"Nec dubitem versus hirsuti saepe poetae Suspensus lustrare, et vestigare legendo, Sicubi se quaedam forte inter commoda versu Dicta meo ostendant, quae mox melioribus ipse Auspiciis proprios possim mihi vertere in usus, Detersa prorsus prisca rubigine scabra."

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HumanistsPoets from ItalyEpic poetsLatin authorsRoman Catholic bishops
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Nor would I scruple, with a due regard, To read sometimes a rude unpolished bard, Among whose labours I may find a line, Which from unsightly rust I may refine, And, with a better grace, adopt it into mine. — Book III, line 196