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ΚΑΚΟΝ ΤΟ ΚΑΛΟΝ ΗΝ ΤΙ ΜΗ ΚΑΙΡΟΥ ΤΥΧΗ.

Γλαῦκε, γραφὰς τυφλοῖσι δίδως καὶ κάστανα νωδοῖς, βρώματα τοῖς μεστοῖς, τοῖς μεθύουσι ποτόν·

χρήματα τοῖς πτωχοῖσι θροεῖς ῥώμην τε νοσούσι, συμποσίοις σκυθρὸς, πρὸς δὲ πυρῇσι γελῶν·

ταῦτα μὲν ἔκ σεν ἄκαιρα πάρεσθ', ἓν δ ̓ οὔποτ ̓ ἄκαιρον, πλῆγμα τό σ' ἐξοῖσον καίριον εἰς ̓Αΐδεω.

QUOD NON OPUS EST ASSE CARUM EST

QUID prosit hæc res vel quid illa quærenti
Tu reddidisti semper

" asse nam venit.'

Pictum lacunar, prædia, hortulos, gemmas,
Servi, coemit hoc tuum 'asse nam venit:'
Tot emptiones rem paternam abalienant,
Laqueus emendus restat-asse nam venit.

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SHAKSPEARE.

KING HENRY VI. PART III. Act 1. Scene 4.

YORK.

SHE-WOLF of France, but worse than wolves of France,

Whose tongue more poisons than the adder's tooth!

How ill-beseeming is it in thy sex,

To triumph, like an Amazonian trull,
Upon their woes, whom fortune captivates!
But that thy face is, vizor-like, unchanging,
Made impudent with use of evil deeds,

I would assay, proud queen, to make thee blush:

To tell thee whence thou camest, of whom derived,

Were shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless.

Thy father bears the type of king of Naples,

Of both the Sicils, and Jerusalem;

Yet not so wealthy as an English yeoman.

Hath that poor monarch taught thee to insult?
It needs not, nor it boots thee not, proud queen;

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