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772Proximus Ausonias iniusti miles Amuli
773rexit opes, Numitorque senex amissa nepotis
774munere regna capit, festisque Palilibus urbis
775moenia conduntur, Tatiusque patresque Sabini
776bella gerunt, arcisque via Tarpeia reclusa
777dignam animam poena congestis exuit armis.
778Inde sati Curibus tacitorum more luporum
779ore premunt voces et corpora victa sopore
780invadunt portasque petunt, quas obice firmo
781clauserat Iliades: unam tamen ipsa reclusit
782nec strepitum verso Saturnia cardine fecit.
783Sola Venus portae cecidisse repagula sensit
784et clausura fuit, nisi quod rescindere numquam
785dis licet acta deum. Iano loca iuncta tenebant
786naides Ausoniae gelido rorantia fonte:
787has rogat auxilium, nec nymphae iusta petentem