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Rh  no explanation. It may be filled up thus: "What I expended, I have," that is, having expended my property with judgment, I have received various benefits which remain to me in my posterity. "What I gave away, I have," that is, my donations have procured for me the thanks of the poor, and the blessing of heaven.

"Must and vinegar."

Must, is new wine. "Vinum igitur mustum, quomodo Cato loquitur, idem est, quod novum, sive οινος μοσχιδιος. Nonius: Mustum, non solum vinum, verum novellum quicquid est, rectè dicitur."

Vinegar, Lat. acetum. "Optimum, et laudatissimum acetum a Romanis habebatur Ægyptum, quod acrimoniam quidem habebat multam, sed mixtam tamen dulcedine aliqua, quæ asperitatem tollerit, nec horrorem gustandi injiceret." Facciol. The vinegar spoken of in the text, was probably sweetened.

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