Ducebatque secum Meswinden formosam.

Quid stamus, cur non imus?

A fellow rid by the greenwood side,

And fair Meswinde was his bride,

Why stand we so, and do not go?

[5543]Cynthia te vatem fecit lascive Properti,

Ingenium Galli pulchra Lycoris habet.

Fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibulli,

Lesbia dictavit docte Catulle tibi.

Non me Pelignus, nec spernet Mantua vatem,