Naphta bituminis est liquidi genus: in mare manat Montibus e Siculis, fluidisque supernatat undis; spongia eam excipiunt nautae, expressamque recundunt ollis, ut varios hominum servetur in usus
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es una frase escrita a los pies de una pintura de Johannes Stradanus
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Thanks to Efylove who could decipher this text and suggest these edits (03/11/francky)
Before edit : " Naptha Bituminis est liquidi genis: in mare manat Montibus è Siculis, fluidisqi supernatat undis: Spongia eam excipiunt Nauta, expressamag recundunt Ollis, ut varios hominum seruetur in usus." http://www.picassomio.es/using-sponges-to-collect-poster-1586915.html