[5102]  ------“Tenta modo tangere corpus,
Jam tua mellifluo membra calore fluent.”

Especially when they shall be lasciviously given, as he feelingly said, [5103]_et me praessulum deosculata Fotis, Catenatis lacertis_, [5104] Obtorto valgiter labello.

[5105] “Valgiis suaviis,
        Dum semiulco suavio
        Meam puellam suavior,
        Anima tunc aegra et saucia
        Concurrit ad labia mihi.”

The soul and all is moved; [5106]_Jam pluribus osculis labra crepitabant, animarum quoque mixturam facientes, inter mutuos complexus animas anhelantes_,

[5107] “Haesimus calentes,
        Et transfudimus hinc et hinc labellis
        Errantes animas, valete curae.”

“They breathe out their souls and spirits together with their kisses,” saith [5108]Balthazar Castilio, “change hearts and spirits, and mingle affections as they do kisses, and it is rather a connection of the mind than of the body.”  And although these kisses be delightsome and pleasant, Ambrosial kisses, [5109]_Suaviolum dulci dulcius Ambrosia_, such as [5110] Ganymede gave Jupiter, Nectare suavius, sweeter than [5111]nectar, balsam, honey, [5112]_Oscula merum amorem stillantia_, love-dropping kisses; for

       “The gilliflower, the rose is not so sweet,
        As sugared kisses be when lovers meet;”

Yet they leave an irksome impression, like that of aloes or gall,

[5113] “Ut mi ex Ambrosia, mutatum jam foret illud
        Suaviolum tristi tristius helleboro.”

       “At first Ambrose itself was not sweeter,
        At last black hellebore was not so bitter.”

They are deceitful kisses,

[5114] “Quid me mollibus implicas lacertis? 
        Quid fallacibus osculis inescas?&c.”

       “Why dost within thine arms me lap,
        And with false kisses me entrap.”

They are destructive, and the more the worse:  [5115]_Et quae me perdunt, oscula mille dabat_, they are the bane of these miserable lovers.  There be honest kisses, I deny not, osculum charitatis, friendly kisses, modest kisses, vestal-virgin kisses, officious and ceremonial kisses, &c. Osculi sensus, brachiorum amplexus, kissing and embracing are proper gifts of Nature to a man; but these are too lascivious kisses, [5116]_Implicuitque suos circum meet colla lacertos_, &c. too continuate and too violent, [5117]_Brachia non hederae, non vincunt oscula conchae_; they cling like ivy, close as an oyster, bill as doves, meretricious kisses, biting of lips, cum additamento:  Tam impresso ore (saith [5118]Lucian) ut vix labia detrahant, inter deosculandum mordicantes, tum et os aperientes quoque et mammas attrectantes, &c. such kisses as she gave to Gyton, innumera oscula dedit non repugnanti puero, cervicem invadens, innumerable kisses, &c.  More than kisses, or too homely kisses:  as those that [5119]he spake of,