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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Quod non noris, non ames.

VIx dederat terris ignem, sua furta, Prometheus, Pan furit, & flammis oscula ferre parat: Quantus, ait, nitor hic! (nondum cognoverat ignem) Et ruit, & laesas vix trahit inde manus. Stulte puer, blandi qui lumine captus ocelli Nil, nisi quanta dabis basia, corde moves, Dum, quid ames videas, properatos differ amores: Heu! scelerata Venus, cum celerata venit.

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