Dum Marti praestans virtute, et fortibus armis
Strozza dicat valida parta trophaea manu
Ipse viri Mavors armat, vincitque tegitque
Ense latus, torque, pectora, fronde comam.
5Atque ait, et me iam vincis Soboles mea; et ille es,
Digne mari ac terris, qui mea sceptra regas.
Non tulit hoc Pallas, non Phoebus, non Superum Rex
Quin factum indignans increpat ore Deum.
Quem tibi Mars uni assumis? quo te improbe iactas,
10Hic etiam nostras implet, obitque vices.
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