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The words cannot be said to be unsuited either to the person or to the occasion. DISCEBANT ... FIDIBUS: the verb canere, which means 'to play' as well as 'to sing', must be supplied; fidibus is then an ablative of the means or instrument. Cf. Roby, 1217.
For example, the same thing is treated more than once; Jubar is twice illustrated by the same quotation, Canis is twice derived from canere; merces is differently explained in two places; Lympha is derived both from lapsus aquae, and from Nympha; valicinari from vesanus and versibus viendis.
Cum venisset ad locum mortis, se ipsum exuit vestimentis, tum procumbens, flexis genibus, veneratus est palum, ad quem ligatus fuit: primum funibus manentibus, tum catena undus ad palum constrictus fuit; ligna deinde circumposita pectore tenus non minuscula, sed grossa palaeis interjectis, tum flamma adhibita canere coepit hymnum quendam, quem fumus et ignis vix interrupit.
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