TWDuke
May 13, 2009, 4:53pm
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Catus amat piscem, sed non vult tingere plantas.
Cat lufat visch, ac he nele his feth wete.
For ye be lyke the sweynte cat That wolde have fissh; but wostow what? He wolde nothing wete his clowes.
But you lust not to do, that longeth therto. The cat would eate fyshe, and wold not wet her feete.
Looked it up before I posted.
I just want to say thank you to TWDuke for that post. It’s awesome, seeing the progression of the language so neatly summarized in 3 simple (sort of) lines…
TWDuke:
Catus amat piscem, sed non vult tingere plantas.
Cat lufat visch, ac he nele his feth wete.
For ye be lyke the sweynte cat That wolde have fissh; but wostow what? He wolde nothing wete his clowes.
But you lust not to do, that longeth therto. The cat would eate fyshe, and wold not wet her feete.
Yeah, like Homer I would’ve killed myself too to not have to read anymore of that.
It’s still a difficult line, to the point I was happy she stopped talking after “I would.”