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142 sword, and instructed the butlers, saying: “When ye hear me sing, cut [them down] simultaneously.” So the Song by which he made clear to them to set about smiting the earth-spiders said:

Having thus sung, they drew their swords, and simultaneously smote them to death.

After this, when about to smite the Prince of Tomi, he sang, saying: