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nunc ratio nulla est restandi, nulla facultas,<br />
aeternas quoniam poenas in morte timendum.<br />
ignoratur enim quae sit <strong>natura</strong> animai,<br />
nata sit an contra nascentibus insinuetur<br />
et simul intereat nobiscum morte dirempta<br />
an tenebras Orci visat vastasque lacunas<br />
an pecu<strong>de</strong>s alias divinitus insinuet se,<br />
Ennius ut noster cecinit, qui primus amoeno<br />
<strong>de</strong>tulit ex Helicone perenni fron<strong>de</strong> coronam,<br />
per gentis Italas hominum quae clara clueret;<br />
etsi praeterea tamen esse Acherusia templa<br />
Ennius aeternis exponit versibus e<strong>de</strong>ns,<br />
quo neque permaneant animae neque corpora nostra,<br />
sed quaedam simulacra modis pallentia miris;<br />
un<strong>de</strong> sibi exortam semper florentis Homeri<br />
commemorat speciem lacrimas effun<strong>de</strong>re salsas<br />
coepisse et <strong>rerum</strong> <strong>natura</strong>m expan<strong>de</strong>re dictis.<br />
qua propter bene cum superis <strong>de</strong> rebus habenda<br />
nobis est ratio, solis lunaeque meatus<br />
qua fiant ratione, et qua vi quaeque gerantur<br />
in terris, tunc cum primis ratione sagaci<br />
un<strong>de</strong> anima atque animi constet <strong>natura</strong> vi<strong>de</strong>ndum,<br />
et quae res nobis vigilantibus obvia mentes<br />
terrificet morbo adfectis somnoque sepultis,<br />
cernere uti vi<strong>de</strong>amur eos audireque coram,<br />
morte obita quorum tellus amplectitur ossa.<br />
Quod super est, vacuas auris animumque sagacem<br />
semotum a curis adhibe veram ad rationem,<br />
ne mea dona tibi studio disposta fi<strong>de</strong>li,<br />
intellecta prius quam sint, contempta relinquas.<br />
nam tibi <strong>de</strong> summa caeli ratione <strong>de</strong>umque<br />
disserere incipiam et <strong>rerum</strong> primordia pandam,<br />
un<strong>de</strong> omnis <strong>natura</strong> creet res, auctet alatque,<br />
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