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5 Nicolaus de London, rectore Thoma Forster, onerata cum vuis siccis, valore Florenorum 4800. In tempore Romadan Beglerbegi Argiræ spoliatæ et ereptæ naues, merces, et homines. 1 Iudith de London, rectore Iacobo Beare, cum hominibus 24. valore Florenorum 3100. 2 Iesus de London, rectore Andræa Dier, cum 21. hominibus.
Et siquid doliturus eris, sine testibus illis! Cum venient, siccis oscula falle genis: Sat tibi sint noctes quas de me, Paule, fatiges, Somniaque in faciem reddita saepe meam. In these lines, hardly to be read without tears, Propertius for once rises into that clear air in which art passes beyond the reach of criticism.
Then, "Satiata siccis oculis composito vultu redibat, tanquam orbitatem foris reliquisset." No one could have written that beautiful sentence but a man of tender heart and sympathies. Pliny's tastes were catholic. He writes with delight, but without pretending to be a connoisseur, of an antique statuette which he had purchased out of a legacy.
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