"Non patitur cunctas angustia carminis huius Pulei virtutes celeri comprendere versu. Hoc apud Indorum tanti constare peritos Fertur, apud Gallos quanti valet Indica nigri Congeries piperis. Quis iam dubitare sinetur Hac herba plures leniri posse labores, Quam pretiis inhianter emit ditissima tantis Gens hebenoque auroque fluens et mira volenti Quaeque ferens mundo?"
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Pulegium ("Pennyroyal") l. 300 (tr. Raef Payne)
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Walafrid Strabo
Walafrid (alternatively spelt Walahfrid, nicknamed Strabo, or Strabus: i.e. "squint-eyed"; c. 808 – 18 August 849) was an Alemannic Benedictine monk and theological writer who lived on Reichenau Island in southern Germany.
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