2. 46:- Haud ita pridem Galloni praeconis erat acipensere mensa Infamis.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
On the 25th we crossed the Anseba, a large river flowing from the high lands of Bogos, Hamasien, and mensa, and joining the river Barka at Tjab.
"A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People"
Henry Blanc
As Horace tells us: "Vivitur parvo bene, cui paternum Splendet in mensa tenui salinum Nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert."
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs