Trusantem: hunc ego, si placet Dionae,
Protelo rigida mea cecidi.
LVI.
To Cato, describing a "Black Joker."
O risible matter (Cato!) and jocose,
Digne of thy hearing, of thy sneering digne.
Laugh (Cato!) an thou love Catullus thine;
The thing is risible, nay, too jocose.
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