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Presto—mihi mesto—vicus gesto—precor esto 
oe suade—me vi sana—tibi trade. 
tro— foeeda dato—me tetro—purificato, 
Sais dabo—me macris—assimulabo. 
2. Every word in a line rhymed, and the two ends, 
asinacouplet. T'ripudiantes. 
Se reserant—properant—lacerant—macerant—Kateri- 
nam. 
Concupiunt—capiunt—rapiunt—cupiuntque ruinam. 
3. Every word in one line rhymed with the cor- 
responding words of the other. Rhythmici retro- 
gradi singulis relati. 
Doctorum—documen—diversorum—superasti, 
Multoram—nocumen—tormentorum—tolerasti. 
I thought they could go no farther, but there ap- 
pears to have been another advance, for all the words 
of both lines in the following verses rhyme together, 
and they are called undique relati. 
Plura precatura pura, cura valitura, 
Cura mansura, procura jura futura, 
V. There were other ingenious fancies in versifi- 
cation. 
1. In the versus immediati the rhymes adjoined 
each other 
