9 CHALICE ( JOHN REINOLDS )
Si placet , ista tibi communis munera lymphae , Qualia rex olim Persis habebat , habe . Sed tamen emoriar , si cum communia donem ,
Invideam titulis splendidiora tuis . Ergo age iam calicem facilis cape quam tibi donat 5
Rusticus incultae simplicitatis amor . Tum aconita time , quando aurea pocula danti ;
Conveniant nostris nulla venena scyphis .
Please , accept for yourself this gift of ordinary water , such as the Persian king once had . However , may I die if , when I give these everyday gifts , I am begrudging your majesty something more splendid . So come now , take readily the cup which rustic love , in its artless simplicity , gives you . Then fear poisons , when the giver has goblets of gold ; may no poisons be fitting for our cups .
RJHM
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