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non_fw-la sic_fw-la bistonides_n absynthi_n ad_fw-la flumina_fw-la thrace_n exertis_fw-la celebrant_a clamoribus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o distant_a far_o from_o hence_o the_o shore_n do_v lie_v of_o land_n which_o nessides_n many_o call_n wherein_o the_o wife_n of_o amnite_n solemn_o concelebrate_v their_o high_a feast_n bacchanal_n with_o ivy_n leave_v and_o berry_n cover_v all_o the_o thracian_a dame_n make_v not_o so_o loud_a a_o cry_n at_o bacchus_n feast_n the_o river_n absynt_v by_o which_o festus_n avienus_n also_o have_v express_v in_o these_o verse_n hinc_fw-la spumosus_fw-la item_n ponti_fw-la liquor_n explicat_fw-la aestum_fw-la et_fw-la brevis_fw-la è_fw-la pelago_fw-la vortex_fw-la subit_fw-la hic_fw-la chorus_n ingens_fw-la poeminei_fw-la coetus_fw-la pulchri_fw-la colit_fw-la orgia_n bacchi_fw-la producit_fw-la noctem_fw-la ludus_fw-la sacer_fw-la aera_fw-la pulsant_fw-la vocibus_fw-la &_o crebris_fw-la laiè_fw-la sola_fw-la calcibus_fw-la urgent_a non_fw-la sic_fw-la absynthi_n propè_fw-la flumina_fw-la thrace_n &_o almae_fw-la bistonides_n non_fw-la quà _fw-la celeri_fw-la rvit_fw-la agmina_fw-la ganges_n indorum_fw-la populi_fw-la stata_fw-la curant_fw-la festa_fw-la lyaeo_n from_o hence_o likewise_o the_o foam_a sea_n display_v his_o swell_a tide_n and_o from_o the_o deep_a short_a whirl_n puff_v rise_v here_o by_o the_o water_n side_n a_o mighty_a sort_n of_o woman_n meet_v the_o feast_n of_o bacchus_n fair_a to_o celebrate_v their_o sacred_a sport_n last_o all_o night_n long_o the_o air_n ring_v over_o head_n with_o voice_n shrill_a and_o under_o foot_n the_o ground_n with_o many_o a_o frisk_n and_o stamp_n of_o they_o in_o dance_v do_v resound_v like_a noise_n make_v not_o thracian_a dame_n the_o biston_n wife_n i_o say_v along_o absynthus_fw-la river_n while_o they_o use_v to_o sport_n and_o play_v nor_o indian_n near_o swift_a ganges_n stream_n far_o in_o such_o frantic_a wise_a bacchus_n what_o time_n to_o god_n liaeus_n they_o their_o set_a feast_n solemnize_v now_o that_o bellisle_n be_v one_o of_o these_o foresay_a nessidae_fw-la the_o authority_n of_o strabo_n from_o the_o faithful_a report_n of_o other_o do_v prove_v sufficient_o for_o it_o lie_v before_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o river_n loire_n and_o ptolomee_n place_v the_o samnitae_n in_o a_o coast_n of_o france_n opposite_a unto_o it_o for_o thus_o write_v strabo_n moreover_o they_o say_v there_o be_v a_o little_a island_n in_o the_o ocean_n lie_v not_o far_o into_o the_o deep_a sea_n full_a against_o the_o mouth_n of_o ligeris_n that_o in_o it_o inhabit_v the_o wife_n of_o the_o samnitae_n which_o be_v inspire_v with_o the_o instinct_n or_o divine_a power_n of_o bacchus_n and_o by_o ceremony_n and_o sacrifice_n procure_v the_o favour_n of_o bacchus_n that_o no_o man_n come_v thither_o but_o themselves_o take_n their_o bark_n sail_v away_o and_o company_n with_o their_o own_o husband_n and_o so_o return_v again_o into_o the_o island_n also_o that_o a_o custom_n it_o be_v among_o they_o to_o take_v away_o the_o roof_n of_o their_o temple_n yearly_a