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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

Note 1484 — PERSIUS.

Lewis Evans translation

Cannabe.

"And while a broken plank supports your meat, And a coil'd cable proves your softest seat, Suck from squab jugs that pitchy scents exhale, The seaman's beverage, sour at once and stale." Gifford.

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