Septimus dies erat, ex quo corpus regis iacebat in solio, curis omnium ad formandum publicum statum  a tam sollemni munere aversis.
It was the seventh day since the kings body had been lying in its coffin, for the attention of all was diverted from so solemn a duty to the establishment  of public order.
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