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In aulicos.
On Courtiers.
EMBLEMA LXXXVII.
Vana Palatinos quos educat[1] aula clientes,
Dicitur auratis nectere compedibus.
The court, so full of vanities, supports the palace entourage, but binds them with fetters of gold, it is said.
Notes:
1. Textual variant: ducat.
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