Salve, dux hominum et parens deorum, provisum mihi conditumque numen! nec iam putribus evoluta chartis sollemni prece Quindecimvirorum perlustra mea dicta, sed canentem ipsam comminus, ut mereris, audi.
Hail, leader of men and parent of gods, deity by me foreseen and placed on record! Do not now scan my words unrolled on crumbling sheets to the ritual prayers of the Fifteen; but listen to me face to face as I sing, as you deserve.
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