Chapter_1798

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“Omnia vult belle Matho dicere⁠—dic aliquando

Et bene, dic neutrum, dic aliquando male.”

The first is rather more than mortal can do;

The second may be sadly done or gaily;

The third is still more difficult to stand to;

The fourth we hear, and see, and say too, daily:

The whole together is what I could wish

To serve in this conundrum of a dish.