Nam nihil est, quod non mortalibus afferat usum;
rebus in adversis quae iacuere iuvant.
Sic rate demersa fulvum deponderat aurum,
remorum levitas naufraga membra vehit.
Cum sonuere tubae, iugulo stat divite ferrum
barbaricum: tenuis praebia pannus habet.1
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1 barbaricum Baehrens: tenuis Butler: praebia Baehrens: barbara contempnit praelia V., retaining which hebes for habet Scaliger.
Petronius Arbiter. Petronius. Michael Heseltine. London. William Heinemann. 1913.
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