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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text><body><div type="edition" xml:lang="lat" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0550.phi001.perseus-lat1"><div type="textpart" subtype="book" n="1"><l n="141">suavis amicitiae quemvis efferre laborem</l><l n="142">suadet et inducit noctes vigilare serenas</l><l n="143">quaerentem dictis quibus et quo carmine demum</l><l n="144">clara tuae possim praepandere lumina menti,</l><l n="145">res quibus occultas penitus convisere possis.</l><milestone unit="card" n="146"/><l n="146">hunc igitur terrorem animi tenebrasque necessest</l><l n="147">non radii solis neque lucida tela diei</l><l n="148">discutiant, sed naturae species ratioque.</l><l n="149">Principium cuius hinc nobis exordia sumet,</l><l n="150">nullam rem e nihilo gigni divinitus umquam.</l><l n="151">quippe ita formido mortalis continet omnis,</l><l n="152">quod multa in terris fieri caeloque tuentur,</l><l n="153">quorum operum causas nulla ratione videre</l><l n="154">possunt ac fieri divino numine rentur.</l><l n="156">quas ob res ubi viderimus nil posse creari</l><l n="157">de nihilo, tum quod sequimur iam rectius inde</l><l n="158">perspiciemus, et unde queat res quaeque creari</l><l n="155">et quo quaeque modo fiant opera sine divom.</l><l n="159">Nam si de nihilo fierent, ex omnibus rebus</l><l n="160">omne genus nasci posset, nil semine egeret.</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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