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Commodianus
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29 DIVITES HUMILES ESTOTE
Disce, moriture, bonum ostendere cunctis.
In medio populi quid te facis alterum esse?
Uadis ubi nescis, et inscius inde recedis;
Impie tractas, cum ipso corpore sitis
Tu super diuitias, nimium te tollis in altum
Et <fe>stiua ducis nec respicis pauperes ultro
Subditos nunc uobis, nec parentes pascitis ipsos.
Heu miseri! fugiant longius mediocres a uobis.
'Uixit et extinxit pauper' ebriace clames.
Mox furiis ageris, cum pereas ipse, Carybdis.
Indisciplinati sicut <pecora> diuites estis:
Legem datis istis, nam uobis parcitis ipsis.
Exuite, diuites, tantis malis Deo peruersos,
Subueniat utique tibi, qui nunc operati si forte.
Estote communes minimis, dum tempus habetis;
Sicut ulmus amat uitem, sic ipsi pusillos.
Terribilem legem malis bonis atque benigna<m>
Obserua nunc sterelis, subditus in prosperis esto;
Tollite corda fraudis, diuites, et sumite pacis.
Expiate malum uestrum benefactis a Summo.




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