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Interpositis enim paucis diebus, cum similis casus nos in eandem fortunam rettulisset, ut intellexi stertere patrem, rogare coepi ephebum, ut reverteretur in gratiam mecum, id est ut pateretur satis fieri sibi, et cetera quae libido distenta dictat. At ille plane iratus nihil aliud dicebat nisi hoc: 'aut dormi, aut ego iam dicam patri. Nihil est tam arduum, quod non improbitas extorqueat.
Martial speaks of a servant carrying the Parasol: "Umbellam lusca, Lygde feras Dominæ." Juvenal mentions an Umbrella as a present: Ovid advises a lover to make himself agreeable by holding his mistress's Parasol: "Ipse tene distenta suis umbracula virgis" Ov. Ars. This shows that the Umbrella was of much the same construction as ours.
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