Note 820 — LIVRE XVIII.
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Obumbratis blanditiarum concinnitatibus cavillando Valentem sub-rusticum hominem sibi variè commulcebat, horridula ejus verba et rudia flosculos Tullianos appellans, et ad extollendam ejus vanitiem sidera quoque, si jussisset, exhiberi posse promittens. Amm. Marc. l. 29, c. 1.—S.-M.