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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Tegenda non detegenda.

FIda tibi nutrix hâc pixide sacra latere Dixerat, & satis hoc debuit esse tibi; Quid tractare manu, quid cernere, virgo, requiris, Quaeque tenere manu, quaeque videre nefas? Sacra Dei reverenter habe; quid foederis Arcam Tangis? iô, cohibe stulta puella manus. In multis nescire juvat, scivisse nocebit, Sępe perire fuit, quod reperire vocant.

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