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SCIENZA.
Learning.
Che la Musica è amata da gli Iddii.
Music is loved by the Gods.
L’arguta
Cetra col
nemico a prova
Sonava Elpino;[1] e mentre al suono è intento,
Di
saventura inusitata e nova
Ruppe una corda, onde fini il concento.
Ma
in quel difetto una Cicala giova,
Ch’a
la corda suppli con dolce accento.
Ond’ei
di bronzo una Cicala dona.
A Phebo, accio di lei sia la corona.
Notes:
1. Elpino is a stock pastoral character who sometimes plays the lute..
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