibus extensis, et suo velo, quod unum 
 
 with seamen’s clothes extended, and its own sail, which alone 
 
 superaverat : 
 
 remained: 
 
 jam, Austris deficientibus, spes 
 
 now, the south-winds ceasing, hope 
 
 . -I /7 
 
 Tc 
 
 vitse redit cum sole: turn sublimis apex, 
 
 of life returns with the sun : then the lofty peak, 
 
 gratus Iulo, atque sedes praelata novercali 
 
 agreeable to lulus, and a seat preferred to his step-mother’s 
 
 Lavino conspicitur, cui candida scrofa (sumen 
 
 Lavinum is descried, to which a white sow ( an udder 
 
 mirabile laetis Phrygibus) et ■ clara ^ triginta 
 
 admired by the joyful Phi ygians) and famous -for her thirty 
 
SATIRA DUODECIMA. 
 
 297 
 
 Et nunquam yiais triginta clar^ mamillis. 
 
 Tandem intrat positas inclusa per aBquora moles, 
 Tyrrhenamque Pharon, porrectaque brachm rursum. 
 Quae pelago occurrunt medio, longeque relinquunt 
 
 70 
 
 Italiam. Non sic igitur mirabere portus 
 Quos natura dedit; sed trimc^ puppe magister 
 Interiora petit Baianae pervia cymb^ 
 
 Tuti stagna smus. Gaudent ibi vertice raso 
 
 80 
 
 Garrul a securi narrare pericula nautae. 
 
 Ite igitur pueri, linguis animisque faventes. 
 
 Sertaque delubris et farra imponite cultris, 
 
 V 
 
 mamillis 
 
 leati» 
 
 nunquam visis, 
 
 never seen before. 
 
 dedit nomen, 
 has given the name. 
 
 Tandem 
 
 At length 
 
 Act. 
 
 intrat moles positas per inclusa aequora, Tyrrhenamque 
 
 k: 
 
 she enters the piers built through the inclosed tides, and Tyrrhene 
 
 ‘ ' ~ -. 
 
 Pharon, 
 
 Pharos, 
 
 ^ brachiaque porrecta 
 
 and the arms stretched out 
 
 rursum. 
 
 quae 
 
 A-- 
 
 again. 
 
 which 
 
 / 
 
 occurrunt 
 
 meet 
 
 medio pelago, 
 the middle sea. 
 
 relinquuntque 
 
 and leave 
 
 Italiam 
 
 Italy 
 
 r-'f 
 
 longe. 
 far behind. 
 
 Igitur 
 
 Therefore 
 
 non sic mirabere 
 you will not so admire 
 
 portus 
 the harbours 
 
 quos natura dedit; sed magister, trunca 
 which nature has formed ; but the master, with his shattered 
 
 puppe, 
 
 vessel. 
 
 petit interiora stagna 
 
 seeks the interior pools 
 
 tuti sinus, 
 of a safe creek. 
 
 pervia 
 
 passable 
 
 Baianse cymbte. 
 
 to a Baian boat. 
 
 Ibi 
 
 There 
 
 nautte 
 the mariners 
 
 secun, 
 
 - /.< _ 
 
 ’ ‘t:’? 
 
 . vertice , gauden t 
 
 raso 
 
 safe, with shaved /fuL^y. ^ 
 
 « 
 
 head. 
 
 rqoice 
 
 narrare 
 
 to narrate 
 
 garrula pericula, 
 their boasted dangers. 
 
 igitur, 
 
 therefore. 
 
 pueri, 
 
 b^s. 
 
 faventes 
 
 assisting 
 
 linguis 
 
 w ith y our tongues 
 
 Ite ^ i 
 
 Go •/ , - . ■ 
 
 animisque, ✓ . 
 
 and minds, ^ 
 
 
 
 imponiteque serta delubris, et farra cultris, 
 
 aud place garlands on the temples,' and corn on the knives, 
 
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298 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Ac molles ornate focos, glebamque virentem. 85 
 
 Jam sequar, et sacro, quod praestat, rite peracto, 
 
 Inde domum repetam, graciles ubi parva coronas 
 Accipient fragili simulachra nitentia cera. 
 
 Hic nostrum placabo Jovem, laribusque paternis 
 Thura dabo, atque omnes violae jactabo colores. 90 
 
 Cuncta nitent; longos erexit janua ramos. 
 
 Et matuti nis ope ratur fe sta lupe rnis. 
 
 Nec suspecta tibi sint haec, Corvine: Catullus, 
 
 Pro cujus reditu tot pono altaria, parvos 
 
 Tres habet haeredes. Libet expectare, quis aegram 95 
 
 
 ac ornate molles focos, virentemque glebam, 
 and adorn your soft hearths, and green turf-altar. 
 
 Jam sequar, et, rite peracto sacro, quod 
 
 Now I will follow, and, having devoutly performed sacrifice, which 
 
 praestat, inde repetam domum, ubi parva simulachra 
 
 is requisite, thence 1 will return home, where ray little deities 
 
 nitentia fragili cera accipient 
 
 glittering in brittle wax shall receive 
 
 graciles coronas. 
 
 their slender crowns. 
 
 / • ^ 
 
 Hie placabo nostrum Jovem, daboque thura 
 Here I will appease our Jove, and I will offer frankincense 
 
 paternis larihus, atque jactabo omnes colores 
 
 '.■ y . * ^ to the paternal household-gods^ and display _all the colours 
 
 _ violse. Cuncta nitent; janua erexit longos ramos, 
 
 '' 7 ’ of the violet. 
 
 C __ ___ 
 
 A ^ 
 
 Ali lookgay; my gate spreads out long branches, 
 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 operatur 
 
 celebrates 
 
 festa matutinis lucernis. Nec 
 
 the festivals with morning lights. Nor 
 
 
 hsec 
 
 let these affairs 
 
 sint 
 
 be 
 
 suspecta 
 
 suspected 
 
 tibi, 
 
 by you, 
 
 Corvinus : Catullus, 
 
 Corvinus : Catullus, 
 
 pro cujus 
 for whose 
 
 reditu 
 
 return 
 
 pono 
 
 1 raise 
 
 tot 
 
 so many 
 
 altaria, habet tres 
 
 altars, has three 
 
 parvos haeredes. Libet expectare, quis impendat 
 
 little heirs. I should be happy to wait, and see who will bestow 
 
 
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SATIRA DUODECIMA. 
 
 
 299 
 
 
 Et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico 
 Tam sterili. Verum haec nimia est impensa: coturnix 
 Nulla unquam pro patre cadet. Sentire calorem 
 
 Si coepit locuples Gallita et Paccius, orbi, 
 Leg itimi fixis y^titur tota tabellis 
 Porticus. 
 
 100 
 
 Existunt qui pr omittant hecatomben. 
 Quatenus hic non sunt nec venales elephanti. 
 Nec Latio, aut usquam sub nostro sidere talis 
 Bellua concipitur : sed furv 4 gent e p etita 
 
 Arboribus Rutulis, et Turni pascitur agro 
 Caesaris armentum, nulli servire paratum 
 
 105 
 
 gallinam, aegram et claudentem oculos, tam sterili amico, 
 a hen, sick and shutting her eyes, on so barren a friend. 
 
 Verum haec 
 
 But this 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 nimia impensa 
 
 too much expense: 
 
 nulla 
 
 no 
 
 coturnix 
 
 quail 
 
 unquam cadet 
 shall ever fall 
 
 pro patre, 
 for a father. 
 
 Paccius, 
 
 Paccius, 
 
 orbi, 
 
 childless both. 
 
 locuples Gallita et , 
 
 wealthy Gallita and 
 
 coepit sentire calorem, 
 
 begin to feel a fever, ‘ ‘ij 
 
 Si 
 
 If 
 
 tota 
 the whole 
 
 porticus legitime vestitur fixis tabellis. 
 
 portico is solemnly covered with fixed votive tablets. ' 
 
 Quatenus^^^ 
 
 may promise a hecatomb. Seeing jl ^ ^ , 
 
 non sunt elephanti hic, nec venales, nec 
 
 that there are no elephants here, nor to be sold. 
 
 Existunt 
 
 They exist 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 promittant 
 
 may promise 
 elephanti hic. 
 
 hecatomben, 
 a hecatomb. 
 
 nor 
 
 tabs 
 is such 
 
 bellua 
 
 a beast 
 
 concipitur 
 
 bred 
 
 Latio, 
 in Latium, 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 usquam 
 any where 
 
 sub nostro sidere : 
 under our heaven: 
 
 sed 
 
 but 
 
 petita furva 
 
 being brought from_a black-coloured 
 
 gente 
 
 nation 
 
 pascitur 
 is fed 
 
 Rutulis arboribus, 
 
 / ^ 
 ' 1-1 
 
 
 
 in Rutulianjyoo^s^ 
 
 1 
 
 Turni, 
 
 of Turnus, 
 
 et agro 
 
 and_in the land^ ^ 
 
 armentum Casaris, paratum servire ‘ A[ 
 
 as the herd of Caesar, prepared ^ 
 

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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
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 Privato: siquidem Tyrio pax^e solebant 
 
 Hannibali^ et nostris ducibus, regiqiie Molosso, 
 
 Ho rum m aj*^res, ac dorso ferre cohortes 
 
 Partem aliquam belli^ et euntem in proelia turrim. 110 
 
 Nulla igitur mora per Novium, mora nulla per Istrum 
 
 Pacuvium, quin illud ebur ducatur ad aras, , 
 
 Et cadat ante Lares Gallitse victima sacra, 
 
 Tantis digna Deis et capta ^ribus horum. 
 
 Alter enim, si concedas mactare, vovebit 115 
 
 De grege servorum magna aut pulcherrima quaeque 
 
 Corpora; vel pueris, et frontibus ancillarum 
 
 
 
 
 nullo privato: siquidem horum majores solebant 
 
 no private individual : since indeed their ancestors were accustomed 
 
 nostris ducibus, 
 
 our generals. 
 
 parere Tyrio Hannibali, et 
 
 to obey the Tyrian Hannibal, and 
 
 Molossoque regi, ac ferre aliquam partem belli, 
 
 and the Molossiau king, and to carry, during some part of the war, 
 
 cohortes dorso, 
 cohorts upon their back. 
 
 et turrim euntem in proelia. 
 , and a towjer entering into battle. 
 
 Igitur nulla mora per Novium, nulla mora per Istrum 
 
 
 Therefore there jsjiflL^^elay by Novius, no delay by Ister 
 
 St 
 
 Pacuvium, qiiin illud ebur ducatur ad aras, 
 
 Pacuvius, but that ivory animal is led to the altars. 
 
 
 a 
 
 /L 
 
 .'"D 
 
 ^ ». .rt.ee. 
 
 k-t /” -r-rcd 
 
 et cadet 
 
 and falls 
 
 digna 
 
 worthy 
 
 sacra victima ante lares Gallitse, 
 
 a sacred victim before the household-gods of Ga llita, 
 
 tantis deis et 
 
 of such mighty deities and 
 
 horum captatoribus, 
 their flatterers. 
 
 Enim alter. 
 For the other, 
 
 si concedas 
 if you permit him 
 
 mactare, 
 to sacrifice, 
 
 vovebit 
 will devote 
 
 quseque magna aut pulcherrima corpora de grege 
 
 all the large or most beautiful bodies of the herd 
 
 servorum; vel imponet vittas pueris, et fontibus 
 
 of his slaves; or put fillets upon his boys, and tlTeforehead» 
 
SATIRA DUODECIMA. 
 
 aoi 
 
 Imponet vitias; et, si qua est nubilis illi 
 Iphigenia domi, dabit hanc altaribus, etsi 
 Non speret tragicae furtiva piacula cervae. 
 
 Laudo meum civem, nec comparo testamento 
 Mille rates : nam si Libitinam evaserit aeger, 
 j- D elebit tab ulas inclusus carcere nassae. 
 
 Post meTjtunijane m irandum ; atque omnia soli 
 Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit. Ille superbus 
 Incedet victis rivalibus. Ergo vid es qu^m 
 Gran de operae pretium faciat jugulata Mycenis . 
 Vivat Pacuvius, quaeso, vel Nestora totum: 
 
 120 
 
 125 
 
 ancillarum: 
 
 of his servant-maids : 
 
 et, 
 
 and. 
 
 Sl 
 
 if 
 
 est 
 there is 
 
 illi qua Iphigenia 
 
 tu him any Iphigenia 
 
 nubilis 
 
 domi, 
 
 dabit hanc altaribus, etsi 
 
 marriageable at horne, he will resign her to the altars, although ‘ 
 
 
 non speret 
 he cannot hope 
 
 furtiva piacula 
 for the secrot expiations 
 
 tragicae cervae. 
 
 of the tragic hind. 
 
 Laudo 
 
 I commend 
 
 meum civem, 
 my countrym^. 
 
 nec comparo mille rates 
 nor do I compare a thousand ships 
 
 
 /s 
 
 testamento : 
 
 to a last will: 
 
 nam 
 
 for 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 aeger 
 
 the sick man 
 
 evaserit Libitinam, 
 
 shall escape 
 
 delebit 
 
 tabulas, 
 
 inclusus 
 
 Libitina, 
 
 carcere nassae, 
 
 he will cancel former bequests, ihough enclosed in the prison of the 
 
 post meritum sane mirandum; atque forsan 
 
 breviter 
 
 after a merit truly surprising ; and perhaps in a few words 
 
 dabit 
 
 give 
 
 omnia 
 
 all 
 
 Pacuvio 
 
 to Pacuvius 
 
 soli. 
 
 alone. 
 
 Ille 
 
 He 
 
 incedet 
 
 will strut 
 
 superbus 
 
 triumphant 
 
 victis rivalibus. 
 
 over his vanquished rivals. 
 
 Ergo vides, quam 
 
 Therefore you see how 
 
 grande pretium operae jugulata Mycenis faciat. 
 
 great the reward of a service a woma n sacri ficed at Mycenae may procure. 
 
 V\ 
 
 Pacuvius vivat, 
 May Pacuvius live. 
 
 quaeso, vel totum Nestora = 
 
 I beseech you, even the whole age of Nestor: 
 
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 Possideat quantum rapuit Nero : montibus aurum 
 Exaequet; nec amet quenquam, nec Ametur ab ullo. 
 
 possideat quantum Nero rapuit: exaequet aurum 
 
 may he possess as much as Nero has plundered: may he equal his g^old 
 
 montibus; nec amet quenquam, nec ametur ab ullo, 
 to mountains; neither let him love any, nor beloved by any. 
 

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 ly ^ 
 
 SATIRA XIII. 
 
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 Exemplo quodcunque malo committitur, ipsi 
 
 Displicet authori. Prima est haec ultio, quod se 
 Judice nemo nocens absolv itur; improba quamvis 
 Gratia fallacis Praetoris vicerit urnam. 
 
 Quid sentire putas omnes, Calvine, recenti 
 De scelere, et fidei violatae crimine? Sed nec 
 Tam tenuis census tibi contigit, ut mediocris 
 Jacturae te mergat onus; nec rara videmus 
 
 
 Quodcunque 
 Whatever crime 
 
 committitur 
 
 is committed 
 
 malo exemplo, 
 by an evil example, 
 
 displicet 
 displeases pA* 
 
 
 authori 
 
 the author 
 
 ipsi. 
 
 himself. 
 
 Haec 
 
 This 
 
 est prima 
 
 is the first 
 
 quod 
 
 that 
 
 
 
 nemo nocens 
 no guilty person 
 
 absolvitur 
 is acquitted 
 
 improba gratia 
 the wicked favour 
 
 fallacis Praetoris 
 of the corrupt Praetor 
 
 ultio, 
 revenge^ 
 
 ... A' 
 
 sejudice; quamvis 
 
 if he himself is judge j although v , 
 
 urnam. : 
 
 the urn.^;^ .X^^ j A 
 
 vicerit 
 
 has gained 
 
 
 
 Calvine, quid putas omnes sentire de recenti 
 
 Calvinus, what do you think that all men feel concerning the recent 
 
 scelere, 
 
 wickedness. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 crimine 
 
 crime 
 
 violatae fidei ? 
 of violated faith ? 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 nec 
 
 neither 
 
 tarn 
 has so 
 
 tenuis 
 
 small 
 
 census 
 an estate 
 
 mediocris jacturae mergat 
 
 contigit tibi, ut onus 
 
 fallen to you, that the weight 
 
 '/i, 
 
 te; hec videmus rara 
 
 of a moderate loss should sink . you; nor do we see unusual things 
 
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304 
 
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 Quae pateris; casus multis hic cognitus, ac jam 
 Tritus, et e medio Fortunae ductus acervo. 10 
 
 Ponamus nimios gemitus. Flagrantior aequo 
 Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major. 
 
 Tu quamvis levium minimam exiguamque malorum 
 Particulam vix ferre potes, spumantibus ardens 
 Vi s^ceribu s, sacrum tibi quod non reddat amicus 15 
 
 Depositum. Stupet haec qui jam post terga reliquit 
 Sexaginta annos, Fonteio Consule natus ? 
 
 An nih il in melius tot rerum profi cis usu ? 
 
 Magna quidem, sacris quae dat praecepta libellis. 
 
 Wt £■ %-n V P 
 
 I 
 
 'la %C4J 
 
 ' ' / f 
 
 quae pateris; 
 t hat you suffer; 
 
 tritus, et 
 
 stale, and 
 
 Ponamus 
 Let US dispense with 
 
 hic casus cognitus multis, ac jam 
 
 this case is known to many, and now 
 
 ductus e medio acervo Fortunae, 
 
 drawn from the middle heap of Fortune. 
 
 nimios gemitus. Dolor viri non debet 
 excessive groans. The grief of a man ought not 
 
 esse flagrantior aequo, nec major vulnere, 
 to be more intense than is proper, nor greater than the wound. 
 
 Quamvis tu vix potes ferre minimam exiguamque 
 
 Although you scarcely can endure a very trifling and small 
 
 particulam 
 
 , ^ particle 
 
 „ visceribus, 
 
 ^ ui, bowels, 
 
 ’’ '.cce~4.i- 1 . 
 
 depositum. 
 
 'i- deposit. 
 
 levium malorum, ardens spumantibus. 
 
 of light evils, burn ing in your foaming 
 
 quod amicus non reddat tibi sacrum 
 because your friend does not restore to you the sacred 
 
 Stupet haec qui, natus 
 
 Is he astonished at these things who, bom 
 
 Fonteio Consule, jam reliquit sexaginta annoa post terga 1 
 when Fpnteius was Consul, has already left sixty years . behind his back ?) 
 
 An proficis nihil in melius usu tot rerura ? 
 
 Do you pi'Qfit nothing for the better by the use of so many things?' 
 
 Sapientia» victrix Fortunae, quae dat praecepta 
 
 Wisdom, the couquerpr of Fortune, who, gives precepts 
 
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SATIRA DECIMA TERTIA. 
 
 305 
 
 Victrix Fortunas Sapientia. Dicimus autem 20 
 
 Hos quoque felices, qui ferre incommoda vitee, 
 
 Nec jactare jugum, vita didicere magistra» 
 
 Quae tam festa dies, ut cesset prodere furem. 
 
 Perfidiam, fraudes, atque omni ex crimine lucrum 
 Quaesitum, et partos gladio vel pyxide nummos ? 25 
 
 Rari quippe honi : numero vix sunt totidem quot 
 Thebarum portae, vel divitis ostia Nili. 
 
 Nunc aetas agitur, pejoraque saecula ferri 
 i Temporibus: quorum sceleri non invenit ipsa 
 
 Nomen, et k nullo posuit natura metallo. 30 
 
 sacris libellis, magna quidem. Autem dicimus 
 
 in her sacred books, is great indeed. But we pronounce 
 
 hos felices quoque, qui, vita 
 those happy likewise, who, life 
 
 ferre incommoda vitae, 
 to bear the inconveniences of life. 
 
 Quae dies tarn festa, ut 
 
 What day is so sacred, that 
 
 
 *xj; 
 
 magistra, didicere 
 
 being their mistress, have learnt 
 
 nec jactare jugum. 
 
 without throwing off the yoke, 
 
 
 cesset prodere furem, 
 
 it ceases to discover a felon, 
 
 perfidiam, 
 
 perfidy, 
 
 fraudes, atque lucrum quaesitum ex omni 
 
 frauds, and gain sought out of every 
 
 crimine, et nummos partos 
 
 crime, and money obtained 
 
 Quippe boni rari : vix 
 
 For the good are rare: scarcely 
 
 /em quot portae Thebarum, vel 
 i- as the gates of Thebes , or 
 
 Nunc aetas agitur, saeculaque pejora temporibus 
 
 Now the age passes on, and ages worse than the times 
 
 j ferri, quorum sceleri natura ipsa non 
 
 of the iron age, for whose wickedness nature herself has not 
 
 posuit a nullo metallo, 
 
 has imposed one from no metal. 
 
 U 
 
 invenit nomen, et 
 found a name, and 
 
 gladio 
 by the sword 
 
 vel 
 
 or 
 
 sunt totidem 
 
 are they as many 
 
 pyxide 1 
 poison ? 
 
 numero 
 
 in number 
 
 ostia 
 the mouths 
 
 divitis Nili, 
 of the fertile Nile. 
 
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306 
 
 D. JUMl JUVENALIS 
 
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 Nos lioniinnm Divumque fidem clamore demas . 
 
 Quanto Faesidium laudat vocalis acentem 
 Sportula . Dic senior, bulla dignissim e, nescis 
 Quas habeat Veneres aliena pecunia? nescis 
 Quem tua simplicitas risum vulgo moveat, cum 
 Exigis a quoquam ne pejeret, et putet ullis 
 Esse aliquod numen templis araeque ruben ti ? 
 
 Quondam hoc indioenae vivebant more, priusquam 
 Sumeret agrestem posito diademate falcem 
 Saturnus fugiens : tunc cum virguncula Juno, 40 
 
 Et privatus adhuc Idaeis Jupiter antris. 
 
 
 35 
 
 
 f <Ty 
 
 
 Nos ciemus fidem hominum Divumque clamore quanto 
 
 We invuk.e the faith of mea and gods with a vociferation as loud as 
 
 5/ vocalis 
 
 / 
 
 tn > if? 11 V 
 
 i I ', / 
 
 f; o . -c V. 
 
 the noisy 
 
 senior, 
 old man. 
 
 Veneres 
 
 charms 
 
 risum 
 
 derision 
 
 sportula laudat Faesidium agentem. Dic, 
 
 sportula applauds Faesidius when pleading. Tell me, 
 
 dignissime bulla, nescis quas 
 
 so worthy of the child’s insignia, do you not know what 
 
 aliena pecunia habeat ? nescis quem 
 
 another’s money possesses ? Do you not know what 
 
 tua simplicitas moveat vulgo, cum 
 
 your simplicity must occasion to the vulgar, when 
 
 exigis 
 
 ! , /« . you require 
 
 ■ » < 2 . o 
 
 esse 
 
 :z< K ^ e is 
 
 Quondam 
 
 ^ « c^v-r.;... 
 
 Saturnus 
 
 Saturn 
 
 a quoquam ne pejeret, et putet 
 
 of any man that he do not forswear, and think 
 
 aliquod numen ullis templis rubentique arsel 
 
 any divinity in the temples and the red altar? 
 
 indigenae vivebant hoc more, ^ priusquam 
 
 our natives lived in this manner, before 
 
 fugiens, posito diademate, sumeret 
 flying, having laid dou n his diadem, took up 
 
 agrestem falcem : tunc cum 
 
 his pruning-hook: at the time when 
 
 Juno virguncula, 
 Juno was a little virgin, 
 
 et Jupiter adhuc privatus Idseis antris : nulla 
 
 and Jupiter as yet concealed in Idaean caves: there were no 
 
SATIRA DECIMA TERTIA. 
 
 307 
 
 Nulla super nubes convivia coelicolarum. 
 
 Nec puer Iliacus, formosa nec H erculis uxor 
 Ad cyathos; et jam siccato nectare tergens 
 Brachia Vulcanus Ljpar^^igra ta^ni^ 45 
 
 Prandebat sibi quisque deus; nec turba deorum 
 Talis ut est .hodie ; contentaque sidera paucis 
 Numinibus miserum urgebant Atlanta minori 
 Pondere. Nondum aliquis s ortitus trisj;e profundi 
 Imperi um, aut Sicula torvus cum conjuge Pluto. 50 
 
 Nec rota, nec furiae, nec saxum, aut vu lturis a tri 
 -j- Poena; sed infernis hilares sine re gibus umbra e. 
 
 convivia 
 
 banquets 
 
 coelicolarum 
 of the gods 
 
 super 
 
 above 
 
 nubes, 
 the clouds, 
 
 nec Iliacus 
 
 nor a Trojan 
 
 
 puer, 
 
 youth. 
 
 nec formosa 
 
 nor the beautiful 
 
 uxor 
 
 wife 
 
 Herculis 
 
 of Hercules 
 
 ad cyathos ; 
 
 at the cups; 
 
 
 et, 
 
 or, 
 
 nectare 
 
 as the nectar 
 
 jam siccato, 
 
 was drained, 
 
 Vulcanus 
 
 Vulcan 
 
 tergens 
 
 wiping 
 
 
 brachia 
 
 his arms 
 
 nigra 
 
 black 
 
 Liparsea 
 
 with his Liparaean 
 
 taberna. 
 
 shop. 
 
 Quisque 
 
 
 
 €- 
 
 
 Every 
 
 deus prandebat 
 god dined 
 
 sibi; 
 
 by himself j 
 
 nec turba deorum 
 
 nor was the multitude of gods 
 
 
 talis 
 
 such 
 
 ut 
 
 as 
 
 est 
 it is 
 
 hodie; sideraque, contenta paucis 
 
 at this day; and the stars, contented with 
 
 numinibus, urgebant miserum Atlanta minori pondere. 
 
 few deities, pressed miserable Atlas with a less weight. 
 
 Nondum 
 Not as yet 
 
 aliquis sortitus 
 was any one allotted 
 
 triste 
 the dismal 
 
 imperium 
 
 empire 
 
 profundi, aut torvus Pluto cum Sicula conjuge.,y^^y^. ' 
 
 of the deep, or was there grim Pluto with his Sicilian spouse. " 
 
 Nec rota, nec furiae, nec saxum, aut poena atri 
 Neither wheel, nor furies, nor stone, or punishment of the black 
 
 vulturis; sed umbrae hilares sine infernis regibus, 
 vulture; but the ghosts were cheerful without infernal_kings. 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Improbitas illo fuit admirabilis aevo. 
 
 Credebant hoc grande nefas, et morte piandum. 
 
 Si juvenis vetulo non assurrexerat; et si 55 
 
 Barbato cuicunque puer: lic^t ipse videret 
 Plura domi fraga, et majores glandis acervos. 
 
 Tam venerabile erat praecedere quatuor annis. 
 
 Primaque par adeo sacrae lanugo senectae. 
 
 Nunc, si depositum n on inficietur amicus, 60 
 
 Si reddat veterem cum tot^ aerugine follem. 
 
 Prodigiosa fides, et Thuscis digna libellis. 
 
 Quaeque coronata lustrari debeat agna. 
 
 Improbitas 
 
 Villany 
 
 fuit admirabilis illo aevo, 
 was a cause of wonder in that age. 
 
 Credebant 
 
 They believed 
 
 hoc grande nefas, et 
 
 it a monstrous wickedness, and 
 
 piandum morte, 
 to be expiated by death. 
 
 si juvenis non assurrexerat vetulo ; et si 
 
 if a youth did not rise to an elderly man; and if 
 
 puer cuicunque barbato, licet ipse videret 
 a boy did not to any one with a beard, though he himself could behold 
 
 plura fraga domi, et majores acervos glandis. 
 
 more strawberries at horne, and larger heaps of acorns. 
 
 Erat tam venerabile praecedere quatuor annis. 
 
 It was 80 venerable to have precedence by four years. 
 
 / /> • / 
 
 primaque 
 and the first 
 
 lanugo 
 
 ddwn 
 
 adeo . par 
 
 vras equal 
 
 sacrae senectae. 
 
 to sacred old age. 
 
 Nunc, si 
 
 Now, if 
 
 amicus 
 
 a friend 
 
 non inficietur 
 
 does not deny 
 
 depositum, si 
 bis deposit, if 
 
 reddat veterem follem cum 
 
 be restores the old leathern purse with 
 
 tota aerugine, 
 the whole rusty coin. 
 
 prodigiosa 
 it is wonderful 
 
 fides, 
 
 honesty. 
 
 et digna 
 
 and worthy 
 
 Thuscis libellis, 
 the Tuscan records. 
 
 quaeque 
 and which 
 
 debeat 
 
 ought 
 
 lustrari 
 to be expiated 
 
 coronata agna, 
 by a crowned lamb. 
 
 
 
 
 
SATIRA DECIMA TERTIA. 300 
 
 Egregium sanctumque virum si cerno, bimembri 
 
 Hoc monstrum puero, vel mirandis sub aratro 65 
 
 Piscibus inventis, et foetae comparo mulae; 
 
 Sollicitus tanquam lapides effuderit imber. 
 
 Examenque apium longa consederit uv4 * 
 Culminejdelub rif tanquam in mare fluxerit amnis 
 Gurgitibus miris, et lactis vor tice torre ns» 70 
 
 Intercepta decem quereris sestertia fraude 
 Sacrilega? quid si bis centum perdidit alter 
 Hoc arcana modo ? majorem tertius ill^ 
 
 Summam, quam patulae vix ceperat angulus arcae? 
 
 Si cerno egregium sanctumque virum, 
 
 If 1 see an illustrious and holy 
 
 man. 
 
 hoc monstrum 
 this prodigy 
 
 puero bimembri, vel 
 
 to a boy with double members, or 
 
 comparo 
 I compare 
 
 mirandis 
 to wonderful 
 
 piscibus inventis sub aratro, et foetae mulae; 
 
 Ashes found under the plough, and to a pregnant mule; 
 
 sollicitus 
 
 amazed 
 
 tanquam 
 
 as if 
 
 imber 
 a shower 
 
 effuderit 
 had poured forth 
 
 lapides, 
 
 stones. 
 
 examenque 
 
 and a swarm 
 
 apium consederit 
 
 of bees settled 
 
 longa uva 
 in a long cluster 
 
 culmine 
 on the top 
 
 delubri, 
 of a temple. 
 
 tanquam 
 
 as if 
 
 amnis 
 a river 
 
 fluxerit 
 had flowed 
 
 in mare 
 into the sea 
 
 miris gurgitibus, 
 
 with wonderful whirlpools. 
 
 et torrens vortice 
 
 and foaming with a vortex 
 
 lactis, 
 of milk. 
 
 Quereris decem sestertia intercepta sacrilega 
 
 Do you complain that ten sesterces are intercepted by sacrilegious 
 
 quid 
 
 what 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 alter 
 
 another 
 
 fraude 1 
 fraud ? 
 
 arcana 
 
 secretly entrusted in this manner ? a third 
 
 ilia, quam angulus patulae arcae 
 
 than that, which the corner of a wide chest 
 
 perdidit 
 hath lost 
 
 bis centum 
 
 two hundred 
 
 hoc modo ? tertius summam majorem 
 
 a sum 
 
 greater 
 
 vix ceperat ! 
 
 scarcely could hold ? 
 
 
310 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Tam facile et pronum est sup^^ contemnere testes , 75 
 Si mortalis idem nemo sciat. Aspice quanta 
 Voce neget; quae sit ficti constantia vultus. 
 
 Per solis radios, Tarpeiaque fulmina jurat, 
 
 Et Martis frameam , et Cirrhaei spicula vatis ; 
 
 Per calamos venatricis, pharetramque puellae, 80 
 
 Perque tuum, pater /Egaei Neptune, tridentem: 
 
 Addit et Herculeos arcus, hastamque Minervae, 
 
 Quicquid habent telorum armamentaria coeli. 
 
 Si vero et pater est. Comedam , inquit, fl ebile gnat i 
 Sinciput elixi , Pharioque madenti s ace to. 85 
 
 Est tam facile et pronum contemnere superos testes, 
 
 It is so easy and ready to despise the gods above as witnesses, 
 
 si nemo mortalis sciat idem. Aspice quanta voce 
 
 if no mortal know the same. Observe with what a voice 
 
 neget; quae sit constantia ficti vultus. 
 
 he denies it; what is the boldness of his hypocritical countenance. 
 
 Jurat 
 
 He swears 
 
 per radios solis, Tarpeiaque fulmina, 
 
 by the rays of the sun, and Tarpeian thunder-bolts. 
 
 et frameam Martis, et spicula Cirrhaei vatis; 
 
 and thejavelin of Mars, and th e dart s of the Cirrhsean prophet; 
 
 per calamos venatricis, pharetramque puellae, 
 
 by the arrows of the huntress, and the quiver of pie virgin, 
 
 perque tuum tridentem, Neptune, pater A)gaei: addit 
 
 and by thy trident, O Neptune, father of^Egeus; he adds 
 
 et arcus Herculeos, hastamque Minervae, 
 
 likewise the bows of Hercules, and the spear of Minerva, 
 
 quicquid telorum armamentaria coeli habent. 
 
 and whatever weapons the armouries of heaven contain. 
 
 Verb si est et pater, inquit. Comedam flebile 
 
 But if he is also a father, he says. May I eat the lam^t^ 
 
 sinciput elixi gnati, • madentisque Phario aceto, 
 head of my boiled son, and moistened with Pharian vinegar. 
 
SATIRA DECIMA TERTIA. 
 
 3II 
 
 Sunt in Fortunae qui casibus omnia ponunt. 
 
 Et nullo credunt mundum rectore moveri, 
 
 Natura volve nte vices et lucis et ann i; 
 
 Atque ideo intrepidi quaecunque altaria tangunt. 
 
 Est alius, metuens ne crimen poena sequatur: 90 
 
 Hic putat esse deos, e t pejerat , atque ita secum ; 
 
 Decernat quodcunque volet de corpore nostro 
 Isis, et irato feriat mea lumina sistro. 
 
 Dummodo vel caecus teneam, quos abnego, nummos. 
 
 Et phthisis, et vomicae putres, et dimidium crus 95 
 
 Sunt tanti ? Pauper locupletem optare podagram 
 
 Sunt qui 
 
 There are men who 
 
 ponunt 
 
 place 
 
 omnia 
 
 all things 
 
 in casibus 
 in the chances 
 
 Fortunae, 
 of Fortune, 
 
 et credunt 
 
 mundum 
 
 moveri 
 
 nullo 
 
 rectore. 
 
 and believe 
 
 the world 
 
 to be moved by no 
 
 governoi'. 
 
 natura 
 
 volvente 
 
 vices 
 
 et 
 
 lucis et 
 
 anni; 
 
 nature 
 
 rolling on 
 
 the vicissitudes both of the day and 
 
 of the year; 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 ideo 
 
 therefore 
 
 intrepidi tangunt 
 
 they intrepidly touch 
 
 quspcunque 
 
 any 
 
 altaria. 
 
 altars. 
 
 Est 
 
 There is 
 
 alius, metuens ne poena 
 
 another, dreading lest punishment 
 
 sequatur 
 
 should follow 
 
 crimen ; 
 his crime j 
 
 hic putat esse deos, et pejerat, atque ita 
 
 he thinks there are gods, and forswears, and thus reasons 
 
 secum; Isis decernat quodcunque volet de nostro corpore, 
 with hinoself j Let Isis decree whatever she pleases concerning my body. 
 
 et feriat mea lumina irato sistro, dummodo vel 
 and strike out my eyes with her irritated sistrum, so that even 
 
 caecus teneam nummos quos abnego. Et 
 blind I may hold fast the money which I deny. And 
 
 sunt phthisis, et putres vomioac, et dimidium crus 
 are a consumption, and putrid sore^ and a half leg 
 
 / /' 
 
 tanti ? Ne pauper Ladas dubitet optare locupletem 
 of such value? Let not poor Ladas hesitate to wish for a rich 
 
 
 
 
312 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Ne dubitet Ladas, si non eget Anticyra, nec 
 Archigene : quid enim velocis gloria plantae 
 Praestat, et esuriens Pisaeae ramus olivae ? 
 
 Ut sit magna, tarhen certi lenta ira deorum est, 100 
 Si curant igitur cunctos punire nocentes, 
 
 Quando ad me venient? sed et exorabile numen 
 Fortasse experiar: sole t his ig^osc^re. Multi 
 Committunt eadem diverso crimina fato. 
 
 Ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema. 105 
 Sic animum ^ irae trepidum formidine cu lpae 
 Confirmant. Tunc te sacra ad delubra vocantem 
 
 podagram, 
 
 gout. 
 
 si 
 
 if 
 
 non eget 
 he does not need 
 
 Anticyra, 
 
 Anticyra, 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 % Archigene: 
 
 Archigenes: 
 
 enim 
 
 for 
 
 quid gloria velocis plantte 
 
 what does the glory of a swift foot 
 
 r ^ ut 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 esunens 
 
 a hungry 
 
 ramus 
 
 branch 
 
 Pissese olivae ? 
 of Pisaean olive ? 
 
 ira deorum sit magna, tamen est certe 
 
 Although the wrath of the gods be great, yet it is certainly 
 
 lenta. Igitur si curant punire cunctos nocentes, 
 ^ slow. Therefore if they resolve to punish all the guilty. 
 
 
 { 
 
 quando venient ad me? Sed et fortasse experiar numen 
 when will they come tome? But also perhaps I may hnd the deity 
 
 ^ ^^A 2 «<^«:-/exorabile; solet ignoscere his. 
 
 y exorabl e: he is accustomed to forgi ve these thin gs. 
 
 ^ Ille 
 
 
 Multi J 
 
 Many 
 
 committunt eadem crimina 
 
 commit the same crimes 
 
 diverso fato, 
 with a different fate. This man 
 
 tulit crucem 
 has endured the cross 
 
 pretium sceleris, hic 
 as a reward of wickedness, this has obtained 
 
 diadema. Sic confirmant animum trepidum formidine 
 
 a diadem. Thus they harden the mind trembling with the dread 
 
 A V 
 
 dirse culpae. Tunc praecedit te vocantem ad sacra 
 of an atrocious crime. Then he goes before you as you call him to the sacred 
 
 
 
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 I l/^t' 
 
 
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SATIRA DECIMA TERTIA. 
 
 313 
 
 
 Praecedit, trahere imo ultro, ac vexA]^ paratus. 
 
 Nam cum magna malae superest aud^ia causae. 
 Creditur k multis fiducia : mimum agit ille. 
 
 Ur bani qualem fugitivus scurra C atulli. 
 
 Tu miser exclamas, ut Stentora vincere possis. 
 
 Vel potius quantum Gradivus Homericus : audis, 
 Jupiter, haec? nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem 
 Debueras, vel marmoreus, vel aheneus? A.ut cur 
 In carbone tuo charta pia thura soluta 
 Ponimus, et sectum vituli jecur, albaque porci 
 Omenta? Ut video, nullum discrimen habendum est 
 
 110 
 
 115 
 
 delubra, paratus 
 altars, being ready 
 
 trahere imo ultro, 
 
 to draw you away, even of his own accord, 
 
 ac vexare. Nam cum magna audacia superest malse 
 
 and to vex you. For when great audaciousness supports an evil 
 
 causfe, creditur fiducia a multis : ille agit mimum, 
 cause, it is believed to be confidence by many; he acts the mimic, 
 
 qualem fugitivus scurra 
 
 like the fugitive buffoon 
 
 urbani 
 of the polite 
 
 Catulli. 
 
 Catullus. 
 
 Tu 
 
 You 
 
 miser exclamas, 
 
 wretch exclaim, 
 
 ut possis 
 that you may be able 
 
 vincere Stentora, 
 to surpass Stentor, 
 
 vel 
 
 or 
 
 potius 
 
 rather 
 
 quantum 
 
 as vociferous as 
 
 it.:: 
 
 it 
 
 ■ir 
 
 Homericus Gradivus : ^ 
 
 the Homcrican Gradivus ; . 
 
 Jupiter, audis hsec, nec moves labra, vel 
 
 Jupiter, do you hear these things, nor move your lips, either 
 
 z-t . « ’ 
 
 marmoreus vel aheneus, cum debueras mittere vocem? 
 
 of marble or of brass, when you ought to send forth your voice ? 
 
 Aut 
 
 Or 
 
 cur 
 
 why 
 
 ponimus 
 do we place 
 
 pia 
 
 pious 
 
 thura 
 
 frankincense 
 
 soluta charta 
 from untied paper 
 
 in tuo carbone, et sectum jecur vituli, albaque omenta ; 
 
 on your coal, and the cut liver of a calf, and white cawls 
 
 porci 
 
 1 1 
 
 of a hog ? 
 
 Ut video, nullum discrimen est habendum 
 As 1 see, no dift’erence is to be held 
 
 ‘^1; 
 
 

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 .Vx-^Cxs^^yy-.iofe^ /-«^^ <■ t- -r 
 
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 /'y eK 
 
 314 
 
 
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 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Px. 
 
 Effigies inter vestras, statuamque Batylli. 
 
 Accipe quae contr^ valeat solatia ferre, 120 
 
 Et qui nec Cynicos, nec Stoica dogmata le git 
 A Cynicis tunic^ distantia ; n on Epicurim 
 Suspi ^ exigui laetum plantari bus bor^i . 
 
 * Curentur dubiTmedi^ majoribus aegri; 
 
 Tu venam vel discipulo committe Philippi. 125 
 
 Si nullum in terris tam detestabile factum 
 Ostendis, taceo; nec pugnis caedere pectus 
 Te veto, nec plana faciem contundere palma,' 
 Quandoquidem acc epto claudenda est janua d amno. 
 
 
 inter 
 
 between 
 
 /A- 
 
 vestras effigies statuamque Batylli. 
 
 your images and the statue of Batyllus. 
 
 _ Accipe quae solatia valeat ferre contra, 
 
 tr< y'' v>' Hear what consolation #he may be able to bring on the other hand, 
 
 " - — - “ ' .--^ 
 
 qui legit nec Cynicos, nec Stoica dogmata, 
 
 who reads neither the Cynic, nor Stoic opinions, 
 
 a 
 
 .Cit-*' 
 
 . /rt » 
 
 _ __ et 
 
 V 'T ' and 
 
 IpYC-X- 
 \t^pXyt 
 
 ' ' i ixC Cm 1 1 t-ciC 
 
 r ' ' ^ 
 
 
 
 
 distantia 
 
 a Cynicis 
 
 tunicfi; 
 
 differing 
 
 ^——- 
 
 from the Cynic by a coat \ 
 
 Epicurum 
 
 laetum 
 
 plantaribus 
 
 Epicurus 
 
 elated 
 
 in the plants 
 
 ^ Dubii 
 
 aegri 
 
 curentur 
 
 The dubious 
 
 sick must be cured by 
 
 non 
 
 nor 
 
 suspicit 
 
 regards 
 
 . . ’ ♦ tu committe venam vel 
 
 yQn trust your vein even 
 
 exigui horti, 
 of his little garden. 
 
 majoribus medicis ; 
 
 discipulo ^ Philippi, 
 to the disciple of Philip. 
 
 xjZ-cY 
 
 
 Si ostendis nullum tarn detestabile factum 
 
 If you exhibit no such detestable action 
 
 taceo ; nec 
 
 1 am silent; neither 
 
 veto 
 
 do 1 hinder 
 
 te 
 
 you 
 
 caedere 
 
 to wound 
 
 in terris, 
 in the earth, 
 
 pectus 
 your breast 
 
 pugnis, - nec contundere faciem 
 
 with your fists;^ nor to bruise your face 
 
 plana palmfi, 
 with an open palm, 
 
 Xx 
 
 quandoquidem, damno accepto, janua est claudenda, 
 since vndeH, loss being sustained, the door is to be shut, 
 
 r-c^ t 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
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 • ' /■ 
 

 SATIRA DECIMA TERTIA. 
 
 815 
 
 ' i (‘.■i 
 
 Et majore domAs gemitu, majore tumultu 
 Pl anguntur nummi, quam funera. Nemo dolorem 
 Fingit in hoc casu, vestem diducere summam 
 Contentus, vexare oculos humore coacto. 
 
 Ploratur lachrymis amissa pecunia veris. 
 
 Sed si cuncta vides simili fora plena querela; 
 rSi decies lectis diversa parte tabellis. 
 
 Vana supervacui dicunt chirographa ligni, 
 
 ^ Arguit ipsorum quos Utera, gemmaque princeps 
 Sardonyches, loculis quae custoditur eburnis; 
 
 Ten’, 6 delicias, extra communia censes 
 
 130 
 
 
 135 
 
 140 
 
 et nummi planguntur majore 
 and money is lamented with greater 
 
 gemitu domus, 
 groaning of the family, 
 
 majore 
 
 with greater 
 
 tumultu quam funera. Nemo fingit 
 
 tumult than funerals. Nobody feigns 
 
 dolorem in hoc casu, contentus diducere summam 
 
 grief in that case, being contented with tearing their upper 
 
 vestem, 
 
 garment. 
 
 vexare oculos 
 
 and rubbing their eyes 
 
 coacto 
 for a forced 
 
 humore. 
 
 moisture. 
 
 Amissa pecunia ploratur veris lachrymis. Sed 
 
 Lost money is deplored with true tears. But 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 vides cuncta fora plena simili querela ; ^si, tabellis x 
 you see alt the forums filled with a similar complaint; if, the deeds ) 
 
 decies lectis diversa parte, dicunt chirographa / \ 
 
 7^i\. 
 
 being ten times read over in a different part, they say the hand-writings 
 /- 1 U supervacui ligni 
 
 vana, quos ipsorum 
 
 litera, 
 
 
 of the superfluous wood are forged, whom their own subscription. 
 
 
 
 
 princepsque gemma sardonyches, quae custoditur 
 and a valuable gem of a sardonyx, that w'as kept - 
 
 eburnis loculis, arguit ; censesne te, 6 delicias, 
 
 ill ivory cabinets, accuses; do you imagine that you, O my darling. 
 
 »13 
 
 ponendum 
 are to be placed 
 
 extra 
 
 beyond 
 
 communia, 
 the common lot. 
 
 quia 
 
 because 
 
 Mi 
 
 
 ()/^ ’ - _ TTA 
 
 -k-c. V < V 
 
 ; /" 
 
 1 
 
316 
 
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 Ponendum, quia tu gallinae filius albae. 
 
 Nos viles pulli nati infelicibus ovis ? 
 
 Hem pateris modicam, et mediocri bile ferendam. 
 
 Si flectas oculos majora ad crimina: confer 
 Conductum latronem, incendia sulphure coepta, 145 
 
 Atque dolo, primos cfim janua colligit ignes ; 
 
 Confer et hos veteris qui tollunt grandia templi 
 Pocula adorandae rubiginis, et populorum 
 Dona, vel antiquo positas k rege coronas. 
 
 Haec ibi si non sunt, minor extat sacrilegus, qui 150 
 Kadat inaurati femur Herculis, et faciem ipsam 
 
 2^7 t'U^ xf 
 
 
 
 tu 
 
 you are 
 
 nati 
 
 produced 
 
 rem, 
 
 loss. 
 
 filius albae gadlinae, 
 the so n _ of a while hen^ 
 
 infelicibus ovis ? 
 
 from unpropitious eggs ? 
 
 nos 
 and we 
 
 Pateris 
 
 You suffer 
 
 viles pulli 
 vile chickens 
 
 modicam 
 
 a small 
 
 --—^ 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 flectas 
 
 you bend 
 
 ferendam 
 to be endured 
 
 oculos 
 
 your eyes 
 
 mediocri 
 with a moderate 
 
 ad majora crimina : 
 to greater crimes: 
 
 bile, 
 
 displeasure, 
 
 confer 
 
 consider 
 
 conductura latronem, incendia coepta sulphure, atque 
 
 a hired robbe r, burnings begun with sulphur, and 
 
 dolo, cum janua colligit primos ignes: confer 
 treachery, when your door catches the first Ares: consider 
 
 et hos qui tollunt grandia pocula veteris 
 likewise those who carry off the massy cups of an antique 
 
 templi rubiginis adorandse, et dona populorum, 
 temple of rust that ought to be adored, and the gifts of the people,, 
 
 vel coronas positas ab antiquo rege. Si hsec 
 
 or the crowns presented by an ancient king. If these 
 
 sunt non ibi, minor sacrilegus extat, qui radat 
 
 are not there, a less sacrilegious thief remains, who will scrape 
 
 femur 
 
 the thigh 
 
 inaurati Herculis, et 
 
 of gilded Hercules, and 
 
 ipsam faciem 
 
 the very face 
 
 Neptuni, 
 of Neptune, 
 
SATIRA DECIMA TERTIA. 317 
 
 Neptuni, qui bracteolam d e Castore ducat. 
 
 > ' An dubitet, solitus totum conflare tonantem '( 
 
 Confer et artifices mercatoremque veneni. 
 
 Et deducendum corio bovis i n ma re, cum quo 155 
 
 Clauditur adversis innoxia simia fatis. 
 
 Haec quota pa ^ scelerum, quae custos Gallicus urbis 
 ~f Usque k l ucifero, donec lux occidat, audit? 
 
 Humani generis mores tibi nosse volenti 
 Sufficit una domus; paucos consume dies, et 160 
 
 Dicere te miserum, postquam illinc veneris, aude^ 
 
 Quis tumidum guttur miratur in Alpibus? aut quis 
 
 _:_ l 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 ducat bracteolam 
 will peel the gilt-foil 
 
 solitus 
 
 who is accustomed 
 
 de Castore, 
 off Castor. 
 
 An 
 
 Will 
 
 dubitet, 
 
 he hesitate. 
 
 et 
 
 likewise 
 
 conflare 
 
 to melt down 
 
 artifices mercatoremque 
 
 totum tonantem I 
 
 a complete thunderer ? 
 
 Confer 
 
 
 Consider 
 
 
 <z.h' 
 
 the artificers 
 
 and vender 
 
 ^ •'/) ,deducendum 
 
 veneni, 
 
 of poison, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 ^ in mare 
 
 who is carried into the sea 
 
 cono 
 in the hide 
 
 bovis, cum quo 
 
 
 of an qx, with J^hom, 
 
 / 
 
 
 adversis fatis, 
 
 by adverse fates, 
 
 innoxia simia 
 an innocent ape 
 
 clauditur. 
 
 is inclosed. 
 
 Quota 
 
 How 
 
 haec pars scelerum, 
 small this part of the wickedness. 
 
 quse 
 
 which 
 
 Gallicus, 
 
 Gallicus, 
 
 custos 
 the keeper 
 
 urbis, audit, usque a lucifero donec lux occidat, 
 
 of the city, hears, even from the morning-star till the day departs. 
 
 
 Una domus sufficit tibi volenti nosse mores ^ 
 
 One house is sufficient for you who wish to know the manners ^ 
 
 humani generis; consume paucos dies, 
 of the human race; spend a few days. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 aude 
 
 dare 
 
 dicere te miserum, postquam veneris illinc. Quis 
 to call yourself wretched, after you have come from thence. Who 
 
 miratur 
 
 wonders 
 
 tumidum 
 at a swelled 
 
 guttur in Alpibus ? aut quis, 
 
 throat on the Alps ? or who. 
 
 • p ' y ~ ^ 
 
 .'t- 
 
 
 / / 
 
 l.€ £1 CAl . 
 
 cx--^ '1^2^ Sx- 1 . 
 
 
 
 IV 
 
318 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 In Meroe crasso majorem inf^ te mamillam ? 
 
 Caerula quis stupuit Germani lumina? flavam 
 ^ Caesariem, et madido torquentem cornua cirr o ? 165 
 
 Nempe quod haec illis^ natura est omnibus un a. 
 
 Ad subitas Thracum volucres, nubemque sonoram, 
 Pygmaeus parvis currit bellator in armis : 
 
 Mox impar hosti, raptusque per aera curvis 
 
 Unguibus k saeva fertur grue: si videas hoc 170 
 
 Gentibus in nostris risu quatiere : sed illic, 
 
 Quanquam eadem assidue spectentur proelia, ridet 
 Nemo, ubi tota cohors pede non est altior uno. 
 
 
 in Meroe, at abreast larger than a plump infant? 
 
 ^ __ 
 
 // 
 
 in Meroe, 
 
 mamillam 
 at a breast 
 
 majorem 
 
 crasso infante ? 
 
 torquentem 
 
 or at one twisting 
 
 ^ ^ Quis stupuit caerula lumina Germani \ 
 
 ^9 >"tfi Ais surprised at the blue eyes of a German ? 
 
 7 >-« << y •/» I > •• • —... 
 
 ‘‘'^’“"^'''flavam caesariem et cornua madido cirro? Nempe 
 
 r /fewic . his yellow hair and horns into a moist curl? Truly 
 
 
 <-C w'ttr 
 
 
 / 
 
 A'pa.C' ir because 
 
 quod 
 
 haec 
 
 this 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 una natura 
 
 only nature 
 
 omnibus illis. 
 
 to all those men. 
 
 Pygmaeus bellator currit in parvis armis ad subitas 
 
 The pigmy warrior 
 
 runs in his small arms to the unlooked-for 
 
 volucres 
 birds 
 
 impar 
 being unequal 
 
 Thracum, 
 
 of the Thracians, 
 hosti, 
 
 for the enemy, 
 
 sonoramque 
 
 and sonorous 
 
 nubem : mox 
 
 cloud: by and by 
 
 raptus que 
 
 and being snatched up 
 
 fertur 
 he is carried 
 
 per aera a saeva grue curvis unguibus: si videas 
 
 through the air by a cruel crane in her crooked claws: if you should see 
 
 hoc in nostris gentibus quatiere risu ; sed 
 
 this among our nations you would be convulsed with laughter: but 
 
 illic, quanquam eadem proelia spectentur assidue, nemo 
 there, although the same battles are seen daily, nobody 
 
 ridet, ubi tota cohors non est altior . uno pede, 
 smiles, where the whole cohort is not higher than one foot. 
 
SATIRA DECIMA TERTIA. 
 
 319 
 
 Nullane perjuri capitis fraudisque nefandae 
 Poena erit ? Abreptum crede hunc graviore catend 175 
 Protinus, et nostro (quid plus velit ira?) locari /^oLeu> 
 
 Arbitrio : manet illa ta men jactura, nec unquam 
 Depositu m tibi sospes eritl sed corp'orelirunco 
 InWdidsa dabu mTnimuTsol^ia sangiSs : 
 
 vindicta honum vita jucundi us ip sL. 180 
 
 •Nempe ho^ndocti, quorum praecordia nujlis 
 Interdum, aut levibus videas flagrantia causis. 
 
 Qua ntulacun que adeo est occ asio, suffi cit ira e. 
 
 Chrysippus non dicet idem, nec mite Thaletis 
 
 y . . r f ' 
 
 Eritne nulla poena perjuri capitis nefandaeque 
 
 Shall there be no punishment for a perjured head and wicked 
 
 fraudis ? Crede hunc protiiius ahreptum graviore catena, ^ i . ^ 
 
 fraud? Suppose him forthwith dragged by a heavier chain, ^ 
 
 et necari nostro arbitrio : quid 
 
 and tortured at our will-: what 
 
 plus? tamen illa jactura manet, 
 
 have more? yet that ^ss remains, 
 
 depositum erit sospes tibi; ^sed 
 the deposit be safe to you: but 
 
 velit 
 
 would 
 
 ira 
 
 rage 
 
 nec unquam 
 
 will ever *• 
 
 nor 
 
 minimus sanguis 
 
 the least blood 
 
 trunco 
 
 from his mangled 
 
 corpore dabit invidiosa solatia: 
 
 body shall bestow invidious consolations 
 
 at vindicta bonum jucundius vita ipsa, 
 
 but reveng e is a pleasure sweeter _ than lif e itself.^ 
 
 Nempe indocti * hoc, quorum praecordia videas 
 
 Even the unlearned think this, whose breasts you may see \j 
 
 flagrantia interdum nullis aut levibus causis. 
 
 burning sometimes without any or at least with trivial causes. 
 
 Adeo quantulacunque est occasio, sufficit irae. 
 
 . So that however tri vial is the occasion, it exites their resentment. 
 
 Chrysippus non dicet idem, nec mite ingenium 
 Chrysippus will not say the same, nor the mild disposition 
 
320 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Ingenium, dulcique senex vicinus Hymetto, 185 
 
 Qui partem acceptae saeva inter vincla cicutae 
 
 Accusatori nollet dare. Plurima felix 
 
 Paulatim vitia atque errores exuit omnes 
 
 Prima docens rectum, Sapienti a : quippe minuti 
 
 Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas 190 
 
 Ultio^ Continuo sic collige, quod vindicta 
 
 Nemo magis gaudet, quam foemina. Cur tamen hos tu 
 
 Evasisse putes, quos diri conscia facti 
 
 Mens habet attonito s, et s jirdo verbere caedit . 
 
 Occultum quatiente animo tortore flagellum ? 195 
 
 hi » 
 
 
 Thaletis, senexque vicinus 
 of Thales, or the old man living near 
 
 dulci Hymetto, qui 
 the sweet Hymettus, who 
 
 nollet dare accusatori partem cicutae acceptae 
 
 was unwilling to give to his accuser a share of the hemlock received 
 
 inter 
 
 amidst 
 
 docens 
 
 teaching 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 saeva vincula, 
 his cruel fetters. 
 
 rectum, 
 
 what is right, 
 
 omnes errores : 
 
 errors; 
 
 Felix 
 
 Happy 
 
 paulatim 
 
 gradually 
 
 Sapientia, prima 
 
 Wisdom, first 
 
 exuit 
 casts off 
 
 plurima vitia 
 many vices 
 
 quippe ultio 
 
 for revenge 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 semper 
 
 always 
 
 
 voluptas 
 the delight 
 
 minuti 
 of a narrow 
 
 et infirmi animi, 
 
 and weak mind. 
 
 Continuo 
 
 Immediately 
 
 ^ e - 
 
 sic collige 
 
 thus infer. 
 
 , quod 
 that 
 
 nemo magis 
 
 no one more 
 
 ^ i 
 
 gaudet 
 
 rejoices 
 
 vindicta 
 in revenge 
 
 
 quara 
 
 than 
 
 foemina. 
 
 a woman. 
 
 Tamen 
 
 Yet 
 
 cur 
 
 why 
 
 tu putas 
 do you think 
 
 
 hos 
 that those 
 
 evasisse, 
 
 have escaped, 
 
 quos 
 
 whom 
 
 mens 
 a mind 
 
 conscia 
 
 conscious 
 
 habet attonitos, et caedit surdo verbere, 
 
 / of a direful deed holds astonished, and wounds with a silent reproach, 
 
 ^ animo, quatiente occultum flagellum, tortore i 
 
 conscience, shaking his hidden scourge, being the torturer ? 
 
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 321 
 
 :'t!^ 
 
 Poe na autem vehemen s, ac multo stevior illis 
 Quas et Cseditius gravis invenit aut Rhadamanthus, 
 Nocte dieque suum gestare in pectore testem . 
 
 Spartano cuidam respondit Pythia vates, 
 
 Haud impunitum quondam fore, quod dubitaret 
 Depositum retinere, et frau dem jure tueri 
 Jurando : quaerebat enim quae numinis esset 
 Mens ; et an hoc illi facinus suaderet Apollo. , 
 
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 Reddidit ergo metu, n on m oribus ; et tamen omnem 
 Vocem ad^i digimm te&iplo, verariTque prolmvit, 
 Extinctus tot^ pariter cum prole domoque. 
 
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 Autem poena vehemens, ac multo saevior illis 
 
 But the punishment is vehement, and much mure cruel Ilian those 
 
 :-I,:. 
 
 quas et gravis Caeditius aut Rhadamanthus invenit, n- 
 
 which even stern Caeditius or Rhadamanthus invented, 
 
 ' -I ,■ 
 
 ' 'p 
 
 gestare suum testem in pectore 
 to carry his own witness in his breast 
 
 nocte dieque. 
 
 by night and by day. 
 
 Pythia ‘ 
 
 The Pythian 
 
 vates 
 
 prophetess 
 
 respondit 
 
 answered 
 
 tT' 
 
 cuidam 
 
 a certain 
 
 Spartano, 
 
 Spartan, 
 
 C: / 
 
 baud fore impunitum quondam,^^ quod dubitaret At; 
 
 ■ C. . ^, V 
 
 
 that he should not go unpunished afterwajtJs, because he hesitated v / y 
 
 ■ --- 'CC^r^lx^ '* 
 
 retinere depositum, et tueri fraudem jurejurando: ) j 
 
 to retain the deposit, and to defend the fraud by a solemn oath -—:-^ t / 
 
 —:- , ^ . . ^ 4 ., M-aj y 
 
 enim quserebat quae mens numinis esset; et // ' 
 
 for he inquired what the mind of the deity might be; and 
 
 an Apollo suaderet hoc facinus illi. Ergo , ’ 
 
 whether Apollo would advise this wickedness to him. Therefore I 
 
 reddidit metu, non moribus : et tamen probavit 
 he delivered it up from fear, not from morals: and yet he proved 
 
 omnem vocem 
 every word 
 
 adyti veram 
 
 of the oracle true 
 
 dignamque 
 and worthy 
 
 ternplo, 
 the temple. 
 
 extinctus 
 
 being cut off 
 
 pariter 
 
 together 
 
 cum 
 
 with 
 
 tota prole 
 his whole offspring 
 
 domoqne, 
 
 and family. 
 
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322 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Et quamvis lon^^ deductis propinquis. 
 
 Has patitur poenas peccandi sola voluntas. 
 iVam scelus intra se taciturn qui cogitat ullum. 
 Facti cri men Jiahet : c edo si conata peregit? 
 Perpetua anxietas, nec mensae tempore cessat 
 Fa ucibus ut morbo sicci^interque molares 
 Difficili crescente cibo. Sed vina misellus 
 Exspuit: Albani veteris pretiosa senectus 
 Displicet. Ostendas melius, densissima ruga 
 Cogitur in frontem, velut acri ducta Falerno. 
 Nocte brevem si forte indulsit cura soporem. 
 
 210 
 
 215 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 propinquis, 
 
 relations. 
 
 quamvis 
 
 althoug'h 
 
 deductis 
 
 descended 
 
 longa gente, 
 from a long pedigree. 
 
 Voluntas sola peccandi patitur has 
 
 The intention alone of sinning suffers these 
 
 4 ^ 
 
 poenas. 
 
 punishments. 
 
 intra se 
 within himself 
 
 ‘ [\c Ji. (^yu! 4/ 
 
 P' lUxiX'h 
 
 
 Nam qui cogitat ullum tacitum scelus 
 For he who conceives any secret wickedness 
 
 habet crimen facti : '^cedo si peregit conata ? 
 
 has the guilt of the deed: what pray, if he perpetrated his intentions? 
 
 perpetua anxietas, nec cessat tempore menste; 
 
 a perpetual anxiety, nor does it cease' during the time of feasting ; 
 
 faucibus siccis ut morbo, ciboque difficili 
 
 his jaws being parched as with a distemper, and his food impeded 
 
 crescente inter molares. Sed misellus exspuit 
 by swelling between his grinders. But the wretch spews up- ^ 
 
 Vina: 
 his wines: 
 
 pretiosa senectus veteris Albani displicet, 
 the precious age of old Alban is displeasing. 
 
 Ostendas 
 If you shew 
 
 in frontem, 
 over his brow. 
 
 melius, 
 
 him better, 
 
 velut 
 as if 
 
 densissima 
 
 the thickest 
 
 ruga 
 
 wrinkles 
 
 cogitur 
 
 assemble 
 
 ducta 
 drawn on 
 
 acri Falerno. 
 
 by sour Falcrnian. 
 
 Si forte cura indulsit brevem soporem nocte. 
 
 If by chance care has indulged him a short sleep in the night. 
 
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 Et toto v ersata toro jam membr a q uiescunt, 
 
 Continuo templum et violati numi nis a ras. 
 
 Et (quod praecipuis mentem sudoribus urget) 220 
 
 Te videt in somnis. Tua sacra et major imago 
 Humand turbat pavidum, cogitque fateri. 
 
 Hi sunt qui trepidant, et ad omnia fulgura pallent, 
 
 Cum tonat ;‘ ^xanimes pr imo quoque murm i^e coeli; 
 
 Non quasi fortuitus, nec ventorum rabie, sed 225 
 
 Iratus cadat in terras, et vindicet ignis, 
 
 —/ Ill a nihil nocuit ? curd graviore timetur 
 
 Proxima tempestas, velut hoc dilata sereno. 
 
 et jam membra versata toto toro quiescunt, 
 and now his limbs tossed through the whole bed are at rest, 
 
 continuo videt templum et aras , violati numinis, 
 immediately he sees the temples and altars of the violated deity, 
 
 et (quod urget mentem praBcipuis sudoribus) te 
 
 and (what presses his mind with agonizing sweats) he sees you 
 
 in somnis. 
 
 in his dreams. 
 
 Pavidum, 
 
 Terrified, 
 
 tua imago, 
 
 your image. 
 
 sacra et 
 
 awful and 
 
 major 
 
 larger 
 
 humana, 
 than human^ 
 
 turbat, 
 disturbs him. 
 
 cogitque , 
 
 and forces him 
 
 fateri, 
 to confess. 
 
 Hi 
 
 These 
 
 sunt qui trepidant et pallent ad omnia fulgura cum 
 
 are the men who tremble and turn pale at all lightning when 
 
 tonat; quoque exanimes primo murmure coeli; 
 
 it thunders j who also sink under the first murmur of the heavens ; 
 
 non quasi fortuitus ignis, nec rabie ventorum, sed 
 
 not as an accidental fire, or from the commotion of the winds, but 
 
 iratus 
 
 as wrathful 
 
 cadat in terras, et vindicet, 
 
 falling upon the earth, and darting vengeance. 
 
 Ilia 
 
 Has that 
 
 tempestas 
 
 tempest 
 
 nocuit nihil I 
 
 hurt nothing ? 
 
 proxima timetur 
 the next is dreaded 
 
 graviore cura, 
 with greater dismay, 
 
 erat 
 
 velut 
 
 as if 
 
 dilata 
 
 reprieved 
 
 hoc sereno, 
 by this serene sky. 
 
 
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 Praeteret lateris vigili cum febre dolorem 
 
 Si coepere pati, missum ad sua corpora morbum 230 
 
 Infesto credunt k numine: saxa deorum 
 
 Haec et tela putant. Pecu dem spondere sacello 
 
 Balantem , et laribus cristam promittere galli 
 
 Non audent. Quid enim sperare nocentibus aegris 
 
 Concessum? vel quae non dignior hostia vita? 235 
 
 Mobilis et varia est ferm^ natura malorum . 
 
 Cum scelus admittunt, superest constantia: quid fas 
 Atque nefas tandem incipiunt sentire; peractis 
 Criminibus. Tamen ad mores natura recurrit 
 
 Praeterea, si coepere pati dolorem lateris, cum 
 Besides, if they have began to sufFer the pain of the side with 
 
 vigili febre, credunt morbum missum ad sua 
 a wakeful fever, they believe the disease sent to their 
 
 corpora 
 
 bodies 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 a infesto numine : 
 
 by an offended deity: 
 
 putant 
 they suppose 
 
 haec saxa 
 these the stones 
 
 tela 
 
 darts 
 
 deorum, 
 of the gods. 
 
 Non audent 
 
 They dare not 
 
 spondere 
 
 offer 
 
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 t' f f/ * ^ 
 
 fel l balantem pecudem ■ sacello, et promittere cristam 
 
 ^ a bleating lamb ‘ at the little temple, and promise , the crest 
 
 J ■// , , --- 
 
 ^ ^ galli laribus. Enim quid concessum nocentibus 
 
 ' ! ofajcock to their household-gods. For what is allowed to the guilty 
 
 jegris sperare ? vel quse hostia non dignior vita ? 
 sick to hope for? or what victim is not more worthy of life ? 
 
 Natura malorum est ferme mobilis et '.varia. Cum 
 The natur e of th e wic ked is commonly timorous and wavering. When 
 
 ^-'•^‘ndmittunt scelus constantia superest: tandem incipiunt 
 ^eyj^urait wickedness constancy takes place: at length they begin 
 
 sentire quid fas atque nefas, criminibus peractis, 
 to feel what is right and wrong, when the crimes are perpetrated. 
 
 
 
 V 
 
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 Tamen 
 
 Yet 
 
 natura 
 
 nature 
 
 
 recurrit 
 
 returns 
 
 ad damnatos mores, 
 to condemned practices. 
 
 
 
 
 
SATIRA DECIMA TERTIA. 
 
 Damnatos, fixa et mutari nescia. Nam quis 
 Peccandi finem posuit sibi ? quando recepit 
 Ejectum semel attriti de fronte ruborem ? 
 
 325 
 
 240 
 
 Quisnam hominum est, quem tu contentum videris uno 
 
 Flagitio? d abit in laqueum vestigia noste r 
 
 Perfidus, et nigri patietur carceris uncum, 245 
 
 Aut maris ^gaei rupem, scopulosque frequentes ^ 
 
 Exulibus magnis. Poena gaudebis amara 
 
 N ominis invisi: tandemque fatebere laetus 
 
 Nec surdum, nec Tiresiam quenquam esse deorum. 
 
 
 
 
 fixa et nescia mutari. Nam quis posuit 
 
 being immutable and ignorant of change. For who has laid down 
 
 
 
 !»iV ’ 
 
 ruborem 
 
 sibi finem peccandi ^ Quando recepit 
 
 to biraself an end of sinning? When has he recovered the blush 
 
 semel ejectum de attrita fronte ? Quisnam 
 
 once banished from his hardened forehead ? Who 
 
 
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 'I 
 
 hominum 
 among men 
 
 est quem 
 
 is he whom 
 
 tu videris contentum uno 
 
 you shall see contented with one 
 
 d^itio ? Noster perfidus dabit vestigia in laqueum, 
 
 flagitious crime ? Our perfidious villain will get his feet into fetters. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 uncum 
 the hook 
 
 iiigri carceris, 
 of a dark prison. 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 patietur 
 
 sublet ..v.v^.% VM w n 1^. ■kjvr.i. 9^. ^ i 
 
 M z ^ xZy 4^-'^ ^ ^ 4. 
 
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 rupem Algsei mans, scopulosque frequentes magnis ./Tt j 
 
 the rock of the iEgaean sea, and shelves swariping with great . 
 
 \y 
 
 exulibus. Gaudebis ' amara poena invisi 
 
 exiles. You will rejoice at the bitter punishment of his hated 
 
 nominis: tandemque laetus fatebere nec quenquam 
 
 and at length with joy confess 
 
 nance: 
 
 none 
 
 deorum 
 of the gods 
 
 esse 
 to be 
 
 surdum, 
 
 deaf, 
 
 nec Tiresiam. 
 
 nor Tiresias to be blind, ■ 
 
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 ^ ^ Plurima sunt, Fuscine, et fama diona sinistra, 
 
 ^ ^ ^ 2 — 4ifc - . —1 
 
 Et nitidis maculam haesuram fi genSa rebu s. 
 
 Quae monstrant ipsi pueris traduntque parentes. 
 Si damnosa senem juvat alea, ludit et haeres 
 
 Bullatus, parvoque eadem move t arma fritillo: 
 Nec de se melius cuiquam sperare propinquo 
 Concedet juvenis, qui radere tubera terrae. 
 Boletum condire, et eodem jure natantes 
 
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 Sunt plurima, Fuscine, 
 
 There are many actions, Fuscinus, 
 
 et dig’na sinistra 
 both deserving an opprobrious 
 
 fama, et fig’entia maculam haesuram nitidis rebus, 
 
 appellation, and fixing a stain that will adhere to brilliant characters, 
 
 quae parentes ipsi monstrant traduntque pueris, 
 which parents themselves show and recommend to their boys. 
 
 Si damnosa alea juvat senem, haeres bullatus 
 
 If the ruinous dice delight the aged father, the heir in hanging sleeves 
 
 et ludit, movetque 
 
 likewise plays, and shakes 
 
 eadem arma parvo fritillo: 
 the same weapons in his little dice-box: 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 juvenis concedet 
 will the youth 
 
 iquam propinquo sperare 
 
 'ie Ic 
 
 melius 
 
 better 
 
 de se, 
 of himself, 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 cuiquam 
 
 ■^ivie lea^ to any relation to hope ^ 
 
 didicit radere ^ tubera 
 
 has learned to peel the toad-stools 
 
 
 terrae, 
 
 of the earth, 
 
 condire 
 to pickle 
 
 boletum, 
 a mushroom, 
 
 et ^mergfere 
 
 and to drown 
 
 ficedulas 
 
 fig-peckers 
 
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SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 327 
 
 Mergere ficedulas didicit, nebulone parente. 
 
 Et cana monstrante gula. Cum septimus annus 
 Transierit puero, nondum omni dente renato. 
 Barbatos licet admoveas mille inde magistros. 
 Hinc totidem, cupiet lauto c oenare paratu 
 
 10 
 
 Semper, et k magn^ n^ degene^re culina. 
 Mit^ ani^um^t mores modicis er^ribu 
 
 a bus aequos 
 
 Fraecipit, atque animas servorum et corpora nostra 
 Materi^ constare platat paribusque elementis? 
 An^aevire docet Rutilus, qui gaudet acerbo 
 
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 Plagarum strepitu, et nullam Sirena flagellis 
 
 natantes 
 
 swimming 
 
 eodem jure, nebulone parente, 
 
 
 in the same liquor, that scoundrel the parent, 
 
 can a gula 
 
 hoary gluttony 
 
 monstrante. 
 
 teaching him. 
 
 Cum septimus annus 
 
 When the seventh year 
 
 transierit 
 
 has passed 
 
 puero, 
 
 over the boy. 
 
 Omni dente 
 every tooth 
 
 nondum renato, 
 
 not as yet i enewed. 
 
 licet 
 
 although 
 
 admoveas 
 
 you place ' 
 
 mille 
 
 a thousand 
 
 barbatos magistros 
 
 bearded masters 
 
 inde, 
 
 on that side, 
 
 and 
 
 
 
 totidem 
 
 as many 
 
 bine, 
 on this, 
 
 cupiet semper 
 
 he will always wish 
 
 coenare 
 
 to sup 
 
 lauto 
 
 on a delicious — 
 
 
 paratu, et 
 
 dish, and 
 
 non 
 
 not 
 
 Rutilus praecipit 
 Does Rutilus enjoin 
 
 mitem animum 
 a mild disposition 
 
 a magna culina. 
 
 I. 
 
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 from a large kitchen 
 
 degenerare 
 
 o 
 
 to degenerate 
 
 et mores aequos ^ . 
 
 and manners favourable 
 
 
 modicis erroribus, atque putat animas servorum et nostra ia, 'JI : f xn-'l ■ ^ 
 
 to trivial errors, and think that the souls of servants and our 7^ 
 
 corpora constare 
 bodies consist 
 
 materia paribusque elementis ? 
 
 of the same matter and the same elements ? 
 
 
 VHf-, '-U 
 
 z, - 
 
 an docet 
 
 saevire. 
 
 or does he not train them to be cruel. 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 gaudet 
 
 rejoices 
 
 acerbo 
 
 in the bitter 
 
 
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 strepitu plagarum, et nullam Sirena comparat flagellis, 
 sound of stripes, and no Syren thinjis equal to laslies, 
 
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 Comparat, Antiphates trepidi laris ac Polyphemus? 
 Tum feli x, quoties aliquis tortore vocato 
 Uritur ardenti duo propter lint ea ferro. 
 
 Quid suadel juveni laetus stridore catena e. 
 
 Que m mire afficiunt inscripta e rgastula, career 
 Rusticus ? Expecta s ut non si t adultera Largae 
 Filia, quae nunquam materno s dicer e moechos 
 Tam cito, nec tanto poter it contexere cursu. 
 
 Ut non ter decies respire t ? c onsci a matri 
 Virgo fuit:^ceras nunc h^ dictate pusillas^ 
 Implet, et ad medium dat eisdem ferre cinaedis. 
 
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 25 
 
 30 
 
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 '/ / / 
 
 "i/St ' 
 
 /■< 1/ n 
 
 Antiphates 
 
 the Antiphates 
 
 ac ' Polyphemus 
 
 and the Polyphemus 
 
 trepidi laris ? 
 of his tre mbling fami ly ? 
 
 Tum 
 
 Then 
 
 felix, quoties 
 
 is he happy, when 
 
 tortore 
 
 the torturer 
 
 vocato 
 
 being called upon 
 
 aliquis uritur ardenti ferro propter duo lintea, 
 
 any miserable slave is burned by a hot iron for stealing tw o tow els. 
 
 Quid suadet juveni laetus stridore 
 
 What does he recommend to his young son who rejoices in the clankin g 
 
 catenae, quern ^ inscripta ergastula rusticus career 
 
 of a chain, whom the inscribed houses of cor recti on and a country prison 
 
 mire afficiunt? Expectas ut filia Largae non sit 
 
 wonderf ^y delig ht ? Do you expect that the daughter of Larga should not be 
 
 adultera, quae nunquam poterit dicere maternos moechos 
 
 an adult ress, who never could name her mother’s adulterers 
 
 tarn cito, 
 so quickly. 
 
 nec contexere 
 
 nor join them together 
 
 tanto cursu, ut 
 
 with such rapidity, that 
 
 C'-c Cc -/•>-/ 
 
 non respiret ter decies ? Virgo fuit conscia 
 
 she should not take breath thrice ten times? The girl was privy 
 
 matri : nunc implet pusillas ceras, hic 
 
 to h er mother’s intrigues; now she fills her little letters, the mother 
 
 dictante, et dat ^eisdem cinaedis ferre ad moechum, 
 dictating, and gives them to the same pimps to carry to the adulterer. 
 
 
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SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 329 
 
 Sic natura jubet: Velocius et citius nos 
 Corrumpunt vitiorum exempla domesticay magnis 
 Cum subeun t animos auth orihus. Unus et alter 
 Forsitan haec spernant juvenes, quibus arte benigna. 
 
 Et meliore luto finxit praecordia Titan. ^ 35 
 
 Sed reliqi^s fugienda patrum vestigia ducunt; 
 
 Et monstrata diu vieris t^bit orbita culp«. 
 
 Abstin eas igitu r d amnand is; hujus enim vel 
 Una potens ratio est, ne crimina nostra sequantur 
 Ex nobis geniti: quoniam dociles imitandis 40 
 
 Turpibus et pravis omnes sumus; et Catilinam 
 
 Sic natura jubet: domestica exempla vitiorum 
 
 Thus nature commands: domestic examples of vices 
 
 corrumpunt nos velocius et citius, cum subeunt 
 
 coiru Pt us more rapidly and readily, when they enter 
 
 
 
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 animos magnis authoribus. Unus et alter juvenes 
 
 ou r min ds from great prece dents . One or two youths ^ 
 
 />zc/r.-y 
 
 quibus praecordia ditari/''" *1 
 
 forsitan 
 
 spernant haec, i^xccv^^iuta/ m.hclu 
 
 perhaps may despise these vices, whose hearts Titan ^ 
 
 Sed 
 
 finxit 
 
 benigna arte, et meliore luto. 
 
 hath.formed with bounteous skill, and of a better mould. But 
 
 lx: 
 
 vestigia patrum fugienda ducunt reliquos ,* 
 
 the footsteps of the fathers which ought to be avoided guide the rest j 
 
 et orbita veteris culpae monstrata diu trahit, 
 
 and the track of the old fault being long in view draws them on. 
 
 Igitur abstineas damnandis ; enim est vel 
 
 Therefor e abs tain from act ions to b e condemned j for there is indeed 
 
 « 
 
 una potens ratio hujiis; ne geniti ex nobis sequantur 
 
 one powerful reason for this j lest children begotten of us should follow 
 
 nostra crimina : quoniam sumus omnes dociles imitandis 
 
 our crimes: since we are all easily taught to imitate 
 
 turpibus et pravis ; ’ et vidcas Catilinam 
 
 base and depraved examples; and you may see a Catiline 
 
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330 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Quocunque in populo videas, quocunque sub axe; 
 
 Sed nec Brutus erit, Bruti nec avunculus usquam. 
 
 Nil dictu fcedum visuque hcec limina tangat 
 
 Intra qu(B puer est. Procul hinc, procul inde puellm 45 
 
 Lenonum , et cantus pernoctantis parasiti. 
 
 Maxima dehetur puero reverentia. Si quid 
 Turpe paras, ne tu pueri contempseris annos: 
 
 Sed peccaturo obsistat tibi filius infans. / 
 
 Nam si quid dignum Censeris fecerit ir^, 50 
 
 (Quandoquidem similem tibi se non corpore tantum. 
 
 Nec vultu dederit, morum quoque filius) et cum 
 
 iu. quocunque populo, sub quocunque axe; sed 
 
 among any people, under any polej but 
 
 m . . m 
 
 /f Brutus, nec avunculus Bruti usquam. 
 
 there will be neither a Brutus, nor the uncle of a Brutus anywhere. 
 
 Nil foedum dictu visuque tangat hsec limina 
 
 Let nothing indecent to be spoken and seen touch those thresholds 
 
 intra quae est puer. Procul hinc, procul inde 
 
 within which there is a boy. Away from hence, away from hence 
 
 puellae lenonum, et cantus parasiti pernoctantis. 
 
 the girls of procurers, and the songs of the parasite chanting all nightlong. 
 
 Maxima reverentia debetur puero. Si paras 
 
 Very great reverence is due to youth. If you intend 
 
 quid turpe, ne tu contempseris annos pueri : 
 
 any thing base, do not you despise the years of a boy; 
 
 sed infans filius obsistat tibi peccaturo, 
 
 but let your infant son stop you fr gji sinning. 
 
 Nam si fecerit quid dignum ira Censoris 
 
 For if he shall do any thing deserving the anger of the Censor 
 
 (quandoquidem dederit se similem tibi non corpore 
 (since indeed he will show himself similar to you not in body 
 
 tantum nec vultu, quoque filius morum) et cum 
 
 only, nor in counlenaucc, hutalso the son of your morals) and when 
 
SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 331 
 
 Omnia deterius tua per vestigia peccet. 
 
 Corripies nimirum et castigabis acerbo 
 Clamore, ac post haec tabulas mutare parabis. 
 Unde tibi frontem, libertatemqu^parentis. 
 
 Cura facias pejcgia senex ? vacuumque cerebro 
 Jampridem caput hoc ventosa cucurbita quaerat ? 
 
 Hospite ventu ro, cessabit nemo tuorum : 
 Verre pavimentum, nitidas ostende columnas. 
 Arida cum tote descendat aranea tete: 
 
 Hic laeve argentum, vasa aspera tergeat alter: 
 Vox domini furit instantis virgamque tenentis. 
 
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 60 
 
 peccet omnia deterius per tua vestigia, 
 
 he ens in ali things worse by your footsteps, 
 
 nimirum corripies et castigabis acerbo clamore, 
 without doubt you will seize and chastise him with bitter exclamations, 
 
 ac post haec parabis mutare tabulas. 
 
 and after these things you will prepare to alter your will. 
 
 Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis. 
 
 Whence assume you to yourself the front and liberty of a parent, 
 
 cum senex facias pejora, ventosaque cucurbita 
 
 when you an old man perpetrate worse things, and the windy cupping-glass 
 
 jampridem quaerat 
 
 long ago seeks 
 
 hoc caput vacuum cerebro ? 
 your head void of brain ? 
 
 Hospite venturo, nemo tuorum cessabit : 
 
 A guest being about to come, none of your domestics will be idle: 
 
 verre pavimentum, ostende nitidas columnas, arida 
 sweep the pavement, shew the shining columns, let the arid 
 
 aranea cum tota tela descendat : hic 
 
 spider with the whole web come down: let this fellow 
 
 tergeat laeve argentum, alter aspera vasa : vox 
 
 scour the plain silver-plate, another the figured vessels: the voice 
 
 domini 
 of the master 
 
 furit, instantis, tenentisque virgam, 
 storms, as be is hurrying afld holding the rod. 
 
332 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Ergo miser trepidas , ne stercore foeda canino 
 Atria displiceant oculis venientis amici; 65 
 
 Ne perfus a luto sit porticus; et tamen uno 
 Semodio s cobj ^s haec emunde t servulus unus: 
 
 Tll nd nnn agit as, ut sanctam filius omni 
 Aspiciat sine labe domum, vitioque carentem? 
 
 Gratum est quod patriae civem populoque dedisti, 70 
 Si facis, ut patriae sit idoneu s, utilis agris. 
 
 Utilis et bellorum et pacis rebus agendis. 
 
 Plurimu m enim intereri t, quibus arlibus, et quibus hunc tu 
 Moribus instituas. Serpente ciconia pullos 
 
 Ergo, miser, trepidas, ne atria, foeda 
 
 Tljciefore, wretch, do you tremble, lest your court-yards, contaminated 
 
 canino stercore, displiceant oculis venientis amici ; 
 
 hy dog’s ordure, displease the eyes of your coming friend j 
 
 ne porticus sit perfusa luto ; et tamen unus 
 lest your portico should be covered with dirt j and yet one , 
 
 
 servulus emundet hsec uno semodio scobis: 
 ordinary servant can cleanse these with one half-bushel of scouring-dust: 
 
 non agitas illud, ut filius aspiciat sanctam 
 do you not regard it, that your son may behold a virtuous 
 
 domum - sine omni labe, carentemque vitio ? 
 
 family without contagion, and free from vice? 
 
 Est gratum quod dedisti civem patrim populoque. 
 
 It is gratifying that you have given a citizen to your country and people, 
 
 si facis, ut sit idoneus patrise, utilis 
 
 if you qualify him that he may be serviceable to his country, useful 
 
 agris, utilis agendis rebus et bellorum et pacis. 
 
 to the fields, ■ useful for managing the affairs both of war and peace. 
 
 Enim plurimum intererit, quibus artibus et quibus 
 
 For it yvill b e of t he utmost cons equence in what arts and in what 
 
 moribus tu instituas hunc. • Sic'onia nutrit pullos 
 morals you instruct him. The stork feeds her young 
 
SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA, 
 
 333 
 
 Nutrit et inventi p er devi a rura lacerti ' 75 
 
 jyii eadem sumptis quaerunt animalia pennis. 
 
 Vultur, j umento et canibus, crucibusque relictis^ 
 
 Ad foetus properat, partemque cadaveris affert. 
 
 Hinc est ergo cibus magni quoque vulturis, et se 
 Pascentis, proprii cum jam facit arbore nidos. 80 
 
 Sed leporem, aut capream, famulae Jovis, et generosae 
 In saltu venantur aves: hinc praeda cubili 
 Ponitur: inde autem, cum se matura levarit 
 Progenie s stimulante fame, festinat ad illam. 
 
 Quam primum rupto praedam gustaverat ovo, 85 
 
 serpente et lacerta inventa per devia rura: 
 
 with a serpent and a lizard found along the unhaunted plains: 
 
 
 illi sumptis pennis quaerunt eadem 
 
 the young the mselves having assumed their wings seek after the same 
 
 animalia. Vultur, relictis jumento et canibus, crucibusque^ 
 
 animals. The vulture, havin g left the cattle and dogs, and gibbet s. 
 
 properat ad foetus, affertque partem 
 
 hastens to his brood, and brings part 
 
 Hinc ergo est cibus magni vulturis 
 Hence therefore is the food of the great vulture 
 
 cadaveris, 
 of the carcase. 
 
 V. 
 
 quoque, et 
 
 likewise, and 
 
 pascentis se, cum jam facit nidos propria arbore. ■ 
 
 feeding himself, when now he builds his nest on his own tree. \ 
 
 Sed famulae Jovis et generosae ' aves venantur ^ ' 
 
 rnaid-servants of Jove and noble birds hunt // n v ^ ■ 
 
 But the maid- 
 
 / 
 
 leporem , aut capream in saltu : hinc praeda ponitur 
 
 the hare or the rue in the forest 
 
 hence 
 
 the 
 
 prey is put 
 
 JC- ♦- 
 
 
 cubili : 
 
 in the nest: 
 
 autem 
 
 but 
 
 inde, 
 
 thence, 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 matura progenies 
 
 the mature progeny 
 
 levarit 
 shall raise 
 
 se, 
 
 itself. 
 
 fame stimulante, 
 
 hunger stimulating, 
 
 festinat 
 it hastens 
 
 ad illam 
 
 to that 
 
 praedam quam primum gustaverat 
 
 prey which first it had tasted 
 
 rupto ovo. 
 when it burst the shell 
 
334 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 JEdificator erat Centronius, et mode curvo 
 Littore Cajetae, summa nunc Tiburis arce, 
 
 Nunc Praenestinis in montibus, alta parabat 
 Culmina villarum, Graecis longeque petitis 
 Marmoribus, vincens Fortunae atque Herculis aedem; 90 
 Ut_ ^ado vincebat Capitolia nostra Posides . * 
 
 Dum sic erffo habitat Centronius, imminuit rem, 
 
 Freg^ opes, nec parva tamen mensura relictae 
 Partis efat: totam hanc turhavit filius amens. 
 
 Dum meliore novas attollit marmore villas. 95 
 
 Quidam sortiti metuentem Sabbata patrem. 
 
 Centronius erat ®dificator, et 
 Centronius was a builder, and 
 
 modo curvo 
 sometimes on the winding 
 
 littore Cajetae, nunc summa arce Tiburis, 
 
 shore of Cajeta, now on the highest citadel of Tibur, 
 
 nunc in Praenestinis montibus, parabat alta 
 
 now on the Praenestine mountains, he prepared the lofty 
 
 culmina villarum Graecis longeque petitis marmoribus, 
 
 
 tops 
 
 of villas with Grecian and far-fetched marbles, 
 
 vincens 
 
 surpassing 
 
 sedem 
 the temple 
 
 Fortunae 
 
 of Fortune 
 
 atque Herculis, 
 
 and of Hercules, 
 
 ut 
 
 as far as 
 
 spado 
 the eunuch 
 
 Posides 
 
 Posides 
 
 vincebat 
 
 surpassed 
 
 nostra capitolia. 
 
 our Capitol. 
 
 Ergo 
 
 Therefore 
 
 dum Centronius 
 
 while Centronius 
 
 sic habitat 
 
 thus lives 
 
 imminuit 
 
 he has diminished 
 
 rem, 
 his estate. 
 
 fregit opes, nec tamen 
 
 he has impaired his wealth, nor however 
 
 erat 
 
 was 
 
 mensura 
 
 the measure 
 
 relictae partis parva: 
 
 of the remaining part small: 
 
 hanc 
 
 this 
 
 Quidam 
 Some 
 
 dum 
 
 while 
 
 attollit 
 
 he raises 
 
 amens filius 
 
 his mad son 
 
 novas villas 
 new villas 
 
 turbavit totam 
 
 ran through all 
 
 meliore marmore. 
 
 of superior marble. 
 
 
 sortiti 
 havi ng got 
 
 patrem 
 
 , a father 
 
 ^ ^ /1' Ci ** ^ ^ ^ ^ ^y't I t 
 
 metuentem 
 
 dreading 
 
 Sabbata, 
 
 t he Sabbaths, 
 
 i /t e /''/X * 
 
SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 335 
 
 Nil praeter nubes et coeli numen adorant; 
 
 Nec distare putant humand carne suillam, 
 
 Qud pater abstinuit; mox et praeputia ponun t: 
 
 Romanas autem soliti contemnere leges, 100 
 
 Judaicum ediscunt, et servant, ac metuunt jus. 
 
 Tradidit arcano quodcunque volumine Moses; 
 
 Non monstrare vias, eadem nisi sacra colenti; 
 
 Quaesitum ad fontem solos deducere verpos . 
 
 Sed pater in causa, cui septima qu aeque fuit lu x 105 
 Ignava , et partem vitae non attigit ullam. 
 
 ' Sponte tamen juvenes imitantur caetera: solam 
 
 adorant nil praeter nubes et numen coeli; 
 worship nothing but the clouds and the deity of heaven; 
 
 nec putant suillam, qua pater abstinuit 
 nor do they think pork, from which the father abstained. 
 
 distare humana carne ; mox et ponunt praeputia: 
 to differ from human Hesh; by and by also they put away their prepuces: 
 
 autem solid contemnere Romanas leges, ediscunt, 
 
 but being accustomed to despise the Roman laws, they learn. 
 
 et servant, ac metuunt Judaicum jus, 
 
 and obey, and fear the Jewish law. 
 
 quodcunque Moses tradidit arcano volumine ; 
 
 and whatever Moses has delivered in his mystic volume; 
 
 non monstrare vias nisi colenti eadem 
 
 not to show the roads unless to one worshipping the same 
 
 sacra; deducere verpos solos ad quaesitum fontem, 
 sacred things; to lead t he Jews only to the desired fountain. 
 
 Sec pater est in causa, cui quaeque septima lux 
 
 But the father is in fault, to whom every seventh day 
 
 fuit ignava, et non attigit ullam partem vitae, 
 was keptidkj^ and who did not perform any duty of life. 
 
 Tamen juvenes imitantur caetera sponte : inviti 
 
 However young men imitate other things oftheir own accord: unwilling 
 
(T" /Si o/- if C 
 
 336 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 cr^ 
 
 Inviti quoque avaritiam exercere jubentur* 
 
 Fallit enim vitium specie virtutis, et umbra, 
 
 '■ ■- ■— 
 
 Cum sit triste habitu v ultuque et veste se verum* 110 
 Nec dubi^ tanquam frugi laudatur avarus, 
 
 Tanquam parcus homo, et rerUm tutela sUarum 
 Certa m^is, qu^m si fortunas servet easdem 
 
 [espSidum serpens aut Ponticus. Adde quod hunc, de 
 (Ju^[oquoi7^regiumpopulus~putat atque verendum 115 
 Artificem: quippe his crescunt patrimonia fabris* 
 
 S ed crescunt quocunque mod o, majoraque fiunt 
 Incude assidui, semperque ardente camino. 
 
 quoque jubentur exercere avaritiam solam. Enim 
 too they are ordered to exercise avarice solely. For 
 
 ^ vitium fallit ^specie et umbra virtutis, ciim 
 
 this vice deceives by the feint and shadow of virtue, when 
 
 sit triste habitu 
 it is sad in mien 
 
 severumque vultu et veste, 
 and severe in countenance and dress. 
 
 Nec dubie avarus laudatur tanquam frugi, tanquam 
 
 No doubt the avaritious is commended as a frugal. 
 
 as 
 
 parcus 
 
 a paj;simonious man. 
 
 homo, et magis certa tutela ' suarum 
 
 and amore certain guardian of his own 
 
 rerum, quam si serpens Hesperidum aut Ponticus 
 
 affairs, than if the serpent of the Hesperides or a Pontic one 
 
 ^ servet easdem fortunas. Adde, quod popUlus 
 
 protected the same fortunes. Add tu this, that the people 
 
 putat hunc de quo loquor* egregium atque verendum 
 
 think him of whom I speak an illustrious and venerable 
 
 'A . f ' ^ 
 
 artificem : quippe patrimonia crescunt bis fabris. Sed 
 
 artificer: for patrimonies are raised bv these workmen. But 
 
 /„ A. crescunt quocunque modo, fiuiitque 
 
 
 /I 
 
 ! X/ th^incre^ 
 
 ^ cissicluH inciiciGy 
 on an assiduous anvil, 
 
 m a certam 
 
 manner. 
 
 
 caminoque 
 
 and in a forge 
 
 and are made 
 
 semper 
 
 always 
 
 majora 
 
 greater 
 
 ardente. 
 
 burning. 
 
 
 
/ 
 
 SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 /T 
 
 337 
 
 120 
 
 Et pater ergo afiimi felices credit avaros, 
 
 Qui miratur opes, qui nulla exempla beati 
 Pauperis esse putat; juvenes hortatur, ut illam 
 Ire viam pergant, et eidem incumbere sectae. - 
 S unt quaedam v itioru m elementa i his protinus illos 
 Imbuit, et cogit minimas ediscere sordes. 
 
 Mox acquirendi docet insatiabile votum. 
 
 Servorum ventres modio castigat iniquo, ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Ipse quoque esuriens: neque e&n omnia sustinet unquam 
 Milmd a coer^ulei pams consuluere frus?a^ 
 
 Hesternum solitus medio servare minutal 
 
 125 
 
 
 Et 
 
 And 
 
 ergo 
 
 therefore 
 
 pater 
 
 the father 
 
 credit avaros 
 
 believes the avaricious 
 
 felices animi, 
 
 happy in mind, 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 miratur 
 
 admires 
 
 opes, qui putat esse 
 
 their wealth, who thinks there are 
 
 nulla exampla 
 no examples 
 
 beati pauperis; 
 
 of a happy poor man; 
 
 hortatur juvenes 
 he exhorts his youths 
 
 ut pergant 
 that they continue 
 
 ire 
 
 illam 
 
 viam. 
 
 et incumbere 
 
 eidem 
 
 sectse. 
 
 to go 
 
 that 
 
 way. 
 
 and to follow closely 
 
 the same 
 
 sect. 
 
 Sunt quaedam elementa vitiorum: protinus imbuit 
 
 . / ■ 
 
 There are certain 
 
 elements 
 
 of vices 
 
 
 C 
 
 illos his, et cogit ediscere 
 
 forthwith he iinbuesy* 
 
 minimas sordes. 
 
 them with these, and obliges them to learn the pettiest pennriousness. 
 
 Mox 
 
 By and by 
 
 docet 
 
 he teaches them 
 
 insatiabile votum acquirendi, 
 the insatiable desire of acquiring. 
 
 Castigat ventres servorum iniquo modio, ipse 
 He punishes the bellies of his servants with short allowance, himself 
 
 quoque 
 
 also 
 
 esuriens : 
 
 starving: 
 
 neque 
 
 neither 
 
 enim 
 
 indeed 
 
 unquam sustinet 
 does he ever suffer them 
 
 consumere 
 to consume 
 
 omnia 
 
 ail 
 
 mucida frusta 
 the mouldy crusts 
 
 coerulei panis, 
 of his blue bread, 
 
 solitus servare 
 
 being accustomed to preserve 
 
 hesternum 
 
 yesterday’s 
 
 Y 
 
 minutal medio 
 hash__ in the middle 
 
 * 1 . 7 -, ^ t' 
 
 
 
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 c^A Cd.e^ 
 
 7 
 
 3 .->o 
 oo 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Septembri ; nec no n diffe^e in tempora coenae 130 
 
 Alterius conclmnja &&tiYi cum parte lacert i 
 Signatam, vel dimi dio putrique siluro . 
 
 Filaque sectivi numerata include reporri. 
 
 Invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negaret. 
 
 Sed quo divitias haec per tormenta coactas ? 135 
 
 Chm furor haud dubius, cum sit manifesta phrenesis, 
 
 Ut locuples moriaris, egenti vivere fato ? 
 
 Interet pleno cum turget sacculus ore. 
 
 Crescit amor nummiy quantum ipsa pecuni a crescit; 
 
 Et minus hanc optat qui non habet. Ergo paratur 140 
 
 /a-i 
 
 ^ICi/ 
 
 8f . 
 
 
 & 
 
 yr 
 
 Septembri ; 
 of September; 
 
 nec non 
 likewise 
 
 differre 
 to reserve 
 
 in tempora 
 for the time 
 
 alterius 
 of another 
 
 .coense ^nchen signatam cum 
 
 supper the bean marked with 
 
 parte 
 
 a part 
 
 aestivi 
 of a summer 
 
 lacerti, 
 
 Ash, 
 
 vel 
 
 or 
 
 dimidio 
 a divided 
 
 putrique 
 
 and stinking 
 
 siluro, 
 
 shad. 
 
 includereque 
 
 and to close up 
 
 numerata fila sectivi porri. 
 
 ' the numbered threads of a chopped leek. 
 
 Aliquis 
 
 Any one 
 
 invitatus 
 
 de ponte 
 
 ad hsec 
 
 negaret. 
 
 invited from a bridge 
 
 to these things 
 
 would refuse to come. 
 
 Sed qu5 
 
 But to what purpose 
 
 divitias coactas per hsec tormenta ! 
 are riches collected by these torments ? 
 
 / / * 
 
 /i> oe~ 
 
 
 cum baud dubius furor, cum sit manifesta phrenesis 
 
 when it is no doubtful madness, when it is a manifest frenzy 
 
 
 ■/•c- 
 
 vivere 
 to live 
 
 egenti fato, 
 
 with a scanty fare. 
 
 Ut 
 
 that 
 
 moriaris locuples '? 
 
 you may die rich? 
 
 l^c/z /7 /Ai¬ 
 
 de 
 
 
 
 Interea, 
 
 In the mean time. 
 
 
 cum sacculus turget pleno ore, 
 when the little bag swells with a full mouth. 
 
 amor nummi crescit, quantum pecunia ipsa crescit ; 
 
 the love of money increases, as much as the money itself increases j 
 
 et optat hanc minus qui non habet. Ergo altera 
 
 and he desires it the least who has it not. Therefore another 
 
SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 Altera villa tibi, ciim rus non sufficit unum , 
 
 Et profe rre libet fines; majorque videtur 
 Erini^ror vicina seges : mercaris et hanc^ et 
 Arbusta, et dens4 montem qui canet oliv4: 
 Quorum si pretio dominus non vincitur ullo. 
 Nocte boves macri l assoqu e famel^ a c ollo 
 A rmenta ad virides hujus mittentur aristas ; 
 
 Nec prius inde domum, qu^m tota novalia saevos 
 In ventres abeant, ut credas falcibus actum. 
 Dicere vix 
 Et quot venal 
 
 339 
 
 ^ssis qu^m multi talia plorent, 
 laies injuna federit agros. 
 
 145 
 
 150 
 
 villa paratur tibi, cum unum rus non sufficit, 
 
 villa is purchased for you, since one farm is not sufficient, 
 
 et libet proferre fines; vicinaque seges ^ 
 
 and it delights you to enlarge your boundaries \ and a neighbouring crop 
 
 videtur major et melior : mercaris 
 
 seems greater and better; you buy 
 
 et hanc, et 
 
 both this, and 
 
 arbusta, 
 
 et 
 
 montem. 
 
 the groves. 
 
 and 
 
 the hill. 
 
 quorum 
 
 si 
 
 dominus 
 
 of which 
 
 if 
 
 the master 
 
 macri 
 
 
 boves 
 
 your lean 
 
 
 oxen 
 
 densa oliva : 
 
 non vincitur 
 is not prevailed upon 
 
 ullo 
 
 by any 
 
 pretio, 
 price, . 
 
 famelicaque armenta lasso 
 and starved herds ivith weaiied 
 
 collo mittentur nocte ad virides aristas hujus ; 
 neck shall be sent by night to the green corn of this man; 
 
 iiec inde domum priusquam tota novalia abeant 
 
 nor thence do they go home before the whole of the new crops go 
 
 in saevos ventres, ut credas actum falcibus, 
 into their insatiable bellies, that you would believe it done by sickles. 
 
 Vix possis dicere quam multi plorent talia, 
 
 You are scarcely able to tell how many lament such doings. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 quot 
 how many 
 
 agros 
 
 fields 
 
 injuria 
 
 such injury 
 
 fecerit 
 hath caused 
 
 venales. 
 
 to be sold. 
 

 
 T 
 
 
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 ^<^7->'f. <!^» 
 
 
 *7t. 
 
 if -?(^t^». 
 
 
 
 -c /v^ ^ 4r > 
 
 
 
 
 
 f^ ^-tlX 
 
 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 X 
 
 
 Sed q ui se r mone s X quae foedae buccina famae ? 
 
 Q uid noc et h^£?^ i nquit . Tunicam mihi malo lupin i, 
 Q q^m si me toto l audet vicinia pago . 
 
 Exigui ruris paucissi ma farra secantem. 155 
 
 Scilicet et morbis et debilitate carebis. 
 
 Et luctum et curam ef fugies , et tempora vitae 
 Longa tibi post haec fato meliore dabuntur; 
 
 Si tantum culti solus possederis agri, 
 
 Quantum sub Tatio populus Romanus arabat! ICO 
 
 Mox et iam fractis aetate, ac Punica passis 
 Praelia, vel Pyrrhum immanem, gladiosque Molossos, 
 
 rt »*ifi t vv 
 
 ^ t f di. t£> 
 
 - 
 
 sermones? Quae buccina fcedae famae? 
 - But what are rumours? What is the trumpet of ill fame? 
 
 -- — : — : 
 
 i quid hoc nocet? inquit. Malo mihi tunicam lupini, 
 
 Ay/*/-. <v what does that hurt rae? says he. I hs^rather get to mvself the husk of a beap^ 
 
 T^ix ‘( y' 
 
 t'tet 
 vv fZ IS 
 
 O 
 
 /»» 
 
 f^A-c 
 
 
 
 quam si vicinia laudet me toto pago, 
 
 than the neighbourhood praise me through the whole village, 
 
 cr^ 
 
 secantem 
 while cutting 
 
 paucissima farra 
 
 the scanty produce 
 
 exigui runs, 
 of a small farm. 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 solus possederis 
 you alone shall possess 
 
 quantum Romanus populus 
 the Roman people 
 
 as 
 
 tantum 
 
 as much 
 
 arabat 
 
 ploughed 
 
 Scilicet, 
 
 Doubtless, 
 
 culti agri 
 cultivated land 
 
 sub 
 
 under 
 
 Tatio, 
 
 Tatius, 
 
 carebis 
 
 you will be exempt 
 
 et 
 
 both 
 
 morbis 
 from diseases 
 
 et debilitate, et 
 and debility, and 
 
 effugies luctum et curam, et post hsec, longa 
 you will escape grief and care, and after these, long 
 
 tempora vitae dabuntur, 
 
 terms of life will be given to you. 
 
 meliore fato ! 
 with a better fate! 
 
 
 V _ 
 
 Mox etiam vix bina jugera tandem dabcmtur 
 
 AfcfaiZt. Sometime after also scarcely two acres at length were given 
 
 pro multis vulneribus, fractis aetate, ac 
 
 for many wounds, broken with age, and 
 
 passis 
 
 enduring 
 
A» 
 
 SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 6 ' / : 3i^ ^ 
 
 _ 4 ^ 
 
 Tandem pro multis vix jugera bina dabantur 
 Vuln^ibus. Merce s ea sanguinis atque laboris 
 Nullis ^ a unquam mentis^mino r, aut ingratae' 
 
 34r 
 
 165 
 
 Curta fides patriae : saturabat glebula talis 
 Patrem ipsum, turbamque casae, qua foeta jacebat 
 Uxor, et infantes ludebant quatuor, unus 
 Vernula, tres domini: se d magnis fratribus horum 
 A scrobe vel sulco redeuntibus, altera coena 
 
 170 
 
 Ampli or, et grandes fumabant pultibus ollae. 
 
 Nunc modus hic agri nostro non sufficit horto. 
 
 Inde fere scelerum causae, nec plura venena 
 
 Punica 
 the Punic 
 
 praelia, 
 
 battles, 
 
 vel 
 
 or 
 
 immanem 
 
 cruel 
 
 Pyrrhum, 
 
 Pyrrhus, 
 
 Molossosque gladios. Ea merces sanguinis atque 
 
 and the Mulossian swords. That reward of blood and 
 
 laboris" 
 
 labour 
 
 Visa 
 
 appeared 
 
 nullis 
 
 to none 
 
 unquam minor mentis, 
 ever less than their deserts. 
 
 ife ^ ; j'J, ■ 
 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 curta fides 
 
 the imperfect justice 
 
 - - ^ - 
 
 ingratae patriae, 
 of a n un grateful country. 
 
 Talis 
 
 Such 
 
 ■f 
 
 
 glebula saturabat patrem ipsum, tiirbamque 
 
 a ti ifling portion of land maintained the father himself, and the crowd 
 
 casae, qua foeta uxor jacebat, et quatuor infantes 
 of the cottage, in which his pregnant wife lay, and four infanta 
 
 Cr 
 
 ludebant, unus vernula, tres domini: sed, 
 
 played, one born of a slave, three of the wi fe of th^ maste r: but. 
 
 magnis fratribus horum redeuntibus a scrobe vel sulco, 
 for the grown-up brothers of these returning from the ditch or furrow. 
 
 altera amplior coena, et grandes ollae fumabant pultibus, 
 another more ample supper, and the great pots smoked with pu lse. 
 
 iL, ■ 
 
 Nunc hie 
 
 Now this 
 
 modus 
 
 measure 
 
 agri 
 
 of land 
 
 non sufficit 
 is not sufficient 
 
 nostro horto, 
 for our garden. 
 
 Inde lere causae sceleriim, nec ullum vitium 
 Hence commonly the causes of villainies, nor has any vice 
 
 
 
342 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Miscuit, aut ferro grassatur saepius ullum 
 
 Humanae mentis .vitium, qu^m saeva cupido 175 
 
 Indomiti census: nam dives qui fieri vult, 
 
 Et cito vult fieri. Sed quae reverentia legum ? 
 
 Quis metus aut pudor est unquam properantis avari ^ 
 Vivite contenti casulis et collibus istis, 
 
 I 
 
 O pueri, Marsus dicebat et Hernicus olim, 180 
 
 Vestinusque senex; panem quaeramus aratro, ^ 
 
 Qui satis est mensis : l audant hoc numina ruri s. 
 
 Quorum ope et auxilio, g ratae post mu nus aristae. 
 Contingunt homini veteris fastidia quercus. 
 
 
 humanae mentis miscuit plura venena, aut saepius 
 of the human mind mixed with more poisons, or oftener 
 
 X . 
 
 grassatur ferro, quam saeva cupido indomiti 
 ravaged by the sword, than an insatiable desire of an u nbounde d 
 
 census. Nam qui vult fieri dives et vult fieri 
 estate. For he who covets to become rich will also covet to become so 
 
 cito. 
 
 soon. 
 
 Sed 
 
 But 
 
 quae 
 
 what 
 
 reverentia 
 
 reverence 
 
 legum I 
 
 for the laws ? 
 
 quis metus 
 
 what fear 
 
 aut pudor est usquam properantis avari I 
 
 or shame is there ever of a pushing avaricious man ? 
 
 Vivite contenti casulis et istis collibus, O pueri. 
 
 Live content in your little cottages and on these hills, O swains, 
 
 /i Tv dicebat olim Marsus, et Hernicus, senexque Vestinus j 
 
 said formerly Marsus, and H ernicus, and old Vestinus; 
 
 ■ quaeramus panem aratro, qui est satis 
 
 let US seek bread by our plough, which is enough 
 
 mensis : numina ruris laudant hoc, 
 
 for our t ables: t he deities of the country commend this occupat ion, 
 
 ope et auxilio quorum, post munus gratae 
 
 by the aid and assistance of whom, after the gift of gratify ing 
 
 aristae, fastidia veteris quercus contingunt homini, 
 
 corn, loathings of the old oak happen to man. 
 
SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 343 
 
 Nil vetitum fecisse volet, quem non pudet alto 
 
 185 
 
 Per glaciem perone tegi; qui summovet Euros 
 
 Pellibus inversis. Peregrina, ignotaque nobis, 
 
 ■*? 
 
 Ad scelus atque nefas, quodcunque est, purpura ducit. 
 
 Haec illi veteres praecepta minoribus: at nunc 
 
 4 -l 
 
 •;!i fct 
 
 Post finem autumni medid de nocte supinum 
 Clamosus juvenem pater excitat: Accipe ceras, 
 Scribe, puer, vigila, causas age, perlege rubras 
 Majoru m leges , aut vitem posce libello. 
 
 Sed caput intactum buxo, naresque pilosas 
 Annotet, et grandes miretur Laelius alas. 
 
 190 
 
 ai 
 
 
 I 
 
 195 
 
 
 
 
 non pudet 
 
 Volet fecisse nil vetitum quem 
 He will desire to have done nothing forbidden whom it does not sharae^_-^^ ^ ^ 
 
 ~ ’ .xyc/’-pTSt-..-.- Ji. c 
 
 A ' 
 
 tegi alto perone per glaciem ; qui summovet Euros 
 
 
 to be covered with a high shoe amidst ice ^ who keeps off the east-winds 
 
 Ct^r'-x ^‘ * -Vi..-. 
 
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 inversis pellibus. Peregrina purpura, ignotaque nobis, 
 
 with turned skins. Foreign purple, and unknown .tons. 
 
 /ft- 
 
 t'C Vi » 
 
 '! 
 
 ducit 
 
 leads 
 
 ad scelus 
 to wickedness 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 nefas, 
 
 villainy, 
 
 quodcunque est. 
 
 whatever it is. ^ 
 
 Illi veteres haec praecepta minoribus: at nunc. 
 
 The ancients delivered these precepts to their posterity: but now. 
 
 f' -.j 
 
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 post finem autumni, clamosus pater excitat supinum * t. 
 
 after the end of autumn, the clamorous father rouses the su pine =e. — 
 
 juvenem de media nocte : Puer, accipe ceras, 
 
 youth at midnight: Boy, take waxen-tablets, 
 
 scribe, vigila, age causas, perlege rubras 
 
 write, watch, plead causes, read through the red-lettered 
 
 leges majorum, aut posce vitem 
 
 laws of our ancestors, or solicit a commission 
 
 libello. 
 
 by petition. 
 
 ^ £t / /t ; 
 
 ti! 
 
 (h Sed ^ Laelius annotet caput intactum 
 
 buxo. 
 
 But let Lselius observe your head untouched with a comb, 
 
 
 pilosasque nares, 
 and your hairy nostrils, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 miretur grandes 
 admire your broad 
 
 alas. \ 
 
 shoulders. 
 
 
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 344 
 
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 Dirue Maurorum attegias, castella Brigantum, 
 
 Ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus 
 
 Afferat: aut longos castrorum ferre labores 
 
 Si pige t, et trepido solvunt tibi cornua ventrem 
 
 Cum lituis audita, pares quod vendere possi s 200 
 
 Pluris dimidi o ; nec te fastidia merci s 
 
 Ullius subeant ab legan dae Tiberim ultra : 
 
 Nec credas ponendum aliquid discriminis inter 
 Unguenta et corium. Lucri bonus est odor ex re 
 Qualibet.^ Illa tuo sententia semper in ore 205 
 
 Versetur, dis atque ipso Jove digna, poetae: 
 
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 efP.y^fc^I^D Dirue attegias Maurorum, castella Brigantum, 
 Overthrow the cottages of the Moors, the castles o f the Brigantes. 
 
 ut sexagesimus annus afferat locupletem aquilam 
 
 that your sixtieth year may bring a rich eagle 
 
 / 
 
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 ^ ^ 4 ^ * f 
 
 /Ci^ <« ife>vf 
 
 j y^xJi- c\y 
 
 tibi: aut 
 
 si 
 
 piget 
 
 ferre 
 
 longos 
 
 labores 
 
 to you; or 
 
 if 
 
 disagreeable 
 
 to endure 
 
 the long 
 
 labours 
 
 castrorum. 
 
 et 
 
 cornua 
 
 audita 
 
 cum 
 
 lituis 
 
 of camps. 
 
 and 
 
 trumpets 
 
 heard 
 
 with 
 
 clarions 
 
 solvunt 
 
 loosen 
 
 tibi 
 
 your 
 
 - crtP 
 
 ventrem trepido, pares quod 
 
 belly as you tremble, you may prepare what 
 
 ---- 
 
 possis vendere pluris dimidio; nec fastidia ullius 
 
 you can vend for more by half; nor let the disdain of any 
 
 -V ■ ^ 
 
 r » </l 1 ... n. 2 /cc- 
 
 ^ /. • ' r 
 
 IX ct c /Y^ 
 
 credas aliquid 
 C do you believe that any 
 
 *X X ^ 
 
 unguenta et corium. 
 
 ointments and a hide. 
 
 4 
 
 mercis ablegandte ultra Tiberim subeant te: nec 
 
 ^ tji merchandise fit to be carried beyond the Tiber seize you: nor 
 
 credas aliquid discriminis ponendum inter 
 
 between 
 
 discriminis 
 
 discrimination 
 
 ponendum 
 is to be used 
 
 Odor 
 
 The smell 
 
 lucri 
 of gain 
 
 est bonus 
 is good 
 
 A * • 
 
 L l-LCCCiT 
 
 ex qualibet re. Ilia sententia poette, digna 'dis 
 
 from any thing. That maxim ofthepoet, worthy the gods 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 Jove ipso, semper versetur in tuo ore: 
 
 Jove himself, should always be employed in your mouth: 
 
SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 345 
 
 Undt habeas qucerit nemo; sed oporte t habere, 
 
 Hoc monstrant vetulae pueris poscentibus assem: ^ 
 
 Hoc discunt omnes ante Alpha et Beta puellae. 
 
 Talibus instantem monitis quemcunque parentem 210 
 Sic p ossem affar i: Dic, 6 vanissime, quis te 
 Festinare jubet? meliorem praest o magistr o 
 Discipulum. Securus abi: vinceris, ut Ajax 
 Praeteriit Telamonem, ut Pelea vicit Achilles. 
 
 Parcendum est teneris; n ondum implevere medullas 215 
 Nativae mala nequitiae: cum pectere barbam 
 Coeperit, et longi mucronem admittere cultri, 
 
 nemo quaerit unde habeas; sed oportet habere. 
 
 iiobotly asks whence you may have money j hut it becomes you to have it. 
 
 Vetulse monstrant hoc pueris poscentibus assem : 
 
 Old women show this to boys begging a penny: 
 
 omnes puellae 
 
 all the girls 
 
 discunt 
 
 learn 
 
 hoc ante 
 this before 
 
 Alpha 
 
 their A 
 
 et Beta. 
 
 and B. 
 
 Sic possem 
 
 Thus 1 could 
 
 affari 
 
 address 
 
 quemcunque 
 
 any 
 
 parentem 
 
 parent 
 
 instantem 
 
 urging 
 
 talibus monitis : 
 
 such admonitions: 
 
 Dic 
 
 Say, 
 
 6 vanissime, 
 
 0 most vain man. 
 
 quis 
 
 who 
 
 jubet te 
 
 orders you 
 
 festinare 1 praesto 
 
 discipulum meliorem 
 
 magistro. 
 
 to haste ? 
 
 1 wairaut 
 
 Abi securus : 
 
 vmc^ris, 
 
 lit Ajax praeteriit 
 
 
 i ^ - 1 ---- 
 
 Go away secure: you will be vanquished, as Ajax surpassed 
 
 i 
 
 Telamonem, 
 
 Telamon, 
 
 Ut 
 
 as 
 
 Achilles 
 
 Achilles 
 
 vicit 
 
 conquered 
 
 Pelea. 
 
 Peleus. -— 
 
 £ -- 
 
 Est parcendum teneris ; mala nativae nequitiae , . 
 
 You must spare tender youths j the evils of their natiye haughtiness 
 
 nondum implevere medullas: 
 have not as yet filled their marrow: 
 
 cum 
 
 when 
 
 coeperit pectere 
 he shall begin to comb 
 
 barbam, 
 
 the beard. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 admittere 
 
 admit 
 
 mucronem 
 
 the edge 
 
 long! cultri, 
 of a long razor. 
 
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 346 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Falsus erit testis, vendet perjuria summa 
 Exigua, Cereris tangens aramque pedemque. 
 
 Elatam jam crede nurum ^ si limina vestra 220 
 
 Mortifera cum dote subit. Quibus illa pre iaetur 
 Per somnum digitis ? Nam quae terraque marique 
 Acquirenda putes, brevior via conferet ill i. 
 
 Nullus enim magni sceleris labor. Haec ego nunquam 
 Mandavi, dices olim, nec talia suasi: 225 
 
 Mentis causa malae tamen e^t, et origo p enes te. 
 
 Nam quisquis magni census praecepit amorem. 
 
 Et laevo monitu pueros producit avaros; 
 
 erit 
 
 he will be 
 
 summa, 
 
 sum. 
 
 falsus testis, 
 a false witness, 
 
 tangens 
 
 respecting 
 
 vendet 
 
 he will sell 
 
 aramque 
 
 both the altar 
 
 perjuria 
 
 perjuries 
 
 pedemque 
 
 and the foot 
 
 exigua 
 for a small 
 
 Cereris, 
 of Ceres. 
 
 Jam crede nurum elatam, si subit vestra 
 
 Now imagine your daughter-in-law cut off, if she enters your 
 
 limina cum mortifera dote. Quibus digitis illa premetur 
 thresholds with a fatal dowry. By what fingers shall she be strangled 
 
 per somnum 1 
 in her sleep ? 
 
 terra 
 
 by land 
 
 illi. Enim 
 
 to him. For 
 
 Nam quse putat acquirenda 
 
 For what treasures you suppose would be acquired 
 
 manque, 
 
 and sea, 
 
 nullus labor 
 there is no labour 
 
 brevior via 
 a shorter way 
 
 conferet 
 
 will bring 
 
 magni sceleris. Dices 
 in a great crime. You will say 
 
 olim, ego nunquam mandavi haec, nec suasi talia: 
 
 afterwards , I never enjoined these, nor advised such crimes: 
 
 tamen causa et origo malae mentis est penes te. 
 
 yet the cause and origin of his evil disposition is_owing to you. 
 
 Nam 
 
 For 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 quisquis 
 
 whoever 
 
 producit 
 
 makes 
 
 praecepit 
 
 ’ pr^cribpd 
 pueros 
 
 boys 
 
 amorem 
 the love 
 
 magni census, 
 of great wealth, 
 
 avaros ^ laevo monitu ; 
 covetous by bad advice; 
 
 

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 Et qui per fraudes patrimonia conduplicare 
 
 Dat libertatem, totas effundit habenas 230 
 
 cr^ 
 
 Curriculo ; quem si revoce s, subs istere nescit. 
 
 Et te contempto rapitur, m eti sque r elictis. 
 
 Nemo satis credit tantum delinquer e, quantum 
 P ermi ttas : adeo in dulgen t i^i |atius ipsi. 
 
 Cum dicis juveni stultum qui donet amico, 235 
 
 Qui paupertatem leve t, attollatque propinqui; 
 
 Et s poliare doces , e^circumscribere, et omni 
 Crimine divitias acquirere, quarum amor in te est. 
 Quantus erat patriae Deciorum in pectore, quantum 
 
 et qui dat libertatem conduplicare patrimonia 
 and whoever gives them liberty to double their patrimonies 
 
 per fraudes, 
 by frauds, 
 
 A . 
 
 quern si 
 
 which if 
 
 effundit 
 
 gives 
 
 revoces 
 you recall 
 
 totas habenas 
 
 full reins 
 
 nescit subsistere, 
 it knows not wh en to stop. 
 
 curriculo ; 
 to the chariot ;^ 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 
 rapitur, metis relictis teque contempto, 
 
 is hurried away, the goals being left and you contemned. 
 
 Nemo credit satis delinquere tantiim, quantum 
 Nobody believes it enough to sin so much, as far as 
 
 . permittas; ipsi adeb latius indulgent sibi, 
 you may permit; they so much the more indulge themselves. 
 
 Cum dicis juveni stultum qui donet amico, 
 Wlien you tell a youth that he is a fool who gives to a friend, 
 
 qui levet attollatque paupertatem propinqui, 
 
 who relieves and supports the poverty of a relation, 
 
 et doces spoliare, et circumscribere, et 
 
 you also teach him to rob, and to cheat, , and 
 
 acquirere divitias omni crimine, amor quarum 
 to acquire riches by every crime, the love of which 
 
 est in te quantus patriae, erat in pectore 
 
 is in you as strong as the love of their native country was in the breast 
 
 
348 
 
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 Dilexit Thebas, si Graecia vera, Menoeceus ; 
 
 ^ ^ ^ • • • 
 
 In quarum sulcis legiones dentibus anguis 
 
 
 
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 i//, 
 
 Cum clypeis nascuntur, et horrida bella capessu nt 
 Continuo, tanquam et tubicen surrexerat^unX. 
 
 Ergo ignem, cujus scintillas ipse dedisti. 
 Flagrantem late, et rapientem cuncta videbis : 
 
 Nec tibi parcetur misero ; trepidumque magistrum 
 y^I n cave i magno fremitu leo tollet alumnus. 
 
 Nota mathematicis genesis tua ; s ed grave tardas 
 ' Expectare colos . Morieris, stamine nondum 
 Abrupto : jam nunc obstas, et vota moraris ; 
 
 240 
 
 245 
 
 250 
 
 Deciorum, quantum Menoeceus dilexit Thebas, si Grsecia vera; 
 i ' of the Decii, as much as Menoeceus , loved Thebes, if Greece be true j 
 
 
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 V — 
 
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 in sulcis quarum legiones nascuntur cum clypeis 
 
 in the furrows of which legions spring up with shields 
 
 
 dentibus anguis, et continuo capessunt horrida 
 
 from the teeth of a serpent, and instantly wage horrid 
 
 bella, 
 
 wars. 
 
 tanquam 
 
 as if 
 
 et tubicen 
 a trumpeter also 
 
 surrexerat unli! 
 had arisen with them! 
 
 Ergo videbis ignem, scintillas cujus ipse 
 
 Therefore you will behold a lire, the sparks of which you yourself 
 
 dedisti flagrantem late, et rapientem cuncta: 
 
 , have given, burning far and wide, and catching every thing: 
 
 nec parcetur tibi misero ; alumnusque leo tollet 
 
 nor will it spare your miserable self; and the young lion shall devour 
 
 trepidum magistrum in cavea magno fremitii. Tua 
 
 his trembling master in his cage with loud roaring. Your 
 
 T ' . — 
 
 G' V Z' g^^^sis nota mathematicis; sed ^grave 
 
 (I . r . fv «».« nativity is known to the mathematicians; but it is grievous to your boy 
 
 tr I' - 
 
 W^'/,c.cthic expectare tardas colos. - Morieris, stamine nondum 
 
 _towait the tardy distaffs. You must die, your thread not yet 
 
 abrupto ; jam nunc obstas, et moraris vota ; 
 
 cutoff; just now you arc in his way, and delay his wishes; 
 
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 349 
 
 J [am torquet juvenem longa et cervina senectus » 
 
 Ocyus Archigenem quaere, atque eme quod Mithridat es 
 Composuit, si vis aliam decerpere ficum, 
 
 Atque alias tractare rosas : medicamen habendum est. 
 Sorbere ante cibu m quod debeat aut pater dut rex. 255 
 Monstro voluptatem egregiam, cui nulla theatra. 
 
 Nulla aequare queas Praetor is pulpita l auti, 
 i Si spectes q uanto capitis discrimi ne constant 
 ^ Incrementa domus, aerata multus in arcd 
 Fiscu s, et ad vigilem ponendi Castora nummi, 260 
 
 Ex quo Mar s ultor galeam quo que perdidit, et res 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 longa et 
 
 your long and 
 
 cervina 
 
 stag-like 
 
 senectus 
 old age 
 
 torquet juvenem, 
 torments the youth. 
 
 Quaere Archigenem ocyus, atque eme quod Mithridates 
 
 <y. 
 
 Send for Archigenes quickly, and buy what Mithridates /~ 
 
 
 . composuit, si vis decerpere alium figum, atque 
 made up, if you desire to pluck another fig, and 
 
 
 tractare 
 to handle 
 
 alias 
 
 other 
 
 rosas: medicamen est habendum quod 
 roses: a medicine is to be had which 
 
 aut 
 
 either 
 
 pater 
 a father 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 rex 
 
 a king 
 
 debeat 
 
 ought 
 
 sorbere 
 to drink 
 
 ante 
 
 before 
 
 cibum. 
 meat. ^ 
 
 egregiam voluptatem, cui queas tequare 
 
 a diverting scene, to which you can equal / 
 
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 nulla theatra, nulla pulpita lauti Pr^fito^is, si spectes 
 no theatres, no exhibitions of the opulent Praetor, if you considet ” ' 
 
 Monstro 
 
 I shov/ you 
 
 quanto discrimine 
 
 with what great hazard 
 
 capitis 
 of life 
 
 incrementa domus 
 the increase of his wealth 
 
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 a ^ 
 
 constant, 
 is attended. 
 
 multus fiscus 
 much treasure 
 
 in serata arca, 
 in his brazen chest. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 nummi 
 
 money 
 
 ponendi ad vigilem Castora, ex quo 
 
 to be laid out at watchful Castor’s shrine, from the time when 
 
 Mars 
 
 Mars 
 
 ultor perdidit galeam 
 the revenger lost his helmet 
 
 quoque, 
 
 also. 
 
 
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 et non potuit 
 
 and was not able 
 
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 350 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Non potuit servare suas. 
 
 
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 Erffo omnia Flora? 
 
 Et Cereris licel, et Cybeles aul^a relinquas, 
 
 Tanto majores h umana negotia ludi . 
 
 An magis oblectant animum jactata petauro 
 
 Corpora, quique solent rectum descendere funem, 265 
 
 Qu^m tu, Corycid semper qui puppe moraris. 
 
 Atque habitas, Coro semper tollendu s et Austro, 
 
 Perditus, ac vilis sacci mercator olentis ; 
 
 Qui gaudes pingue antiquae de littore Cretae 
 
 Passum , et municipes Jovis advexisse lagen as? 270 
 
 Hic tam en ancipit i fi gens vestigia planta 
 
 rf(nt. -'hV'KXK^ , 
 
 0 -- 
 
 servare suas res. Frgo, licet 
 
 to preserve his own estates. Therefore, al thpngh 
 
 omnia aulaea ^ et Cereris et 
 
 all the sports botlr . of Ceres and 
 
 ^c->-a— 
 
 relinquas 
 
 you leave 
 
 H- 
 
 A' 
 
 humana negotia 
 
 human affairs 
 
 An corpora jactata 
 
 Do mmt bodies thrown 
 
 tan to 
 are so much 
 
 majores 
 
 greater 
 
 petauro, 
 through a hoop, 
 
 Cybeles, 
 
 Cybele, 
 
 ludi. 
 
 farces. 
 
 quique 
 
 and those who 
 
 magis oblectant 
 
 delight 
 
 animiim 
 the mind 
 
 quam 
 
 than 
 
 tu 
 
 you 
 
 qui semper 
 
 who always 
 
 more 
 
 moraris 
 
 stay 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 'I At 
 
 ! /■ r .4 solent descendere rectum funem, 
 
 Jk c^ C /kiy are accustomed to descend a straight rope, 
 
 _ habitas Corycia puppe, semper tpllendus Coro et 
 
 jr«. /, dwell in a Corycian ship, continually tossed by the north-west and 
 
 Austro, perditus, et mercator vilis olentis sacci I 
 
 south wind, being wretched, aud a merchant of a vile stinking sack ? 
 
 Qui gaudes advexisse pingue passum de littore 
 
 ^ You who rejoice to have imported thick sweet wine fromtheshore 
 
 antiause Cretae. et lae^enas municines Jovis? 
 
 of Jove ? 
 
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 ./CV£ V (rC^^ 
 
 Xamen 
 
 antiquae Cretae, et 
 
 of ancient Crete, and 
 
 lagenas municipes 
 
 flaggons from tlie country 
 
 
 hic figens vestigia ancipiti planta. 
 
 Yet this fellow, fixing his steps with his doubtful foot. 
 
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 SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 351 
 
 Victum ill^ mercede parat, brumamque famemque 
 Jlla reste cavet; tu propter mille talenta. 
 
 Et centum villas temerarius . Aspice portus, 
 
 Et plenum magnis trabibu s mare: plus hominum est jam 275 
 In pelag o. Veniet classis, quocunque vocarit 
 Spes lucri; nec Carpathium Gaetulaque tanthm 
 .^Equora transiliet; sed long^ Calpe relicti, , 
 
 Audiet Herculeo s tridentem gur gite solem. 
 
 Grande operae pretium est, ut tenso folle reverti 280 
 Inde domum possis, tumiddque superbus alutd, 
 
 Oceani monstra et juvenes vidisse marinos. 
 
 parat victum illa mercede, cavetque brumam 
 
 obtains his living by that merchandize, and provides against winter 
 
 famemque ilia reste: tu temerarius propter mille 
 
 and hunger by that rope; you are fool-hardy on account of a thousand 
 
 talenta, et centum villas. Aspice portus et mare 
 
 talents, and a hundred villas. Behold the ports and sea- 
 
 
 
 plenum magnis trabibus. Jam est plus hominum in pelago: 
 full of great ships. Now there are more men on the sear • /_ ’ 'i' 
 
 classis veniet 
 a fleet will come 
 
 quocunque spes 
 
 wherever the hope 
 
 lucri vocarit; 
 of gain shall invite; 
 
 
 nec 
 
 neither 
 
 transiliet 
 
 will it pass over 
 
 Carpathium 
 the Carpathian 
 
 Gaetulaque aequora 
 
 and Gsetulian seas 
 
 tantum ; sed Calpe 
 
 only; but Calpe 
 
 relicta 
 being left 
 
 longe 
 
 far behind 
 
 audiet 
 
 will hear 
 
 solem 
 
 the sun 
 
 stridentem 
 
 hissing 
 
 Herculeo gurgite 
 in the Herculea n gulf . 
 
 Est - 7 ^ ' 
 
 It is --- 
 
 grande pretium operae, ut possis reverti 
 
 a great recompeuce of your labour, that you may be able to return 
 
 inde domum tenso folle, superbusque tumida aluta, 
 thence home with a distend^ bag, and proud with your swelled purse. 
 
 If 
 
 
 vidisse monstra oceani, et marinos juvenes. 
 
 to have seen the monsters of the ocean, and marine youths. ^ 
 
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352 
 
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 Non unus mentes agitat furor. Ille sororis 
 
 In manibus vultu Eumenidum terretur et igni. 285 
 
 Hic bove percusso mugire Agamemnona credit. 
 
 Aut Ithacum. Parcat tunicis licet atque l acerni s. 
 Curatoris eget, qui navem mercibus implet 
 Ad summum latus, et tabula distinguitur unda ; 
 
 Cum sit causa mali tanti, et discriminis huju s, 290 
 
 Concisum argentum in titulos faciesque minutas. 
 Occurrunt nubes et fulgura: Solvite funem. 
 
 Frumenti dominus clamat, piperisque coemptor; 
 cJr color hic coeli, nil fasci a nigra minatur: 
 
 
 Non unus furor agitat mentes. 
 Not one madness alone agitates the mind. 
 
 Ille in manibus 
 That man in the arms 
 
 
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 sororis terretur vultu et igni 
 
 of a sister is terrified by the countenance and fire 
 
 > .. 
 
 or 
 
 Eumenidum. 
 
 of the Furies. 
 
 Hie credit Agamemnona aut Ithacum mugire, 
 This one believes that Agamemnon or the Ithacan lows, 
 
 'bove percusso. Licet parcat tunicis atque lacernis, 
 
 
 ^ ^ when beaten. Though he spares 
 
 his coats and cloaks. 
 
 
 eget curatoris, qui implet navem 
 he needs a keeper, who fills his vessel 
 
 mercibus 
 
 with merchandise 
 
 r/ 
 
 
 ad summum latus, et 
 
 distinguitur 
 
 unda 
 
 tabula; 
 
 to its highest edg 
 
 e, and 
 
 is divided from the wave 
 
 by a plank; 
 
 cum causa 
 
 tanti 
 
 mali, et 
 
 hujus 
 
 discriminis. 
 
 when the cause 
 
 of so great 
 
 an evil, and 
 
 of this 
 
 hazard. 
 
 . ^ ■ . . 
 sit argentum concisum in titulos 
 
 minutasque facies. 
 
 . is money 
 
 cut 
 
 into titles 
 
 and 
 
 puny faces. 
 
 Nubes et 
 
 fulgura 
 
 occurrunt : 
 
 dominus 
 
 frumenti. 
 
 The clouds and 
 
 lightnings 
 
 oppose: 
 
 the master 
 
 of the corn. 
 
 coemptorque 
 
 piperis 
 
 clamat. 
 
 Solvite 
 
 funem; 
 
 and buyer 
 
 of pepper 
 
 exclaims. 
 
 Loose 
 
 the cable \ 
 
 hie color coeli nil, nigra fascia minatur nil: 
 
 this colour of the sky is nothing, that bjack cloud threatens nothing 
 
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 SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 -r ^stivum tonat . Infelix, ac forsitan ips4 
 
 353 
 
 295 
 
 Nocte cadet fractis trabibus, fluctuque pr emetu r 
 Obrutus, et zonam laev^ morsuve tenebit. 
 
 Sed, cujus votis modo non suffecerat aurum. 
 Quod Tagus, et^r utila volvit Pactolus aren4. 
 Frigida sufficient velantes inguina panni, 
 Exiguusque cibus, mers4 rate naufragus assem 
 Dum petit, et picta se tempestate tuetur, 
 
 ® Tantis par ta malis, cur^ ma j ore metuque 
 Servantur, Misera est magni custodia census. 
 Dispositis praedives hamis vigilare cohortem 
 
 300 
 
 305 
 
 tonat aestivum. Infelix, ac forsitan cadet ips3l 
 it peals summcr^thuiider. Unhappy being, as perhaps he shall fall that 
 
 nocte trabibus fractis, obrutusque premetur 
 very night the planks being broken, and being overwhelmed shall be immersed 
 
 fluctu, 
 in the flood, 
 
 morsuve. / ^ ^ 
 
 et tenebit zonam Iseva 
 
 and hold his purse in his left-hand or teeth. V • / 9_ 
 
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 Sed panni velantes inguina exiguusque cibus sutlicient ^ ^ 
 
 But rags covering his thighs and a spare diet will suffice him 
 
 CUJUS 
 
 whose 
 
 votis 
 
 wishes 
 
 modo 
 
 lately 
 
 aurum 
 
 the gold 
 
 quod 
 
 which 
 
 Tagus 
 
 Tagus 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 V' 
 
 Pactolus 
 
 Pactolus 
 
 volvit 
 
 rolls 
 
 rutila arena 
 with yellow sand 
 
 non suffecerat, dum 
 had not satisfied, whilst 
 
 ^ Zc 
 
 naufragus . petit 
 
 Ihe shipwrecked marm»* begs 
 
 assem, 
 a penny, 
 
 rate 
 
 his ship 
 
 mersa, et 
 having sunk, and 
 
 tuetur 
 
 supports 
 
 se 
 
 himself 
 
 picta tempestate, 
 by a painted tempest. 
 
 
 Parta tantis malis servantur majore cura 
 
 Riches obtained by such misfortunes are preserved with greater care 
 
 metuque. 
 
 and fear. 
 
 Custodia 
 
 The keeping 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 misera. 
 
 miserable. 
 
 magni census 
 
 of a great estate ib . 
 
 Prsedives Licinus, dispositis hamis, jubet cohortem 
 
 The very opulent Licinus, having disposed his hoerks, orders a troop 
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354 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 I Servorum noctu Licinus jubet, at tonitus pro 
 
 I Electr o, signisque suis, Phrygi^que columna, 
 
 I Atque ebore, et lat^ testudine : dolia nudi 
 
 ^ Non ardent Cynici: si fregeris, altera fiet 
 
 'j Cras domus; aut eadem p lumbo commiss a manebit. 310 
 
 Sensit Alexander, test^ cum vidit in ill^ 
 
 Magnum habitatorem, quanto felicior hic qui 
 j Nil ciiperet, quam qui totum sibi posceret orbem, 
 
 I Passurus gestis aequanda pericula rebus . 
 
 I Nullum numen habes, si sit pru dentia; nos te, 315 
 
 j' Nos facimus, Fortuna, Deam: mensura tamen quae 
 
 servorum 
 of his slaves 
 
 
 electro, 
 his amber. 
 
 vigilare 
 
 to watch 
 
 suisque 
 
 and his 
 
 noctu, 
 
 in the night, 
 signis, 
 
 statues, 
 
 attonitus pro 
 
 being afraid for 
 
 Phrygiaque columna, 
 and Phrygian column. 
 
 and ivory, 
 
 et lata testudine. Dolia nudi 
 
 and large shell. The tub of the naked 
 
 ■ 9 .^ 
 
 UfC 
 
 Cynici non ardent : si fregeris, altera domus 
 
 C ynic does not burn: if you break it, another house 
 
 fiet eras; aut eadem manebit commissa plumbo, 
 
 shall be made to-morrow; or the same shall remain soldered with lead. 
 
 Alexander, cum vidit magnum habitatorem in ilia 
 
 Alexander, when he saw the great inhabitant in that 
 
 testa, sensit quanto felicior hic qui cuperet 
 cell, perceived how much happier is he who wished for 
 
 nil quam qui posceret totum orbum sibi, 
 nothing than he who sought the whole world to himself. 
 
 passurus pericula aequanda rebus . gestis. 
 
 having to suffer dangers equal to the th i ngs _ achieved . 
 
 Fortuna, si sit prudentia, habes nullum numen : 
 
 Fortune, if t here is prudence . thou hast no divinity: 
 
 nos, nos facimus te deam. Tamen si quis 
 
 we, we make thee a goddess. Yet if any 
 
SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 355 
 
 Sufficiat census, si quis me consulat, edam. 
 
 In quantum sitis atque fames et frigora poscunt: 
 
 Quantum, Epicure, tibi parvis suffecit i n hortis : 
 
 Quantum Socratici ceperunt ante penates. 320 
 
 Nunquam aliud natura^ aliud sapientia dicit. 
 
 Acribus exemplis videor te claudere; misce 
 In Ergo aliquid nostris d e moribus ; effice summam, 
 septem ordinibus quam lex dignatur Othonis, 
 
 Haec quoque si rugam trahit, extenditque labellum, 325 
 Sume duos equites, fac tertia quadringenta: 
 
 Si nondum implevi gremium, si panditur ultr^. 
 
 consulat me, edam 
 
 consuit me, 1 will tell 
 
 7 - V In Quantum 
 umL, ‘ 
 
 quse 
 
 what 
 
 How much 
 
 SltlS, 
 
 thirst, 
 
 mensura cens^is sufficiat. ^ 
 
 measure of wealth may suffice. ' 
 
 atque fames, et frigora 
 
 and hunger, and cold 
 
 poscunt : quantum suffecit tibi, Epicure, in parvis 
 require; how much was sufficient for you, O Epicurus, in your little 
 
 hortis: quantum Socratici penates ceperunt ante. 
 
 gardens: h ow much the Socrati c-househ qld-gods had taken before, > 
 
 Natura 
 
 nunquam 
 
 dicit 
 
 aliud, Sapentia 
 
 aliud. 
 
 Nature 
 
 never 
 
 says 
 
 one thing. Wisdom 
 
 another. 
 
 Videor 
 
 claudere 
 
 te 
 
 acribus exemplis ; 
 
 ergo 
 
 J.seem 
 
 to restrain 
 
 you 
 
 by rigid examples j 
 
 therefore 
 
 misce aliquid 
 mix something 
 
 de nostris moribus ; 
 relative to our manners \ 
 
 effice 
 make up 
 
 summam 
 
 the sum . 
 
 . 
 
 
 quam lex Othonis dignatur bis 
 
 which the law ofOtho allows to the twice seven benches 
 
 
 septem ordinibus, y' 
 
 Si hsec quoque trahit rugam, extenditque labellum, 
 
 If this also draws on a wrinkle, and extends the lip. 
 
 sume duos equites, fac tertia quadringenta 
 take two knights revenues, make it three four hundreds: 
 
 ^ ^ C C, 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 
 nondum implevi gremium, si panditur ultra, 
 
 I have not yet filled your lap, if it is spread out wider, 
 
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356 
 
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 Nec Croesi fortuna unquam nec Persica regna 
 Sufficient animo, nec divitiae Narcissi, 
 
 Indulsit Caesar cui Claudius omnia, cujus 330 
 
 Paruit imperiis, uxorem occidere jussus. 
 
 nec 
 
 neither 
 
 fortuna 
 the fortune 
 
 Croesi 
 
 of Croesus 
 
 nec 
 
 nor 
 
 Persica regna 
 the Persic kingdoms 
 
 unquam sufficient 
 will ever satisfy 
 
 animo, nec divitiae Narcissi, 
 
 your mind, nor the riches of Narcissus, 
 
 CUI 
 
 to whom 
 
 Claudius Caesar 
 Claudius Caesar 
 
 indulsit omnia, cujus 
 granted every thing, whose 
 
 imperiis paruit, jussus occidere uxorem, 
 
 commands he obeyed, when ordered to kill his wife. 
 
 
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SATIRA DECIMA QUARTA. 
 
 357 
 
 B 
 
 ■ £ 
 
 SATIRA XV. ’ . 
 
 Quis nescit, Volusi Bithynice, qualia demen s 
 iEgyptus portenta colat? Crocodilon adorat 
 Pars haec: illa pavet saturam serpentibus Ibin. 
 
 — Effigies sacri nitet aurea cercopitheci. 
 
 Dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone chordae, 5 
 
 Atque vetus Thebe centum jacet obruta portis. 
 
 ^ Illic coeruleos, hic piscem fluminis, illic 
 
 Quis 
 
 nescit, 
 
 Bithynice 
 
 Volusi, 
 
 qualia 
 
 Who 
 
 knows not, 
 
 O Bithynian 
 
 Volusius, 
 
 what 
 
 portenta 
 
 demens 
 
 iEgyptus 
 
 colat ? 
 
 Haec 
 
 monsters 
 
 distracted 
 
 Egypt 
 
 worships ? 
 
 This 
 
 pars 
 
 adorat 
 
 Crocodilon, 
 
 ilia 
 
 pavet 
 
 sect 
 
 adores 
 
 the Crocodile, 
 
 that 
 
 dreads 
 
 Ibin 
 
 saturam 
 
 serpentibus. 
 
 Aurea 
 
 effigies 
 
 the Ibis 
 
 glutted 
 
 with serpents. 
 
 The golden 
 
 image 
 
 sacri 
 
 Cercopitheci nitet 
 
 ubi 
 
 magicae 
 
 of a sacred 
 
 l Monkey 
 
 shines 
 
 where i 
 
 the magic 
 
 chordae 
 
 resonant 
 
 dimidio 
 
 Memnone, 
 
 atque 
 
 strings 
 
 resound 
 
 from maimed 
 
 Memnon, 
 
 and 
 
 vetus 
 
 Thebe 
 
 centum portis jacet 
 
 obruta. 
 
 ancient 
 
 Thebes with its hundred gates lies 
 
 ruined. 
 
 Illic 
 
 tota oppida venerantur 
 
 coeruleos, 
 
 hie 
 
 There 
 
 whole towns 
 
 venerate 
 
 sea-hshes, 
 
 here 
 
 
 
 
358 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Oppida tota canem venerantur, nemo Dianam: 
 
 Porrum et caepe nefas violare, aut frangere morsu. 
 
 O sanctas gentes, quibus haec nascuntur in hortis 10 
 
 Numina! lanatis animalibus abstinet omnis 
 Mensa. Nefas illic foetum jugulare capellae; 
 
 Carnibus humanis vesci licet. Attonito cum 
 Tale super coenam facinus narraret Ulysses 
 Alcinoo, bilem aut risum fortasse quibusdam 15 
 
 1 Moverat, ut mendax aretalogus. In mare nemo 
 Hunc abicit, saeva dignum veraque Charybdi, 
 
 Fingentem immanes Laestrygonas atque Cyclopas ? 
 
 piscem fluminis, 
 river, 
 
 i' * 
 
 } L i*. t 
 
 illic 
 
 there 
 
 canem, 
 
 adog, 
 
 nemo 
 
 no one adores 
 
 Dianam: 
 
 Diana: 
 
 nefas violare porrum et caepe, aut frangere morsu, 
 it is impious to violate a leek and onion, or to bruise it by a bite. 
 
 O sanctas gentes, quibus haec numina nascuntur 
 
 O holy nations, for whom these deities grow 
 
 in hortis! omnis mensa abstinet lanatis animalibus, 
 
 in their gardens ! every table abstains from fleecy animals. 
 
 Illk 
 
 There 
 
 nefas 
 it is profane 
 
 jugulare 
 
 to kill 
 
 foetum 
 the young 
 
 licet 
 
 but it is allowed 
 
 ✓ 
 
 
 /7 
 
 r y 
 
 
 
 Ji 
 
 narraret 
 . narrated 
 
 Alcinoo, 
 
 Alcinous, 
 
 quibusdam, 
 to some. 
 
 tale 
 
 such 
 
 vesci 
 
 to feed upon 
 
 facinus, 
 wickedness. 
 
 humanis carnihus. 
 human flesh. 
 
 super 
 
 at 
 
 moverat 
 he had moved 
 
 fortasse 
 
 perhaps 
 
 coenam, 
 
 supper, 
 
 bilem 
 the spleen 
 
 capelUe; 
 
 of a she-goat; 
 
 Cum Ulysses 
 
 When Ulysses 
 
 attonito ' 
 to the astonished 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 ut mendax aretalogus. Nemo 
 
 as a lying gabbler. Does nobody 
 
 nsum 
 
 laughter 
 
 abicit 
 
 throw 
 
 /■ 
 
 
 ' r^ i 2 1-1 cx (^ 
 
 hunc in mare, dignum saeva veraque Charybdi, 
 
 this fellow into the sea, worthy both of the cruel and true Charybdis, 
 
 fingentem immanes '^^Laestrygonas atque Cyclopas? 
 
 feigning barbarous Laistrygonians and Cyclops? 
 
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 I 
 
SATIRA DECIMA QUINTA. 
 
 359 
 
 Nam citius Scyllam, vel concurrenti a saxa 
 
 Cyanes, plenos et tempestatibus utres 20 
 
 Crediderim, aut tenu i percussum verbere Circes, 
 
 Et cum remigibus grunnisse Elpenora porcis » 
 
 Tam vacui capitis populum Phaeaca putavit ? 
 
 Sic aliquis merito nondum ebrius, et minimum qui 
 De Corcyraei temetum duxerat urn&: 25 
 
 Solus enim hoc Ithacus nullo sub teste canebat. 
 
 Nos miranda quidem, sed nuper Consule Junio 
 Gesta, s uper c alidae r eferemus moenia Copti; 
 
 Nos vulgi scelus, et cunctis gravior a cothurn is. 
 
 ' * ' * » ^ r* 
 
 Nam 
 
 For 
 
 saxa 
 
 rocks 
 
 
 i K ^ l 
 
 / 
 
 citius crediderim Scyllam vel concurrentia/ 
 
 sooner would I have believed -^ 
 
 Scylla 
 
 or 
 
 the c oncur ring 
 
 Cyanes, 
 
 of Cyane, 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 utres plenos tempestatibus, 
 
 the bladders filled with tempests, 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 ^ Elpenora 
 
 that Elpenor 
 
 Circes, 
 
 of Circe, 
 
 Putavit 
 Did he think 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 grunnisse 
 
 grunted 
 
 percussum 
 
 was struck 
 
 cum 
 
 with 
 
 populum Phaeaca 
 that the people of the Phaeacs 
 
 tenui verbere y 
 
 with the gentle whip ^ ^ 
 
 -- ^ 
 
 remigibus porcis. 
 
 his rowers become swine. 
 
 tarn vacui capitis ? 
 are of so empty a brain ? 
 
 
 Sic aliquis merito, nondum ebrius, et 
 Thus any one deservedly, not yet drunk, and 
 
 qui 
 
 who 
 
 duxerat minimum temetum de Corcyraea uma: 
 had quaffed very little strong wine out of a Corcyraeaii pitcher: 
 
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 solus canebat hoc sub nullo teste. 
 
 alone told this without any witness. ^ 
 
 enim Ithacus 
 for the Ithacan 
 
 
 
 Nos 
 
 We 
 
 referemus 
 
 shall relate 
 
 miranda quidem, sed nuper gesta 
 
 wondeiful things indeed, but lately done 
 
 
 super moenia 
 near the walls 
 
 calidae Copti, 
 
 of scorched Coptus, 
 
 Junio Consule; 
 
 while Junius was Consul j 
 
 nos 
 
 we 
 
 vulgi, et graviora cunctis cothurnis, 
 shall relate the wickedness ofa people, and mure flagitious than all tragedies, 
 
 referemus scelus 
 

 360 I>. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 
 Nam scelus, ^ Pyrrh o quanquam omni a syrmata volvas, 30 
 Nullus apud trag icos populus facit. Accip e nostro 
 Dira quod exemplum feritas produxerit aevo. 
 
 Inter finitimos vetus atque antiqua simultas. 
 
 Immortale odium, et nunquam sanabile vulnus 
 
 Ardet adhuc Qmbos et Tentyra» Summus utrinque 35 
 
 Inde furor vulgo, quod numina vicinorum 
 
 Odit uterque locus; cum solos credat habendos 
 
 Esse deos, quos ipse colit. Sed tempore festo 
 
 Alterius populi rap^nda occasio cunctis 
 
 Vis"a inimicorum primoribus ac duciSus ; ne 40 
 
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 I) ' i C’ I <- "i- cS- - 
 
 Nam, quanquam volvas omnia syrmata a Pyrrha, nullus 
 
 For, although you turn over all the tragic strains since Pyrrha, no 
 
 populus, apud tragicos, 
 
 whole people, according to tragedians, 
 
 fecit scelus. Accipe 
 
 perpetrate a wickedness. Hear 
 
 quod 
 
 exemplum 
 
 dira feritas 
 
 produxerat 
 
 nostro aevo. 
 
 what 
 
 example 
 
 direful barbarity 
 
 hath produced 
 
 in our age. 
 
 Vetus 
 
 et antiqua simultas, immortale odium. 
 
 et vulnus 
 
 An old 
 
 and ancient grudge, an 
 
 eternal hatred, 
 
 and a wound 
 
 nunquam sanabile 
 
 adhuc ardet 
 
 inter finitimos 
 
 never 
 
 to be healed 
 
 as yet burns 
 
 between the neighbouring towns 
 
 Ombos 
 
 et 
 
 Tentyra. 
 
 Inde 
 
 summus 
 
 Ombos 
 
 and 
 
 i 
 
 Tentyra. 
 
 Hence 
 
 the greatest 
 
 furor 
 
 vulgo 
 
 utrinque. 
 
 quod uterque locus 
 
 fury 
 
 to the rabble 
 
 on both sides, 
 
 that each place 
 
 odit 
 
 numina 
 
 vicinorum, cum credat 
 
 solos esse 
 
 detested the deities of their neighbours, when it believes these only to be 
 
 habendos deos quos ipse colit. Sed occasio visa 
 
 esteemed as gods whom itself worships. But an opportunity seemed 
 
 cunctis primoribus ac 
 
 to all the chief men and 
 
 rapienda festo tempore 
 
 to he seized upon at the festival time 
 
 ducibus 
 
 leaders 
 
 alterius 
 ol’ the othei’ 
 
 mimicorum 
 of the enemies 
 
 populi ; 
 people; 
 
 
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 SATIRA DECIMA QUINTA. 
 
 Laetim liilaremq ue diem , ne magnae gaudia coenae 
 Sentirent,positis ad templa et compita mensis, 
 l ^rvigilique toro, q uem nocte ac luce jacentem 
 
 361 
 
 
 
 
 S eptimus interdum sol inveiu L Horrida sane 
 
 ^gyptus: sed luxuria, quantum ipse notavi , 45 
 
 Barbara famoso non cedit turba Canopo, 
 
 Adde quod et facilis victoria de madidis et 
 Blaesi s, atque mero titubantibi^. Inde virorum 
 
 50 
 
 
 Saltatus nigro tibicine/qualiacunque 
 Unguenta, et flores, multaeque in fronte coronae : 
 Hinc jejunum odium. Sed jurgia prima sonare 
 
 ne sentirent laetum hilaremque diem, ne sentirent 
 
 that they might iiot enjoy th at merry and joyful da y, that they might not enjoy 
 
 'J 
 
 gaudia magnae coenae, positis mensis ad templa 
 
 the pleasures of the great supper, tables being fixed at the temples 
 
 et compita, pervigilique toro, quern interdum septimus 
 
 and highways, and a wakeful couc h, which sometimes the seventh 
 
 sol invenit jacentem nocte ac luce, ^gyptus 
 
 sun finds spread night and day. -®gypt /f, ^ ; 
 
 —— -- - -- ' ■ 
 
 sane horrida: sed, quantum ipse notavi, barbara 
 is truly horrid; but, ar far as I have observed, the barbarous ' 
 
 turba non cedit famoso Canopo luxuria. Adde, 
 crowd does not yield to infamous Canopus in luxury. Add to this. 
 
 quod 
 
 that 
 
 victoria et 
 
 the victory also 
 
 facilis de madidis, et 
 
 is easy over the intoxicated, both 
 
 blsesis et titubantibus mero. Inde saltatus 
 
 stammering and staggering with wine. O n the one part dancing 
 
 virorum nigro tibicine, qualiacunque unguenta, 
 
 of the men with a negro piper, sorry ointments. 
 
 et flores, multacque coronae 
 
 and flowers, and many chaplets 
 
 in fronte : 
 on the forehead: 
 
 ^ bine odium jejunum, 
 on the other part hatred with hunge r. 
 
 7 ^- ^ 
 
 Sed jurgia incipiunt /Xx 
 
 But brawlings first begin 
 
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362 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Incipiunt animis ardentibus : ha ec tuba rixae , 
 
 Dein clamore pari concurritu r, et vice teli 
 Saevit nuda manus: paucae sine vulnere malae: 
 
 Vix cui quam aut nulli toto certamine nasus 55 
 
 Integer. Aspiceres jam cuncta per agmina vultus 
 Dimidios, alias facies, et hiantia ruptis 
 Ossa genis, plenos oculorum sanguine pugnos. 
 
 Ludere se credunt ipsi tamen, et pueriles 
 
 Exercere acies, quod nulla cadavera calcent: 60 
 
 Et sane quo tot rixantis millia turbae. 
 
 Si vivunt omnes? ergo acrior impetus, et jam 
 
 sonare ardentibus animis: haec tuba rixae. 
 
 to sound from inflamed minds: this was the trumpet of the quarrel. 
 
 Dein concurritur pari clamore, et, vice teli, 
 Then the conflict com es on with equal clamour, and, instead of a weapon, 
 
 nuda manus saevit : paucae malae sine ’ vulnere: 
 
 the naked hand rages: few cheeks are without a wound: 
 
 vix, toto certamine, integer nasus, cuiquam 
 
 there is scarcely, in the whole affray, an uninjured nose to any 
 
 aut nulli. Jam per cuncta agmina aspiceres dimidios 
 
 or to none. Now through all the troops you might see half 
 
 vultus, alias facies, et ossa hiantia 
 
 ^ ^ countenances, other faces, and bones staring 
 
 C'yy 
 
 ^ ruptis genis, pugnos plenos sanguine oculorum, 
 through broken cheeks, fists filled with the blood of their eyes. 
 
 Tamen ipsi credunt se ludere et exercere 
 
 Yet , they themselves believe that they play a nd exercise 
 
 pueriles acies, quod calcent nulla cadavera : 
 
 ju erile com bats. because they have trod down no carcases; 
 
 et sane quo tot millia rixantis turbae, 
 
 and indeed to what purpose are so many thousands of a quarrelling rabble, 
 
 si omnes vivunt? Ergo acrior impetus, et jam 
 
 if they all live ? Therefore there^is a more furious attack, and now 
 
 
SATTIRA DECIMA QUINTA. 
 
 303 
 
 Saxa reclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis 
 
 Incipiunt torquere, domestica seditionis 
 
 Tela ; nec hos lapides, quales et Turnus et Ajax, 65 
 
 Vel quo Tydides percussit pondere coxam 
 
 JEneae ; sed quos valea nt emittere dextra e 
 
 Illis dissimiles^ e t nostro tempore natae. 
 
 Nam genus hoc vivo jam decrescebat Homero. 
 
 Terra malos homines nunc educat atque pusillos. 70 
 
 Ergo deus quicunque aspexit, ridet, et odit. . 
 
 A d iverticulo repetatur fabula . Postquam 
 SuHsI?iis aucti, pars altera promere ferrum 
 
 incipiunt torquere 
 
 they begin to throw 
 
 humum 
 
 saxa quaesita per uumuui 
 
 stones sought for along the ground 
 
 domestica tela seditio 
 
 
 
 with reclined arms, 
 
 the domestic weapons 
 
 of sedition 
 
 
 hos 
 
 lapideis. 
 
 quales 
 
 et 
 
 Turnus et 
 
 Ajax, 
 
 these 
 
 stones, 
 
 such as 
 
 both 
 
 Turnus and 
 
 Ajax, 
 
 vel 
 
 quo 
 
 pondere 
 
 Tydides 
 
 percussit 
 
 coxam ^ 
 
 or of what 
 
 weight 
 
 Tydides 
 
 struck 
 
 the hip 
 
 ^neae; 
 
 sed 
 
 quos 
 
 dextrae. 
 
 dissimiles 
 
 illis. 
 
 of £neas; 
 
 but 
 
 what 
 
 the right-hands, unlike 
 
 to those. 
 
 et 
 
 natae 
 
 nostro 
 
 tempore, 
 
 valeant emittere. 
 
 and 
 
 born 
 
 in our 
 
 time. 
 
 are able 
 
 to wield. 
 
 Nam hoc genus jam decrescebat Homero vivo. 
 
 For this race had already degenerated when Homer lived. 
 
 Terra nunc educat 
 
 roduces 
 
 pusillos atque malos homines. 
 
 weak and wicked men. 
 
 Ergo quicunque deus aspexit, ridet, et 
 
 Therefore whatever god looked propitiottfron them, he new laughs, and 
 
 edit. Fabula repetatur a diverticulo. Postquam 
 
 hates them. Let the story be resumed from the digression. After 
 
 aucti subsidiis, altera pars audet promere 
 being reinforced by supplies, the other party dares to draw. 
 
 
 
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 Audet, et infestis pugnam i nstaurare s agittis : 
 
 Terga fugae celeri praestantibus hostibus instant, 75 
 
 Qui vi^c^ colunt umbrosae Tentyra palmae. 
 
 Labitur hic quidam, nimia formidine cursum 
 Praecipitans, capiturque; ast illum in plurima sectura 
 Frusta ac particulas, ut multis mortuus unus 
 Sufficeret, totum corrosis ossibus edit 80 
 
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 Victrix turba : nec arden ti decoxit aherm . 
 
 Au t verub us: longum usq ue adeo, tardumque putavi t 
 Expe^ a re focos, contenta cadavere crudo.^ 
 
 Hinc gaudere libet, quod non violaverit ignem, 
 
 ferrum, et instaurare pugnam infestis sagittis: 
 the sword, and to renew the fight with deadly arrows: 
 
 instafnt hostibus praestantibus terga celeri fugae, 
 th ey press upon the ene my who are shewing their backs in swift flight, 
 
 i Z . {f 
 
 qui colunt Tentyra vicina umbrosae palmae. 
 
 who inhabit Tentyra neighbouring to the shady palm-tre es. 
 
 Hie quidam labitur, praecipitans cursum nimia 
 Here one falls down, hastening his course with too much 
 
 formidine, capiturque; ast victrix turba edit 
 
 fear, and is taken; but the victorious mob ate 
 
 ilium totum, corrosis ossibus, sectum in plurima 
 
 him wholly up, having gnawed his bones, chopped into many 
 
 frusta ac particulas, ut • unus mortuus sufficeret 
 
 pieces and morsels, that one dead man might suffice 
 
 multis : nec decoxit ardenti aheno, aut 
 
 man^: noi* did they boil him in a hot copper, or 
 
 verubus: putavit usque adeo longum tardumque 
 
 put him on spits: they even thought it at this time long and tardy 
 
 expectare focos. 
 
 Hinc libet 
 
 Hence it is allowed us 
 
 contenta crudo cadavere. 
 
 being contented with the raw carcase. 
 
 gaudere quod non violaverit ignem, 
 rejoice that they did not violate the fire, 
 

 SATIRA DECIMA QUINTA. 
 
 Quern summa coeli raptum de parte Prometheus 
 Donavit terris ; elemento gratulor, et te 
 Exsultare reor : sed qui mordere cadaver 
 Sustinuit, nihil unquam h^c carne libentius edit. 
 
 365 
 
 85 
 
 Nam scelere in tanto ne quaeras, aut^ubites, an 
 
 P^na volupta^m gula senser it: ultimus autem 
 Qui stetit ab^^pto tot8^ ccf pore, ductis 
 
 90 
 
 P er terram digitis^ aliquid~de sang uine gustat, 
 Vascones, ut fama est, alimentis talibus u^ 
 Produxere animas : sed res diversa: sed illic 
 
 Fortunae invidia est, bellorumque ultima, casus 
 
 95 
 
 quem raptum de summa parte 
 which stolen from the loftiest part 
 
 coeli 
 of heaven 
 
 Prometheus 
 
 Prometheus 
 
 donavit terris. Gratulor elemento, 
 / bestowed on the earth. 1 congratulate the element. 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 reor 
 I think 
 
 te exsultare. 
 
 you exult. 
 
 Sed qui sustinuit mordere cadaver 
 But he who could endure to champ the carcase 
 
 edit 
 
 nihil unquam lihentius 
 
 hac 
 
 carne. 
 
 ate 
 
 nothing ever more delectable 
 
 than that 
 
 flesh. 
 
 Nam 
 
 in tan to scelere ne quaeras. 
 
 aut 
 
 dubites 
 
 For 
 
 in such wickedness yow need not ask 
 
 or 
 
 doubt 
 
 an 
 
 prima- gula senserit voluptatem. 
 
 Autem 
 
 toto 
 
 whether 
 
 the first gullet felt pleasure. 
 
 But 
 
 the whole 
 
 corpore jam absumpto, qui stetit ultimus ductis 
 _body-heing now dfvnnredy he who stood farthest off having dragged 
 
 digitis per terram, gustat aliquid de sanguine. 
 
 his lingers ' along the ground, tastes some of the blood. 
 
 Vascones, ut fama est, produxere animas usi 
 
 Tl^Vascons, as the report is, prolonged their lives by using 
 
 
 ') 
 
 
 ?:ri 
 
 
 talibus alimentis : sed res 
 
 such aliments: the cause is different: 
 
 diversa : ^ed 
 
 /. ^ 
 
 but 
 
 illic 
 
 there 
 
 
 
 
 est 
 
 is 
 
 invidia 
 
 the envy. 
 
 fortunae, ultimaque bellorum, 
 
 of fortune, and the last distresses of war. 
 
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 366 
 
 
 D. J^NII JUVENALIS 
 
 Extremi, longae dira o bsidionis eges^ s. 
 
 Hujus enim, quod nunc agitur, miserabile debet 
 l Exemplum esse cibi : sicut modo dicta mihi gens 
 
 j Post omnes herbas, post cuncta animalia, quicquid 
 
 \ Cogebat vacui ventris furor, hostibus ipsis 
 
 Pallorem, ac maciem, et tenues miserantibus artus . 
 Membra a liena fame lacerabant, esse parati 
 
 100 
 
 4 
 
 Et sua: q uisnam homin um veniam dare, quis ve deorum 
 
 
 Viribus abnuerit dira atque immania passis; 
 Et quibus ipsorum poterant ignoscere manes. 
 Quorum corporibus vescebantur ? melius nos 
 
 105 
 
 
 
 extremi casus, 
 extreme misfortunes, 
 
 dira egestas 
 and the dreadful famine 
 
 longae obsidionis, 
 of a long siege. 
 
 
 ' r 
 
 Enim 
 
 For 
 
 ' debet 
 ought 
 
 : V..' pC. 
 
 Ij . „ ✓ / mini, post 
 
 jl. , / n.cff' by me, after 
 
 exemplum hujus cibi, quod 
 the adoption of t his food . which 
 
 nunc 
 
 now 
 
 agitur, 
 
 is considered. 
 
 t .ii 
 
 esse 
 to be 
 
 miserabile : sicut gens modo dicta 
 
 pitied: as the nation already mentioned 
 
 omnes herbas, post cuncta animalia, 
 
 all their herbs, after all their animals. 
 
 quicquid furor vacui ventris cogebat, hostibus ipsis 
 
 whatever the fury ofan empty belly urged, their enemies themselves 
 
 miserantibus pallorem, 
 
 commiserating their paleness. 
 
 ac maciem, et 
 and leanness, ... and 
 
 tenues artus, 
 thin joints. 
 
 lacerabant aliena membra fame, parati esse et 
 
 tore one another's limbs for hunger, being prepared to eat even 
 
 sua. Quisnam hominum, quisve deorum abnuerit 
 
 their own. Who of mortals, or who of the gods could refuse 
 
 dare veniam viribus passis dira atque immania; 
 
 to grant a pardon to men suffering such direful and cruel distresses; 
 
 et quibus . manes ipsorum quorum corporibus 
 
 and whom the shades of those very persons whose' bodies 
 
 vescebantur poterant ignoscere ^ Praecepta Zenonis 
 
 they fed on would forgive ? The precepts of Zein> 
 
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 SATIRA DECIMA QUINTA. 367 
 
 Zenonis priecepta monent : nec ewm omnia, quadam. 
 
 Pro vita facienda putat : ^e d Cantaber unde 
 Stoicu s, a ntiqui praesertim aetate Metelli ? 
 
 Nunc totus Graias nostrasque habet orbis Athenas. 110 
 Gallia causidicos docuit facunda Britannos : 
 
 De conducendo loquitur jam rhetore Thule. 
 
 Nobilis ille tamen populus, quem diximus ; et par 
 
 Virtute atque fide, sed major clade, Saguntus 
 
 Tale quid excusat . Moeotide saevior ari, 115 
 
 iEgyptus: quippe illa nefandi Taurica sacri 
 
 Inventrix homines (ut jam, quae carmina tradunt. 
 
 , z:;’ 
 
 'i^ At, 
 
 monent 
 
 admonish 
 
 nos 
 
 us 
 
 melius: 
 better : 
 
 enim nec putat omnia, 
 for he does not think every things, 
 
 quaedam facienda pro vita. Sed unde Cantaber 
 but some things to be done for life. But whence was the Cantabrian 
 
 Stoicus, praesertim aetate antiqui Metelli ? 
 
 a Stoic, especially in the age of ancient Metellus ? 
 
 Nunc totus orbis 
 
 Now the whole world 
 
 habet 
 
 receives 
 
 Graias nostrasque Athenas. 
 
 the Grecian and our own philosophy. 
 
 Facunda Gallia 
 Eloquent Gaul 
 
 A^<x^ 
 
 docuit 
 
 taught 
 
 Britannos causidicos : 
 
 the British lawyers: 
 
 Thule 
 
 Thule 
 
 jam 
 
 now 
 
 loquitur 
 
 " speaks 
 
 de conducendo 
 
 of hiring 
 
 rhetore, 
 a rhetorician. 
 
 Tamen ille nobilis populus 
 
 Yet that w as a noble people 
 
 Saguntus, par virtute 
 
 the Saguntine, equal in valour 
 
 quern diximus ; et 
 
 whom we have mentioned j and 
 
 atque fide, 
 and fidelity. 
 
 sed 
 
 but 
 
 clade, excusat quid tale. Algyptus srevior ara 
 
 by slaughter, excuses such as this. iEgypt is more savage than the altar 
 
 
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 J'H J c^ty- » ■.-«-'tf 
 
 
 / , 
 
 
 major 
 
 greater 
 
 Moeotide: quippe illa Taurica inventrix nefandi sacri 
 
 ju. 
 
 
 at Moeotis: 
 
 for 
 
 that 
 
 (ut jam , credas 
 
 (that now you may believe things worthy of credit which verses 
 
 Tauric inventress of the abominable rite , 
 
 digna fide qufe carmina tradunt) 
 
 report) ^ 
 
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 368 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Digna fide credas) tantdm immolat ; ulterius nil 
 Aut gravius cultro timet hostia . Quis modo cas us 
 I mpulit ho s ? quae tant a fames, infestaque v^a lk) 120 
 
 Arma coegerunt tam detestabile monstrum 
 Audere l ^nne ^ia m. terrd Memphitide sic ca. 
 
 Invidiam facerent nolenti su rg ere Nilo ? 
 
 Qu4 nec terribiles Cimbri, nec Brittones unquam, 
 a;e<=<^ Sauromataequc truces, aut immanes Agathyrsi, 125 
 
 H^c saeyit rabie imhellejgtjn utile vulg us. 
 
 Parvula fictilibu s solitum dare vela phaselis. 
 
 Et brevibus pictae remis incumbere testae. 
 
 tLc i*ii*^olat homines tantum; hostia timet nil ulterius 
 
 only 5 the victim dreads nothing farther 
 
 aut gravius cultro. Quis casus mod6 impulit 
 
 ' or more grievous than the knife. What calamity now has impelled 
 
 hos? quae tanta fames armaque infesta vallo 
 
 so great • hunger and arms fatal to the rampart 
 
 
 these ? what 
 
 coegerunt 
 induced them 
 
 Anne facerent 
 
 Could they show 
 
 audere 
 to attempt 
 
 aliam< 
 
 any other 
 
 tarn detestabile 
 
 so detestable 
 
 invidiam 
 
 envy 
 
 Nilo 
 
 to the Nile 
 
 monstrum ? 
 a wickedness ? 
 
 nolenti 
 unwilling 
 
 ^ Ct- 
 
 
 c'f— 
 
 nec 
 
 neither 
 
 trucesque 
 
 or the fierce 
 hac 
 
 with that 
 
 terra 
 the soil 
 
 terribiles 
 
 the terrible 
 
 Memphitide 
 
 of Memphis 
 
 sicca 1 
 
 being parched ? 
 
 Qua ( 
 With what 
 
 Cimbri, 
 
 Cimbri, 
 
 Sauromatae, 
 
 Sauromatse, 
 
 rabie 
 
 fury 
 
 imbelle 
 
 this weak 
 
 aut 
 
 or 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 nec Brittones unquam, 
 nor Britons ever, 
 
 immanes Agathyrsi, 
 cruel Agathyrsi, 
 
 inutile vulgus saevit, 
 useless rabble ragos. 
 
 jt C'O-'t.v 
 
 solitum dare parvula vela, fictilibus phaselis, 
 
 accustomed to spread narrow sails, i n their earth en boats, 
 
 incumbere brevibus remis pictae testae. Nec 
 ply___th£ ^hort oar s o f t heir painted skiff . Nor 
 
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 SATIRA DECIMA QUINTA. 309 
 
 Nec poenam sceleri invenies, nec digna parabis 
 Supplicia his populis, in quorum mente pares sun t 130 
 Et similes ira atque fam es. Mollissima corda 
 Humano generi dare se natura fatetur. 
 
 Quae lachrymas dedit: haec nostri pars optima senshs. 
 Plorare ergo jubet casum lugentis amici, 
 
 Squalloremque rei, pupillum ad jura vocantem 135 
 
 Circumscriptorem, cujus manantia fle tu 
 Ora puellare s faciunt incerta capilli * 
 
 N aturae imperio gemim us, cum funus adultae 
 Virginis occurit, vel terra clauditur infans, 
 
 invenies poenam sceleri, nec parabis supplicia 
 
 shall you find a punishment for the eriine, nor prepare torments 
 
 digna 
 
 worthy 
 
 his 
 
 of these 
 
 populis, in quorum mente ira atque 
 people, in whose __ mind rage and 
 
 fames sunt pares et similes. Natura fatetur se dare 
 
 famine are equal _and simila r. Nature confesses herself to give 
 
 mollissima corda humano generi j quee dedit lachrymas; 
 most tender hearts to the human race, who gave them tears: 
 
 hsec 
 
 this 
 
 optima pars 
 is the best part 
 
 nostri sensfis. 
 
 of our sense. 
 — - -- 
 
 Ergo 
 
 Therefore 
 
 jubet 
 
 she commands us 
 
 
 plorare casum 
 
 to deplore the misfortune 
 
 
 squalloremque 
 and the filthiness 
 
 rei. 
 
 of a criminal 
 
 pupillum 
 
 the orphan 
 
 or 
 
 circumscriptorem adjura, cujus 
 his over-reaching guardian to justice, whose 
 
 ora, 
 
 features. 
 
 fletu, 
 
 with weeping, 
 
 puellares capilli 
 
 hairs 
 
 his girlish 
 
 faciunt 
 
 make 
 
 
 
 
 lugentis amici, 
 of a grieving friend, 
 
 vocantem 
 
 calling 
 
 manantia 
 
 moistened 
 
 incerta. 
 
 doubtful. 
 
 Gemimus, imperio naturae, cum funus adultae 
 We lament, by the command of nature, when the funeral of an adult 
 
 virginis occurrit, vel infans clauditur terra, et 
 virgin meets us, or an infant is enclosed in the earth, and 
 
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 370 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 E t minor igne rogi. Quis enim bonus, aut face dignus 140 
 Arcani, qualem Cereris vult esse sacerdos, 
 
 Ulla aliena sibi credat mala ? Separat hoc nos 
 A grege brutorum, atque ideo venera bile soli 
 S ortit i i ngenium , divinorumque capaces . 
 
 Atque exercendis capiendisque artibus apti , 145 
 
 Sensum k coelesti demissum traximus arce, 
 
 Cujus egent prona et terram spectantia. Mundi 
 Principio indulsit communis condito^ illis 
 Tantum animas, nobis animum quoque; mutuus ut nos 
 Affectus petere auxilium, et prestare juberet, 150 
 
 igne rogi. Enim quis bonus, aut dignus 
 
 jggg than the fire of the funeral pile. For who that is good, or deserving 
 
 ■ - -- 
 
 ^ - nTpnnn fanp niinlpm sacerdos Cercris vult 
 
 iet,t ^ 
 
 vic-xp^/ ^le^iv credat 
 
 7'f Si ill- can believe 
 
 u ^ 
 
 arcana face, qualem 
 
 the secret torch, such as the priest of Ceres wishes 
 
 't'XtC 
 
 ulla 
 
 any 
 
 mala 
 
 evils 
 
 aliena 
 
 foreign 
 
 sibi] 
 to himself? 
 
 Hoc 
 
 This 
 
 separat 
 
 separates 
 
 esse, 
 to be, 
 
 nos 
 
 us 
 
 4 , 
 
 
 ‘I 
 
 /xy't A' 
 
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 a grege brutorum, atque ideo soli sortiti 
 from the herd of brute animals, and therefore we alone having obtained 
 
 / 
 
 < C- 
 
 1^^ 
 
 venerabile 
 a venerable 
 
 ingenium, 
 
 intellect. 
 
 capacesque 
 
 and capable 
 
 divinorum, 
 of divine things. 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 apti 
 
 fitted 
 
 exercendis capiendisque artibus, 
 
 for exercising and understanding arts. 
 
 
 
 traximus 
 have received 
 
 X 
 
 sensum demissum a coelesti arce, 
 
 reason sent down from the celestial citadel. 
 
 CUJUS prona 
 
 which animals prone 
 
 et spectantia terram egent, 
 
 and looking to the earth want. 
 
 I 
 
 Principio mundi communis conditor indulsit illis 
 In the beginning of the world the common founder granted to them 
 y-.s 
 
 tantum animas, nobis animum quoque ,* ut mutuus 
 
 only souls, to us a mind y likewise; that mutual 
 
 --- <5t 
 
 affectus juberet nos petere et prsestare auxilium, 
 a ffection might incline us to seek and to render assistance. 
 

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 SATIRA DE€IMA QUINTA. 371 
 
 Dispersos trahere in populum, migrare vetusto 
 De nemore, et proavis habitatas linquere sylvas: 
 
 Edificare domos, l aribus conjungere nostris 
 
 Tectum aliud , tutos vicino limine somnos 
 
 TJt collata dare t fiducia : protegere armis 155 
 
 Lapsum, aut ingenti nutantem vulnere civem; 
 
 Communi dare signa tub^, defendier isdem 
 Turribus, atque una portarum clave teneri. 
 
 Sed jam serpentum major concordia: parcit 
 Cognatis maculis similis fera. Quando leoni 160 
 
 Fortior eripuit vitam leo? quo nemore unquam 
 
 trahere dispersos in populum, migrare de vetusto 
 to draw the dispersed into a people, to migrate from the ancient 
 
 nemore, et linquere sylvas habitatas proavis : 
 forest and to leave the woods inhabited by their ancestors: 
 
 tedificare domos, conjungere aliud tectum nostris 
 
 to build houses, to erect another roof for our 
 
 , y I' 
 
 laribus, ut collata fiducia daret tutos somnos^ t 
 
 household-gods, that collective confidence might secure 
 
 
 vicino limine: 
 by a neighbouring threshold ; 
 
 protegere lapsum 
 
 to protect the fallen 
 
 safe sleep 
 armis, 
 
 by arms. 
 
 aut 
 
 civem nutantem 
 
 ingenti 
 
 vulnere : 
 
 or 
 
 a citizen staggering 
 
 with a deep 
 
 wound: 
 
 dare 
 
 signa communi tuba, 
 
 defendier 
 
 isdem . 
 
 to give 
 
 sigcnals with the common trumpet. 
 
 to be defended 
 
 by the same 
 
 turribus, 
 
 walls. 
 
 atque 
 
 and 
 
 Sed jam 
 But now 
 
 teneri una clave portarum, 
 
 to be preserved by one key of the gates. 
 
 major concordia serpentum: ^similis 
 
 there is a greater agr eement of serpents: a similar 
 
 fera 
 
 wild beast 
 
 ^ of' t. {Lceyc. 
 
 parcit cognatis maculis. Quando fortior . 
 
 spares his kindred spots. When hath a stronger 
 
 leo 
 
 lion 
 
 eripuit vitam 
 
 taken away life 
 
 leoni % 
 from a weaker lion ? 
 
 2 A 2 
 
 quo nemore 
 in what forest 
 
372 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 Expiravit aper majoris dentibus apri ? ’ 
 
 Indicajigiis agit rabidd cum tigride pacem 
 Perpetuam: saevis inter se convenit ursis. 
 
 Ast homini ferrim lethale incude^efandd; ^ 
 
 Pr oduxisse paruni est ^^um^rastja et sarcula tantum 
 Assueti coquere, et marris aa vomere lassi 
 
 ^ .a , 17 ^ 
 
 Nescierint primi gladios excu dere fabri. 
 
 Aspicimus populos, quoranTnon'suffiSt irae 
 Occidisse aliquem: sed pectora, brachia, vultum 
 Crediderint genus esse cibi.. Quid diceret ergo. 
 
 Vel quo non fugeret, si nunc haec monstra videret 
 
 165 
 
 170 
 
 unquam aper expiravit dentibus majoris 
 
 hath ever a boar expired by the teeth of a greater 
 
 apri ? 
 
 boar? 
 
 
 
 Indica tigris agit perpetuam pacem cum rabida 
 
 An Indian tiger keeps an everlasting peace with a ravenoOs 
 
 tigride : convenit saevis ursis inter se. 
 
 tiger : there is agreement with cruel boars among themselves. 
 
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 Ast est parum homini produxisse 
 But it is but little to man to have hammered out 
 
 lethale ferrum 
 the deadly iron 
 
 L >v A.»/ 
 
 4^ V-> V , 
 
 nefanda incude ; cum primi fabri assueti coquere 
 
 on the cursed anvil; when the first smiths were accustomed to make 
 
 rastra et sarcula tantum, et lassi marris ac 
 
 rakes and spades only, and fatigued with th e mattocks and 
 
 vomere. 
 
 plough-share, 
 
 nescierint 
 knew not how 
 
 excudere 
 
 to strike out 
 
 gladios, 
 s Words. 
 
 Aspicimus populos quorum 
 
 We see a people whose 
 
 irse 
 
 rage 
 
 non sufficit 
 it doth not suffice 
 
 occidisse aliquem ; sed crediderint pectora, brachia, 
 to kill anyone: but they have believed their breasts, arms,' 
 
 vultum esse genus cibi. Quid ergo Pythagoras 
 
 and countenance lobe a kind of food. What therefore would Pythagoras 
 
 diceret, vel qu6 non fugeret ! si nunc videret htec 
 
 say, or whither would he not fly ? if now he saw these 
 
SATIRA DECIMA QUINTA. 
 
 373 
 
 Pythagoras ? cunctis animalibus abstinuit qui 
 Tanquam homine, et ventri indulsit non omne legumen. 
 
 monstra? qui abstinuit cunctis animalibus tanquam 
 
 prodigies? he who abstained from all animals as if 
 
 homine, et non indulsit ventri omne legumen, 
 
 from man, and did n^ indulge his appetite with every kind of pulse. 
 
874 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 SATIRA XVI. , 
 
 Quis numerare queat felicis prasmia , Galle, 
 
 Militiae ? nam si subeantur prospera castra. 
 
 Me pavidum excipiat tyronem porta secundo 
 Sidere: plus etenim fati valet hora benigni, 
 
 Quam si nos Veneris commendet epistola Marti, 5 
 
 Et Samia g enitrix quae delectatur arend. 
 
 Commo da tractemus primum communia, quorum 
 Haud minimum illud erit, ne te pulsare togatus 
 
 Galle, quis 
 O Gallus, who 
 
 queat numerare prsemia felicis 
 is able to enumerate the privileg es of happy 
 
 militiae ^ 
 
 nam si 
 
 
 prospera castra 
 
 subeantur. 
 
 warfare ? 
 
 for if 
 
 the prosperous camps 
 
 can 
 
 be entered. 
 
 : fi t-y hc porta 
 
 excipiat 
 
 me 
 
 pavidum tyronem 
 
 secundo 
 
 f C t-t-w tllC gUtC 
 
 must receive 
 
 me 
 
 a fearful tyro under a 
 
 favourable 
 
 sidere. 
 
 Etenim 
 
 hora 
 
 benigni fati 
 
 valet 
 
 plus 
 
 planet. 
 
 For an hour 
 
 of benignant fate 
 
 avails 
 
 more 
 
 quam si 
 
 epistola 
 
 Veneris commendet 
 
 nos 
 
 Marti, 
 
 than if 
 
 an epistle 
 
 of Venus recommends 
 
 us 
 
 to Mars, 
 
 
 et genitrix quae delectatur Samia arena, 
 
 and the moth^ who is delighted with the Samian sand. 
 
 Primum, tractemus communia commoda, quorum illud 
 JFirst, let us mention the common jid^atages, of which that 
 
 ! 
 
 baud erit 
 will not be 
 
 minimum, 
 the least. 
 
 ne 
 
 that no 
 
 togatus 
 
 gowns-man 
 
 audeat 
 
 dares 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 SATIRA DECIMA SEXTA. 
 
 375 
 
 Audeat: imo etsi pulsetur, dissimulet, nec 
 Audeat excussos Praetori ostendere dentes. 
 Et nigram in facie tumidis livoribus offam. 
 Atque oculos medico nil promittente relictos. 
 Bardiacus judex datur haec punire volenti, 
 Calceus et grandes magna ad subsellia s urae ; 
 Legibus antiquis castrorum et more Camilli 
 Servato, miles ne vallum litiget extr^, 
 
 Et procul ^ signis. Justissima centurionum 
 C ognit^ est igitur de m ilite; nec mihi deerit 
 Ultio, si justae defertur causa querelte ; 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 
 pulsare te:‘ imo, etsi pulsetur, dissimulet, nec 
 to strike you : nay, though he be struck, he must dissemble, nor 
 
 audeat 
 must he dare 
 
 ostendare 
 to shew' 
 
 et nigram offam’ 
 
 and the black bump 
 
 Praetori 
 to the Prsetor 
 
 in facie 
 in his face 
 
 dentes 
 
 his teeth 
 
 excussos, 
 
 dashed out. 
 
 tumidis livoribus, 
 
 with the swelled blue bruises, 
 
 atque oculos relictos, medico promittente nil. / 
 and his eyes just left, the physician promising 
 
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 <■ V »-.■» x^i I , , ^ 
 
 notlung^^^ 
 
 Bardiacus j udex datur 
 is 
 
 et 
 
 volenti 
 
 haec, 
 
 ' ^ j- 
 
 */ Cr 
 
 punire 
 
 A military judge is allowed to him who wishes to punish these offences, 'fyp^h-' 
 
 grandes surae ad magna subsellia ; ./ 
 
 and the shoe and large buskins on the grea t benches ; ^ 
 
 calceus 
 
 antiquis legibus 
 
 the ancient laws 
 
 castrorum 
 of the camp 
 
 et 
 
 and 
 
 more 
 the custom 
 
 Camilli 
 
 of Camillus 
 
 servato, 
 being observed. 
 
 ne miles litiget extra vallum, 
 that no soldier be tried without the trench, 
 X' 
 
 et procul a signis. Igitur cognitio centurionum 
 
 and far from the standards. Therefore the cognizance of the centurions 
 
 de milite est justissima; nec ultio deerit 
 concerning a soldier is most just; nor shall revenge be wanting 
 
 
 mihi, 
 to me, 
 
 y 
 
 SI 
 
 if 
 
 causa 
 the cause 
 
 justae querelae 
 
 of a just complaint 
 
 defertur; 
 is brought; 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 i 
 
 376 
 
 D. JUNII JUVENALIS 
 
 •^J-^cic y^ t, ku^ 
 
 Tota cohors tamen est inimica, omnesque manipli 20 
 Consensu magno officiunt. Curabitis ut_sjt 
 Vindicta gravior qu^m injuria ? dignum erit ergo 
 
 Declamatoris Mutinensis corde Vagelli, 
 
 Cum duo crura habeas, offendere tot c aligatos ,' 
 
 Millia clavorup . Quis tam procul absit ab urbe? 25 
 Praeteret, quis tam Pilades, molem aggeris ultra 
 Ut veniat ? Lachrymae siccentur protinus, et se 
 Excusaturos non sollicitemus amicos. 
 
 Da testem, judex cum dixerit; audeat ille 
 
 Nescio quis, pugnos qui vidit, dicere. Vidi; 30 
 
 
 tamen tota cohors est inimica, omnesque manipli 
 yet the whole cohort is ho stile to m e, and all the companies 
 
 ' 1 / 7 ^ officiunt magno consensu. Curabitis ut 
 
 oppose me with general_ j^onsent . You will take care that 
 
 
 
 a J€ C€ e^, 
 
 ['/rt t4X^ ^ 
 
 H 
 
 1/ ’ 
 
 I // vC 
 
 If .\-x 
 
 
 
 vindicta sit gravior quam injuria. Ergo erit 
 
 the punishment ma y be greater than the injury. Therel’ore it will be 
 
 ^ T' - ^ ^ 
 
 dignum corde ^ Vagelii Mutinensis declamatoris* 
 
 ^ y/ox'ihy the heart ofVagellius the Mutinensian declaimer. 
 
 If cum habeas duo crura, offendere tot calligatos, 
 
 when you have but two legs, to oflend so many c ommon soldier s, 
 
 millia clavorum. ^Quis absit tam procul ab urbe ? 
 
 and tho usands of hobnails. W ho lives so far from the city ? 
 
 Praeterea, quis tam Pilades, ut veniat ultra 
 
 Besides, who is so much a Pilades, that he should come beyond 
 
 molem aggeris ? Lachrymae siccentur protinus, 
 
 the mound of the rampart ? Your tears must be dried up immediately, 
 
 et non sollicitemus amicos excusaturos se. 
 
 and we need not solicit friends who are ready to excuse themselves. 
 
 Cum judex dixerit, Da testem: ille, nescio 
 
 When the judge shall say. Give testimony; let him, 1 know not 
 
 quis, qui vidit pugnos, audeat dicere, Vidi; et 
 
 whom, who saw the blows, dare to say, I saw them; and 
 
 
 

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 SATIRA DECIMA SEXTA. 
 
 377 
 
 Et credam dignum barb4, dignumque capillis 
 Majorum. Citius falsum producere testem 
 Contra paganum possis, qu^m vera loquentem 
 Contra fortunam armati, contraque pudorem. 
 
 Praemia nunc alia atque alia emolumenta notemus 
 Sacramentorum. Convallem ruris aviti 
 
 35 
 
 Improbus aut campum mihi si vicinus ademit. 
 
 Aut sacrum effodit medio de limite saxum. 
 
 Quod mea cum vetulo coluit puls annua libo, 
 Debitof^lTt ¥um|^os pergit non Addere nuinmos. 
 
 40 
 
 Vana supervacui dicens chirogr apha ligni; 
 
 credam dignum barba, dignumque capillis 
 
 I shall believe him worthy the beard, worthy also the hairs 
 
 y 
 
 majorum. ‘ Possis citius 
 of our ancestors. You may sooner 
 
 producere falsum testem 
 
 produce a false witness 
 
 &4M' 
 
 contra 
 
 against 
 
 paganum, 
 a common person, 
 
 quam 
 than one 
 
 loquentem 
 
 speaking 
 
 vera 
 
 truth 
 
 
 ■/t 
 
 V, 
 
 
 contra fortunam 
 
 against the property 
 
 contraque pudorem armati. 
 
 and against the honour of an armed soldier. 
 
 Nunc notemus alia prsemia atque alia emolumenta 
 
 Now let us mark the other rewards and the other emoluments 
 
 sacramentorum. Si q»» improbus vicinus ademit 
 
 of military oaths. If any wicked neighbour hath taken away 
 
 C . Q. , ey e/, 
 
 / 
 
 
 convallem aviti ruris, aut campum mihi, aut 
 
 a valley of my hereditary lan d, or a field from me, or 
 
 effodit, de medio limite, sacrum saxum, 
 
 hath dug out, from the middle of my boundary, the sacred stone. 
 
 quod ■ mea annua puls coluit cum vetulo libo, 
 
 which my annual pulse honoured with the ancient cake. 
 
 aut 
 
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 Totius populi : sed tunc quoque mille ferenda 
 Taedia, mille morae; toties subsellia tantdm 
 Sternuntur; jam fa cundo ponente lacernas 
 ^aeditio , et Fusco jam micturiente, parati 
 Digredimur, lent^que for i pugnamus arena. 
 
 A st illis quos arma tegunt, et balteus ambit. 
 
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 annus totius populi erit expectandus, qui 
 
 a year of the whole people should be waited for, that 
 
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 may begin the suit: but then also a thousand difficulties 
 
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 are to be endured, and a thousand delays; at such times only the benches 
 
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 are set in order; now the eloquent Coeditius putting off 
 
 lacernais, et 
 
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 jam Fusco 
 
 then Fuscus 
 
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 going out to water. 
 
 parati 
 
 we who are prepared 
 
 digredimur, pugnamusque lenta arena fori, 
 
 are dismissed, and litigate in the slow proceedings of the court. 
 
 Ast ipsis tempus agendi quod est placitum 
 
 But to them the time of trial which is agreeable 
 
 praestatur; illis quos arma tegunt, et balteus ambit, 
 
 is allowed ; to them whom arms cover, and the belt surrounds. 
 
 nec res 
 
 imr is their wealth 
 
 atteritur longo sufflamine litis. 
 
 wasted by a long delay of the process. 
 
 Praeterea, jus testandi datur 
 
 Besides, the right of making a will is given 
 
 militibus solis, 
 to soldiers only. 
 
 patre vivo: nam quae sunt parta labore 
 
 during the falhe»'V life; for the things which are- obtained in the service 
 
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 SignoYumcomitem, castrorumque aera merentem, 65 
 Quamvis jam tremulus captat pater: hunc labor aequus 
 Provehit, et pulchro reddit sua dona labori. 
 
 Ipsius certe ducis hoc referre videtur. 
 
 Ut qui fortis erit, sit felicissimus idem; 
 
 Ut laeti phaleris omnes, et torquibus omnes. 60 
 
 militiae, placuit, non esse in corpore census, 
 
 of the military, it was thought fit, should not be in the body of the heritage, 
 
 cujus pater tenet omne regimen. Ergo pater, 
 of which the father keeps the whole management. Therefore the father, 
 
 quamvis jam tremulus, captat Coranum comitem 
 
 though now infirm, courts Coranus the attendant 
 
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 of the colours, who deserves the pay of the camps. His just labour 
 
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 labori. Certe hoc videtur referre ducis ipsius, 
 service. Certainly this seems to concern the general himself, 
 
 ut qui erit fortis, idem sit felicissimus ; 
 that he who shall be brave, the same may be the most happy; 
 
 ut omnes laeti phaleris, et omnes torquibus, 
 that all may glory in their trappings, and all in their golden chains. 
 
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INDEX, 
 
 HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, AND POETICAL 
 
 AciENiTUS, an usher, who was 
 paid out of the gains of his master. 
 
 Accius, a player; an old Latin 
 tragedian. 
 
 Acestes, a king of Sicily, who 
 . kindly entertained ,£neas in his tra¬ 
 vels, being himself a Trojan on the 
 mother’s side. 
 
 Achilles, the son of Peleus add 
 Thetis, a valiant Grecian, without 
 whom Troy could not have been 
 taken j he was shot in the heel^ the 
 , only place vulnerable, by Paris. 
 
 Acilius Glabrio, a senator of 
 singular prudence and fidelity. 
 
 Actium, a promontory of Epirus, 
 famous for the naval victory gained 
 by Augustus over Mark Antony and 
 Cleopatra. 
 
 Actor, a great warrior, vanquished 
 by Turnus, who carried off his 
 weighty spear. He came from Au¬ 
 runca, a city of Latium in Italy. 
 
 iEACUS, son of Jupiter by ^gina, 
 king of Oenopia. Tlie reputation of 
 his justice was so great, that, after 
 his death, they made him, by Pluto’s 
 permission, judge of the infernal 
 , bench, with his two assessors, Minos 
 and Radamanthus. 
 
 ^Edilis, an officer who took care 
 of the repairs of temples and public 
 
 buildings; regulated weights and 
 measures, the price of com and other 
 provisions; provided for solemn fu¬ 
 nerals and plays; and superintended 
 the cleansing of the streets and 
 conduits. 
 
 yEo^EUM MARE, part of the Me¬ 
 diterranean sea, near Greece, divid¬ 
 ing Europe from Asia. 
 
 ^Egyptus, the country of Egypt, 
 so called from ^gyptus, the brother 
 of Danaus who reigned there. 
 
 yELiA, a lady of quality, but poor. 
 
 .Xlius Lamia was descended from 
 the Lamian family. The emperor 
 Domitian took awRy his wife, and 
 afterwards put him to death. 
 
 ^MiLius Scaurus, a factious and 
 daring Roman, who committed many 
 crimes, but had the art of concealing 
 them. - 
 
 ^Emilia gens, a noble family in 
 Rome, which produced many great 
 men. 
 
 ^MUS, a famous player. 
 
 ^NEAS, a Trojan prince, son of 
 Venus and Anchises^ who, after the 
 siege of Troy, came into Italy, where 
 he married Lavinia, daughter of king 
 Latinus, and succeeded him in his 
 kingdom. 
 
 iEsoN, sou of Cretheus, brother to 
 
382 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Pelias, and father of Jason. At Ja¬ 
 son’s request Medea, by her magic 
 art, restored this old man to youth 
 again. 
 
 ^Ethiopia, a country in Africa, 
 lying partly on this side, and partly 
 beyond the Equator. 
 
 Africa, one of the four divisions 
 of the world. 
 
 Aganippe, a famous fountain of 
 Boeotia, in Greece, sacred to the 
 Muses, called also Hippocrene. It 
 rose out of mount Helicon, and run 
 into the river Permessus. 
 
 Agave, the name of a Tragedy. 
 
 Agrippa, Herod Agrippa, the 
 brother and husband of Berenice, 
 eaten up by worms for his pride. 
 
 Agrippina, mother of Nero, 
 daughter of Germanicus, and sister 
 of Caligula, wife, first to Domitius, 
 and afterwards of Claudius, whom 
 she poisoned with a mushroom, that 
 she might make her son Nero em¬ 
 peror. 
 
 Ajax, a warrior in the Grecian 
 camp against Troy, the son of Tele- 
 moii by Hesione, the most valiant 
 Greek next to Achilles. 
 
 Alabanda, a city in Caria, infa¬ 
 mous for effeminate men and loose 
 singing women. 
 
 Alba, a city of Italy, built by 
 Ascanius, the son of iEneas. 
 
 Albane hills bore a pleasant 
 grape, and the vines have not yet 
 degenerated. 
 
 Alceste, the wife of Admetus, 
 king of Thessaly. Her husband, 
 being sick, sent to the Oracle, and 
 was answered, that he must die, un¬ 
 less one of his relatives would die for 
 him; they all refused, and then she 
 magnanimously submitted herself to 
 that fate. 
 
 Alcinous, a king of the island 
 Corcyra, whose orchards were famous 
 for the most choice fruits. 
 
 Alcithoe, a Tragedy written by 
 Paccius. 
 
 Alecto, one of the three Furies: 
 the others were Magasra and Tisi¬ 
 phone. 
 
 Alexander the Great, son of 
 Philip, king of Macedon. 
 
 Alledius, the name of a glutton. 
 
 Allobroges, the Transalpine 
 Gauls, who inhabited the countries 
 now called Savoy and Piedmont. 
 
 Alpes, the mountains that divide 
 Italy from Gaul. 
 
 Ambrosius, the name of a piper. 
 
 Amphion, the son of Jupiter by 
 Antiope. He and his fourteen chil¬ 
 dren were killed by Apollo, for the 
 pride of his wife Niobe, who insulted 
 Latona, and therefore was turned 
 into a marble statue. 
 
 Amydon, a city of Macedon. 
 
 Ancona, the metropolis of Pice¬ 
 num, in Italy, built by the Greeks, 
 on the shore of the Adriatic sea, 
 
 Ancus Martius, the fourth king 
 of the Romans. 
 
 Ancylia, brazen shields, twelve 
 in number j one fell from heaven: 
 the rest were fabricated by Numa 
 after the same pattern. 
 
 Andros, an island in the ^gean 
 sea. 
 
 Andromache, the wife of Hec¬ 
 tor, a masculine lady, and very tall. 
 
 ANT.a:us, a giant, begot by Nep¬ 
 tune upon the Earth. When he found 
 himself weary, he recovered his 
 strength and spirits by touching the 
 Earth his mother; and therefore, 
 when Hercules wrestled with him, he 
 held him up in the air, that the Earth 
 should not refresh him. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 383 
 
 Anti-Catones, two large books 
 written by Caesar, reflecting upon the 
 memory of Cato-Major. 
 
 Antigenes, an eminent physi¬ 
 cian. 
 
 Antilochus, son of Nestor and 
 Eurydice, slain by Memnon. 
 
 Antiphates, king of the Laestri- 
 gones, eaters of human flesh. 
 
 Antonius, Marcus, one of the 
 three bloody and cruel Triumvirs, 
 who, with Augustus and Lepidus, 
 divided the Roman empire among 
 them. 
 
 Anubis, was the son of Osiris and 
 Isis; all these three are worshipped 
 by the ^Egyptians. Anubis under the 
 form of a dog, Osiris of an ox. 
 
 Apicius, a famous epicure, in the 
 days of Nero, who spent an immense 
 patrimony in gluttony; and, becom¬ 
 ing indigent and despised, hanged 
 himself. 
 
 Apis, called also Serapis and Osiris. 
 See Anubis. 
 
 Apollo, son of Jupiter and La¬ 
 tona, the god of physic, music, di¬ 
 vination, and poetry. 
 
 ApoLLO-PALATiNUShada temple 
 at Rome, in which the judges de¬ 
 termined causes, and in which there 
 was an extensive library of law books 
 founded by Augustus Caesar. 
 
 Appula, a country lady. 
 
 Apulia, a country in Italy, near 
 the Adriatic sea, very rich in flocks 
 of sheep, whose wool had the prefer¬ 
 ence of all others. 
 
 Aquinum, a town of the Latins 
 near Samnium, the birth-place of 
 Juvenal, where Ceres had a temple. 
 
 Arachne, a Lydian maid turned 
 into a spider by Pallas, whom she 
 had challenged to weave with her. 
 
 Archemorus, or Anchemolus, 
 
 the son of Rhaetus, who committed 
 incest with his stepmother. Another 
 Archemorus was son of Lycurgus, 
 killed by a serpent. 
 
 Archigenes, a physician. 
 
 Areopagus (Mars’ Hill), a court 
 at Athens in which the judges gave 
 their suffrages by characters, in si¬ 
 lence, and in the night. Theta sig¬ 
 nified the sentence of death; and it 
 was a capital crime to divulge the 
 votes by which that sentence was 
 passed. Neptune brought Mars be¬ 
 fore this tribunal for the murder of 
 his son; but Mars was acquitted by 
 seven votes of the twelve judges, and 
 hence it obtained the name of Mars’ 
 Hill. 
 
 Aristotle, son of Nicomachus 
 the physician, was a native of Sta- 
 gyra, a city of Thrace j scholar to 
 Plato, tutor to Alexander the Great, 
 and founder of the Peripatetic philo¬ 
 sophy. 
 
 Arpinum, a city of Italy, in the 
 kingdom of Naples, illustrious for 
 being the birth-place of Marius and 
 Cicero. 
 
 Artaxata, the capital of Arme¬ 
 nia, in Asia. 
 
 Arviragus, a king of Britain, 
 and an inveterate enemy to the Ro¬ 
 mans in the reign of Domitian. 
 
 Aruspex, a soothsayer, whose 
 business it was to cleanse and purify 
 any place abominated by any mon¬ 
 strous or portentous event. 
 
 Assaracus, the son of Tros, the 
 father of Capys, and grandfather of 
 iEneas. 
 
 Asturius, an upstart fellow, 
 who aggrandised himself by the roost 
 debasing means, and afterwards mo¬ 
 nopolized many places of profit and 
 advantage. 
 
384 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Asyllus, a sword-player. 
 
 Atellan Interludes, were so cal¬ 
 led from Atella, a city of the Osci, 
 where they were first used. 
 
 Athos, a high mountain of Mace> 
 don, running like a peninsula into 
 the yEgean sea. Xerxes dug through 
 part of it to make a passage for his 
 fleet. It is now called Monte Santo. 
 
 Atlas, a very high hill in Mauri¬ 
 tania, feigned by the poets to bear 
 up the heavens< 
 
 Atreus, an usurer. 
 
 Atticus, surnamed Pomponius, 
 an intimate friend of Cicero, cele¬ 
 brated for his skill in the Greek lan¬ 
 guage, and on that account called 
 Atticus. 
 
 Atys, a Trojan youth, the favou¬ 
 rite of Cybele, who made him her 
 priest, and caused him to swear per¬ 
 petual chastity^ but happening to 
 violate his oath, she turned him into 
 a state of insanity : after this he cas¬ 
 trated himself, and all the priests of 
 that goddess committed the like deed 
 after his example. He would at last 
 have put an end to his melancholy 
 fate, but in pity, it is said, Cybele 
 changed him into a pine tree. 
 
 Aufidius, a lusty Grecian, noted 
 for debauching married women. 
 
 Aurelia, a rich Roman lady. 
 
 Automedon, charioteer to AchiU 
 les. The poet here means Fuscus, 
 a young nobleman who used to drive 
 Nero with his boy Sporus, who w’as 
 mutilated that he might resemble a 
 female. 
 
 Autonoe, daughter of Cadmus 
 and mother of Actseon : this Actaeon 
 was by Diana turned into a stag, and 
 afterwards having been descried by 
 his own hounds,was pursued and torn 
 in pieces by them. 
 
 Bacchanalia, feasts celebrated 
 in honour of Bacchus, where the 
 vilest impurities were committed. 
 
 Bacchus, the son of Jupiter by 
 Semele, the god of wine. 
 
 BAiiE, a city of Campania near 
 the sea side, abounding in warm 
 springs, and celebrated by the poets 
 for its pleasant situation. It had its 
 name from Baius, one of the com¬ 
 panions of Ulysses, who was buried 
 there. 
 
 Bareas, the disciple of Egnatius 
 the Stoic, who impeached him of high 
 treason in Nero’s time, and by that 
 means obtained his death. 
 
 Basilus, an orator of Rome, of 
 very indigent circumstances, and on 
 that account despised. 
 
 Batavi, the inhabitants of Hol¬ 
 land. 
 
 Bathyllus, a musician, whose 
 statue was erected at Samos, in the 
 temple of Juno. 
 
 Batyllus, a celebrated dancer 
 and mimic of Alexandria. 
 
 Beccafico, a delicious bird called 
 a fig-eater. 
 
 Bedriacum, a village between 
 Verona and Cremona. 
 
 Belides, the fifty daughters of 
 Danaus, so called from Belus their 
 grandfather, who all (except one) 
 slew their husbands on the wedding 
 night. Their punishment in hell for 
 this deed was, to fill a cask that was 
 full of holes with water, which, as fast 
 as it was filled, was emptied again. 
 
 Bellerophon, the son of Glau¬ 
 cus, king of Ephyra. Stenobaea, the 
 wife of Foetus, king of the Argives, 
 fell in love with him j but he refused 
 to comply with her desires, at which 
 she was so incensed, that she accused 
 him to her husband. This forced him 
 
INDEX. 
 
 385 
 
 upon many desperate adventures, 
 which he overcame: she, hearing of 
 his successful fortune, put a period 
 to her existence. 
 
 Bellona, the goddess of war, 
 companion, or sister, or wife of Mars, 
 whose chariot she drives. 
 
 Beneventum, a city of Italy, in 
 the kingdom of Naples. 
 
 Berenice, the daughter of Agrip¬ 
 pa, king of Judea, a woman of infa¬ 
 mous lewdness, and suspected of 
 .incest with her brother Agrippa 5 
 she was beloved by the emperor Ti¬ 
 tus, who promised her marriage. 
 
 Bibula, wife of Sertorius* 
 
 Boccar, king of Mauritania. 
 
 Brigantes, a people who inha¬ 
 bited the north-west parts of England. 
 
 Britannicus, the son of Claudius 
 and Messalina, sO named because 
 under Claudius a part of Britain was 
 subdued. He was deprived of his 
 right to the empire by the cunning 
 of Agrippina, the mother of Domi¬ 
 tius Nero, and at last poisoned by 
 that emperor. 
 
 Brutidius, a rhetorician and fa¬ 
 mous historian. 
 
 Brutus, Lucius Junius, who 
 saved his life by affecting to be 
 a fool in the court of Tarquinius Su¬ 
 perbus. His two sons conspiring to 
 restore the regal power, were by him 
 put to death, for daring to subvert 
 that system he had endeavoured to 
 establish. 
 
 Cacus, son of Vulcan, a robber 
 and stealer of cattle in Italy, slain 
 by Hercules, and dragged out of bis 
 cave by the heels. 
 
 Cadmus, the son of Agenor, king 
 of the Phaeacians. The poet alludes 
 to the story of his killing a great 
 
 serpent, and sowing its teeth, from 
 which sprung up as many armed men, 
 who immediately fell to battle with 
 each other and were all slain except 
 five, who aided him in erecting his 
 city Thebes. 
 
 C^DiTius, a very severe judge. 
 
 C^SONIA, the wife to Caesar Ca¬ 
 ligula, whom she charmed with a 
 love-potion, made of Hippomanes, 
 which drove him into such madness 
 of love, that he would often exhibit 
 her naked to his friends. 
 
 Cajeta, a sea-port in Campania, 
 not far from Baiae, built in memory 
 of Cajeta, nurse to iEneas. 
 
 Caius Scantinius, was prosecut ¬ 
 ed by Caius Marcellus, for an unna* 
 tural attempt upon his son, which 
 occasioned a law, that fined him in 
 a very large sum, which he was to 
 pay, or forfeit his life. 
 
 Cales, a town of Campania in 
 Italy, famous for excellent wine. 
 
 Caligula, the emperor j he insti¬ 
 tuted exercises for rhetoricians at 
 Lyons, in France, where there was a 
 famous altar dedicated to Augustus 
 Caesar. He that was vanquished 
 was to write the praises of the con¬ 
 queror, and to give him a reward, 
 or to lick out his oration with his 
 tongue, unless he chose to submit to 
 other marks of disgrace. 
 
 Calliope, the chief of the nine 
 Muses, the mother of Orpheus, and 
 said to be the inventress of heroic 
 verse. 
 
 Calpe, the mountain of Gibraltar 
 in Spain. 
 
 Calvina, a notorious courtezan. 
 
 Calvinus, a friend of Juvenal, 
 and also a poet of distinguished ce¬ 
 lebrity. 
 
 Camerinus, an illustrious Ro- 
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 man, famous for his high descent and 
 virtuous demeanour. 
 
 Camillus, a celebrated Roman, 
 made five times Dictator on account 
 of his eminent character. 
 
 Campus Martius, a field near 
 Rome, on the banks of the Tiber, 
 where the Roman youth accustomed 
 themselves to all kinds of exercise 5 
 and where the citizens were wont to 
 assemble for the purpose of electing 
 burgesses and magistrates. 
 
 Campus Sceleratus, a field 
 within the city of Rome, near the 
 Colline gate, where the vestal virgins 
 who violated their chastity were bu¬ 
 ried alive. 
 
 Cannas, an obscure village in 
 Apulia, made famous by a great vic¬ 
 tory which Hannibal gained over the 
 Romans; the Carthaginians fought 
 so long, that Hannibal himself cried 
 out, SoldierSj no more blood. 
 
 Canopus, a city of iEgypt. 
 
 Canusium, a city in the kingdom 
 of Naples. 
 
 Capito, son-in-law of Tigellinus, 
 accused of bribery, and condemned. 
 
 CAPRE.E, an island on the coast 
 of Naples. 
 
 Carfinia, a prostitute. 
 
 Carpathus, an island in the Me¬ 
 diterranean sea. 
 
 Carpophorus, a famous player. 
 
 Carthage, the chief city of 
 Africa, and rival of Rome. 
 
 Carus, a common informer. 
 
 Cassan dra, the daughter of Priam 
 and Hecuba, to whom Apollo im¬ 
 parted the gift of prophecy upon 
 her promising to gratify his passion; 
 but afterwards, upon her refusing to 
 comply with his entreaties, he or¬ 
 dered that her prophecies, though 
 true, should never be credited. 
 
 Castanets, small instruments of 
 wood, ivory, &c. that some dancers 
 used to play the tune they danced. 
 
 Castor, son of Tyndarus king of 
 Laeonia, and of Leda, daughter of 
 Thestius ; he was the twin-brother of 
 Pollux; treasures were laid up in 
 his temple for safety. 
 
 Catiena, a notorious prostitute. 
 
 Catalina, Lucius, a man sprung 
 from a noble family of Rome, who 
 formed a conspiracy to overturn the 
 Roman government, which was dis¬ 
 covered and frustrated by Cicero, 
 when Consul; Juvenal uses it for any 
 seditious person. 
 
 Cato Censorinus, renowned for 
 his gravity and strict discipline 
 when he was Censor. 
 
 Cato Uticensis, the great grand¬ 
 child of the other, a severe moralist, 
 who put a period to his own exist¬ 
 ence at Utica, after Caesar had con¬ 
 quered Pompey. 
 
 Cato, the rigid Stoic, was a third 
 of that name. 
 
 Catti, Germans, now subject to 
 the Landgrave of Hesse. 
 
 Catullus Messalinus, a bloody 
 villain, although blind, whose inform¬ 
 ation cost many their lives. He was 
 raised from the most abject beggary 
 to be prime minister to the emperor 
 Domitian. 
 
 Cecrops, the first king of Athens, 
 who reigned before Deucalion’s flood. 
 
 Censors, two officers elected by 
 the Consuls with the consent of the 
 Senate; whose business it was to 
 punish indecent and improper con¬ 
 duct, and those petty offences of 
 which the law took no cognizance; 
 and in their procedure they often de¬ 
 graded the senators and knights, and 
 disfranchised the citizens. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 387 
 
 Centronius, a rich man, very 
 extravagant in the erection of fine 
 buildings. 
 
 Ceres, daughter of Saturn and 
 Ops. She was the goddess of corn 
 and husbandry. 
 
 Ceres Elvina, so called from 
 the river Elvis near Aquinum. 
 
 Cesennia, the wife of a very co¬ 
 vetous man, who brought him a 
 large fortune. 
 
 Cethegus, a conspirator against 
 his native country, concerned with 
 Catiline. 
 
 Ch^RIPPUS, a subject and inha¬ 
 bitant of the plundered province. 
 
 Chaldea, a country of Asia, of 
 which the great city Babylon was 
 the capital. 
 
 Charybdis, a dangerous whirl¬ 
 pool in the Streights of Sicily. 
 
 Charon, sou of Erebus and Nox, 
 and ferryman of hell, who wafted 
 the souls of the dead over the Stygian 
 lake, in an old boat, which he navi¬ 
 gated with a pole. 
 
 Chrysippus, a Stoic philosopher, 
 scholar to Zeno, and an excellent lo¬ 
 gician. 
 
 Chrysogonus, a fine musician. 
 
 Cimbri, a people of North Ger¬ 
 many, about the Baltic sea. 
 
 Circe, the daughter of Sol, and 
 the nymph Perseis, a sorceress well 
 skilled in the nature of poisonous 
 herbs. 
 
 CiRCENSlAN and Megalesian 
 games, instituted in honour of Cy¬ 
 bele, at which a towel was hung out 
 to shew the plays were going to begin. 
 
 Circus, a ring or large area in 
 Rome, between mount Aventine and 
 Palatine, walled about, in which the 
 people sat, and saw the games and 
 other exercises. 
 
 2 
 
 Claudius, the fifth emperor of 
 Rome; he married his niece Agrip¬ 
 pina, who poisoned him with mush¬ 
 rooms, which was his favourite dish. 
 
 CLiELiA, a Roman lady, who, with 
 other virgins, was given as a hostage 
 to Porsena; but she deceived her 
 keepers, swam over the river Tiber 
 to the city, upon which a statue was 
 set up in remembrance of her. 
 
 Cleanthes, a Stoic philosopher, 
 scholar to Crates, and successor to 
 Zeno. He was so poor, that he used 
 at nights to get his living by drawing 
 water for the gardens, that he might 
 apply himself to the study of philo¬ 
 sophy by day. He wrote the doc¬ 
 trine of his master upon ox-bones 
 and broken tiles, for want of money 
 to purchase paper. 
 
 Cleopatra, queen of jEgypt, 
 sister and wife of the last Ptolemy : 
 she was a woman of manly courage, 
 and put a period to her life by ap¬ 
 plying an asp to her breast. 
 
 Client, depended upon some 
 nobleman as his patron, who was ob¬ 
 liged to protect his client; and he, 
 in return, was bound by law to con¬ 
 tribute towards his patron’s taxes, 
 and the marriage of his daughters. 
 
 Clio, the daughter of Jupiter and 
 Mnemosyne, one of the nine Muses: 
 she was the mistress of history, and 
 the patroness of heroic poets. 
 
 Clitumnus, a river that divides 
 Umbra and Tuscany, the water of 
 which renders so fertile the pastures 
 adjoining, that the cows grazing 
 there had white calves: the Capito¬ 
 line sacrifices came from thence. 
 
 Clodius, a Tribune of the peo¬ 
 ple, murdered by Milo. 
 
 Clotho, one of the three destinies, 
 J who spins the thread of life; she is 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 said to hold the spindle, and draw 
 the thread. 
 
 Cluvia, a famous Roman courte¬ 
 zan. 
 
 Gluvienus, a miserable poet si¬ 
 milar to Codrus. 
 
 Clytemnestra, daughter of 
 Tyndarus, wife to Agamemnon, and 
 mother of Orestes. She lived in 
 adultery with .5)gisthus during her 
 husband's absence at the siege of 
 Troy, and conspired with the adul¬ 
 terer to murder him upon his return. 
 She was herself slain by Orestes. 
 
 Cocles, a noble Roman, who 
 singly opposed the invasion of the 
 Tuscans, and kept back Porsenna with 
 all his army, when they were ready 
 to enter into Rome over the wooden 
 bridge, till it was broken down be- 
 ^ hind him, and then he threw himself 
 into the Tiber, and so swam to land. 
 
 Codrus, a wretched poet, who 
 wrote an heroick poem, and chose for 
 his subject the exploits of Theseus. 
 
 CoLLACiA, a vile prostitute. 
 
 Commagena, a part of Syria, and 
 a country famous for fortune-tellers. 
 
 Consul, a chief officer among the 
 Romans, of which two were annually 
 chosen to govern the city. 
 
 CoPTUS, the metropolitan city of 
 ^gypt, over which the sun at noon is 
 almost in his vertical point. 
 
 Coranus, a soldier, and son of a 
 poor man. 
 
 Corbulo, a man of huge body 
 and strength, who spoke high and 
 mighty words. . 
 
 Corinth, a famous city of Greece. 
 
 Cornelia, daughter of Scipio 
 Africanus, and mother of Caius and 
 Tiberius Gracchus. 
 
 Corvinus, one of the noble fa¬ 
 mily of the Corvini, but from ex¬ 
 
 treme indigence obliged to live in the 
 neighbourhood of Laurentum. 
 
 Corycium, a promontory in 
 Crete. 
 
 Corytha, a famous mare of an 
 excellent breed near Corythum in 
 Etruria. 
 
 Cosmus, a very luxurious and 
 effeminate man, who used to bathe 
 in ointments. 
 
 Cossus, a wealthy Roman, much 
 courted for his riches. 
 
 Cotta, a noble Roman of gieat 
 courtesy and munificence. 
 
 Cotytto, a strumpet, whose fes¬ 
 tival was celebrated at Athens with 
 all lewdness. The Baptae, her priests, 
 washed in hot water, before they 
 entered upon their abominable sacri¬ 
 fices. 
 
 Criesus, the last king of Lydia, 
 of exceeding great wealth. 
 
 Cremera, a river of Tuscany, 
 where the noble family of the Fabii 
 were all cut off to a man. 
 
 Creperius Pollio, a noted 
 spendthrift, who offering for money 
 three times the common interest, 
 could yet find no such creditor. 
 
 Crete, an island in the Medi¬ 
 terranean, famous for its hundred 
 cities. 
 
 Creticus, Quintus Metellus was 
 so called, for subduing Crete. 
 
 Crispinus, a freedman of Nero, 
 born at Canopus, wbo wantonly wore 
 his cloak loose, it being the Roman 
 custom to fasten the lacerna about 
 the neck. The Romans became so 
 delicate, as to wear large rings in 
 winter, and lighter in summer. 
 
 Crispus, Vibius, a facetious and 
 witty old gentleman. 
 
 CuM^, a city of iEolis, opposite 
 to Lesbos, the country of the Sibyl 
 
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 Cumaea, who came afterwards into 
 Italy. 
 
 CuRiAN family, honoured in Rome 
 upon the account of Marcus Curius 
 Dentatus, 
 
 Curii, noble Romans descended 
 from Curius. 
 
 Curtius, an indifferent orator, 
 but a mighty boaster. 
 
 Cybele, the daughter of Heaven 
 and Earth, ealled the Mother of the 
 Gods. The Corybantes were her 
 priests, who worshipped her by the 
 sound of drums, tabors, pipes, and 
 cymbals. 
 
 Cyclades, islands in the Archi¬ 
 pelago, of which Seriphus was the 
 least and most desert. Here astrolo¬ 
 gers were sometimes confined; but 
 if their predictions in the end proved 
 true, they were recalled. 
 
 Cynthia, mistress of the poet 
 Piopertius. 
 
 D.£DALUS, an Athenian artificer, 
 the most ingenious in the world. He 
 invented the saw, axe, plummet, 
 augre, glue, and cement; he also 
 made sails for ships, and waxen wings 
 for himself and his son, in order to 
 make their escape out of Crete; but 
 Icarus soaring too high, and his 
 wings melting by the heat of the sun, 
 he fell into the sea, and named from 
 him the Icarean sea. 
 
 Decii, devoted their lives as vo¬ 
 luntary sacrifices to save their coun¬ 
 try. 
 
 Delphi, Delphos, a city of Phocis 
 in Greece, at the foot of mount Par¬ 
 nassus, famous for the temple of 
 Apollo. 
 
 Demetrius, a Grecian actor. 
 
 Democritus, an eminent philo¬ 
 sopher of Abdera, who always 
 
 laughed, because he believed all our 
 actions to be folly: Heraclitus of 
 Ephesus always wept, because he 
 thought them to be misery. 
 
 Demosthenes, the son of a black¬ 
 smith at Athens, an excellent orator, 
 who poisoned himself for fear of fall¬ 
 ing into the hands of Antipater. 
 
 Deucalion, son of Prometheus, 
 king of Thessaly, who married Pyrrha, 
 daughter' of Epimetheus; in whose 
 time the flood happened, according 
 to the Poets. 
 
 Diana, daughter of Jupiter and 
 Latona, of the same birth with 
 Apollo: she was greatly attached to 
 chastity, and studiously avoiding the 
 acquaintance of men, retired to the 
 woods, and with her nymphs exer¬ 
 cised herself in hunting. 
 
 Diomedes, king of >Etolia, and 
 son of Tydeus and Deipyla, an emi" 
 nent Grecian chief in the Trojan 
 war. Engaging .^Eneas, he wounded 
 Venus, who assisted her sou. Re¬ 
 turning from Troy, he was ashamed 
 to go home, because of the lewdness 
 of his wife vEgiale, but went into 
 Italy, and there settled. 
 
 Diphilus, a Grecian sycophant. 
 
 Dolphin pillars were erected in 
 the Circus for ornament, and statues 
 placed on them. 
 
 Domitian, a Roman emperor, 
 who defiled many married women. 
 He took away Domitia Longina from 
 her husband .Elius Lamia, and de¬ 
 filed Julia daughter to his brother 
 Titus, when she was wife to another; 
 yet he enacted a law against incest, 
 another against the violation of the 
 Vestal Virgins, and revived the Scan- 
 tinian statutes against unnatural 
 lust. 
 
 Drusus, a dull drowsy fellow. 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Echion, a harper. 
 
 Egeria, a nymph with whom 
 Numa the second king of Rome pre¬ 
 tended to have nocturnal meetings, 
 and gave out, that by her advice he 
 instituted sacred rites, and appointed 
 priests; upon this pretension he 
 modelled the Roman government, 
 and instilled in the people a reve¬ 
 rence for religion. 
 
 Egnatius, a Stoic, who impeach¬ 
 ed his disciple Bareas of high treason, 
 in the time of Nero, but was himself 
 condemned and executed in the reign 
 of Vespasian, from the information 
 of Musonius Rufus. 
 
 Elpenor, one of the companions 
 of Ulysses, turned into a hog by the 
 enchantments of Circe. 
 
 Enthymeme, an imperfect syl¬ 
 logism, wanting one proposition. 
 
 Epicurus, an Athenian philoso¬ 
 pher, who lived upon bread, water, 
 and herbs; and placed the chief 
 happiness in the tranquillity of the 
 mind. 
 
 Eriphyla, wife of Amphiaraus, 
 who, for a bracelet of gold, disco¬ 
 vered the place where her husband 
 lay concealed to avoid going to the 
 siege of Troy, where he was sure he 
 should die. 
 
 Erimanthus, a Grecian, and a 
 great flatterer. 
 
 Esquiline, one of the seven hills 
 upon which Rome stood. 
 
 Evander, a king of Arcadia, who,* 
 having accidentally killed his father, 
 sailed into Italy. By the advice of his 
 mother, he beat the Aborigines, and 
 possessed himself of the place, where 
 Rome afterwards was built. He en¬ 
 tertained Hercules, and hospitably 
 received iEneas, when he lauded in 
 Italy. 
 
 Euganei, the anlient people of 
 Gallia Cisalpina, 
 
 Euphranor, a famous statuary. 
 
 Fabii, an illustrious Roman fa¬ 
 mily, who derived their pedigree from 
 Hercules, whose altars and holy rites 
 were hereditary to them. 
 
 Fabius Persicus, an abandoned 
 and degenerate descendant of Fabius 
 Maximus the founder of the family. 
 
 Fabius Gurges, so called for 
 spending and squandering his patri¬ 
 mony; but he afterwards redeemed 
 all his vices by his remarkable vir¬ 
 tues. He was the son of Fabius 
 Maximus. 
 
 Fabrateria, a city of the Vol- 
 scians in Italy. 
 
 Fabricius Caius was censor: 
 he declared Cornelius Rufinus, a se¬ 
 nator, unworthy of that dignity, be¬ 
 cause he had in his mansion silver 
 vases weighing ten pounds each, con¬ 
 demning such a shameful example of 
 extravagance. 
 
 Fabulla, a notorious bawd. 
 
 Falernum vinum, made of the 
 grapes growing upon the Falerniaii 
 mountains in Campania. 
 
 Fidena, a city of Italy. 
 
 Flaminia Via, a road made by 
 Caius Flaminius from Rome to Ari¬ 
 minum, a town in Italy, near the 
 river Rubicon. 
 
 Flavius, the first of the Flavian 
 family, which possessed the imperial 
 dignity: it began in Vespasian, and 
 ended in Domitian. 
 
 Floralia, games celebrated by 
 harlots naked, who danced through 
 the streets to the sound of a trumpet, 
 in honour of Flora. 
 
 Fonteius Capito, one of the 
 i Consuls in the reign of Nero. 
 
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 Forum, the great Roman piazza, 
 where the courts of justice sat, and 
 where the client waited on his patron. 
 
 Fronto, a noble Roman, famous 
 for his learning: he used to lend his 
 stately porticos to the poets of his 
 days to recite their verses. These 
 porticos were shaded with plane- 
 trees, supported with marble pillars, 
 and adorned with statues. 
 
 Fuscinus, an unknown person, to 
 whom Juvenal addressed his four¬ 
 teenth satire. 
 
 Fuscus Cornelius was sent ge¬ 
 neral by Domitian against the Daci¬ 
 ans, where both he and his army 
 were destroyed. 
 
 Gabii, a town of the Volscians, 
 about ten miles from Rome. 
 
 Galba, a Roman emperor, suc¬ 
 cessor of Nero, in whom ended the 
 Julian family; he was a cruel and 
 covetous man, and was killed in the 
 seventh month of his reign. 
 
 Galla, a name used for any man’s 
 wife. 
 
 Gallinaria, a wood in Cam¬ 
 pania near Cumae. 
 
 Gallus, the name of several Ro¬ 
 mans : who this was is uncertain. 
 
 Ganges, the greatest river of 
 India, which it divides into two 
 parts. 
 
 Ganymede, the son of Tros,king 
 of Troy, so beautiful, that Jupiter 
 sent his eagle to fetch him up to 
 heaven, where he made him his cup¬ 
 bearer. 
 
 Gaurus, a mountain in Campa¬ 
 nia, near which is the lake Lucrinus, 
 well stored with iish, especially with 
 oysters. 
 
 Gillo, a very notorious debau¬ 
 chee. 
 
 Glaphyrus, a tidier. 
 
 Gorgon ES, Medusa, Stenio, and 
 Euryale, were daughlei’s to Phorcas 
 and Cete. They dwelt near Mount 
 Atlas, in the precincts of Mauritania, 
 and were vanquished by Minerva,' 
 who is reported to bear in her shield 
 the head of Medusa, having vipers 
 hanging down about it instead of 
 hairs, at which, when men looked, 
 they were instantly turned into 
 stones. 
 
 Gracchus, a wicked nobleman, 
 who dishonoured his friends and his 
 country. 
 
 H.®MUS, a Grecian actor. 
 
 Hamillus, an infamous debau¬ 
 chee, who, officiating as a teacher, 
 defiled his own pupils. 
 
 Hannibal, the famous general of 
 the Carthaginian forces, who warred 
 against the Romans sixteen years, 
 won many battles, and was at last 
 defeated in several engagements, and 
 brought to that desperate condition, 
 that he put an end to his existence 
 by taking a dose of poison, which he 
 kept in a ring for that purpose. 
 
 Hebe, the daughter of Juno alone 
 (who conceived by eating too freely 
 of lettuce), and cup-bearer to Jupiter. 
 She happened to fall at a banquet 
 among the Gods, and so was turned 
 out of her place, and Ganymede put 
 into it. She was afterwards married 
 to Hercules. 
 
 Hedymeles, a famous player on 
 the lute. 
 
 Heliades, the daughters of Phoe¬ 
 bus and Clymene, who bewailing 
 their brother Phaeton, were turned 
 into poplar trees, from tears of 
 which amber was obtained. 
 
 Heliodorus, a surgeon. 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Helvidius, father in law to 
 Thraseas. They were both willing to 
 lay down their lives to preserve 
 Rome from the tyranny of Nero, who 
 banished Helvidius, and ordered 
 Thraseas to be bled to death. 
 
 Hercules, son of Jupiter by 
 Alcmena: the twelve labours, im¬ 
 posed upon him by Juno, was a 
 subject much handled by the Roman 
 poets. 
 
 Hermione, daughter of Menelaus 
 and Helen, betrothed by her grand¬ 
 father to Orestes, but by her father 
 given to Pyrrhus: however, Orestes 
 slew him in temple of Apollo, and by 
 this means recovered his wife. 
 
 Hesperides, the daughters of 
 Atlas, in whose garden a dragon 
 watched the fruits, whence, not¬ 
 withstanding, Hercules stole the 
 golden apples. 
 
 Hiarbas, a king of Gaetulia who 
 courted Dido, by whom Carthage 
 was built 5 but she preferred yEneas 
 to him. 
 
 Hippia, married to a senator, but 
 ran away with Sergius a gladiator. 
 
 Hippo, a vile pathic. 
 
 Hippolitus, the son of Theseus, 
 who refusing the love of his step¬ 
 mother Phaedra, was by her accused 
 of tempting her to incest. He fled 
 away in a chariot by the sea-side; 
 but the horses being frightened by 
 the sea-calves, that lay on the shore, 
 overturned it, and killed him. 
 
 Hippona, the goddess of stables, 
 placed in the middle of the stalls, 
 and curiously adorned with chaplets 
 of fresh roses. 
 
 Hirpinus, a very famous horse, 
 who had won many prizes. 
 
 Hispulla, a lady who was ex- 
 ceedingly fat. 
 
 Homer, the first and best of the 
 Greek poets, who flourished one 
 hundred and sixty years before the 
 building of Rome. 
 
 Horace, the prince of the Ro¬ 
 man lyric poets. 
 
 Hortensius, the augur, was the 
 first that introduced the eating of the 
 peacock at his installation-feast; it 
 is said the flesh of this fowl never 
 putrifies, and consequently very hard 
 of digestion. 
 
 Hyacinthus, the son of Amy. 
 clas, and beloved by Apollo, by 
 whom, after his death, he was turned 
 into a purple flower, called a Hya¬ 
 cinth. 
 
 Hylas, a boy who attended on 
 Hercules : going at one time to bring 
 a pitcher full of water for his master 
 from the river Ascanius, he let fall 
 his pitcher, and stooping for it, fell 
 into the river and was drowned. 
 Hercules wailed for Hylas many 
 days, searching for him every where. 
 
 Janus, the most ancient of the 
 gods. He has two faces, one look¬ 
 ing backward the other forward. 
 
 Jason, the son of ;Eson king of 
 Thessaly and Polymela. His father 
 dying, left his brother Pelias his 
 son’s guardian, who sent his nephew 
 on a desperate enterprize, to fetch 
 the Golden Fleece, in hopes he might 
 not return. He manned the ship 
 Argos with the flower of Thessaly, 
 and arriving at Colchos, the king’s 
 daughter, Medea, fell ip love with 
 him, taught him to tame the brazen¬ 
 footed bulls, and cast the watchful 
 dragon asleep that kept the fleece, 
 and carried it and Medea along with 
 him. 
 
 Ibis, a filthy bird somefvhat like a 
 
INDEX. 
 
 393 
 
 stork, with stiff thighs, and a horny 
 beak. They preserve the Egyptians 
 from the plague by watching and 
 killing the flying serpents which the 
 south-wind brings out of the Lybian 
 deserts. 
 
 Iphigenia, the daughter of Aga¬ 
 memnon, who being about to be sa¬ 
 crificed to appease Diana, the god¬ 
 dess pitied her, put a hart in her 
 place, and carried her away to be her 
 priestess. 
 
 IsiEUS, an Athenian orator, the 
 master of Demosthenes. 
 
 Isis, or lo, daughter to the 
 river Inachus, and one of Jupiter’s 
 mistresses, who, for fear of Juno, 
 turned her into a cow. She was after¬ 
 wards restored to her shape, married 
 Osiris, and after her death was wor¬ 
 shipped as a goddess by the iEgyp- 
 tians. Her temple at Rome was a 
 place of resort for prostitutes, pimps, 
 and bawds. 
 
 Julia Lex was made upon the 
 account of Claudius and Julius 
 Caesar’s wife, which punishes adul¬ 
 tery with death. 
 
 JuLUS Ascanius, son to yEneas, 
 who leaving Lavinium, built Longa 
 Alba. The Trojans consulting the 
 Oracle about the place of their set¬ 
 tlement, were told, that they should 
 build a city where they found a 
 white sow with thirty sucking pigs j 
 which they did, and called it Alba 
 from the colour of the sow. 
 
 Jupiter, the son of Satura and 
 Ops. The time of his reign was 
 called the silver age. His intrigues 
 with the ladies are well known. 
 
 Juverna, the ancient name of 
 Ireland. 
 
 IxiON, father of the Centaurs. 
 He boasted that he had lain with 
 
 Juno; for which Jupiter threw him 
 into hell, where, being tied to a wheel, 
 he was turned about incessantly, and 
 encompassed with serpents. 
 
 Lacerta, Domitian’s coachman. 
 
 Lachesis, one of the Fates, sup¬ 
 posed to spin the thread of human 
 life. 
 
 Ladas, footman to Alexander the 
 Great, whose swiftness was so great, 
 that the print of his foot was not 
 seen upon the sand. His statue was 
 set up in the temple of Venus after 
 he had won the foot-race in the 
 Olympic games. 
 
 L^lius, a familiar friend of Scipio 
 Africanus. 
 
 Laertes, a prince of Ithaca, son 
 of Arcisus, and father of Ulysses. 
 
 L^strigones, a people of Italy, 
 who roasted and ate the companions 
 of Ulysses. 
 
 Lagus, the father of Ptolemy. 
 
 Larga, a noted harlot. 
 
 Laronia, a courtesan. 
 
 Lateranus Plautus, put to 
 death by the command of Nero. 
 There was a magnificent palace he 
 longing to the Lateran family. 
 
 Latinus, a famous mimick, who 
 often played the part of an adulterer 
 on the stage. 
 
 Latona, daughter of Coeus, by 
 Jupiter, born at Delos, and mother of 
 Diana and Apollo. 
 
 Laufella, a lewd woman. 
 
 Lavinium, a city in Italy, built 
 by ^neas, so called from his second 
 wife Lavinia. 
 
 Laureolus, a slave condemned 
 to be crucified for running away 
 from his master; he was personated 
 upon the stage by one of noble family 
 of the Lentuli. 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Leda, the daughter of Thestius, 
 embraced by Jupiter in the shape of 
 a swan. This action was imitated 
 in a dance by Bathyllus the panto¬ 
 mime, whose lascivious postures de¬ 
 lighted Tuccia, Appula, andThymele. 
 
 Lenas, a flatterer, who ingratiated 
 himself with the rich, that he might 
 induce them to leave him a legacy. 
 
 Lepidus tEmilius, a celebrated 
 Roman, founder of that noble family, 
 to whom statues were erected for 
 their great exploits and atchieve- 
 raents. 
 
 Lesbia, mistress of Catullus, who 
 wrote an elegy on the death of her 
 favourite sparrow. 
 
 Liburnia, a part of Illyria, from 
 whence came the chairmen of Rome, 
 commonly called Liburnians. 
 
 Licinus, a very rich Roman. 
 
 Lictor, a sort of executioner, 
 who attended the praetor, and car¬ 
 ried an axe upon his shoulders within 
 a bundle of rods, signifying the dif¬ 
 ferent punishments of petty and ca¬ 
 pital oftenders, some being whipped, 
 others beheaded. 
 
 Liguria, a place upon the Appe- 
 nine mountains, where marble was 
 dug out of the quarries. 
 
 Lipara, an island in the Mediter¬ 
 ranean, so called from Liparus, son 
 of Auson, who succeeded iEolus. 
 
 Locusta, an infamous woman, 
 skilled in the art of poisoning, and 
 retained by Nero. 
 
 Longinus Cassius, put to death 
 by Nero on account of his riches. 
 His crime was pretended to be, that 
 he had in his chamber the image of 
 one of Julius Caesar’s murderers. 
 
 Lucan, a learned and rich poet 
 of Corduba in Spain, who coining to 
 Rome, was made a knight: he wi-ote. 
 
 but did not live to finish the civil 
 wars between Caesar and Pompey in 
 an heroic poem. 
 
 Lucilius, a Latin poet, and emi¬ 
 nent satirist, born at Aurunca, a 
 city of the Rutiliaus in Italy. 
 
 Luciu sM etellu s, PontifexMax- 
 iraus, when the temple of Vesta was 
 burned down, rescued the Palladium, 
 or the wooden image of Pallas 
 brought from Troyj but venturing 
 too boldly into the fire, he lost both 
 his eyes. 
 
 Lucretia, a beautiful Roman 
 lady, ravished by Sextus Tarquinius, 
 which she so resented, that she im¬ 
 mediately sent for her father and 
 husband, and stabbed herself before 
 them. 
 
 Lucrine Rocks were in the bay 
 of Lucrinum in Campania. 
 
 Luperci, priests of Pan, who were 
 accustomed, in the month of Fe¬ 
 bruary, to run naked about the city, y ^ 
 with a thong of a goat-skin in their ^ 
 hands ^ a stroke of which^was be- 
 lieved to forward conception; the 
 married women, who had no children, 
 were sure to place themselves in the 
 way, 
 
 Lyde went among the women 
 with boxes of ointment to promote 
 fecundity. 
 
 Mach,£RA, a common crier. 
 
 Maculonus, a very rich man. 
 
 Maecenas, a noble Roman, Augus¬ 
 tus’s favourite, and patron of Horace. 
 
 MiEOTis, a vast lake in the south 
 parts of Scythia, on the confines of 
 Europe and Asia, freezing in winter, 
 and in summer discharging itself in¬ 
 to the Euxine sea, by the Cimmerian 
 Bosphorus. 
 
 Maevia, a woman, who had the 
 
INDEX. 
 
 395 
 
 impudence to fight in the Circus with 
 a Tuscan boar remarkable for its 
 fiereeness. 
 
 Manilia, a strumpet. 
 
 Manlii, a noble family, and orna¬ 
 ment to the Roman name. 
 
 Marcelli, an illustrious"] family, 
 adding dignity to the Roman name. 
 
 Marius Caius, born at Apinum, 
 of mean parents, and very poor; yet 
 was seven times eonsul of Rome, for 
 his eminent services, and many victo¬ 
 ries obtained by him. He experi¬ 
 enced ail the vicissitudes of prosperous 
 and adverse fortune. 
 
 Marius Priscus, pro-consul of 
 Africa, was prosecuted by the Afri¬ 
 cans for pillaging the province, and 
 was cast; but the plaintiffs could 
 never recover the charges of the suit, 
 though the fine was paid into the 
 treasury at Rome. He was banished, 
 but with the money he had reserved, 
 he lived in great riot; and instead of 
 bathing and supping at the ninth 
 hour, after the Roman custom, he be¬ 
 gan at the eighth, which answered to 
 our two o’clock in the afternoon, 
 reckoned the highest luxury. 
 
 MARSiANS,a stout people of Italy, 
 descended from Marsus son of the 
 witch Circe. 
 
 Marsays, an audacious musician, 
 who challenged Apollo in his own art, 
 but was overcome and flayed. 
 
 Massa, a common informer of a 
 low rank. 
 
 Matho, a pitiful advocate, who 
 grew so rich and corpulent by in¬ 
 forming, that he kept his chair or 
 sedan, and filled it himself. 
 
 Maura, an impudent confidant. 
 Mauritania, the western part of 
 Africa, extending to the western 
 ocean. 
 
 Medea, the daughter of iEta king 
 of Colchos, w’ho fled away with Jason, 
 and being pursued by her father, cut 
 her brother Absyrtus in pieces, and 
 scattered the limbs in his way, to 
 hinder his speed. 
 
 Medullina, a vile and audacious 
 strumpet. 
 
 Megalesia, games dedicated to 
 the honour of Cybele, mother of the 
 Gods. 
 
 Meleager, son of Oenius king of 
 Caledonia: his father sacrificium to 
 the gods, made his offering to all the 
 the deities except Diana; which so 
 incensed her, that she sent a wild boar, 
 that destroyed the whole country of 
 iEtolia. Meleager with his mistress 
 Atalanta hunted this boar, and slew 
 him. 
 
 Memnon, son of Tithonus and 
 Aurora: his statue at Thebes in ;i!gypt 
 gave a sound at the rising of the sun 
 when it was first struek with its rays; 
 till Cambyses ruined the city, and 
 caused the statue to be broken. 
 
 Men^ceu s, son of Creon king of 
 Thebes, who, when the city was be¬ 
 sieged by the Argives, the oraele pro¬ 
 mising that it should not be taken, if 
 the last of the family of Cadmus 
 would voluntarily die, thought him¬ 
 self concerned,and fell upon his sword. 
 
 Menalippe, sister to Antiope, 
 queen of the Amazons, whom Her¬ 
 cules took in battle, and her sister 
 ransomed with her armour and belt, 
 which was one of his twelve labours. 
 There is a tragedy so called. 
 
 Mentor, an excellent graver of 
 plate. 
 
 Mercury’s head. Juvenal alludes 
 to the statues of Mercury, which the 
 Athenians placed by way of religion 
 over the gates of their houses. The 
 
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 INDEX» 
 
 statue was a marble head, set upon a 
 shapeless post. 
 
 Merge, a city and island of Ethi¬ 
 opia. 
 
 Messalina, the empress, wife of 
 Claudius Caesar, who so doted on 
 Silius, a noble but unfortuate Roman, 
 that she made him put away his wife 
 Julia Syllana, and married him in her 
 husband's absence. But the emperor 
 comm&nded him to be put to death. 
 She was a woman of such insatiable 
 lust, that, changing her attire, she 
 went into the public stews, and there 
 prostituted herself to all comers. 
 
 Metellus Creticus, was de¬ 
 scended from the family of that Me¬ 
 tellus who was called Creticus from 
 his conquest of Crete. 
 
 Milo, a noble Roman, who mur¬ 
 dered Clodius, and whom Cicero 
 faintly and unsuccessfully defended. 
 
 Mithridate, a physical prepara¬ 
 tion and antidote against poison, 
 composed by Mithridates king of 
 Pontus. 
 
 MiTHRiDATES,a king Pontus, over¬ 
 thrown by Sylla and Lucullus, and at 
 last routed by Pompey, and quite de¬ 
 feated. He composed a draught, which 
 was so powerful an antidote against 
 poison, that he could not poison him¬ 
 self when he attempted to put an end 
 to his existence with it in prison. He 
 was a man of singular parts, and 
 could speak many languages. At the 
 time of his imprisonment, he had such 
 a majesty in his countenance, as 
 frightened the executioner from doing 
 his office j so that he himself was un¬ 
 der the necessity of assisting him. 
 
 Montanus, a privy counsellor to 
 Domitian. 
 
 Monychus, one of the Centaurs, 
 who, in the tight with the Lapithse, 
 
 plucked up trees by the roots, and 
 flung them at the enemy. 
 
 • Mutius, a poor rogue, who, in a 
 cause of defamation against Lucilius, 
 who published his knavery, could not 
 get money to fee his advocate. The 
 name of divers Romans. 
 
 Nevolus, a monster of vice. 
 
 Narcissus, a freedmanof Claudius 
 Ceesar, and a favourite, so much in¬ 
 dulged, that he made him his prime 
 minister, by whose command he 
 killed his wife. He was very rich. 
 
 Neptune, the son of Saturn and 
 Ops, the god of the sea, and father of 
 fountains and rivers, bearing a trident 
 for a sceptre. 
 
 Nero, the name of several em¬ 
 perors, one of whom was named Do¬ 
 mitius, adopted by Claudius Caesar: 
 he was so cruel and inhuman, that 
 every tyrant after him was called 
 Nero. 
 
 Nestor, son of Neleus and Chloris, 
 king of Pylas, who lived almost three 
 hundred years. He reckoned his age 
 upon his fingers, every joint standing 
 for twenty years. 
 
 Nile, the greatest river in Africa, 
 having seven mouths or streams. It 
 flows from the summer solstice, till 
 the autumnal equinox. 
 
 Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, and 
 wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, by 
 whom she had seven sons, and as 
 many daughters, of which, together 
 with her high birth, Niobe grew so 
 proud, as to slight the sacrifices which 
 the Theban matrons offered to Latona, 
 comparing herself with Latona, and 
 even setting herself above her: which 
 Apollo and Diana, the children of 
 Latona, resenting, he slew the males 
 and the females. Upon this Niobe 
 
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 was struck dumb with grief, and re¬ 
 mained stupid j for which reason Ci¬ 
 cero was of opinion the poets feigned 
 her to be turned into a stone. 
 
 Niphates, a great river of Armenia 
 the Less, dreadful to the inhabitants 
 when it overflows its banks. 
 
 Numa, the second king of Rome, 
 who was the first who instilled into 
 the Romans a reverence for religion; 
 and the more strongly to recommend 
 his laws, he persuaded them, that 
 every night he conversed with a god¬ 
 dess or nymph called Egeria, from 
 whom he received his whole form of 
 government. 
 
 Nurscia, a goddess, the same with 
 Fortune, worshipped at Volsinium, 
 where Sejanus was born. 
 
 Ogulnia, a very poor but ambi¬ 
 tious lady, who laid out all her patri¬ 
 mony upon pleasures. 
 
 Ombos, a city near the isthmus of 
 the Red Sea, belonging in common to 
 the Egyptians and Arabians. 
 
 Orcades, the islands of Orkney, 
 north from Scotland. 
 
 Orestes, son of Agamemnon and 
 Clytemnestra. He shed the blood of 
 his mother, and iEgisthus her adul¬ 
 terer, who had murdered his father. 
 He likewise killed Pyrrhus, the son of 
 Achilles, in the temple of Apollo; for 
 which deed, that god hunted him with 
 furies, because he had profaned his 
 temple, and compelled him to expiate 
 his crime at the temple of Diana Tau¬ 
 rica. 
 
 Orontes, the largest river of Sy¬ 
 ria: it rises out of Mount Lebanon, 
 and washing many cities, runs through 
 Antioch into the sea. 
 
 Osiris, the son of Jupiter and 
 Niobe, who first taught the Egyptians 
 
 husbandry. His wife was lo daughter 
 of Inachus, afterward called Isis. He 
 was murdered by his brother Tryphon. 
 His wife, after long search, found his 
 body, and buried it in the island 
 Abatos ; at which time a very large 
 ox was seen, which taking to him, she 
 worshipped under the name of Apis 
 or Serapis. They had an annual cus¬ 
 tom of going to seek him, and having 
 found him, returned with shouts of 
 joy. 
 
 Otho, a Roman emperor, who suc¬ 
 ceeded to Galba. He was a very ef¬ 
 feminate prince, and painted his face 
 before the battle at Bedriacum, where 
 he was conquered. He was accused 
 of having an unnatural commerce 
 with Nero. He at last finished his 
 days by his own hands. 
 
 Pactolus, a small river of Lydia, 
 in Asia Minor, having golden sands. 
 
 PAL.EMON, born at Vincentia, an 
 excellent grammarian, and tutor of 
 Quintilian; so proud of his acquire¬ 
 ments that he often said, that learning 
 was born, and would die with him. 
 
 Pallas, a freedman of Claudius 
 Caesar, immensely rich. 
 
 Paris, a handsome young actor, a 
 favourite of the emperor Domitian, 
 and also beloved by his empress. 
 
 Parnassus, a mountain of Phocis 
 in Greece, with two summits dedi¬ 
 cated to Apollo and the Muses. 
 
 Parrohasius, a famous painter, 
 who contended with 2^uxis, and gain¬ 
 ed the prize. 
 
 PASiPHAiE, wife of Minos king of 
 Crete, fell in love with a bull, and 
 being enclosed in a wooden cow, ob¬ 
 tained her desire: she conceived, and 
 brought forth the Minotaur, a fierce 
 monster, half man, half bull. Dseda- 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Ius, who made the cow, built also a 
 labyrinth, with inextricable turnings 
 and windings, to secure the monster. 
 But Minos shut up the builder and 
 his son in that labyrinth, from whence 
 they both escaped by artificial wings, 
 the father into Sardinia, and from 
 thence to Cumae safe ; the son flying 
 too high, the wax of his wings melted, 
 and he fell into the sea, called Icarian 
 from his name. 
 
 Patroclu s, a valiant Greek, son of 
 Menaetius, slain by Hector at the siege 
 of Troy, which so enraged Achilles, 
 that he never rested till he had sacri¬ 
 ficed him to the manes of his friend. 
 
 Pedo, a lawyer. 
 
 Pegasus, a winged horse, gene¬ 
 rated from the blood of Medusa. 
 
 Pegasus, a lawyer. 
 
 Peleus, king of Thessaly, and fa¬ 
 ther of Achilles. 
 
 Pella, a city of Macedon, where 
 Alexander was born, but died of a 
 fever at Babylon; where he lamented 
 that there were no more worlds for 
 him to conquer. 
 
 Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, 
 famous for spinning and weaving. 
 
 Peribonius, supposed to be the 
 high priest of Cybele, chief of a 
 band of ruffians, so notorious for 
 drunkenness and debauchery that it 
 was not lawful for a free-born Roman 
 to be one of the party. 
 
 Persicus, a friend of Juvenal. 
 
 Petosiris, a famous ^Egyptian phi¬ 
 losopher. 
 
 Ph^eacians, a people of the island 
 of Corcyra. 
 
 Phalaris, king of Agrigentum, the 
 cruellest of all the Sicilian tyrants: he 
 had a brazen bull, in which he roasted 
 offenders. 
 
 Phiale, a notorious harlot. 
 
 Philippu s, k ing of Macedon, father 
 of Alexander the Great. 
 
 Pholus, a drunken Centaur. When 
 he treated Hercules, he brought out a 
 tun of wine, which he had buried in 
 the sand 3 and being pierced, it cast a 
 perfume upon the air, which his bro¬ 
 ther Centaurs presently smelt, and 
 would have stormed the place, had 
 it not been defended by Hercules, 
 who killed many of them, and obliged 
 the rest to retreat. 
 
 Phydias, or Phidias, a famous 
 painter and statuary. 
 
 Picus, the son of Saturn, and the 
 first king of the Aborigines. 
 
 Pittacus, a philosopher of Mi¬ 
 tylene, and one of the seven wise men 
 of Greece. 
 
 Pollio, a famous harper, who dis¬ 
 puted for the oaken crown, which was 
 a prize given to victors in the sports 
 instituted by Domitian, and cele¬ 
 brated every fifth year in honour of 
 Jupiter Capitolinus. 
 
 Pollio, a celebrated orator, friend 
 of Augustus, and patron of Virgil. 
 
 Polycletus, a famous statuary. 
 
 PoLYPHEMU s, the son of Neptune, 
 and a Cyclops, famous for one eye in 
 the middle of his forehead. 
 
 Polyxena, daughter of king 
 Priam, married to Achilles. 
 
 Pompey, the Great, being routed 
 at the battle of Pharsalia, fled into 
 vEgypt, where he was slain. This was 
 the name of several Romans. 
 
 Pontic Serpent, a dragon that 
 watched the garden of the Hesperides, 
 from whence Hercules, notwithstand¬ 
 ing, stole the golden apples, and Jason 
 the golden fleece. 
 
 Ponticus, one who boasted of pe¬ 
 digree. 
 
 Pontifex Maximus, the em- 
 
INDEX. 
 
 399 
 
 perore were generally the chief pon¬ 
 tiffs. 
 
 Portico, the luxurious Romans 
 expended vast sums of money in 
 building ground-galleries (like our 
 piazzas) standing upon marble pil¬ 
 lars ; and they used sometimes to ride 
 in them. 
 
 PopPjEA, the wife of Nero: she in¬ 
 vented a sort of pomatum to preserve 
 her beauty, and when she was banished 
 from Rome, she had fifty she-asses 
 along with her, for their milk to 
 bathe in. 
 
 Posides, aneunuch, afreedmanof 
 Claudius Csesar, who built the Posi- 
 donian bath at Raise. 
 
 Posthumus, a friend of Juvenal's. 
 
 Pr.®1NESTE, a city of Italy, about 
 twenty miles from Rome eastward. 
 
 Pr^tor, a chief magistrate, hav¬ 
 ing kingly power both in civil and 
 military affairs. The Consul was so 
 called, after the expulsion of the 
 kings. 
 
 Priamus, son of Laomedon, and 
 ■ father of Paris, Hector, &c. He had 
 sixty-two children, thirteen by Hecuba 
 his wife, the rest by concubines: he 
 was the last king of Troy. 
 
 Priscian, a celebrated grammarian 
 of Caesarea, in the time of Justinian. 
 
 Procyta, a desert and rugged 
 island in the Tyrrhene sea, near the 
 cape of Misenum. 
 
 Proculeius, an infamous adul¬ 
 terer; Gillo was another, still more 
 notorious. An heir to one Ounce had 
 only one part of the estate; an heir 
 to eleven Ounces carried away eleven 
 parts of the estate. 
 
 Progne, daughter of Pandion king 
 of Athens, wife of Tereus king of 
 Thrace, who having ravished her sister 
 Philomela, she, in revenge,killed their 
 
 son Itys, and served him up to her 
 husband to eat. 
 
 Prometheus, the son of Iapetus, 
 by Clymene. The poets feign him to 
 have formed men of clay, and put life 
 into them by fire stolen from heaven; 
 at which Jupiter being angry, sent 
 Mercury to chain him to mount Cau¬ 
 casus, and to set a vulture to his 
 liver, which grew again, as fast as it 
 was devoured. His name is, by a 
 figure, applied to any ingenious pot¬ 
 ter. 
 
 Protogenes, a Grecian flatterer. 
 
 Psecas, one of the attendants of 
 Diana; here taken for any lady’s maid, 
 
 Pylades, the faithful friend of 
 Orestes; here taken for any such. 
 
 Pyrenei, mountains of Spain, di¬ 
 viding it from Fiance. 
 
 Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus, 
 and wife of Deucalion. 
 
 Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. 
 
 Pythagoras, a learned philosopher 
 of Samos, who travelled as far as India 
 through Algypt, in search of know¬ 
 ledge, and at last set up a school in 
 Italy. He believed in the transmigra¬ 
 tion of souls, and prohibited the eat¬ 
 ing of animals. He and his scholars 
 abstained from eating beans for some 
 secret reasons. 
 
 Quintilianus, a celebrated rhe¬ 
 torician, who taught rhetoric at Rome 
 in Domitian’s time. 
 
 Quintilla, a strumpet. 
 
 Quirinus, a name given to Romu¬ 
 lus after his consecration. 
 
 Quiris, the Sabines properly, but, 
 after their union with the Romans, 
 commonly used for the Roman peo¬ 
 ple. 
 
 Remus, the brother of Romulus, 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 slain in a sedition between him and 
 his brother. 
 
 Rhadamanthus, a lawgiver of 
 Crete, famous for his impartial jus- 
 ' tice j on account of which the poets 
 represent him as one of the three 
 judges of hell. 
 
 Rhenus, a river of Germany. 
 
 Rhodians, the inhabitants of 
 Rhodes, an island,in the Mediterra¬ 
 nean Sea, between Cyprus and Crete. 
 
 Rhodope, a mountain of Thrace. 
 
 Roma, Rome, the capital of Italy. 
 
 Rubellius Plancus, a Roman of 
 high and noble birth. 
 
 Rubrenus Lappa, an excellent 
 poet,nearly equal to theold tragedians. 
 
 Ruffus, an eminent grammarian 
 who charged Cicero with writing Latin 
 like an Allobrogian or Savoyard. 
 
 Rutila a deformed old woman. 
 
 Rutilus, a spendthrift, and dis¬ 
 grace to his ancestors: he studied the 
 rudiments of fencing, to qualify him¬ 
 self himself to be public gladiator for 
 money. 
 
 Rutuli, an ancient people of 
 Italy. 
 
 Rutupinum, a town on the Eng¬ 
 lish coast, now called Richborough. 
 
 Sabelli, a people of Italy. 
 
 Sabini, a people of Italy. 
 
 Saguntum, a city of Spain, famous 
 for holding out against Hannibal. 
 They made coarse earthen vessels there. 
 
 Salamis, anciently a city, now a 
 village of Cyprus. 
 
 Saleius, a man fertile in genius, 
 but indigent in circumstances. 
 
 Salii, priests of Mars, instituted 
 by Numa, who carried the sacred An¬ 
 cilia in procession, capering, dancing, 
 and singing rustic songs. 
 
 Samothracia, an island in the 
 
 ^gean sea: the gods of the inhabi¬ 
 tants were Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, 
 and Vesta. 
 
 Santones, a people of Aquitania, 
 in Gaul. 
 
 Sardanapalus, the last king of 
 Assyria, a prince so extremely effemi¬ 
 nate, that his own captains conspired 
 against him: being overcome he made 
 a funeral pile, set it on fire, and burnt 
 himself and his most precious move¬ 
 ables in it. 
 
 Sarmatia, a large country, part 
 in Europe, part in Africa. 
 
 Sarmentus, a Roman knight, and 
 famous buffoon, who insinuated him¬ 
 self into thefavourof Augustus Caesar, 
 and was frequently a guest at his 
 table, where he endured all manner 
 of insults. 
 
 Saturn^ the son of Coelum and 
 Terra. In his reign the poets place 
 the golden age. 
 
 Sauromat^, the inhabitants of 
 Sarmatia. 
 
 Scantinia Lex, a law enacted 
 against unnatural desire. 
 
 SciPiADAE, so called from Scipio the 
 surname of a noble Roman family. 
 There were three very considerable 
 men of this name, Scipio Africanus, 
 who conquered Hannibal; Scipio 
 iEmilius, who razed Numantia and 
 Carthage j and Scipio Nesica judged 
 by both the senate and people the 
 best man in Rome. 
 
 Scylla, the daughter of Phorcus, 
 metamorphosed into a dangerous rock 
 between Sicily and Italy. 
 
 Scythia, the country of the Crim 
 Tartars. 
 
 Secundus Carrinas, a famous 
 rhetorician who came from Athens to 
 Rome, and declaimed against tyrants: 
 he was banished by Caligula. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 401 
 
 Sejanus, a Tuscan, born at Vol- I 
 sciiiiuni; where llie jj^oddess Nurscia, i 
 the same as Fortune, was worship¬ 
 ped. He was a great favourite of 
 Tiberius, and by him raised to the 
 highest pitch of greatness j but con- i 
 spiring against his master, he was j 
 condemned, dragged througlj the | 
 streets, and thrown into the Tiber. 
 
 Seius, here taken for any good 
 man. 
 
 Seleucus, a noble musician, who, 
 according to the fashion of the times, 
 used a rich embroidered garment, for 
 the delight of the spectators, to walk 
 and sing upon the stage. 
 
 Semiramis, the wife of Ninus 
 king of Assyria, who, after the death 
 of her husband, personated her son, 
 putting on man’s apparel, in which 
 disguise she performed great ex¬ 
 ploits. At last, failing from noble to 
 sensual desiie, she was killed by her 
 own son. 
 
 Seneca, a noble Roman of great i 
 munificence, 
 
 Senones, the inhabitants of Cam- 
 pagne in France, and the adjacent 
 region. 
 
 Sergiolus, a diminutive from 
 Sergius, a gladiator. 
 
 Seriphus, one of the Cyclades in 
 the Archipelago: here astrologeis 
 w’ere sometimes confined : but, if in 
 the end their pi edictions proved true, 
 they were recalled. 
 
 Serranus, a poet of eminence in 
 the days of Juvenal. 
 
 Sertorius ami Bibula, twi) 
 fictitious names of a husband and 
 wife. 
 
 .Setine, from Setia, which gives 
 name to the Setine hills, and lies near 
 Terracina in Campania. 
 
 Sextus, a most infamous person. 
 
 Sibylla, a woman divinely in¬ 
 spired. 
 
 .Sicambri, the inhabitantsofGuel- 
 derland, 
 
 Sicilia, the island of Sicily in 
 the Mediterranean. 
 
 Sicyon, a city of Peloponnesus. 
 
 Signia, a town in Italy famed for 
 wines and fruits. * 
 
 Silanus, son-in-law to the em¬ 
 peror Claudius. 
 
 Silvanus, the god of the woods 
 and gloves. 
 
 Siren, a poetical monster, partly 
 virgin, partly fowl. 
 
 Socrates, the son of a stone-cut¬ 
 ter and a midwife. He was a famous 
 philosopher, and in the judgment of 
 the oracle of Apollo, the wisest man 
 living in his time. 
 
 Solon, one of the wise men of 
 Greece, the law-giver of tiie Athe¬ 
 nians. 
 
 Solyma, the city of Jerusalem. 
 
 Sophocles, a tragic poet, digni¬ 
 fied with the epithet of divine. 
 
 SoRA, a town of Latium in Italy. 
 
 Sostratus, a Greek poet, who 
 wrote the Persian expedition into 
 Greece. 
 
 Sparta, an antient city of Pelo¬ 
 ponnesus ill Greece. 
 
 Statius, a Neapolitan : he wrote 
 a tragedy called Agave, which was 
 purchased by Paris, the celebrated 
 actor. 
 
 Stentor, a man said to have as 
 loud a voice as that of fifty men put 
 together. 
 
 Sthenob.ea, the wife of Praetns 
 king of the Argives, who fell in love 
 with Bellerophon. .See Bellero¬ 
 phon. 
 
 Stoici, philosophers, so called 
 from a portico in Athens, finely em- 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 bellished, where they assembled to 
 dispute. 
 
 STOiciDiE, the same as above. 
 
 Stratocles, a Greek actor. 
 
 SuLMO, a city of the Peligni in 
 Italy. 
 
 Sybaris, a city of Calabria, whose 
 inhabitants were so addicted to plea¬ 
 sure and effeminacy, that their lux¬ 
 ury became proverbial. 
 
 Sylla, a noble Roman, who, after 
 many remarkable victories abroad, 
 returned to Rome, and got the go¬ 
 vernment into his hands, which he 
 administered with the greatest cruel¬ 
 ty. At last he died, after he had put 
 to death 100,000 men, 2,000 gentle¬ 
 men, 90 senators, and 15 consuls. 
 
 SiPHAX, king of Numidia. 
 
 Syria, a country of Asia Minor. 
 
 Syrophcenix, part of Syria in 
 Asia Minor. 
 
 Tabraca, a city in Africa Pro¬ 
 pria, now called Tunis, on the Me¬ 
 diterranean,-near which was a wood, 
 containing a great number of apes. 
 
 Tagus, a river of Portugal, fa¬ 
 mous for its golden sands. 
 
 Tanaquil, wife of Tarquinius 
 Priscus, a woman skilled in di¬ 
 vination j but here taken for any 
 wife. 
 
 Tarentum, a city of Calabria, 
 notorious for the wickedness and de¬ 
 bauchery of its inhabitants. 
 
 Tarpeius, of or belonging to 
 mount Tarpeius, or Capitolinus. 
 
 Tauricus, of mount Taurus in 
 Asia. 
 
 Taurominitanus, of or belong¬ 
 ing to Taurominium in Sicily. 
 
 Telamon, son of /Eacus, father of 
 Teucer and Ajax, and one of the Ar¬ 
 gonauts. 
 
 Telephus, an illegitimate son of 
 Auge, daughter of Aliens. 
 
 Telesinus, a poet. 
 
 Tentyra, a city of Egypt near 
 to Ombi or Ombos. 
 
 Terpsichore, one of the nine 
 Muses. 
 
 Thais, a courtezan. 
 
 Thales, a Milesian, one of the 
 seven wise men of Greece, famous 
 for ethics and astronomy. 
 
 Thebais, a poem of Statius on 
 the Theban war. 
 
 Thebes, a city in BoeoHa, which 
 had seven gates, as the Nile had 
 seven mouths. 
 
 Themison, a physician. 
 
 Theodorus, aGadareanby birth, 
 and renowned for his skill in rhetoric. 
 
 Thersites, an impudent and 
 cowardly fellow at the siege of 
 Troy. 
 
 Theseis, an heroic poem so called, 
 written by Codrus. 
 
 Thessalia, a country of Greece. 
 
 Thracia, a country in the farthest 
 eastern part of Europe. 
 
 Thraseas P^tus, son in law to 
 Helvidius Priscus, who both willing¬ 
 ly would have shed their blood to 
 preserve Rome from the tyranny of 
 Nero. Thraseas bled to death by the 
 command of Nero, and Helvidius 
 was banished. 
 
 Thrasyllus, a Platonist, and a 
 great mathematician, once in high 
 esteem with Tiberius Caesar, but was 
 afterwards by his command thrown 
 into the sea at Rhodes. 
 
 Thrasymachus, a rhetorician of 
 Athens, born at Carthage. 
 
 Thule, Shetland,one of the island» 
 of the Orcades. 
 
 Thyestes, son of Pelops, and 
 brother of Atreus, with whose wife 
 
INDEX. 
 
 403 
 
 he had committed adultery, to re- 
 Tenge which Atreus dressed the child 
 born of her, and served him up to his 
 brother at his own table: also a tra¬ 
 gedy of that name. 
 
 Thymele, the wife of a very jea¬ 
 lous man called Latinus. 
 
 Thyrsus, a spear twisted about 
 with ivy, proper to Bacchus. 
 
 Tiberis, a famous river of Italy, 
 dividingTuscany from Latiura j after 
 it has washed the wails of Rome, it 
 runs into the Tyrrhene Sea; it was 
 anciently called Albula Tymbris, 
 hodie Tevere. 
 
 Tibur, a city of Latium, about 
 sixteen miles distant from Rome, 
 now called Tivoli, situated on the 
 river Anio Tiburtes. 
 
 Tigellinus, a creature of Nero’s, 
 a counterpart of that wicked and 
 profligate tyrant. 
 
 Tiresias, a blind soothsayer of 
 Thebes, who by chance was of both 
 sexes. Jupiter and Juno having had 
 an argument, whether the male or 
 female were most ardent iulove, sub¬ 
 mitted the judgment to Tiresias, as 
 he had experience of both; Tiresias 
 declared on the side of the female, 
 for which judgment Juno struck him 
 blind. Jupiter, in recompence for 
 his blindness, gave him the gift of 
 prophecy. 
 
 Tirynthius, of, or belonging to 
 the city Tiryns. 
 
 Tisypiione, one of the Furies, 
 whose head had snakes hanging down 
 instead of hairs. 
 
 Titan, the son of Coelus and 
 Vesta, the elder brother of Saturn. 
 
 Titius, a man of a virtuous cha¬ 
 racter, 
 
 Tongillus, a lawyer. 
 
 Tralles, a city of Lesser Asia. 
 
 Trebius, Juvenal’s friend, whom 
 he dissuades from living the life of a 
 parasite. 
 
 Tribuni, defenders of the popular 
 liberty against the innovations of the 
 patricians. 
 
 Trifolinus, a mountain of Cam¬ 
 pania Felix in Italy. 
 
 Troja, Troy, a city of Phrygia in 
 Asia the Less, near Mount Ida, three 
 miles from the sea. It was, after a 
 ten years war, vanquished and razed 
 by the Greeks 432 years before the 
 building of Rome. 
 
 Trypherus, a man eminent for 
 his skill in carving, which he taught 
 publicly. 
 
 Tullia, a strumpet. 
 
 Tullius, the sixth king of Rome. 
 
 Tullus, a Roman king. 
 
 Turnus, a king of the Rutilians, 
 slain by iEneas. 
 
 Tuscus, Tuscan, or Etrurian. 
 
 Tydides, Diomedes, son of Ty¬ 
 deus. 
 
 Tyn DARis,Cly temnestra,daughter 
 of Tyndarus, and wife of Agamem¬ 
 non, who living in adultery with 
 ^Egisthus during her husband’s ab¬ 
 sence at the siege of Troy, conspired 
 against him to have him murdered 
 on his return. 
 
 Tyrus, Tyre, a city and island of 
 Numantia in Asia Minor. Hence 
 Tyrius, Tyrian. 
 
 Tyrrhenus, Tuscan. 
 
 Ucalegon, a nobleman of Troy, 
 but used by Juvenal for any neigh¬ 
 bour. 
 
 ULUBRiE, a small town of Cam¬ 
 pania in Italy. 
 
 Ulysses, the son of Laertes and 
 Anticlea, governor of Ithaca and Du¬ 
 lichium; he was the most eloquent, 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 aud subtle commander of all the 
 Greeks who went to the siege of 
 Troy. 
 
 Umbritius, a celebrated diviner. 
 
 Urbicus, a notorious buffoon. 
 
 Ursidius, a notorious adulterer. 
 
 Varillus, a wicked and indigent 
 man, who acknowledged no differ¬ 
 ence between himself and Sextus, 
 who was r person very vicious, but 
 very rich, 
 
 Vascones, a people of the north 
 of Spain, now called Gascoins. 
 
 Vaticanus, one of the seven hills 
 on which Rome is built, situated 
 near the Tiber, and famous for its 
 wines. 
 
 Vectius, a professor of rhetoric. 
 
 ViENTO, a very proud man. 
 
 Velox Lentulus, a Roman no¬ 
 bleman, who acted on the stage. 
 
 Venafrum, a city of Campania 
 in Italy, famous for its oil. 
 
 Ventidius Bassus, the son of a 
 bond-woman of Ascalon: in the first 
 career of his life he was a waggon- 
 driver j he afterwards became a mule¬ 
 teer; and in one year after he was 
 created Praetor and Consul. 
 
 Venus, the goddess of beauty and 
 love; the wife of Vulcan, and harlot 
 of Mars ; she was also the patroness 
 of prostitutes, and is said to have 
 sprung from the froth of the sea. 
 
 Venusium, a city of Apulia, the 
 birth place of Horace. 
 
 Verres, Praetor of Sicily, which 
 he plundered and robbed; but, by the 
 accusation of Cicero, he was con¬ 
 demned and banished from Rome. 
 
 Vesta. There were two goddesses 
 of this name; the one of fire, the 
 other of the earth. The one the wife 
 of Coelus, and mother of Saturn; the 
 other the daughter of Jupiter. 
 
 ViRGlLius, Virgil, the prince of 
 Latin poets, born at Mantua. 
 
 Virginius, a Roman centurion, 
 father of Virginia, and a valiant cha¬ 
 racter. 
 
 Virro, here taken for any rich 
 and haughty patron. 
 
 Volsinium, a city of Tuscafiy. 
 
 VoLUsius, a wretched poet of 
 Padua. 
 
 Vulcanus, Vulcan, the son of 
 Jupiter and Juno, or of Juno only. 
 He was smith to Jupiter, and with 
 his servants, the Cyclops, forged his 
 bolls: he taught the Lemnians the 
 smith trade. 
 
 Zelates, a young man sent to 
 Rome from Artaxata, the Armenian 
 capital, debauched by the Tribune, 
 who had the guardianship of him. 
 
 Zeno, a citizen of Cittus, in Cy¬ 
 prus, founder of the sect of the 
 Stoic philosophers. 
 
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