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Cui dono lepidum novum libellum
arido modo pumice expolitum ?
Corneli , tibi : namque tu solebas
meas esse aliquid putare nugas
iam tum , cum ausus es unus Italorum
omne aevum tribus explicare chartis ,
doctis , Iuppiter , et laboriosis .
quare habe tibi quidquid hoc libelli ,
qualecumque , quod , o patrona virgo ,
plus uno maneat perenne saeclo .
To whom do I gift ( this ) charming new little book
polished up just now with dry pumice ?
Cornelius ! ( I gift it ) to you : for you were accustomed
to think that my nothings were something
already then , when you alone of the Italians dared
to unwind the entire eternity in three scrolls ,
learned ones , by Jupiter , and laborious .
for which reason have for yourself whatever ( kind ) of a little book this ( is ) ,
whatever nature ( it is ) , which - O Virgin patroness -
may it remain perennial more than one generation .
Matthew Harrington /
- Aligned by Matthew Harrington
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Cui dono lepidum novum libellum
arido modo pumice expolitum ?
Corneli , tibi : namque tu solebas
meas esse aliquid putare nugas
iam tum , cum ausus es unus Italorum
omne aevum tribus explicare chartis ,
doctis , Iuppiter , et laboriosis .
quare habe tibi quidquid hoc libelli ,
qualecumque , quod , o patrona virgo ,
plus uno maneat perenne saeclo .
To whom do I gift ( this ) charming new little book
polished up just now with dry pumice ?
Cornelius ! ( I gift it ) to you : for you were accustomed
to think that my nothings were something
already then , when you alone of the Italians dared
to unwind the entire eternity in three scrolls ,
learned ones , by Jupiter , and laborious .
for which reason have for yourself whatever ( kind ) of a little book this ( is ) ,
whatever nature ( it is ) , which - O Virgin patroness -
may it remain perennial more than one generation .