If I have led a pure life.
Si vitam puriter egi.
Original text (Latin)
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What a woman says to her ardent lover should be written in wind and running water.
To whom am I to present my pretty new book, freshly smoothed off with dry pumice stone?
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What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water.
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