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qua re, ne plura de re minime loquar dubia, adhibete
animos, et mentis vestras, non solum auris, ad haruspicum
vocem admovete: “Qvod in agro Latiniensi1 avditvs est ”
“strepitvs cvm fremitv.” Mitto haruspices, mitto illam
veterem ab ipsis dis immortalibus, ut hominum fama est,
Etruriae traditam disciplinam: nos nonne haruspices esse
possumus? exauditus in agro propinquo et suburbano est
strepitus quidam reconditus et horribilis fremitus armorum.
quis est ex23 gigantibus illis, quos poetae ferunt bellum dis
immortalibus intulisse, tam impius qui hoc tam novo tantoque
motu non magnum aliquid deos populo Romano praemonstrare
et praecinere fateatur? de ea re scriptum est:
“postiliones4 esse Iovi, Satvrno, Neptvno, Tellvri, dis ”
“caelestibvs.”
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