Letter 11009: Item ad eandem pro eulogiis transmissis
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Item ad eandem pro eulogiis transmissis
Sollicita pietate iubes cognoscere semper,
qualiter hic epulis te tribuente fover.
haec quoque prima fuit hodiernae copia cenae,
quod mihi perfuso melle dedistis holus;
nec semel aut iterum, sed terque quaterque cucurrit,
cuius me poterat pascere solus odor.
portitor ad tantos missus non sufficit unus;
lassarunt totiens qui rediere pedes.
praeterea venit missus cum collibus altis
undique carnali monte superbus apex,
deliciis cinctus quas terra vel unda ministrat;
conpositis epulis hortulus intus erat.
haec ego nunc avidus superavi cuncta gulosus:
et mons et hortus ventre tenetur iners.
singula nec refero, quia me tua munera vincunt:
ad caelos victrix et super astra voles.
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