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'Ego vero,'
inquit 'omni de re facilius puto esse ab homine non
inurbano, quam de ipsis facetiis disputari. Itaque cum
quosdam Graecos inscriptos libros esse vidissem de ridi-
culis, non nullam in spem veneram posse me ex eis aliquid
discere; inveni autem ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum;
nam et Siculi in eo genere et Rhodii et Byzantii et praeter
ceteros Attici excellunt; sed qui eius rei rationem quandam
conati sunt artemque tradere, sic insulsi exstiterunt, ut nihil
aliud eorum nisi ipsa insulsitas rideatur;
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