1335 (return) [ _i.e._ untimely, premature. Juvenal similarly speaks of
‘cruda senectus’ (caused by gluttony).]
1336 (return) [ The thought is parallel to that of ‘O, what a goodly
outside falsehood hath.’]
1337 (return) [ The ‘common feast’ is one to which all present
subscribe. Theognis (line 495) says that one of the chief pleasures of
a banquet is the general conversation. Hence the present passage means
that such a feast naturally costs little, while the many present will
make pleasurable conversation.]