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Extempore Translation
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The following lines were written by an eminent legal wag some time since in court, on one of his brethren of the long robe. We venture on an extempore translation:
Causidicus mendaxque, loquaxque, procaxque, rapaxque,
Exceptoque sagax omne quod exit in ax.
Mendax, in setting forth his plea,
Loquax, in chattering to a jury,
Procax, in browbeating a fury;
Rapax, in grasping at his fees,
Save Sagax, any ax you please;
But for opinion, sound and plain,
Alas! his clients ax in vain.
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