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Ripae, sc. of the Rhine and Danube, i.e. the Roman border, as in 22: proximi ripae. Poma. Fruits of any sort, cf. Pliny, N.H. 17, 26: arborem vidimus omni genere pomorum onustum, alio ramo nucibus, alio baccis, aliunde vite, ficis, piris, etc. Recens fera. Venison, or other game fresh, i.e. recently taken, in distinction from the tainted, which better suited the luxurious taste of the Romans.
It would seem that the goose that lays the golden egg has emigrated to Muscovy. It is the Cichorium endivia of Linnaeus. Cf. Cf. Horace's verse "pinguibus et ficis pastum iecur anseris albi."
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