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Nec vero quicquam aliud adfertur,
cur ea, quae dico, divinandi genera nulla sint, nisi
quod difficile dictu videtur, quae cuiusque divinationis
ratio, quae causa sit. Quid enim habet haruspex, cur
pulmo incisus etiam in bonis extis dirimat tempus
et proferat diem? quid augur, cur a dextra corvus, a
sinistra cornix faciat ratum? quid astrologus, cur
stella Iovis aut Veneris coniuncta cum luna ad ortus
puerorum salutaris sit, Saturni Martisve contraria?
Cur autem deus dormientes nos moneat, vigilantes
neglegat? Quid deinde causae est, cur Cassandra furens futura prospiciat, Priamus sapiens hoc idem facere non queat?
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