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which_o be_v after_o confirm_v by_o the_o true_a report_n of_o fabius_n lentulus_n and_o metellus_n send_v from_o the_o consul_n indignor_fw-la gest._n vi._n to_o smite_v sudden_o on_o the_o left_a hand_n with_o the_o right_n be_v a_o declaration_n of_o some_o mistake_n dolour_n anger_n or_o indignation_n for_o so_o our_o learned_a humanicians_n understand_v this_o gesture_n usurp_v it_o often_o in_o this_o sense_n seneca_n attribute_n this_o passion_n of_o the_o hand_n to_o anger_v for_o in_o his_o description_n of_o a_o angry_a man_n he_o have_v parum_fw-la explanatis_fw-la vocibus_fw-la sermo_fw-la praeruptus_fw-la &_o 1._o complâ—sae_fw-la saepius_fw-la manus_fw-la and_o in_o another_o place_n shadow_v out_o anger_n in_o her_o proper_a colour_n he_o set_v she_o out_o thus_o dentes_fw-la comprimuntur_fw-la horrent_n ac_fw-la surriguntur_fw-la capilli_fw-la spiritus_fw-la coaâ—tus_fw-la ac_fw-la stridens_fw-la 3._o articulorum_fw-la ipsos_fw-la torquentium_fw-la son_n and_o in_o 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validity_n and_o use_n of_o this_o languish_a carriage_n and_o behaviour_n of_o the_o
through_o the_o press_n so_o with_o much_o ado_n flavius_n come_v at_o length_n unto_o he_o and_o bewray_v a_o conspiracy_n against_o he_o ¶_o valentinian_n 20._o with_o good_a success_n use_v this_o gesture_n of_o pacification_n and_o rebuke_n when_o he_o be_v pronounce_v before_o the_o whole_a army_n sovereign_a ruler_n of_o the_o empire_n for_o when_o he_o address_v himself_o to_o make_v a_o premeditate_a speech_n as_o he_o put_v forth_o his_o arm_n that_o he_o may_v speak_v more_o ready_o there_o arise_v a_o great_a mumble_v that_o out_o of_o hand_n there_o may_v a_o second_o emperor_n be_v declare_v with_o the_o he_o valentinian_n fear_v to_o what_o the_o soldier_n confident_a boldness_n may_v prove_v hold_v up_o happy_o his_o right_n hand_n as_o a_o most_o hardy_a and_o redoubt_a prince_n dare_v to_o rebuke_v some_o of_o they_o as_o seditious_a and_o stubborn_a deliver_v his_o mind_n without_o interruption_n of_o any_o the_o emperor_n have_v end_v his_o speech_n which_o a_o 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