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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Ab ignotis abstinendum.

DVm ludit tremulis nova flamma per aëra gyris, Et nunquam viso plebs rudis igne stupet; Pan furit, & flammę miser inflammatus amore Oscula festinans, non iteranda, dedit. Pulchra licet tibi res videatur, & vtilis, hospes, Cura sit ignaras abstinuisse manus. Discat inexpertis sapiens diffidere rebus, Jnsidijs novitas semper amica fuit.

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