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[5] egeat quam magistris. Adhuc enim scholas rhetorum et, ut dixi, geometrarum musicorumque 1 2 3 [p. 6] vel, quod magis mirandum est, contemptissimorum vitiorum officinas, gulosius condiendi cibos et luxuriosius fercula 4struendi, capitumque et capillorum concinnatores non solum esse audivi, sed et ipse vidi: agricolationis neque doctores, qui se profiterentur, 5
1 violentia SA, LundstrÅm: intemperantia R, plerique edd.
2 tractaverit R, plerique edd. a Cf. Lucretius, V. 826-827, sed quia finem aliquam pariendi debet habere, destitit ut mulier spatio defessa vetusto.
3 So Pliny (N.H. XVIII. 19-21), who attributes the former plenty to cultivation of the soil by the hands of generals, consuls, tribunes, and senators.
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 1. Harrison Boyd Ash. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1940. Keyboarding.
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