Ausonius Paulo  Ostrea nobilium cenis sumptuque nepotum cognita diversoque maris deprensa profundo, aut refugis nudata vadis aut scrupea subter antra et muriceis scopulorum mersa lacunis, quae viridis muscus, quae decolor alga recondit, quae testis concreta suis ceu saxa cohaerent, quae mutata loco, pingui mox consita limo, nutrit secretus conclusae uliginis umor, enumerare iubes, vetus o mini Paule sodalis, adsuefacte meis ioculari carmine nugis.
Ausonius to Paulus Of oysters famed through the lavish feasts of high-born prodigals, whether dredged from the depths of various seas or left bare by ebbing shallows, or sheltered beneath rugged caves and in jagged clefts amid the rocks, those which green moss, which stained seaweed hides, whose welded shells are firm-shut as the stones, which when removed from their home and planted in rich ooze are fattened by the inward moisture of the packed slime;'of these you bid me tell all the kinds, Paulus, my old comrade, made used to my trifling by sportive verse.
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