Gossip:
[Explaining in rhyme why Charles II's mistress Lady Castlemaine was not punished for her immorality]
Hanc Caesari presem / A fluctu defendit.
Sir Tunbelly Clumsey:
What does it mean? My Greek is not of the best.
Gossip:
'Tis Latin, and translates thus: 'The reason that she is not ducked / Is that by Caesar she is... '
[Sir Tunbelly is unable to complete the rhyme]
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