Note 134 — Chapter XII · THE STONE OF HERCULES.
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“Guided by Numa’s books, Tullius used the same ceremonies, but through inaccuracy (parum ritè) he perished, struck by the lightning.”—Lucius Piso apud Pliny, Hist. Nat. 1. xxviii. cap. 11. Livy uses the expression pravâ religione.