De nuptiis 9.997 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk £.MART.CAP.Nupt9.997 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings Latin Poems De nuptiis 9.997
Habes senilem, Martiane, fabulam, Miscilla lusit quam lucernis flamine Satura, Pelasgos dum docere nititur Artes cathedris uix amicas Atticis, Sic in nouena decidit uolumina. Haec quippe loquax docta indoctis aggerans Fandis tacenda farcinat immiscuit Musas deosque, disciplinas cyclicas Garrire agresti cruda finxit plasmate. Hac ipsa namque rupta conscientia Turgensque felle ac bili "multa chlamyde Prodire doctis approbanda cultibus Possemque comis utque e Martis curia; Felicis" inquit "sed Capellae flemine Indocta rabidum quem uidere saecula Iurgis caninos blateratus pendere, † proconsulari uero dantem culmini Ipsoque dudum bombinat ore flosculo † decerptum falce iam canescenti rota, Beata alumnum urbs Elissae quem uidit Iugariorum murcidam uiciniam Paruo obsidentem uixque respersum lucro, Nictante cura somnolentum lucibus; Ab hoc creatum Pegaseum gurgitem Decente quando possem haurire poculo?" Testem ergo nostrum quae ueternum prodidit Secute nugis, nate, ignosce lectitans.