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On your luminous brow Apollo placed a full crown of ancient rare evergreen when your soul savored the brightest deepest waters around the poets' Helicon, and now the words of the great Jove echo from the Aegean to Indian seas, with such bright fame, we must think the splendors of the ancient writers are become yours; with his own hand Apollo has adorned this Jove whose learned muse today alone portrays our era as bright and lovely. His spirit will preserve my beloved's forever; out of my Sun's rare spirit he'll create magnificent history. |
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Notes: From V LXXXVIII:88. See also B E1:203; R CXIII:326; MS L (Tordi 33r); 1538/9, 1540-2; 1760 Rota. To Paolo Giovio da Como, to serve as a preface to Giovio's Life of Pescara. Sent to Giovo with a letter on March 17, 1530. Key |
