Hic senior vates (Stygiis accommoda quippe terra sacris, vivoque placent sola pinguia tabo) velleris obscuri pecudes armentaque sisti atra monet, quaecumque gregum pulcherrima cervix ducitur.
Here the aged seer (for well suited is the ground for Stygian rites, the soil fat with living  gore is to his liking) gives order that sheep dark of fleece and black herds be stationed, all the finest necks that halter leads.
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