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Excerpt from Papyrii Gemini Eleatis Hermathena, Seu De Eloquentiae Victoria: Ad Lectorem Non Mihi Musa Pares, Genitor No Dulcis Apollo, Ruraq, Cecropidum, Nec Moenia Celsa Quirini, Barbarus Ast Rauco Resonabo Classica Cornu, Quodq, Tulere Nesas Diuumq Hoimq Parentes Ex Praeclara Cantabrigia; Cum Gracia Et Privilegio
Eloquence escapes and after visiting Rome, which she finds torn by dissensions, and Athens, which is a heap of ruins, seeks the home of the Gods. Here she meets with much sympathy, but as Jupiter is on the point of holding a three days' banquet and wishes to be undisturbed by strife, the god suggests that she should repair to the Elysian fields. Here she pleads her cause before the Senate and is followed by Caesar, Cicero, and Servius Sulpicius. In accordance with Roman legislative procedure a bill is brought before the people, who refer the matter back to the senate. A three months' truce is proclaimed and the several enemies of Wisdom and Eloquence, the nobles, the women, . The philosophers (sophists), and the lawyers are threatened with severe penalties.
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