nec credite culpam saevitiae scelerumve mihi nunc crimina pendi; fata loquax mentemque Iovis quaeque abdita solus consilia et terris subito ventura parabat prodideram miserans hominum genus; hinc mihi tanta pestis et offusae media inter dicta tenebrae.
And deem not that I am now expiating a sin of cruelty or evil deeds: the fates, vain babbler, and Joves purpose and the counsels he framed, hid from all else, and suddenly to be made manifest on earth'these had I disclosed, pitying the human race; hence this great plague and the darkness that even as I spoke oerclouded me.
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