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quamvis autem satis iam ex
ipsis, quibus sum modo usus, exemplis credam esse
manifestum, quae mihi et quatenus musice placeat,
apertius tamen profitendum puto, non hane a me
praecipi, quae nunc in scenis effeminata et impudicis
modis fracta non ex parte minima, si quid in nobis
virilis roboris manebat, excidit, sed qua laudes
fortium canebantur, quaque ipsi fortes canebant;
nec psalteria et spadicas, etiam virginibus prolis
recusanda, sed cognitionem rationis, quae ad movendos leniendosque adfectus plurimum valet.
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