[26] Oraque magnanimum spirantia paene uirorumCornelii Severi.
In rostris iacuere suis: sed enim abstulit omnis,
Tamquam sola foret, rapti Ciceronis imago.
Tunc redeunt animis ingentia consulis acta
Iurataeque manus deprensaque foedera noxae
Patriciumque nefas extinctum: poena Cethegi
Deiectusque redit uotis Catilina nefandis.
Profuerant? sacris exculta quid artibus aetas?
Abstulit una dies aeui decus, ictaque luctu
Conticuit Latiae tristis facundia linguae.
Vnica sollicitis quondam tutela salusque,
Egregium semper patriae caput, ille senatus
Vindex, ille fori, legum ritusque togaeque,
Publica uox saeuis aeternum obmutuit armis.
Informes, uoltus sparsamque cruore nefando
Canitiem sacrasque manus operumque ministras
Tantorum pedibus ciuis proiecta superbis.
Proculcauit ouans nec lubrica fata deosque
Respexit. nullo luet hoc Antonius aeuo. [p. 48]
Hoc nec in Emathio mitis uictoria Perse,
Nec te, dire Syphax, non fecerat hoste Philippo;
Inque triumphato ludibria cuncta Iugurtha
Afuerant, nostraeque cadens ferus Hannibal irae
Membra tamen Stygias tulit inuiolata sub umbras.
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