Kitap 2
And nature with pernicious med'cines raise;
Nor drugs, nor herbs, will what you fancy prove,
460
And I pronounce 'em pois'nous all in love.
Some pepper bruis'd with seeds of nettle join,
And clary steep in bowls of mellow wine:
Venus is most averse to forced delights,
Extorted flames pollute her genial rites.
465
With fishes' spawn thy feeble nerves recruit,
And with eringo's hot salacious root;
The goddess worshipp'd by th' Erycian swains,
Megara's white shallot, so faint, disdains.
New eggs they take,Especially hens and partridges, which, as Almansor teaches, are wonderfully provocative. Pliny says they are very nourishing if not eaten to excess. and honey's liquid juice,
470
And leaves and apples of the pine infuse.
Prescribe no more, my muse, nor med'cine give,
Beauty and youth need no provocative.
You that conceal'd your secret crimes before,
Proclaim them now, now publish each amour.
475
Nor tax me with inconstancy; we find
The driving bark requires a veering wind:
Now northern blasts we court, now southern gales,
