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Mur ture, fulgetrique alis ton truque ſonoroꝭ,Ve ſuvius,& ſtructa in tumulos pralufit arenaHactenus: atque lapis cecidit ceu teſſera udoNunc ignis, nunc terror adeſt: mundique ruinamEructans totis mons obluctatur Avernis:Ergo ubi jam medium curru fol prefſerat orbemExtinctum ſubĩ to nox intempeſta reconditIpſe dabat tenebras mons igneus, Oblita fumoNubila fuſcavere ſinus; nimboque retorto,Funeſtaque diem fugientem amplectirur umbraTartateam turbo involvens caligine noctem,Cum luxete jugo, ſed vincta horroribus atrisFl umine turgentem rupetunt lumina nubem:

Flumen erat fammis quod ſe torrentibus, altoVertice devolvens aluert bitumina mixtoSulpłlure, julphureuique cinis cineſactague ſansEentaque nitroſæ pavere incendia maſſæ.Pellatur ar dentes ar ſura in cœærula fluctus.Flammifero qualis Phlegeton fe tarbidus æſtuTenareis infert campis: tumiduſqne per ignesTorret avernales undami vortice ripasSic quoque fontanis miſſus fornacibhus amnem$Mons, fpecubufgue vomit delapfus ab aggere ſummePracipitès five ille togos, ſive illi fagoſusRapta fupercilia,& fer ventes igne procellasDe vexo arvorum contorquet ab æquora clivo-Audivère procul pa vidi& x iderè fluentem|Seque exertantem facibus,fremituque minantem,Seniita nec dafur ulla fugæ: dubitantque, tremuntqueIncertigue hærent fugiuntque, petuntque penatesAmplexi teneros ululanti conjuge natos.Flamtmatis mox augillis animoſtor amnisNec jam fe clauſtris cohibens, pelagoque patentiLatior&labens ullo fine margine ripæ.Mox tamenin partes abſcindmur, abſcidit undas

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