#4

Couplet #4:

 sed me//riti fa//mam cor//pusque ani//mumque pu//dicum
- - // - u u // - - // - u u // - u u // - -
  
      cum male //perdi//derim,// perdere //verba le//ve est.
- u u // - - // - - // - u u // - u u // - -

I am so displeased with my scansion there, tried a few different ones on second line, this seemed best.


"But the modest body and respectable mind of service
when I have lost badly is gentle to lose"