pt. 1: Origins -- from The gulistan (Persian) / Sa'adi -- from The panchatantra (Sanskrit) / Anonymous -- from The nineteen ancient poems (Chinese) / Anonymous -- from The Greek anthology (Greek) / Agathias -- from The peace (Greek) / Aristophanes -- from Sextus the usurer -- The epigrams (Latin) / Martial -- from Epistles: book 1 (Latin) / Horace -- from the prologue to The canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer -- from The merchant of Venice (passim) / William Shakespeare
