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O qui flosculus es Iuuentiorum,
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You who are the flower of the Juventii,
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non horum modo, sed quot aut fuerunt
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not only of thosee we know, but of all who either have been
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aut posthac aliis erunt in annis,
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or shall be hereafter in other years,
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mallem diuitias Midae dedisses
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I had rather you had given en the riches of Midas
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isti, cui neque seruus est neque arca,
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to that fellow who has neither servant nor money-box,
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quam sic te sineres ab illo amari.
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than so allow your to be courted by him.
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'qui? non est homo bellus?' inquies. est:
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What? is he not a fine gentleman?" you will say. O, yes;
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sed bello huic neque seruus est neque arca.
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but this fine gentleman has neither a servant nor a money-box.
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hoc tu quam lubet abice eleuaque:
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You may put this aside and make as little of it as you like:
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| nec seruum tamen ille habet neque arcam. |
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for all that, he has neither a servant nor a
money-box. |