Accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu,

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Atque in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale.

CI.

On the Burial of his Brother.

Faring thro' many a folk and plowing many a sea-plain

These sad funeral-rites (Brother!) to deal thee I come,

So wi' the latest boons to the dead bestowed I may gift thee,

And I may vainly address ashes that answer have none,

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