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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Ni patiaris, non potiéris.

ESca quidem placeat, sed proxima vincula muri, Si caveam subeat, triste minantur iter. Ergo stat, & praedâ tuto parat ore potiri; At miser impranso musculus ore gemit. Optat homo velletque thoris accumbere divûm, Difficili sursum sed piget ire viâ. Quid salebras, quid vincla times? moriatur oportet Dum vivit, moriens vivere si quis amat.

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