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cōnfarreātiō III

tandem pompa domum Sparsī, flōribus ōrnātam, advenit. quī, domō
ēgressus, Pōllam ita appellat:

Sparsus:siste! quis es tū? quō nōmine hūc venīs?
Pōlla:ubi tū Gāius, ibi ego Gāia.

5  quibus verbīs sollemnibus dictīs, subitō magnus clāmor audītur; ē
mediā turbā ērumpit iuvenis, pugiōne armātus, quī praeceps in
Sparsum ruit.

iuvenis:nunc morere, Sparse! (Sparsum ferōciter pugiōne petit.)
Sparsus:subvenīte! subvenīte!

10  ingēns strepitus orītur; servī accurrunt; aliī spectātōrēs Sparsō
servīsque subveniunt, aliī immōtī et obstupefactī stant. Pōlla tamen,
iuvene Helvidiō agnitō, pallēscit. servī Helvidium, tandem
comprehēnsum, firmē retinent.

Sparsus:(exclāmāns) illum agnōscō! Helvidius est, homō
15  īnfestissimus gentī Imperātōris. eum ad Imperātōrem
dūcite! prō certō habeō Domitiānum eī poenam
aptissimam excōgitātūrum esse. (Pōlla horrēscit.) nōlī
timēre, mea Pōlla! ille iuvenis īnsānus numquam
iterum nōs vexābit. nunc tibi tempus est domum
20  tuam novam intrāre.

Sparsus Pōllam bracchiīs tollit ut eam trāns līmen portet. Helvidius ad
Domitiānum abdūcitur.

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