“Præter legitimi genitalia fœdera cœtûs,

Repperit obscænas veneres vitiosa libido;

Herculis heredi quam Lemnia suasit egestas,

Quam toga facundi scenis agitavit Afranî.”

Epigram. 71.

“Could men to love be lured by magic rites,

Each crone would with a lover sooth her nights:

A tender form, and youth, and gentle smiles,

Are the sweet potion which the heart beguiles.”

“I swell with such gladness my brain almost turns,