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XIV

Mira tibi referam nostrae primordia vitae:
Nondum natus eram, nec eram iam matris in alvo;
Iam posito partu natum me nemo videbat.

Peck:

I tell again life's wondrous story old;
Not born, nor did my mother me enfold,
And then, though born, no eye could me behold.

Ohl:

I shall tell you the wondrous beginning of my life: Not yet was I born, nor was I still in my mother's womb; though already brought to birth, no one saw me born.

Editor's Additional Notes:

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Ohl's Critical Notes on the Latin Text:

Tit. De pullo in ove α; Pulli β

1 refferam a

2 Nondum natus fueram nec fuerã matris dãnatus in alvo A — iam matris] GHI; genetricis d; matris (om. iam) αβ; tunc m. L; dum m. Schenkl; clam natus Froehner

3 positu A

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