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III. When the line was a into three parts, 
more varieties were produced. 
s to the form of the verse, each part consisted of 
1. Two dactyls, except the last spondee. T'itu- 
bantes. 
O fera tormina—fit tua machina—bis rota bina, 
Sed tibi gratia—celica premia—stat medicina, 
2. Of two spondees. Lentogradi. 
C tes—laudent gentes—munera Christi. 
Tu vanvats<nabis nata—Christe, ademisti 
3. a one dactyl, and one spondee. Claudicantes 
Adon 
Cesar agonis—non rationis—vota site 
Dum sibi servos—ire protervos—precipieb 
4. Of a spondee and a dactyl, the reverse of the 
Adonic. Declinatorii. 
Hic crus tangitur—hic os frangitur—ecce repent? 
le pes leditur—hic dens vellitur—ore patente. 
In the application of the rhyme. 
. The beginning and middle rhymed, the ends 
of the two lines, as in the preceding examples, and 
