Non attagen Ionicus
Jucundior, quam lecta de pinguissimis
Oliva ramis arborum;
Aut herba lapathi prata amantis, et gravi
Malvæ salubres corpori.
Hor. Epod. 2.
Not Lucrine oysters I could then more prize,
Nor turbot, nor bright golden eyes;
If with east floods the winter troubled much
Into our seas send any such: