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41. Whoso Comes Hither Shall A Bard Become

41

Priapus

Quisquis venerit huc, poeta fiat

et versus mihi dedicet iocosos.

qui non fecerit, inter eruditos

ficosissimus ambulet poetas.

Whoso comes hither shall a bard become

And to me dedicate facetious verse;

But who thiswise doth not, 'mid learnd poets

Shall pace with fundament fulfilled of 'figs'.

Whoever comes hither let him become a poet and dedicate to me jocose verses. He who does not, shall, teeming with piles, walk amongst learned poets.

[1.
Piles were a frequent result of sodomy. The word "ficus" means primarily a fig, and piles were so called from their resemblance in shape to that fruit.]
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