sed cum plaga recens et adhuc in vulnere primo nigra domus, miseram quis tunc accessus ad aurem coniugis orbati? tunc flere et scindere vestes et famulos lassare greges et vincere planctus Fataque et iniustos rabidis pulsare querelis caelicolas solamen erat.
But when the stroke was fresh and the house still black in first shock, what access was there then to the sad ear of the bereaved husband? Then all his consolation was to weep and tear his clothes and weary his flocks of servitors, outdoing their laments, and assail the Fates and unjust sky-dwellers with frenzied plaints.
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