Letter 7019: Item ad Flavum et Euodium
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Item ad Flavum et Euodium
Quam bene conveniunt genitor quos sustulit unus,
si simul hos unum pectus utrosque tenet!
visceribus hisdem genitos Flavum Euodiumque
prorsus amore uno viscera nostra tegunt.
alter in alterius mihi visu visus habetur,
et fratris speciem fratris imago dedit.
unius ex facie facies mihi nota secundi:
sic speculo similem forma repressa refert.
ergo pari voto paribus dans vota salutis
ambos inter ego tertius alter ero:
hoc cupiens, ut quos caris amplexibus idem
tres amor unus habet, nos quoque Charta liget.
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