Edera.

Ivy

Haudquaquam arescens ederae est arbuscula, Cisso[1]
Quae puero Bacchum dona dedisse ferunt:
Errabunda, procax, auratis fulva corymbis,
Exterius viridis, caetera pallor habet.
Hinc aptis vates cingunt sua tempora sertis:[2]
Pallescunt studiis, laus diuturna viret.

There is a bushy plant which never withers, the ivy which Bacchus, they say, gave as a gift to the boy Cissos. It goes where it will, uncontrollable; tawny where the golden berry-clusters hang; green on the outside but pale everywhere else. Poets use it to wreathe their brows with garlands that fit them well - poets are pale with study, but their praise remains green for ever.

HEdera perpetuò viret, tenax est, eíque parti mo-
lesta cui haeret, corymbos aureos producit, ex-
tra viridis, in caeteris pallescens, poëtarum condi-
tionem repraesentat, qui haerent studiis, sibíque in-
terdum nocent, quòd ferè corporeis exercitationi-
bus careant: famam tamen nominis nunquam mori-
turam, quasi mercedem auream exspectant. solantur
enim se, & studiorum molestias atque difficultates
sempiternae laudis opinione levant.

Cotonea.

The quince

Poma novis tribui debere Cydonia nuptis
Dicitur antiquus constituisse Solon.[1]
Grata ori & stomacho cum sint, ut & halitus illis
Sit suavis, blandus manet & ore lepos.

Solon of old is said to have ordained that quinces be given to newly-weds, since these are pleasant both to mouth and stomach. As a result their breath is sweet, and winning grace drops from their lips.