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say_v he_o i_o shall_v in_o a_o angry_a fume_n punish_v they_o too_o severe_o that_o may_v break_v they_o unaware_o see_v plutarch_n apopht_n regum_fw-la &_o imperatorum_fw-la galeae_fw-la caelatae_fw-la brazen_a headpiece_n engrave_v with_o corinthian_a work_n be_v mention_v by_o tully_n lib._n four_o in_o verrem_fw-la so_o do_v juvenal_n also_o speak_v of_o a_o engrave_v helmet_n satyrâ_fw-la xi_o vers_fw-la 103._o hydriae_fw-la caelatae_fw-la great_a water-pot_n engrave_v with_o corinthian_a work_n be_v mention_v by_o tully_n lib._n four_o in_o verrem_fw-la lesbium_fw-la be_v a_o kind_n of_o engrave_v vessel_n invent_v by_o the_o lesbian_o see_v festus_n pomp._n panis_n caelaturae_fw-la the_o engraving_n of_o bread_n see_v pliny_n lib._n nineteeen_o cap._n 4._o scuta_fw-la caelata_fw-la engrave_v shield_n it_o be_v a_o ordinary_a thing_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o trojan_a war_n say_v pliny_n 3._o pliny_n lib._n xxxi_o nat_n hist_o ca._n 3._o that_o the_o shield_n shall_v 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