idem ego, cum Cinarae traheret Lucina dolores, et facerent uteri pondera lenta moram, Iunonis facito votum impetrabile dixi: illa parit: libris est data palma meis! quid moneant Pisces animosaque signa Leonis, lotus et Hesperia quid Capricornus aqua, hoc neque harenosum Libyci Iovis explicat antrum, aut sibi commissos fibra locuta deos, aut si quis motas cornicis senserit alas, umbrave quae magicis mortua prodit aquis: aspicienda viast caeli verusque per astra trames, et ab zonis quinque petenda fides.
So too when Lucina was prolonging Cinaras labour-pains and the burden of her womb was slow and caused delay, I said: Let her make a vow that shall prevail with Juno! She gives birth: victory was awarded to my almanacs! What portend the Fishes and the Lions fierce sign and Capricorn bathed in the western ocean is not revealed by the desert shrine of Libyan Jove, or by the entrails that communicate the godhead within them, or by him who understands the winged flight of the crow, or by the dead shade who comes forth from magic waters: you must observe the paths of heaven and the road of truth that lies in the stars, and seek trust from the five zones.
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