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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

Note 779 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647

John Bostock translation

“Testamento prælegavit.” Properly speaking, “prælegare” was “to bequeath a thing to be given before the inheritance was divided.” The crown thus left by Piso was to be three pounds in weight.

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