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LXX

Lex bona dicendi, lex sum quoque dura tacendi,
Ius avidae linguae, finis sine fine loquendi,
Ipsa fluens, dum verba fluunt, ut lingua quiescat.

Peck:

Hard rule of silence I, good rule of speech,
To words that know no end, an end I teach,
I flow as well as they, that rest the tongue may reach.

Ohl:

Kind rule of speech, I am also the hard rule of silence, judgment upon a greedy tongue, an end to endless talking, flowing myself, as long as the words flow on, that the tongue may rest.

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