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<strong>The</strong> thighs, selected to the gods, divide.<br />

On these, in double cauls involved<br />

with art,<br />

<strong>The</strong> choicest morsels lie from every<br />

part,<br />

From the cleft wood the crackling<br />

flames aspire<br />

While the fat victims feed the sacred<br />

fire.<br />

<strong>The</strong> thighs thus sacrificed, and entrails<br />

dress'd<br />

<strong>The</strong> assistants part, transfix, and<br />

roast the rest;<br />

<strong>The</strong>n spread the tables, the repast<br />

prepare,<br />

Each takes his seat, and each receives<br />

his share.<br />

Soon as the rage <strong>of</strong> hunger was<br />

suppress'd,<br />

<strong>The</strong> generous Nestor thus the<br />

prince address'd.

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