Ast ego nec Phoebum, quamquam mihi surda sine illo plectra, nec Aonias decima cum Pallade divas aut mitem Tegeae Dircesve hortabor alumnum; ipse veni viresque novas animumque ministra qui caneris; docto nec enim sine numine nactus Ausoniae decora ampla togae centumque dedisti iudicium mentemque viris.
But for my part I shall not call on Phoebus, though without him my lyre is dumb, nor the Aonian goddesses with Pallas as their tenth, nor the gentle nursling of Tegea or of Dirce: come in person and grant me new strength and spirit, you that are my theme. For not without divine power of eloquence did you attain the ample distinctions of Ausonias gown and give judgment and wisdom to the Hundred.
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