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"Sicut aqua tremulum labris ubi lumen ahenis, Sole repercussum, aut radiantis imagine lunae, Omnia pervolitat late loca; jamque sub auras Erigitur, summique ferit laquearia tecti." in which wild agitation there is no folly, nor idle fancy they do not light upon: "Velut aegri somnia, vanae Finguntur species." The soul that has no established aim loses itself, for, as it is said
The reader will find all the information on this subject in Riese's edition of the Menippean Satires, Leipsic, 1865. We append a few fragments showing their style, language, and metrical treatment. From the ammon metreis. "Quem secuntur eum rutundis velitis leves parmis Ante signani quadratis multisignibus tecti."
"Scipio invicte;" and likewise I myself in "Hoc motu radiantis ETESIAE IN Vada Ponti." This, however, would seldom be suffered among us, though the Greeks often commend it as a beauty. But why do I speak of a collision of vowels? for, omitting this, we have frequently contracted our words for the sake of brevity; as in multi' modis, vas' argenteis, palm' et crinibus, tecti' fractis, &c.
Palmi et crinibus for palmis et crinibus. Tecti' fractis for tectis fractis. And what would be a greater liberty than to contract even men's names, so as to make them more suitable to verse? Moreover, they often contract words, not in obedience to any particular usage, but only to please the ear.
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