ne, precor, ascensis tanti sit gloria Bactris, raptave odorato carbasa lina duci, plumbea cum tortae sparguntur pondera fundae, subdolus et versis increpat arcus equis! sed (tua sic domitis Parthae telluris alumnis pura triumphantis hasta sequatur equos) incorrupta mei conserva foedera lecti! hac ego te sola lege redisse velim: armaque cum tulero portae votiva Capenae, subscribam salvo grata puella viro.
Let not the glory of scaling Bactras walls, I pray, be worth too high a price, or the snatching of linen robes from some perfumed potentate, when leaden missiles are discharged from the whirling sling and the treacherous bow twangs from a horse that flees. Above all'so may the headless spear follow your triumphal chariot when the sons of Parthia have been vanquished'keep inviolate the pledge of my marriage-bed! Only on this condition should I desire you to return; and when I offer up your arms at the Capene Gate, I shall write below: from a grateful girl on her mans safe return.
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