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Auctoris quod scripta manu sint cuncta, putentur
Fida magis, lector quae sine labe legat,
Quam si pulchra forent elementa, ipsaeque figurae,
Quae Nicostratae forte fuere manu.
5Nam melius tenuit quae scriberet auctor, habetque
Maiorem merito iure poema fidem.
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