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By my troth, ’tis clear that I’m undone, and by no fault of my ownBy no fault of my own: Nihil obnoxie, by reason of no fault or offence of my own; thus consoling himself for his rebuff. It has been observed by various Critics, that this passage is very obscure; but the above translation, which is sanctioned by the learned Rost, is most probably the correct one Warner renders it out of doubt, which, out of doubt, is not the meaning.. The number is less than it was before by one Gelasimus. I’m resolved, hereafter, never to believe in a weasel,
GELASIMUS
for I know of no beast more uncertain than her. She who herself is ten times a day shifting her place, from her have I taken my omens in matters of life and death to me! I’m determined to call my friends together, to take counsel how by rule I must starve henceforth.
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