<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div xml:lang="lat" type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0959.phi004.perseus-lat2"><div type="textpart" subtype="book" n="2"><l n="599">En, iterum testor: nihil hic, nisi lege remissum</l><l n="600" rend="indent">Luditur: in nostris instita nulla iocis. <milestone ed="p" n="601" rend="indent" unit="carte"/>
               </l><l n="601">Quis Cereris ritus ausit vulgare profanis,</l><l n="602" rend="indent">Magnaque Threïcia sacra reperta Samo?</l><l n="603">Exigua est virtus praestare silentia rebus:</l><l n="604" rend="indent">At contra gravis est culpa tacenda loqui.</l><l n="605">O bene, quod frustra captatis arbore pomis</l><l n="606" rend="indent">Garrulus in media Tantalus aret aqua!</l><l n="607">Praecipue Cytherea iubet sua sacra taceri:</l><l n="608" rend="indent">Admoneo, veniat nequis ad illa loquax.</l><l n="609">Condita si non sunt Veneris mysteria cistis,</l><l n="610" rend="indent">Nec cava vesanis ictibus aera sonant,</l><l n="611">At sic inter nos medio versantur in usu,</l><l n="612" rend="indent">Se tamen inter nos ut latuisse velint. </l><l n="613">Ipsa Venus pubem, quotiens velamina ponit,</l><l n="614" rend="indent">Protegitur laeva semireducta manu.</l><l n="615">In medio passimque coit pecus: hoc quoque viso</l><l n="616" rend="indent">Avertit vultus nempe puella suos.</l><l n="617">Conveniunt thalami furtis et ianua nostris,</l><l n="618" rend="indent">Parsque sub iniecta veste pudenda latet:</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>