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Squalida sed quoniam facies, neglectaque cultû
Caesaries; multisque malis lassata senectus
Eripuit solitam effigiem: vetus accipe nomen;
Roma vocor.
(Carm. l. 2, p. 77.)
He spins this allegory beyond all measure or patience. The Epistles to Urban V in prose are more simple and persuasive, (Senilium, l. vii. p. 811 - 827 l. ix. epist. i. p. 844 - 854.)
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