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With his estate not falsely is Mentula of Firmum said to be rich, which has everything in it of such
excellence, game preserves of every kind, fish, meadows, plowland and beasts. In
vain: the yield is overcome by the expense. Therefore I grant that he is rich,
while everything is lacking. Let us praise the estate, while its owner is a
needy man.
Catullus. The Carmina of Gaius Valerius Catullus. Leonard C. Smithers. London. Smithers. 1894.
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