They'd sooner eat poison, which is what our man Apicius did.

"I have surely eaten poison," he said in an awe-stricken voice.

It must be that carelessly I have eaten poison, and my strength is going from me.

I have seen him eat poison and vomit it forth.

Like a young man whose wife or sister has abruptly eaten poison.

Many magpies also died from eating poison set out for coyotes and other predators.

And if you ever eat No. 3 poison, we've got some stuff that'll sort you out.

If they were scared you might die, why'd they try to get you to eat poison in the first place?

"What were you doing to let him eat poison?"

Even though he survived, he still spent every day eating poison.