2^2 Letteratura 



„ Unde siniim populi dixerunt nomine Stagnam 

 ,, Gurgite sub medio (possit quis credere, certatM 

 „ Ni f'aciat res ipsa fidem ? ) dulcissima fundo 

 „ Limoso erumpens hinc atque liinc copia Jjmpliae 

 „ Pullulai, atque undis intcrmiscetur amaris, 

 „ Unde aliquis nando posset sub gurgitis imo 

 „ Salsas ioter aquas dulces haurire liquores . 

 „ Ergo alti imperium qua ponigit Ampbilrite 

 „ ]\on aliud facile invenies vasta inter aquarum 

 „ Aequora, quod raage sit generosae l'ertile conchae- 

 ,. Nam testae genus hoc , lapidosi mole gravante 

 „ Corticis , ima tenens plures educere fetus 

 „ Hand alibi suelum est, tantumve quiescere gaudet, 

 ,, Quantum ubi coenoso putrescit gurgite limus , 

 „ Et dulcis latìces salsos ubi temperai unda. 

 ,, Qua vero ratione eX imo educere fundo , 

 ,, Et praeda ingenti valeas onerare phaselum 

 ,, Perfacile est scitu . Nam quum cleraentior aura 

 „ Occiduis spirare jugis , zepbjrique tepentes 

 „ Vere novo incipiunt, lune quum genus omne ani" 



„ mantura 

 ,, Pertentat lecunda Venus , sobolisque creandae 

 „ Dulcis amor , jam tum placidi gens accola stagni' 

 „ Ramorum ingentem numerum detondet ab altis 

 ,, Ilicibus , ramosque ipsos demergit in imo 

 „ Aequoiis, omuigenae spoliatos IVondis honore- 

 „ His igitur loto spa^sis sub gurgite, quando 

 „ Teslarum nova progeniss incerta sub undis 

 ,, Invenit nondiim certas ubi ponero sedes 

 „ Oblatos gltro frutices sibi deligit , et jam, 

 j, Valvarum qua parte coit preaedurus ulrimque 

 „ Cpr.tex., occultata intus piena ostica succo 

 „ Viscosum gluten , pbrygiae pice Icntius Idae , 

 ,, Exsudant lacrimae in morem , quo denique 



,, tonsis 



