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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Bonorum servitus, libertas.

AD strepitum solij, trepidum me silva videbat; Ne caperer, timido pectore semper eram: Carcere nunc claudor, sed an hoc sit carcere claudi? Janua sępe patet, nec iuvat ire foras. Vincla placent, mihi dulce iugum, mihi carcer amoenus: Ach! dum vita foret libera, servus eram. Libertas servire Deo est, huic subdere discat, Qui tibi servari libera colla velit.

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