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106.1
THERMARUM in solio si quis Polygitona vidit
106.2
ulcera membrorum scabie putrefacta foventem,
106.3
praeposuit cunctis spectacula talia ludis.
106.4
Principio tremulis gannitibus aera pulsat
106.5
verbaque lascivos meretricum imitantia coetus
106.6
vibrat et obscenae numeros pruriginis implet.
106.7
brachia deinde rotat velut enthea daemone Maenas;
106.8
pectus, crura, latus, ventrem, femora, inguina, suras,
106.9
tergum, colla, umeros, luteae Symplegadis antrum.
106.10
tam diversa locis vaga earnificina pererrat,
106.11
donec marcentem calidi fervore lavacri
106.12
blandus letali solvat dulcedine morbus.
106.13
desectos sic fama viros, ubi cassa libido
106.14
femineos coetus et non sua bella lacessiti
106.15
irrita vexato consumere gaudia lecto,
106.16
titillata brevi cum iam sub fine voluptas
106.17
fervet et ingesto peragit ludibria morsu:
106.18
torpida non aliter Polygiton membra rescivit.
106.19
et, quia debentur suprema piacula vitae,
106.20
ad Phlegethonteas sese iam praeparet undas.

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