tum lacte favisque distinxit dulces epulas nulloque cruore polluta castus mensa cerealia dona attulit, ac primum Vestae detersit honorem undique et in mediam iecit libamina flammam.
Then he adorned the toothsome meal with milk and honeycomb, and heaped the gifts of Cerese on a chaste board which no blood denied. And from each dish he first plucked a portion in honour of Vesta, and threw what he had plucked into the centre of the fire.
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