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Calfacit^ immijfofouet extendttque calore. 



stytiu. . *3iFRONTl fimikm reperis Scytalam Amphisi^m 



Tihguiorefttamen^^ cauda^/]mnullafe 



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Crajjtory yt quantumfolita ef comprendere lignum 

 Curua manns ftriSium quoties tenet ipfa lig 

 Tamprolixa^ yagans pfuuio quam reptile caelo 

 ^odfcecundagenusfuagignit yifera tellus, 

 NepoBquam iuuenis yenienti temporerverisy 

 Magna Deum quando profertferpentia mater 

 Liquerit objcuram confueta cuhdia petram 

 Et nitidos tepidofuh Sole extriuerit artus 



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T andentes fe foenicuU teneram exedit herbam\ 

 Sedper opaca morans imi decliuia montvs 



Se tenet^ (^ multo grauiter latet ohruta fomno 



Eque alta Jua eonquiritjihi pahut 



Nec licet id magno cupiat Jiudeatque lahore 

 Arefcente ptim potis ejldepellerefauce. 



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Bafiiifcus. ^T V N c modicum , at dominum 



um ferpentum perf^ice 



Ipfe colore, (g 



Eminet argutum caputyeft Jlauo 

 Et tribus extenfoporreBus corpore pahnis 

 lUius audttos expe^iant nuUaJufurros, 

 ^antumuis magnas fnuent animaliajjiras 

 ^ando vel in pajlum^ yelopaca demaftlua^ 

 Irriguosue locos rnedia fub luce diei 



Excandefcentifuccenfkfuroreferuntur 

 S^edturpi conuerfafugoe dant terga.retrorfum. 

 ^odferit hic^ulto corpus fuccenditur igne^ 

 A memhris refohitafuis caro defluit^ ^flt 

 Lurida^ ^ ohfcuro nigrefcit opaca colore^ 



NuU^ etiam yolucres, quafada cadauerapaf 



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