# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 9.12.2

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, Book 9, Chapter 12. Latin.

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Vix ueri simile est in eripiendo spiritu idem gaudium potuisse quod fulmen, et tamen idem ualuit. nuntiata enim clade, quae ad lacum Trasimennum inciderat, altera mater, sospiti filio ad ipsam portam facta obuia, in conplexu eius expirauit, altera, cum falso mortis filii nuntio maesta domi sederet, ad primum conspectum redeuntis exanimata est. genus casus inusitatum! quas dolor non extinxerat, laetitia consumpsit. sed minus miror, quod mulieres:

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Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, ed. Karl Friedrich Kempf. 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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