<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:stoa0238.stoa001.perseus-lat2"><div type="textpart" n="14" subtype="poem"><l n="2">fortis puellae, martyris inclytae.</l><l n="3">conspectu in ipso condita turrium</l><l n="4">servat salutem virgo Quiritium,</l><l n="5">nec non et ipsos protegit advenas </l><l n="6">puro ac fideli pectore supplices.</l><l n="7">duplex corona est praestita martyri:</l><l n="8">intactum ab omni crimine virginal,</l><l n="9">mortis deinde gloria liberae.</l><l n="10">aiunt iugali vix habilem toro </l><l n="11">primis in annis forte puellulam</l><l n="12">Christo calentem fortiter inpiis</l><l n="13">iussis renisam, quo minus idolis</l><l n="14">addicta sacram desereret fidem,</l><l n="15">temptata multis nam prius artibus, </l><l n="16">nunc ore blandi iudicis inlice,</l><l n="17">nunc saevientis carnificis minis,</l><l n="18">stabat feroci robore pertinax</l><l n="19">corpusque duris excruciatibus</l><l n="20">ultro offerebat non renuens mori. </l><l n="21">tum trux tyrannus: <q>si facile est,</q> ait,</l><l n="22">‘poenam subactis ferre doloribus</l><l n="23">et vita vilis spernitur, at pudor</l><l n="24">carus dicatae virginitatis est.</l><l n="25">hanc in lupanar trudere publicum </l><l n="26">certum est, ad aram ni caput applicat</l><l n="27">ac de Minerva iam veniam rogat,</l><l n="28">quam virgo pergit temnere virginem,</l><l n="29">omnis iuventus inruet et novum</l><l n="30">ludibriorum mancipium petet.’</l><l n="31"><q>haud,</q> inquit Agnes, ‘inmemor est ita</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>