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Septimius, Claudi, nimirum intellegit unus,
quanti me facias, nam cum rogat et prece cogit
scilicet ut tibi se laudare et tradere coner,
dignum mente domoque legentis honesta Neronis,
5munere cum fungi propioris censet amici,
quid possim videt ac novit me valdius ipso.
multa quidem dixi cur excusatus abirem;
sed timui mea ne finxisse minora putarer,
dissimilator opis propriae, mihi commodus uni.
10sic ego, maioris fugiens opprobria culpae,
frontis ad urbanae descendi praemia, quod si
depositum laudas ob amici iussa pudorem,
scribe tui gregis hunc et fortem crede bonumque. [p. 312]
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