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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Igne vetor mergi.

CVi modo turpe lutum, modo futilis alga tegebat, Et modo foedabat vilis arena caput; Cui modo phoca comes, conchisque rigentia cete, Quantaque sub vitreo gurgite monstra latent, Ecce! sacrę tumidis ope Lampadis efferor vndis; Perque fretum, salso tutus ab imbre, feror. Fluctibus eripitur, mergi nequit, altior vndâ est Percaluit sancto cui semel igne iecur.

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