<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.stoa007.perseus-lat2"><div type="textpart" n="2" subtype="book"><div type="textpart" n="1" subtype="section"><l n="281">quidquid posterius successor repperit usus.</l><l n="282">orbe novo nulli subigebant arva coloni:</l><l n="283">quid sibi aratra volunt? quid cura superflua rastri?</l><l n="284">ilignis melius saturatur glandibus alvus,</l><l n="285">primi homines cuneis scindebant fissile lignum: </l><pb n="v.2.p.28"/><l n="286">decoquat in massam fervens strictura secures</l><l n="287">rursus et ad proprium restillet vena metallum.</l><l n="288">induvias caesae pecudes et frigida parvas</l><l n="289">praebebat spelunca domos: redeamus ad antra,</l><l n="290">pellibus insutis hirtos sumamus amictus. </l><l n="291">inmanes quondam populi feritate subacta</l><l n="292">edomiti iam triste fremant iterumque ferinos</l><l n="293">in mores redeant atque ad sua prisca recurrant.</l><l n="294">praecipitet Scythica iuvenis pietate vietum</l><l n="295">votivo de ponte patrem (sic mos fuit olim), </l><l n="296">caedibus infantum fument Saturnia sacra</l><l n="297">flebilibusque truces resonent vagitibus arae.</l><l n="298">ipsa casas fragili texat gens Romula culmo:</l><l n="299">sic tradunt habitasse Remum, regalia faeno</l><l n="300">fulcra supersternant aut pelle Libystidis ursae </l><l n="301">conpositam chlamydem villoso corpore gestent.</l><l n="302">talia Trinacrius ductor vel Tuscus habebant.</l><l n="303">Roma antiqua sibi non constat versa per aevum</l></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>