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Ut proficiscentem docui te saepe diuque,
Augusto reddes signata volumina, Vini,
si validus, si laetus erit, si denique poscet;
ne studio nostri pecces odiumque libellis
5sedulus importes opera vehemente minister.
si te forte meae gravis uret sarcina chartae,
abicito potius, quam quo perferre iuberis
clitellas ferus impingas, Asinaeque paternum
cognomen vertas in risum et fabula fias.
10Viribus uteris per divos, flumina, lamas.
victor propositi simul ac perveneris illuc,
sic positum servabis onus, ne forte sub ala
fasciculum portes librorum ut rusticus agnum,
ut vinosa glomus furtivae Pyrria lanae,
15ut cum pilleolo soleas conviva tribulis.
neu volgo narres te sudavisse ferendo
carmina, quae possint oculos aurisque morari
Caesaris, oratus multa prece, nitere porro,
vade; vale; cave ne titubes mandataque frangas. [p. 336]
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