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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Quod capis, alter habet.

ECquid adhuc atris caput abdis, homuncio, lustris? Ecquid adhuc vili pectora condis humo? Tu viverra tuis, tu mente manuque laboras, Et mox qui prędâ gaudeat, alter erit: Alter erit, qui vina cadis depromat avitis, Vach! dabitur cineri trita lacerna tuo. Si sapis, ergo putri tandem caput exere terrâ; Quaeque rapi nequeant pręmia, disce sequi.

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