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POMPEI SILONIS. Xerses
multos secum adducit, Thermopylae paucos recipiunt.
Erimus inter fortes fugacissimi, inter fugaces tardissimi.
Nihil refert, quantas gentes in orbem
nostrum Oriens effuderit, quantum nationum secum
Xerses trahat: tot ad nos pertinent, quot locus
ceperit. CORNELI HISPANI. Pro Sparta uenimus, pro
Graecia stemus: uincamus hostes, socios iam uicimus:
sciat iste insolens barbarus, nihil esse
difficilius quam Laconis armati latus fodere. Ego uero
quod discesserunt gaudeo: liberas nobis reliquere
Thermopylas; nil erit quod uirtuti nostrae se apponat,
quod se inserat; non latebit in turba Laco; quocunque
Xerses aspexerit, Spartanos uidebit. BLANDI.
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