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RVFE mihi frustra ac nequiquam credite amice
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RUFUS, whom I, your friend, trusted in vain, and to no purpose
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(frustra? immo magno cum pretio atque malo),
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2
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(in vain? nay, rather at a great and ruinous price)
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sicine subrepsti mi, atque intestina perurens
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have you stolen into my heart and burning into my vitals
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ei misero eripuisti omnia nostra bona?
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4
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torn away, alas, all my blessings?
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eripuisti, heu heu nostrae crudele uenenum
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5
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Torn away, alas, alas! you the cruel poison of my life,
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uitae, heu heu nostrae pestis amicitiae.
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alas, alas! you the deadly bane of my friendship.
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