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Book 4 · lines 1209–1223
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1209Et commiscendo quom semine forte virilem
1210femina vim vicit subita vi corripuitque,
1211tum similes matrum materno semine fiunt,
1212ut patribus patrio. sed quos utriusque figurae
1213esse vides, iuxtim miscentes vulta parentum,
1214corpore de patrio et materno sanguine crescunt,
1215semina cum Veneris stimulis excita per artus
1216obvia conflixit conspirans mutuus ardor,
1217et neque utrum superavit eorum nec superatumst.
1218fit quoque ut inter dum similes existere avorum
1219possint et referant proavorum saepe figuras,
1220propterea quia multa modis primordia multis
1221mixta suo celant in corpore saepe parentis,
1222quae patribus patres tradunt a stirpe profecta.
1223inde Venus varia producit sorte figuras,