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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Tibi mors, mihi vita.

LVdis in humanis, lascive Cupido, medullis; Arbitrium proprij nullus amoris habet. Nos quod amat, fugimus: quod nos fugit, istud amamus: Dura proco, ranam sponte puella fovet. Triste gelu Dominae mihi mors, tibi, rana, calores: Mors tua, vita mihi; mors mea, vita tibi. Te juvat ora lacu, me virginis ore rigari; Ergo tibi cedant stagna, puella mihi.

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