"From "THE ART OF LOVE"
Wines prepare the soul and make it open to ardor [...]
and Venus in wines becomes fire added to fire [...]
Therefore, when offered are the gifts of Bacchus bountiful
and a woman shares your very couch,
pray to the sacred nocturnal deities
to prevent the wine from harming your head.
Then you can say things hidden in cryptic language,
that she perceives as addressed to herself:
write slight sweetnesses in a little wine, so that she
on the table reads of you now possessed.
And look into her eyes, with eyes revealing passion:
a silent face often has voice and words.
Then try to seize first that glass where she placed her lips
and to drink precisely where she drank,
and in taking it, touch also her hand. [...]
We will give you the established measure of drink,
and let mind and legs do well their part. [...]
From quarrels due to wine, first of all, stay away. [...]
Drunkenness, when true, is of no use; it will serve if feigned:
make your tongue stumble, subtle in lisping sound,
so that whatever you say or do of bolder taste
is believed due only to too much wine."
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