Letter 6008: We came to Cantum on a happy road,
VII
Ad Cantumblandum villam de pomis dictum
Venimus ad Cantum felici tramite blandum,
Aregium laetor quo reperisse patrem.
quod petit instigans avido gula nostra barathro,
excipiunt oculos aurea poma meos.
undique concurrunt variato mala colore,
credas ut pictas me meruisse dapes.
vix digitis tetigi, fauce hausi, dente rotavi
migravitque alvo praeda citata loco.
nam sapor ante placet quam traxit naris odorem:
sic vincente gula naris honore caret.
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