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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Captis oculis, capitur bellua.

MOx leo captus erit, si lumina capta leoni: Si nescis, oculis vincitur omnis amans. Sensibus ergo tuis vbi dulcis inhęsit imago, Perque oculos intrans corde resedit Amor, Mox domitâ cervice jugum, gratosque labores, Dulcia mox tergo verbera nempe feres: Et licet aut leo sis, aut tigride saevior orbâ, Accipies leges, quas tibi dictat Amor.

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