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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSLIBER SECUNDUSNondum longus erat nee multa volumina passus,iure suo poterat longior esse liber :taedia continuo tiniui incessura labori,simiere ne lector iuge paveret opus,saepe cibis affert serus fastidia finis,gratior est modicis haustibus unda sitiintervalla viae fessis praestare videturqui notat inscriptus milia crebra lapis,partimur trepidum per opuscula bina ruborem,quern satius fuerat sustinuisse semel.t<strong>and</strong>em nimbosa maris obsidione solutisPisano portu contigit alta sequi.arridet placidum radiis crispantibus aequor,et sulcata levi murmurat unda sono.incipiunt Appennini devexa videri,qua fremit aerio monte repulsa Thetis.Italiam rerum dominam qui cingere visuet totam pariter cernere mente velit,inveniet quernae similem procedere frondi,artatam laterum conveniente sinu.^ timuit cessura VR (censura Mueller : sessura i.e.haesura Baehrens in not.) : timui incessura Purser, Keene." i.e. the parchment had not been rolled to a great extentround its stick.^ One long book might prove too wearisome : hence theauthor thinks it advisable to begin a second book. The tonesuggests that Book II either was actually or was intendedto be much longer than it now is.822

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