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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Quod juvat, exiguum est.

QVi pecus hîc lituosque vides, vinumque, Rosasque, Te faedę veneris regna videre puta: Hei mihi! quam levis est & quam brevis ista voluptas, A tergo lanius tela cruenta gerit, Frusta coquus terret. Vos, qui peccastis in igne, Mox dabitis rapido membra pianda foco; Membra focus malesana coquat; perit ignis in igne. Corpore non aliter gallica pestis abit.

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