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Anonymus [1576], Tragoedia De fortissimo S. Catharinae certamine, versio electronica (), 1883 versus, Ed. Tilg, Stefan [word count] [anonymus-tragoedia-de-fortissimo].
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Servile saxo subdere caput fictili,
Et tot deorum monstra forma tortili
Lignis dolatis, artificis edita manu
Colere beato pro poli excelso deo,
Placare caesis daemonas centum hostiis,
Tanquam Falerni belluarumque indigos.
An non dii si sint, abunde isthaec parent
Si fors egebunt? At deus sat est potens
Et quisquis eget, hoc se deum casu negat.
An sistra vestros pulsa delectant deos,
Quibus nec auris nec soni sensus capax,
Stupido refinxit aere quos homo artifex?
Prius iacebat fomes hic truncus foco,
Decemve marmor vix movendum vectibus,
Aut aes recocto ter scelestum pulvere.
Accessit istuc sacrilega artifex manu,
Effinxit inde membra mortalis viri,
Caput, lacertos, pectus, os, manus, pedes: 298 auris] H 266 : auri A. 274–89] C 478–90. 303 sacrilega … manu] Hor. carm. 2,13,2.


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Anonymus [1576], Tragoedia De fortissimo S. Catharinae certamine, versio electronica (), 1883 versus, Ed. Tilg, Stefan [word count] [anonymus-tragoedia-de-fortissimo].
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