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282 Cui thalamum maritalem nemo, nemo hymenæum cecinit, Neque facem accendit nuptialem, sed suspiriis Et multis lachrymis huc me ferebant, Ubi decet manere quod superest temporis. Tu potius, deplorata, Viator, mea sorte, I ubi vis, et quæcunque velis obtine.

The particles frequently appear in the first sentence of such writings, in which, without any prefatory matter, the subject is immediately entered upon; but, in the present instance, they have a further use, as they indicate an expression of regret, and are uttered by the speaker with emotions of tenderness and concern.

The word ergo is used by Horace in a sense similar to that in which I conceive to be used here.

Of the word ergo there is a beautiful instance of the same meaning also in Virgil,

There can be no doubt of the signification of in the second line, as it is sufficiently explained by  which immediately follow. Indeed the whole tenor of the inscription tends