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LIBER IX · CAPUT 34

WHAT NUMEROUS APPLIANCES OF LUXURY ARE FOUND IN THE SEA

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Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Sed quid haec tam parva commemoro, cum populatio morum atque luxuria non aliunde maior quam e concharum genere proveniat? iam quidem ex tota rerum natura damnosissimum ventri mare est tot modis, tot mensis, tot piscium saporibus, quis pretia capientium periculo fiunt.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

But why mention such trifles as these, when I am sensible that no greater inroads have been made upon our morals, and no more rapid advances have been made by luxury, than those effected through the medium of shell-fish? Of all the elements that exist, the sea is the one that costs the dearest to the belly; seeing that it provides so many kinds of meats, so many dishes, so many exquisite flavours derived from fish, all of which are valued in proportion to the danger undergone by those who have caught them.