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SI cui iure bono sacer alarum obstitit hircus, |
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IF there ever was a good fellow afflicted with rankness, |
aut si quem merito tarda podagra secat. |
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or one who was racked for his sins with the gout, |
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aemulus iste tuus, qui uestrem exercet amorem, |
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your rival who keeps your love busy |
mirifice est a te nactus utrumque malum. |
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has got both from you to a marvel. |
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nam quotiens futuit, totiens ulciscitur ambos: |
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Whenever he has sex with her, they both pay dear for it; |
illam affligit odore, ipse perit podagra. |
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she is overwhelmed with the gust, he half dead with the gout. |