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466Senserat hoc olim magni matrona Tonantis
467distuleratque graves in idonea tempora poenas.
468Causa morae nulla est, et iam puer Arcas (id ipsum
469indoluit Iuno) fuerat de paelice natus.
470Quo simul obvertit saevam cum lumine mentem,
471“scilicet hoc etiam restabat, adultera” dixit,
472“ut fecunda fores, fieretque iniuria partu
473nota, Iovisque mei testatum dedecus esset.
474Haud impune feres: adimam tibi nempe figuram,
475qua tibi, quaque places nostro, importuna, marito.”
476Dixit et adversa prensis a fronte capillis
477stravit humi pronam. Tendebat bracchia supplex:
478bracchia coeperunt nigris horrescere villis
479curvarique manus et aduncos crescere in ungues
480officioque pedum fungi, laudataque quondam