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1037Sollicitatur id nobis, quod diximus ante,
1038semen, adulta aetas cum primum roborat artus.
1039namque alias aliud res commovet atque lacessit;
1040ex homine humanum semen ciet una hominis vis.
1041quod simul atque suis eiectum sedibus exit,
1042per membra atque artus decedit corpore toto,
1043in loca conveniens nervorum certa cietque
1044continuo partis genitalis corporis ipsas.
1045inritata tument loca semine fitque voluntas
1046eicere id quo se contendit dira lubido,
1047idque petit corpus, mens unde est saucia amore;
1048namque omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus et illam
1049emicat in partem sanguis, unde icimur ictu,
1050et si comminus est, hostem ruber occupat umor.
1051sic igitur Veneris qui telis accipit ictus,