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O FVNDE noster seu Sabine seu Tiburs
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My farm, whether Sabine or Tiburtine
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(nam te esse Tiburtem autumant, quibus non est
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(for those affirm that you are Tiburtine, who do not love
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cordi Catullum laedere; at quibus cordi est,
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to annoy Catullus, but those who do
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quouis Sabinum pignore esse contendunt),
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will wager anything that you are Sabine)--
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sed seu Sabine siue uerius Tiburs,
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but at all events, whether you are Sabine or more rightly Tiburtine,
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fui libenter in tua suburbana
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I was glad to be in your retreat, 'twixt country and town,
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uilla, malamque pectore expuli tussim,
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and to clear my chest of the troublesome cough,
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non inmerenti quam mihi meus uenter,
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which, my greediness gave me (not undeservedly)
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dum sumptuosas appeto, dedit, cenas.
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whilst I was running after costly feasts.
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nam, Sestianus dum uolo esse conuiua,
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I wanted to go to dinner with Sestius,
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orationem in Antium petitorem
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and so I read a speech of his against the candidate Antius,
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plenam ueneni et pestilentiae legi.
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full of poison and plague.
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hic me grauedo frigida et frequens tussis
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Thereuon a shivering chill and a constant cough
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quassauit usque, dum in tuum sinum fugi,
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shook me to pieces, till at last I fled to your bosom,
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et me recuraui otioque et urtica.
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and set myself right again by a diet of laziness and nettle.
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quare refectus maximas tibi grates
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So now, having recovered, I return you my best thanks
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ago, meum quod non es ulta peccatum.
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because you did not punish my error.
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nec deprecor iam, si nefaria scripta
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And henceforth, if I ever again take in hand the abominable writings
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Sesti recepso, quin grauedinem et tussim
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of Sestius, I freely consent that the chill shall bring catarrh and cough,
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non mihi, sed ipsi Sestio ferat frigus,
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not upon me, but upon Sestius himself,
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qui tunc uocat me, cum malum librum legi. |
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for inviting me just when I have read a stupid book. |