CXXIII.

_Juga boum emi._ Luc. xiv. 19.

Ad coenam voco te, domini quod jussa volebant;

Tu mihi, nescio quos, dicis, inepte, boves.

Imo vale, nobis nec digne nec utilis hospes;

Coena tuos, credo, malit habere boves.

_I have bought five yoke of oxen._

I call thee to His Supper,

for so The Master spake:

Thou sayest 'No,' pretending

thou must thy oxen take.

Farewell, O thou unworthy

and wholly useless guest;

Thy oxen for the Supper

in truth were better prest. G.

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