“Fœmina, quae Formæ studeat, studeatque placere...”
1721
Caterina Imperiale Lercari Pallavicini, Marchioness of MombaruzzoDescription
Original Text: Arcadum Carmina: Pars Prior. Rome: Antonius de Rubeis, 1721, p. 69. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/OuNfAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&sa=X&v ed=2ahUKEwjuiMvopvjsAhWBKs0KHZ2jD3IQ7_IDMAx6BAgQEAU
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Arcadum Carmina: Pars Prior. Rome: Antonius de Rubeis, 1721, p. 69.Transcription
EPIGRAMMA.
Fœmina, quae Formæ studeat, studeatque placere, Et formae, & merito fiet iniqua suo. Sit Virtutis amans, nec amari gaudeat illa: Obsequia, in morem despicientis, amet. Majestas, & Amor non una in sede morantur: Unica Majestas nos facit esse Deas.
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