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[Footnote 973: Fire and water render.--Ver. 598. Among the Romans, when the bride reached her husband's house, he received her with fire and water, which it was the custom for her to touch. This is, by some, supposed to have been symbolical of purification; or it was an expression of welcome, as the interdiction of fire and water was the formula for banishment.]

[Footnote 974: My sallies.--Ver. 600. See Book L 1. 31, and the Note. See also the Fasti,