CLE 01542
Tu [q]ui s[tas atque spectas] m[o]nimentum meum,
Aspice quam indign]e sit data uita m[ihi.]
[Quinque] annos sui [... pare]ntes,
Sextu[m annum insce]ndens anim[am deposui mea]m.
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Nolite [d]o[lere paren]tes, moriendum [fu]i[t,
[Proper]a[ui]t aeta[s], Fatus hoc uoluit meus.
Sic quomodo mala in arbore pendent, si(c) corpora nostra:
Aut matura cadunt, aut cit(o) acerba ruunt.
Te, lapis, optestor, leuiter super ossa [re]sidas,
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Ni tenerae aetati tu ue[lis] esse grauis.
Reference basis text: CLE 01542
Editing of the digital edition: E. Saltelli, 2011
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