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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSXXIDe Alite et MessioneParvula progeniem terrae m<strong>and</strong>averat ales,qua stabat viridi caespite flava seges.rusticus banc fragili cupiens decerpere cubnovicinam supplex forte petebat opem.sed vox implumes turbavit credita nidos,suasit et e laribus continuare fugam.cautior hos remeans prohibet discedere mater :" nam quid ab externis proficietur? " ait.ille iterum caris operam m<strong>and</strong>avit amicis ;at genetrix rursum tutior inde manet.sed postquam curvas dominum comprendere falces,frugibus et veram sensit adesse manum," nunc " ait, " o miseri, dilecta relinquite rura,cum spem de propriis viribus ille petit."XXIIDe Cupido et Invidoluppiter ambiguas hominum praediscere mentesad terras Phoebum misit ab arce poli.tunc duo diversis poscebant numina votis ;namque alter cupidus, invidus alter erat.XXI. ^ credula plerique codd. : sedula b : credita Withof :acredula {in casu vocativo) Ellis.^ suaserat e X : suaserat et cett. codd. : suasit et e Ellis.XXII. * invidus codd. {contra metrum) : lividus WitTiof." Babrius makes the bird a lark. Gellius, N. A. ii. 29,who paraphrases the fable from Ennius' trochaic septenarii,

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