Enimvero qui pueris et adulescentibus et senibus utile carmen prompturus est, in mediis milibus hominum canat, ita ut hoc meum de virtutibus Orfiti carmen est, serum quidem fortasse, sed serium, nec minus gratum quam utile Carthaginiensium pueris et iuvenibus et senibus, quos indulgentia sua praecipuus omnium proconsul sublevavit temperatoque desiderio et moderato remedio dedit pueris saturitatem, iuvenibus hilaritatem, senibus securitatem.
And yet one who hopes to produce a song useful to children, youths, and old men should sing before humans in their thousands, as is this song of mine about Orfitus virtues'tardy perhaps, but yet heartfelt, and as pleasing as it is profitable for the children, youths, and old men of Carthage. All of these this proconsul without peer has supported by his kindliness, and by his moderate wishes and gentle correction he has brought abundance to children, joyfulness to the young, security to the old.
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