LIBER SECVNDVS
^eqnorum bttredi, morumq auUq, magistrum
Esje iubetmulth hunc leSlum e millibuslDnum:

Quo duce,felicilc>irtutisad atriacurfu
Tenderet, ac iaudes mature ingressus auitas,

Eacis Zparmorum prteclaras difceret artes.

Hmc etiam Lvdovi ce tibi, rex optime^ regum,
SceptraEohemorum fanSio tradentefenatu,

Trcetulit auratum demore Geornus enfem.

Quanta loiri 'Virtus, <t& quanta fcientia belti,

Senflt Eannonicis quondam reprejsus in oris
llle Jfne i? Libyre domitorfThracumq.fuperbus
Q{egnator, qtti immanc furens, cunSia obuiaflernit,

Et libertatem Ealrite, reShimq,piumq.

Cumq, facris cultas euertit legibus yrbes.

At licet egregijsprastaret Ipiribus heros,

Et fortes cequaret auos, nulliffccundus
Magnanimd 'Virtute_jforet,partisq, troph<cis:

.Attamen isr placidas adpacis idoneus artes,

TSsulla domigesit, patri<t exitialia, bella.

ISlec tranquilla fuistantum dedit otia terris,

Sed quoq. fnitimas late dijsudit in oras
(Pacis opes, dirosq, auertitfdpe tumnltus.

Tcslis erit, rofeos Phoebi quceconsficit ortus,

Diues opum,populocj,fequens,ccrfoqislubrt
Elara, tothcronmgcnerosa, Silefia, mater.

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