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698Viderat a veteris generosam sanguine Teucri
699Iphis Anaxareten, humili de stirpe creatus,
700viderat et totis perceperat ossibus aestum
701luctatusque diu, postquam ratione furorem
702vincere non potuit, supplex ad limina venit
703et modo nutrici miserum confessus amorem,
704ne sibi dura foret, per spes oravit alumnae,
705et modo de multis blanditus cuique ministris
706sollicita petiit propensum voce favorem;
707saepe ferenda dedit blandis sua verba tabellis,
708interdum madidas lacrimarum rore coronas
709postibus intendit posuitque in limine duro
710molle latus tristisque serae convicia fecit.
711Saevior illa freto surgente cadentibus Haedis,
712durior et ferro, quod Noricus excoquit ignis,