Vulgar words in De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) - The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera (Page 1)
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Pomponius Lætus, an unrecognised bastard of the noble house of Sanseverini, was professor of eloquence in Rome.
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This happened whenever he wished to make love or eat or hide himself; and sometimes he disappeared for several days, thus showing his anger at having been neglected and not sufficiently honoured by the cacique Guamaretus.
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Is it necessary to quote as an extraordinary fact that an ass's head was bought for a high price?