A
hymn to Diana to be sung by boys and girls; it starts with a proem and
invocation, then describes her realms of influence and ancestry, and ends with a
petition.
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Dianae sumus in fide
puellae et pueri integri:
<Dianam pueri integri>
.....puellaeque canamus.
o Latonia, maximi..................................5
magna progenies Iovis,
quam mater prope Deliam
.....deposivit olivam,
montium domina ut fores
silvarumque virentium...........................10
saltuumque reconditorum
.....amniumque sonantum:
tu Lucina dolentibus
Iuno dicta puerperis,
tu potens Trivia et notho es..................15
.....dicta lumine Luna.
tu cursu, dea, menstruo
metiens iter annuum,
rustica agricolae bonis
.....tecta frugibus exples........................20
sis quocumque tibi placet
sancta nomine, Romulique,
antique ut solita es, bona
.....sospites ope gentem.