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98Hunc tamen ablati domuit iactura decoris,
99cetera sospes habet; capitis quoque fronde saligna
100aut super inposita celatur harundine damnum.
101At te, Nesse ferox, eiusdem virginis ardor
102perdiderat volucri traiectum terga sagitta.
103Namque nova repetens patrios cum coniuge muros
104venerat Eueni rapidas Iove natus ad undas.
105Uberior solito, nimbis hiemalibus auctus
106verticibusque frequens erat atque inpervius amnis.
107Intrepidum pro se, curam de coniuge agentem
108Nessus adit, membrisque valens scitusque vadorum,
109“officio” que “meo ripa sistetur in illa
110haec,” ait “Alcide. Tu viribus utere nando!”
111pallentemque metu fluviumque ipsumque timentem
112tradidit Aonius pavidam Calydonida Nesso.