| Ecce anus in mediis sedens annosa puellis
| Here's an old woman sitting in the middle of the halls
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| Sacra facit Tacitae — nec tamen illa tacet —
| He does the sacred things in silence
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| Et digitis tria tura tribus sub limine ponit
| Put three fingers and three incense below the threshold
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| Qua brevis occultum mus sibi fecit iter…
| Which short secret mouse has made its way…
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| Tunc cantata ligat cum fusco licia plumbo
| Then she wraps up the enchanted brown thread with lead
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| Et septem nigras versat in ore fabas
| And he turns seven black in the mouth of a bean
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| Quodque pice adstriuxit, quod acu traiecit aena
| And that he fixed the pitch, which he crossed with a needle in bronze
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| Obsutum maenae torret in igne caput
| The snake's head is covered in fire
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| Vina quoque instillat… vini quodcumque
| She also drops wine… any wine
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| Relictum est, aut ipsa aut comites, plus
| The other one is either she or her companions, plus
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| Tamenipsa bibit, «hostiles linguas
| She drank "hostile tongues"
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| Inimicaque vinximus ora»
| We have conquered and unfriendly
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| Dicit discedens ebriaque exit anus | says drunken anus |