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THE EARLY DAYS OF 



RUSTICUS, JUDMUS ET PORCULUS. 



In rure fragrante, vir rusticus 

 erat, qui in hieme gravissima 

 tristi-que egere ccepit. Nee illi 

 quiddam alimenti ut liberos suos 

 pasceret. 



Ad Judceum seniorem, ava- 

 rum-que, deinde tit, et multtmi 

 supplicans, unam minam pop- 

 oscit. Sed illi avarus, " Pecunia 

 hand facilis est amice ! atsi ar- 

 gento recepto, quale prcedium 

 dabis ? " 



A Countryman being hard up during a severe winter, 

 applies to a Jew for tlie loan of a pound. The Jew after 

 remarking that money is " tight," asks what security is 

 offered if those moneys are forthcoming. 



The Countryman says he will give a porker as .security, 

 on which the Jew is very indignant. 



" Formosum porculum 

 dabo ! " respondit rusticus. 



Turn ira motus-est avar- 

 us, horrescit, ardentes occu- 

 los intorsit lumine glauco, 

 sic or a resolvit. " Scis 

 rustice ! scis ipse ! ut apud 

 nos porculus vetitus esset. 

 Quo modo bestiam obscenam 

 dare audes ? pudet me tecum 

 colloqui ! Vero ut diceret 

 Cicero. "Quod nan opus 

 est, asse carum est." Cito 

 vade rustice ! 



