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Fuit etiam illa simplicitas antiquorum in cibo capiendo humanitatis simul et continentiae certissima index: nam maximis uiris prandere et cenare in propatulo uerecundiae non erat. nec sane ullas epulas habebant, quas populi oculis subicere erubescerent. erant adeo continentiae adtenti, ut frequentior apud eos pultis usus quam panis esset, ideoque in sacrificiis mola quae uocatur ex farre et sale constat. exta farre sparguntur et pullis, quibus auspicia petuntur, puls obicitur. primitiis enim et libamentis uictus sui deos eo efficacius quo simplicius placabant.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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