CCN 375Terraque raſa ſonat fquamis,quique halitus exit,Ore niger ſtygio, vitiaras inficit herbas,Ipſe modo imm: nſum ſpiris faclentibus orbemCingitut, interdum longa trabe rectior extat.Ovid ius l. 3 met.Interea campis nemoris ſacer horror AchæiTerrigena erigitur ſer pen, tractuque ſoluteImmanem fe fe vehit, ac poſt terga relinquit.Livida fax oculis tumidi ſtat in ore veneni!Spuma Virens: ter lingua vibrat, terna agmina adunciDentis,& auratæ crudelis gloria frontisProminet,77 N Seatius! e Theb.Horror niente redit: monſtrumexitiabile& iraTelluris genitum, cui par vix viderit ætasUlla virum ſerpens centum porrectus in ulnasLethalem ripam& lucos habitabat avetnos:Ingluviem immenſi ventris, gra vidamque venenisAlvum, deprenſi ſatiabant fonte leones.Aut acta ad fluvium torrenti lampade ſolisArmenta& tra x fœd gravitate volueres.Jamque udi feralem ſtrepitu circumtonat aulam,Cornea gramineum perſultans ungula campum,ereltus immanĩ ſerpens evolvitur antro,Et St y/gio æſtus fumanti exſibilat ore,Terribilis ge mino de lumine fulgurat ignis:At nemus, arrectæ& procera cacum'na ſaltusExkuperant criſteæ& trifido vibrata per aurasLingua micat motu, atque aſſultans æthera jambit.5. Sil. Lalicus l. 5.Hic antro excitus coluber, minitantiaque oraAttollens, oculis ignem vomit,& ruit aſtoPectore cærulæus ſquammoſaque tergora verrensPulvereum ſulcat ſpiris iter, æſtuat ire.Atque illi collo atque elato pectore virusLi vet& erranti maculantur terga veneno,Nunc caudam explicitans ſinuoſaque teigora vertensTLabitur,& toto capite exilit; ac volat acer

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