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                          Hinc Amythaonius, docuit quem plurima Chiron,
                          nocturnas crucibus volucres suspendit et altis
                          culminibus vetuit feralia carmina flere. 350
                          Sed ne dira novas segetes animalia carpant,
                          profuit interdum medicantem semina pingui
                          Palladia sine fruge salis conspargere amurca,
                          innatave laris nigra satiare favilla.
                          Profuit et plantis latices infundere amaros 355
                          marruvii multoque sedi contingere suco.
                          At si nulla valet medicina repellere pestem,
                          Dardaniae veniunt artes nudataque plantas
                          femina, quae iustis tum demum operata iuvencae
                          legibus obsceno manat pudibunda cruore, 360
                          sed resoluta sinus, resoluto maesta capillo,
                          ter circum areolas et saepem ducitur horti.
                          Quem cum lustravit gradiens, mirabile visu,
                          non aliter quam decussa pluit arbore nimbus
                          vel teretis mali vel tectae cortice glandis, 365
                          volvitur in terram distorto corpore campe.
                          Sic quondam magicis sopitum cantibus anguem
                          vellere Phrixeo delapsum vidit Iolcos.
                          Sed iam prototomos tempus decidere caules
                          et Tartesiacos Paphiosque revellere thyrsos 370
                          atque apio fasces et secto cingere porro.
                          Iamque eruca salax fecundo provenit horto,
                          lubrica iam lapathos, iam thamni sponte virescunt
                          et scilla, hirsuto saepes nunc horrida rusco
                          prodit et asparagi corruda simillima filo 375
                          umidaque andrachle sitientis protegit antes
                          et gravis atriplici consurgit longa phaselos.
                          Tum modo dependens trichilis, modo more chelydri