CIIII.

CONCERNING LESBIA.

Canst thou credit that I could avail to revile my life-love, She who be dearer to me even than either my eyes? Ne'er could I, nor an I could, should I so losingly love her: But with Tappo thou dost design every monstrous deed.

Dost deem me capable of speaking ill of my life, she who is dearer to me than are both mine eyes? I could not, nor if I could, would my love be so desperate: but thou with Tappo dost frame everything heinous.

Mentula conatur Pipleum scandere montem: Musae furcillis praecipitem eiciunt.