{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/ovid/lboo/lbool46.htm","path":"cla/ovid/lboo/lbool46.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/ovid/lboo/lbool46.htm","text":"Dure vir, inposito tenerae custode puellae\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0nil agis; ingenio est quaeque tuenda suo. \nsiqua metu dempto casta est, ea denique casta est;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0quae, quia non liceat, non facit, illa facit!\nut iam servaris bene corpus, adultera mens est;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0nec custodiri, ne velit, ulla potest.\nnec corpus servare potes, licet omnia claudas;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0omnibus exclusis intus adulter erit.\ncui peccare licet, peccat minus; ipsa potestas\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 semina nequitiae languidiora facit.\ndesine, crede mihi, vitia inritare vetando;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0obsequio vinces aptius illa tuo.\nVidi ego nuper equum contra sua vincla tenacem\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ore reluctanti fulminis ire modo;\nconstitit ut primum concessas sensit habenas\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0frenaque in effusa laxa iacere iuba!\nnitimur in vetitum semper cupimusque negata;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sic interdictis imminet aeger aquis.\ncentum fronte oculos, centum cervice gerebat\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Argus -- et hos unus saepe fefellit Amor;\nin thalamum Danae ferro saxoque perennem\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0quae fuerat virgo tradita, mater erat;\nPenelope mansit, quamvis custode carebat,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0inter tot iuvenes intemerata procos.\nQuidquid servatur cupimus magis, ipsaque furem\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0cura vocat; pauci, quod sinit alter, amant.\nnec facie placet illa sua, sed amore mariti;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0nescio quid, quod te ceperit, esse putant.\nnon proba fit, quam vir servat, sed adultera cara;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ipse timor pretium corpore maius habet.\nindignere licet, iuvat inconcessa voluptas;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sola placet, 'timeo!' dicere siqua potest. \nnec tamen ingenuam ius est servare puellam -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hic metus externae corpora gentis agat!\nscilicet ut possit custos 'ego' dicere 'feci,'\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in laudem servi casta sit illa tui?\nRusticus est nimium, quem laedit adultera coniunx,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0et notos mores non satis urbis habet\nin qua Martigenae non sunt sine crimine nati\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Romulus Iliades Iliadesque Remus.\nquo tibi formosam, si non nisi casta placebat?\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0non possunt ullis ista coire modis.\nSi sapis, indulge dominae vultusque severos\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0exue, nec rigidi iura tuere viri,\net cole quos dederit -- multos dabit -- uxor amicos.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0gratia sic minimo magna labore venit;\nsic poteris iuvenum convivia semper inire\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0et, quae non dederis, multa videre domi.","title":"The Love Books of Ovid: ELEGY IV: He Urges A Husband Not To Keep So Strict A Watch On His Wife.","type":"page"}