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vBari avjjLcfyopeovrai,, o Kai yairjOev Iheudat 



heZfjua (f)€peL /cat piovvov ev 6p,p.a<ji TreLprjcraadai,' 40 



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alel 8e rpop^eovau p,eXaLvojj,evov TTopov aXfir)?' 



ou8e rt (f)oi,raXea)v dvepiojv cr/ceTra?, ovSe riv* ofx^pcov 45 



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" Manil. v. 371 Aut nido captare suo ramove sedentem | 

 Pascentemve super surgentia ducere Una ; cf. C. i. 64. 



* Cf. Gaelic proverbs: "Precarious is the hunting, unre- 

 liable the fishing ; place thy trust in the land, it never left 

 man empty " ; " Unstable is the point of the fish-hook " ; 

 " Good is the help of the fishing, but a bad barn is the fish- 



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