[446] Promethea.
"E'en from Prometheus' self thy lineage trace,
And ransack history to adorn thy race." Hodgson.
[447] Frangis virgas.
"Rods broke on our associates' bleeding backs,
And headsmen laboring till they blunt their axe." Dryden.
[448] Incipit ipsorum.
"The lofty pride of every honor'd name
Shall rise to vindicate insulted fame,
And hold the torch to blazon forth thy shame." Hodgson.
[449] Contra te stare.
"Will to his blood oppose your daring claim,
And fire a torch to blaze upon your shame." Gifford.
[450] Temples. The sealing of wills was usually performed in temples; in the morning, and fasting, as the canon law afterward directed.
[451] Santonico. The Santones were a people of Aquitania, between the Loire and Garonne. Cf. Mart., xiv., Ep. 128, "Gallia Santonico vestit te bardocucullo."