Fashion me with a palsied hand,
Weak of foot, and a cripple;
Build upon me a crook-backed hump;
Shake my teeth till they rattle;
All is well, if my life remains.
Save, oh, save it, I pray you,
Though I sit on the piercing cross!

Debilem facito manu, debilem pede, coxo,
tuber adstrue gibberum, lubricos quate dentis:
vita dum superest, bene est.

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