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Inueni enim gramina et spicas in similitudinem secalis.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

Inueni enim gramina, et spicas in similitudinem secales: et facilè cultura et satione in vsum humanum assuefieri posse videntur.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard

Namque sinu pudet in patrio tenebrisque pudendis, Non nimis ingenio iuuenem infoelice virentes Officijs frustra deperdere vilibus annos, Frugibus et vacuas speratis cernere spicas.

From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund

Imitatæ spicas herbulæ inanibus aristis ante messem flavescunt.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig