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Idem navigium, navita, vector, ero.
Ovid. Epist. Leander Heroni, V. 148.

ὂφρα νοήσας
Ἒσσομαι ὂλκὰς Ἒρωτος, ἒχων σὲθεν ἀστέρα λὑχνον,
Καὶ μιν ὀπιπτέυων, οὐκ ὂψομαι δύντα Βοώτην,
Όν θρασύν Ώρίωνα, καὶ ἂζροχον ὁλκὸν ἁμάξης.
Musæus, V. 211, &c.

Nec sequar aut Helicen, aut, quâ Tyros utitur, Arcton:
Publica non curat sidera noster Amor.
Andromedan alius spectet, claramve Coronam,
Quæque micat gelido Parrhasis Ursa polo.
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Est aliud lumen multo mihi certius istis;
Non erit in tenebris quo duce noster amor.
Ovid. Epist. Leand. Heroni, V. 149, &c.