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| AVFILENA, uiro contentam uiuere solo, | 1 | AUFILENA, to live content with her husband and no other |
nuptarum laus ex laudibus eximiis: |
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is a glory for brides one of the most excellent: |
| sed cuiuis quamuis potius succumbere par est, | 3 | but 'tis better to sleep with any man whatsoever, |
quam matrem fratres efficere ex patruo. |
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than that a mother should conceive cousins with her uncle. |