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PERSI SATVRAE
PROLOGVS
Nec fonte labra proiui caballino nec in bicipiti somniasse Parnaso memini, ut repente sic poeta prodirem. Heliconidasque pallidamque Pivenen illis remittor quorum imagines lambunt 5 hederae sequaces : ipse semipaganus ad sacra vatum carmen adfero nostrum, quis expedivit psittaco suum chaere, picamque docuit verba nostra conari ? magister artis ingenique largitor 10 venter, negatas artifex sequi voces ; quod si dolosi spes refulserit nummi, corvos poetas et poetridas picas cantare credas Pegaseium nectar.310
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