34. On the Baths of Charinus -
How is it, you ask, that a rascal so low,
As Charinus could yet this one service bestow?
I'll explain. Was not Nero a monster confessed,
Yet are not his baths still accounted the best?
At this some base knave with a sly sneering nod
May remark — " To the gifts of our master and god
You prefer something else" — Nay, that is your vile fancy.
I preferred Nero's baths to the baths of a Nancy.
As Charinus could yet this one service bestow?
I'll explain. Was not Nero a monster confessed,
Yet are not his baths still accounted the best?
At this some base knave with a sly sneering nod
May remark — " To the gifts of our master and god
You prefer something else" — Nay, that is your vile fancy.
I preferred Nero's baths to the baths of a Nancy.
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