<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="62">caelestis aulae, mox alius datur</l><l n="63">ascensus; iram nam furor incitat</l><l n="64">hostis cruenti: <q>vincor,</q> ait gemens,</l><l n="65">‘i, stringe ferrum, miles, et exere </l><pb n="p.342"/><l n="66">praecepta summi regia principis.’</l><l n="67">ut vidit Agnes stare trucem virum</l><l n="68">mucrone nudo, laetior haec ait:</l><l n="69">‘exulto talis quod potius venit</l><l n="70">vesanus, atrox, turbidus armiger, </l><l n="71">quam si veniret languidus ac tener</l><l n="72">mollisque ephebus tinctus aromate,</l><l n="73">qui me pudoris funere perderet.</l><l n="74">hic, hic amator iam, fateor, placet:</l><l n="75">ibo inruentis gressibus obviam, </l><l n="76">nec demorabor vota calentia:</l><l n="77">ferrum in papillas omne recepero</l><l n="78">pectusque ad imum vim gladii traham.</l><l n="79">sic nupta Christo transiliam poli</l><l n="80">omnes tenebras aethere celsior. </l><l n="81">aeterne rector, divide ianuas</l><l n="82">caeli obseratas terrigenis prius,</l><l n="83">ac te sequentem, Christe, animam voca,</l><l n="84">cum virginalem, tum Patris hostiam.’</l><l n="85">sic fata Christum vertice cernuo </l><l n="86">supplex adorat, vulnus ut inminens</l><l n="87">cervix subiret prona paratius.</l><l n="88">ast ille tantam spem peragit manu,</l><l n="89">uno sub ictu nam caput amputat;</l><l n="90">sensum doloris mors cita praevenit. </l><l n="91">exutus inde spiritus emicat</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>