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Momenta desultoria

Constantijn Huygens

Concordia discors. cIɔ Iɔc xvɪɪ.

ILicet, partae Batavum quietis Taeduit Civem, pudet otiosae Desidem gentis, pudet & beatae Ducere nomen.

Quisquis ingentes animo triumphos Exterûm volvis, quibus inter ipsas Verticem, vel tunc miseranda, fixit Belgica nubes:

Quisquis indignum Populo subacti Reris Hispani domitore festâ Cassidi natos redimire laetum Fronde capillos;

Heu! parùm nostris agitate turbis, Heu! parùm nostris tepefacte felix Arbiter flammis; age bellicosam Excute gentem.

Fervet, externo vacuum timore, Belgium rixis; metuenda plebi Convolat plebes, bene ferre magnam Nescia sortem.

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