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The choir was singing the "Dies Iræ," and their voices thundered forth: Rex tremendæ majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis, Salva me, fons pietatis! Fain would the abbot have closed his ears, and, hoping to stifle the remorseful pangs that seized upon his very vitals with the sharpness of serpents' teeth, he strove to dwell upon the frequent and severe acts of penance he had performed.
Thereat my senses left me, and my sweet lamb was not much better; for she bent to and fro like a reed, and stretching her bound hands towards heaven, she once more cried out: Rex tremendae majestatis! Qui salvandos salvas gratis, Salva me, fons pietatis!
Rex tremends majestatis! Qui salvandos salvas gratis, Salva me, fons pietatis!
"Consul est impositus is nobis, quem nemo, praeter nos philosophos, aspicere sine suspiratu potest." Ib. i. 18. "Pompeius togulam illam pictam silentio tuetur suam." Ib. The "picta togula" means the triumphal robe which Pompey was allowed to wear. "Ceteros jam nosti; qui ita sunt stulti, ut amissa republica piscinas suas fore salvas sperare videantur." Ib. Ib., abridged.
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