Versos English Jacob Bigelow Sprattus Et Uxor.

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Sprattus Et Uxor.

by (1787–1879)

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Jack Spratt could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so between them both They licked the platter clean. Sprattus horrescens adipem recusat, Uxor et non vult tolerare macrum: Conjuges digni! potu're sic de- tergere lancem.