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Praefatio


Audebisne, precor, tantae subiecta catervae,
inter tot proceres, nostra Thalia, loqui?
nec te fama vetat, vero quam Celsius auctam
vel servasse labor vel minuisse pudor?
5an tibi continuis crevit fiducia castris
totaque iam vatis pectora miles habet?
culmina Romani maiestatemque senatus
et, quibus exultat Gallia, cerne viros.
omnibus audimur terris mundique per aures
10ibimus. ah nimius consulis urget amor!
Iuppiter, ut perhibent, spatium cum discere vellet
naturae regni nescius ipse sui,
armigeros utrimque duos aequalibus alis
misit ab Eois Occiduisque plagis.
15Parnasus geminos fertur iunxisse volatus;
contulit alternas Pythius axis aves.
Princeps non aquilis terras cognoscere curat;
certius in vobis aestimat imperium.
hoc ego concilio collectum metior orbem;
20hoc video coetu quidquid ubique micat.

Claudian, Vol 1. Claudianus, Claudius. Maurice Platnaeur. William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons. London; New York. 1922. Keyboarding.

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