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Matutinus adest ubi Vesper, et accipiens te / Saepe recusatum voces intelligit hospes / Rusticus ignotas notas, ac flumina tellus / Occupat -- In sancto tum, tum, stans Aede caveto / Tonsuram Hirsuti Capitis, via namque pedestrem / Ferrea praeveniens cursum, peregrine, laborem / Pro pietate tua inceptum frustratur, amore / Antiqui Ritus alto sub Numine Romae.
_Translation of the above_: --
When early morning seems but eve / And they that still refuse receive: / When speech unknown men understand; / And floods are crossed upon dry land.
Within the Sacred Walls beware / The Shaven Head that boasts of Hair, / For when the road attains the rail / The Pilgrim's great attempt shall fail.