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Sprattus Et Uxor.
by Jacob BigelowJack Spratt could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean,
And so between them both
They licked the platter clean.
Sprattus horrescens adipem recusat,
Uxor et non vult tolerare macrum:
Conjuges digni! potu're sic de-
tergere lancem.