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A group of men and women has gathered in front of a doorway, through which can be seen barrels of wine. On one side stands a court jester.
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tetrastichon.

Intererit multům quo vase vinum recondas,
Nam pereunt putido vina falerna[1] cado:
Sic bona verba malo frustra funduntur ab ore,
Illius & vitio saepe perire solent.

It matters much what pot you store wine in, for Falernian wine is ruined by a rotting cask. So good words pour in vain from an evil mouth: its badness often spoils them.

quatrain.

Comme le vin bon goust ne peult avoir,
Si puenteur d’aucun costé le touche:
Semblablement bon propos n’a pouvoir,
S’il est sorty d’une meschante bouche.

Notes:

1.  Falernian wine was the best wine in Roman Italy.

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