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 He subsequently printed privately a volume of poems, called Otia Sacra, which has been re-edited by Dr. Grosart.}}}}


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Let there be patrons, etc. Burton, I. ii. 3, § 15. 'Tis an old saying: "Sint Mæcenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones" (Mart. VIII. lvi. 5).

Fabius, Cotta, and Lentulus are examples of Roman patrons of poetry, themselves distinguished. Cp. Juvenal, vii. 94.


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Ecce puer Veneris fert eversamque pharetram Et fractos arcus, et sine luce facem.