Versatile ingenium, The Wittie companion, or Jests of all sorts. From citie and countrie, court and universitie. : With an account of the life of the laughing philosopher Democritus of Abder̀a. / By Democritus Junior.

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Title: Versatile ingenium, The Wittie companion, or Jests of all sorts. From citie and countrie, court and universitie. : With an account of the life of the laughing philosopher Democritus of Abder̀a. / By Democritus Junior.
Author: Burton, Robert, 1577-1640.
Publication: Amsterdam, :: Printed by Stephen Swart, at the crowned Bible, near the Exchange.,; Anno 1679.
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Subject terms: Democritus.; English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800.
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Eoemina, ex omni parte, Formosa.

TRiginta haec habeat quae vult formosa vocari
Foemina, sic Helenam fama fuisse refert;
Alba tria, totidem nigra, tria rubra, puella
Tres habeat longas, tres totidemque breves,
Tres crassas, totidemque graciles, tria stricta, tot ampla
Sint ibidem huic formae, sint quoque parva tria:
Alba cutis, nivei dentes, albique capilli;
Nigri Oculi, Cunnus, nigra Supercilia;
Labra, Genae, atque ungues rubri; sit corpore longa▪
Et longi Crines, sit quoque longa Manus;
Sintque breves dentes, auris, pes; Pectora lata,
Et clunes, distent ipsa Supercilia;
Cunnus & os strictum, stringunt ubi cingula stricta;
Sint coxae, & collus, vulva que turgidula,
Subtiles digiti, crines & labra puellis;
Parvus sit nasus, parva Mamilla, caput.
Cum nullae aut rarae sint hae, formosa vocari
Nulla puëlla potest, rara puëlla potest.