To the end that they, desiring food, might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them lothe even that, which they must needs desire; but these, suffering penury for a short space, might be made partakers of a strange taste.
so that those who craved food might, because of the ugly sight of the creatures sent among them, come to loathe even what they naturally desired, while your people, after a brief time of scarcity, would enjoy an unusual delicacy.
