166 DESCRIPTIONES

Defuper involvittotum mare nubis aquoſæImplicitum veluti pannis, altaſque receptumImmenſæ ſcrodis in foſſas tractuſque profundes,Inque cubile capax, velut in cunabula vinctumCondidit, infantiſque modo captate ſoporemJuſſit& inſanos fomno compe ſcere fluctus.Neu veluterumpens ſtabulo fera, vincula rumpatAddita,& ingentes edat cum frage ruinas,Addidit æratos obices& ferrea panxitOſtia, ferratos compegit in oſtia Vectes,Fixit,& indomitas in clauſtra adamantina leges.Vnica vox dominæ quæ magna potentia vocis,As, ferrumque truces. adamantaque vicit in undas?Non ait, impons montes in juſta furorisClauſtta tui: talcs tua nota ſuperbia murosAmbiat: haud æquum ſtolido ſervire tumori.Hunc viden? implacidum viden hunc ludentis arenaAd littus cumulum? rabidis hic terminus eſtoAſtibus injuſſas vetat hie te pulvis in grasScandere,& audaci violate repagula niſuTolle minas, bacchare furens, conare quod uſquam eſtzHic laſſam rabiem fupplex fluctoſque tumentes,Hic ad adoratæ frangas valo littus arenæ,Cœtera pet licitos terris illabere fines,Illa tuos gremium gaudens reeludet in æſtus,Et tecum gemini junget conſortia mundi.

P. Aut.( Hunt. in Parn. Poel Soc ſeſu:

Mare unum,& multiplex.

Tune magni patulere ſinus ubi Perſa ſupetbasVectat Opes, ubi Kry thræi ſerutatur arenas

Dives Arabs tapiduſque ingentia flumina GangesEvomit aut multo ſitiens ſe proluit auroIndus& ardentes Catteia ſeparat Afros,Et Caſpen Aby læ divelitmontibus unda.Joni latrant fluctus: adver CharybdiScylla fremit: tumidis aquilonibus Adria ſurgensWerberat Auſonii latus implieabile dorſi

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