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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="6"><l n="1203">corruptus sanguis expletis naribus ibat.</l><l n="1204">huc hominis totae vires corpusque fluebat.</l><milestone unit="card" n="1205"/><l n="1205">profluvium porro qui taetri sanguinis acre</l><l n="1206">exierat, tamen in nervos huic morbus et artus</l><l n="1207">ibat et in partis genitalis corporis ipsas.</l><l n="1208">et graviter partim metuentes limina leti</l><l n="1209">vivebant ferro privati parte virili,</l><l n="1210">et manibus sine non nulli pedibusque manebant</l><l n="1211">in vita tamen et perdebant lumina partim.</l><l n="1212">usque adeo mortis metus iis incesserat acer.</l><l n="1213">atque etiam quosdam cepere oblivia rerum</l><l n="1214">cunctarum, neque se possent cognoscere ut ipsi.</l><l n="1215">multaque humi cum inhumata iacerent corpora supra</l><l n="1216">corporibus, tamen alituum genus atque ferarum</l><l n="1217">aut procul absiliebat, ut acrem exiret odorem,</l><l n="1218">aut, ubi gustarat, languebat morte propinqua.</l><l n="1219">nec tamen omnino temere illis solibus ulla</l><l n="1220">comparebat avis, nec tristia saecla ferarum</l><l n="1221">exibant silvis. languebant pleraque morbo</l><l n="1222">et moriebantur. cum primis fida canum vis</l><l n="1223">strata viis animam ponebat in omnibus aegre;</l><l n="1224">extorquebat enim vitam vis morbida membris.</l><l n="1225">incomitata rapi certabant funera vasta</l><l n="1226">nec ratio remedii communis certa dabatur;</l><l n="1227">nam quod ali dederat vitalis <choice><reg>aeeris</reg><orig>aeëris</orig></choice> auras</l><l n="1228">volvere in ore licere et caeli templa tueri,</l><l n="1229">hoc aliis erat exitio letumque parabat.</l><milestone unit="card" n="1230"/><l n="1230">Illud in his rebus miserandum magnopere unum</l><l n="1231">aerumnabile erat, quod ubi se quisque videbat</l><l n="1232">implicitum morbo, morti damnatus ut esset,</l><l n="1233">deficiens animo maesto cum corde iacebat,</l><l n="1234">funera respectans animam amittebat ibidem.</l><l n="1235">quippe etenim nullo cessabant tempore apisci</l><l n="1236">ex aliis alios avidi contagia morbi,</l><l n="1237">lanigeras tam quam pecudes et bucera saecla,</l><l n="1238">idque vel in primis cumulabat funere funus</l><l n="1239">nam qui cumque suos fugitabant visere ad aegros,</l><l n="1240">vitai nimium cupidos mortisque timentis</l><l n="1241">poenibat paulo post turpi morte malaque,</l><l n="1242">desertos, opis expertis, incuria mactans.</l><l n="1243">qui fuerant autem praesto, contagibus ibant</l><l n="1244">atque labore, pudor quem tum cogebat obire</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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