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Appendix 23. Viator et coruus

 

Parallels: For parallel versions, see Perry 551.

 

Quidam per agros deuium carpens iter
AVE exaudiuit, et moratus paululum,
adesse ut uidit nullum, corripuit gradum.
Iterum salutat idem ex occulto sonus.
Voce hospitali confirmatus restitit,
ut, quisquis esset, par officium reciperet.
Cum circumspectans errore haesisset diu
et perdidisset tempus aliquot milium,
ostendit sese coruus et superuolans
AVE usque ingessit. Tum se lusum intelligens
"At male tibi sit" inquit, "ales pessime,
qui festinantis sic detinuisti pedes."

 

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