nec mihi celanda est vulgata fama vetusta mollior, e niveo lactis fluxisse liquorem pectore reginae divum caelumque colore infecisse suo; quapropter lacteus orbis dicitur, et nomen causa descendit ab ipsa.
Nor must I conceal an ancient legend less tragic than the well-known one, that from the snow-white breast of heavens queen there flowed a stream of milk which left its colour upon the skies; wherefore is it called the Milky Way, and the name derives from its actual origin.
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