86 P.L.M.
Nam citius flammas mortales ore tenebunt
quam secreta tegant. Quicquid dimittis in aula,
effluit et subitis rumoribus oppida pulsat.
Nec satis est vulgasse fidem. Cumulatius exit
proditionis opus famamque onerare laborat.
Sic commissa verens avidus reserare
1
minister
fodit humum regisque latentes prodidit aures.
Concepit nam terra sonos calamique loquentes
incinuere
2
Midam, qualem narraverat index.
phi0972.phi001p. Petronius. Michael Heseltine (Editor). London. 1913.
Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.
Funding provided by Tufts University.