CLC - Explore The Story

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Pōlla

Pōlla, fīlia Clēmentis, fortūnam suam queritur; māter Flāvia eam
cōnsōlārī cōnātur.

Pōlla:quam crūdēlis est pater meus, quī mē Sparsō nūbere
iussit! quid faciam, māter? num putās mē istī senī
5  umquam nūptūram esse? scīs mē alium quendam
amāre.
Flāvia:ō dēliciae, nōlī lacrimāre! dūra est vīta; necesse est
pārēre eīs quī nōs regunt. crēdō tamen Sparsum satis
grātum et benignum tibi futūrum esse.
Pōlla:10  cūr mē ita dēcipis? scīs eum esse senem odiōsum. scīs
etiam eum duās uxōrēs iam repudiāvisse. at tū, māter,
sententiā Imperātōris nimis movēris; nihil dē mē cūrās,
nihil dē Helvidiō quem amō.
Flāvia:num tū tam audāx es ut istī amōrī indulgeās? iste enim
15  Helvidius gentī nostrae est odiō. num oblīta es avum
eius, cum Vespasiānum Imperātōrem graviter
offendisset, in exiliō occīsum esse? mihi crēde, mea
Pōlla! melius est cēdere quam frūstrā resistere.

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