[327] Not in Isham copy or ed. A.

[328] The original has "Quam cito de toto rediit meus orbe Sabinus," &c.


Elegia XIX.[329]

Ad rivalem cui uxor curæ non erat.

Fool, if to keep thy wife thou hast no need,

Keep her from me, my more desire to breed;

We scorn things lawful; stolen sweets we affect;

Cruel is he that loves whom none protect.

Let us, both lovers, hope and fear alike,