# Controversiae 8.5.5

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, Book 8, Chapter 5. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/seneca-the-elder/controversiae/8.5.5

ex tribus unum posco. Vtinam omnis quos perdidit quaereret! Blandi. Cum tradere uellem puerum nescio quis exclamauit: “puer, nunc peristi.” nihil uobis subtraham; quidni? praeconi quoque omnia indicaui. MENTONIS. Rapui nepotem, habeo;

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Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, ed. Adolf Gottlieb Kiessling. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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