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| SED nunc id doleo, quod purae pura puellae | 1 | BUT now what annoys me is that your nasty spittle |
suauia comminxit spurca saliua tua. |
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has urinated on the pure lips of a pure girl. |
| uerum id non impune feres: nam te omnia saecla | 3 | But you shall not have it gratis; all generations |
noscent et, qui sis, fama loquetur anus. |
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shall know you, and beldame Rumour shall tell what you are. |