This verse from Gaul is alien born,
Whatever be its worth,
And though the Roman garb adorn
The land that gave it birth.

Should you prefer the former book,
Yet I will not repine;
Such preference I lightly brook
Since both of them are mine.

'Tis fit indeed that verse from Rome
Should be the best of all,
For e'en a house-slave born at home
Is better than a Gaul.