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  • Mediocris erat staturæ, prudens valde, nimis astutus multúmque seriosus, et grauis in moribus.

    The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

  • Mediocris erat statur�, prudens valde, nimis astutus mult鷐que seriosus, et grauis in moribus.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Si grauis & tetricus contemnis erotica, rerum nosce precor seriem tam bene dispositam.

    Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

  • Accipe, Pompei, deductum carmen ab illo debitor est uitae qui tibi, Sexte, suae. qui seu non prohibes a me tua nomina poni, accedet meritis haec quoque summa tuis; siue trahis uultus, equidem peccasse fatebor, 5 delicti tamen est causa probanda mei. non potuit mea mens quin esset grata teneri; sit precor officio non grauis ira pio.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • At _EP_ III vii 11-12 Ovid indicates that his wife's efforts on his behalf had not matched his hopes: nec grauis uxori dicar, quae scilicet in me quam proba tam timida est experiensque parum.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • _EP_ II ii 15-16 'est mea culpa grauis, sed quae me perdere solum/ausa sit, et _nullum maius adorta nefas_'.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Abnuis? ac saltem stylus & noua lingua novusq; sermo grauis, sophia, se rogat aspicias.

    Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

  • Nulla dies adeo est australibus umida nimbis non intermissis ut fluat imber aquis, nec sterilis locus ullus ita est ut non sit in illo mixta fere duris utilis herba rubis; nil adeo Fortuna grauis miserabile fecit 5 ut minuant nulla gaudia parte malum. ecce domo patriaque carens oculisque meorum, naufragus in Getici litoris actus aquas, qua tamen inueni uultum diffundere causam possim fortunae nec meminisse meae.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • My. curae mea gaudia turbant: cura dapes sequitur, magis inter pocula surgit et grauis anxietas laetis incumbere gaudet.

    Redeunt Saturnia Regna Anonymous 1912

  • Alconti Dasioque Symmachoque. at nostri bene computentur anni et quantum tetricae tulere febres, aut languor grauis, aut mali dolores,

    Long Life and Strong Life Martial 1912

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