potuisset ista semper efficacius humo atque gente cretus in Ligustide Proculus melodis insonare pulsibus limans faceta quaeque sic poemata, Venetam lacessat ut favore Mantuam Homericaeque par et ipse gloriae, rotas Maronis arte sectans compari.
Proculus, sprung from Ligurian soil and race, could with more masterly effect have made these verses ring with tuneful lyre-throbs'he who gives all his poems such a graceful finish that he challenges Venetian Mantua by the plaudits he wins, matching even the glory of Homer as he follows Virgils chariot with a skill no less than equal.
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