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1247Praeterea iam pastor et armentarius omnis
1248et robustus item curvi moderator aratri
1249languebat, penitusque casa contrusa iacebant
1250corpora paupertate et morbo dedita morti.
1251exanimis pueris super exanimata parentum
1252corpora non numquam posses retroque videre
1253matribus et patribus natos super edere vitam.
1254nec minimam partem ex agris maeror is in urbem
1255confluxit, languens quem contulit agricolarum
1256copia conveniens ex omni morbida parte.
1257omnia conplebant loca tectaque quo magis aestu,
1258confertos ita acervatim mors accumulabat.
1259multa siti prostrata viam per proque voluta
1260corpora silanos ad aquarum strata iacebant
1261interclusa anima nimia ab dulcedine aquarum,