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The Romans infibulated their singers in order to preserve their voice: "Si gaudet cantu; nullius fibula durat Vocem vendentis prætoribus." They even subjected to the same operation most of their actors: "Solvitur his magno comœdi fibula. Sunt, quæ Chrysogonum cantare vetent." "Take from Chrysogonus the power to sing, Loose, at vast prices, the comedian's ring."
"Seu plures calor ille vias et caeca relaxat Spiramenta, novas veniat qua succus in herbas Seu durat magis, et venas astringit hiantes; Ne tenues pluviae, rapidive potentia colic Acrior, aut Boreae penetrabile frigus adurat." "Ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio."
Passenmayer; Durât, Le pont antique, étude sur les origines Toscanes; Mr Dacre's The Command of Bridges in Warfare; Bridges and Empire, by Captain Hole, U.S.A. You may say all this; I shall not reply.
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