tu tamen ante omnes diva cum matre, Palaemon, annue, si vestras amor est mihi pandere Thebas nec cano degeneri Phoebeum Amphiona plectro.
But above all do you grant your favor, Palaemon, with your goddess mother, if tis my desire to tell of your Thebes and I sing Phoebus Amphion with no degenerate lyre.
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