A prize of £5 is offered for a translation into
English verse of the following (no line limit, but conciseness will score): Ecce auctor magicus, quo non expertior alter delectare animos lion inum risusque movere. nainque novas scaenae personas intulit et res ridiculas cuique adiunxit. Cul non bene not us dives opum itivenis, comisque animique benigni. nee quad vtrlt fecisse capax, nisi fidus Acliates ipse doll fabricator adest vestisque decentis arbiter? aut comes ille loquax et ventre rotunda cui patruusque neposque agnatorum ei domus anvils
miranda in vita—sic narrat—fata obierunt Nobilis est etiam Clarens, fundique paterni • et suis eximiae dominus. Psmintheusque Wilda cui far cuticle,' Augustus item qui novit amores ranicularum, aliusque alio sub sidere naves. non villa autetn hominuni naso suspend:
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sed tenera pietate notat, peccataque ridet. Hoc quoque, lingua etsi repleat plebeia chartas, non incomposito panful. pede currere verba, concinnus, lepidus, purl sermonis amator.• Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 314,' 99 Gower Street, London, WCI, must be received by February 28. Results in the Spectator of March 9.
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