Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

PENTADIUSIVNarcissus "This is he who trusted overmuch in the poolswhich were his kin—the youth Narcissus, worthyof no counterfeit love. You behold him makingagain from the moist meadow for the river-banks inhope of beholding the waters which wrought hisdoom.^VGoldilocksChrysocome escaping from the sword as herhusband drew it (to punish her) veiled her adulteryby being found innocent when the culprit acted asjudge. '^VIOx Woman's Love**Trust to the winds thy barque, but to a girlNever thy heart's affections ; for the swirlOf ocean wave is less to be eschewedThan woman's faith. No woman can be good,Or if a good one comes, then freakish fateGood out of ill has managed to create.^ crescere would imply his perennial growtii as a flower aftermetamorphosis.'^Convinced of her infidelity, her husband had been withinan ace of killing her; but in court the judge pronounced hernot guilty—he had been her partner in the offence !^ Variouslj' ascribed to the Ciceros, to Ausonius and otherpoets besides Pentadius. See Introduction.