viderat hoc coniunx perituri vatis, et aras ante omnes epulasque trucem secreta coquebat invidiam, saevis detur si quando potiri cultibus, heu nihil auguriis adiuta propinquis.
The wife of the doomed prophet saw it and at all the altars and banquets secretly nursed a fierce envy; if only she might some day possess herself of the cruel bauble! Alas, the auguries so close at hand availed her nothing.
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