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PORCI et Socration, duae sinistrae
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Porcius and Socration, Piso's two left hands,
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Pisonis, scabies famesque mundi,
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you plague and mere famine,
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uos Veraniolo meo et Fabullo
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has that phallic Priapus preferred you
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uerpus praeposuit Priapus ille?
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to my dear Veranius and Fabullus?
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uos conuiuia lauta sumptuose
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Are you spending money and holding splendid rich banquets
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de die facitis, mei sodales
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at vast expense in broad daylight, whilst my old friends
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quaerunt in triuio uocationes? |
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must walk about the streets to hunt for an invitation ? |