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| NVM te leaena montibus Libystinis | 1 | Was it a lioness from Libyan mountains |
| aut Scylla latrans infima inguinum parte | 2 | or a Scylla from her womb below |
| tam mente dura procreauit ac taetra, | 3 | that bare you, you that are so hard-hearted and monstrous |
| ut supplicis uocem in nouissimo casu | 4 | as to hold in contempt your suppliant's voice in his last need, |
| contemptam haberes, a nimis fero corde? | 5 | ah, too cruel-hearted one ? |