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RISI nescio quem modo e corona, | 1 | A fellow in the crowd made me laugh just now: |
qui, cum mirifice Vatiniana | 2 | when my dear Calvus had drawn out in splendid style |
meus crimina Caluos explicasset | 3 | his accusations against Vatinius, |
admirans ait haec manusque tollens, | 4 | he lifted up his hands in wonder, and |
'di magni, salaputium disertum!' | 5 | "Great gods," says he, "what an eloquent manikin!" |