Nam si capitula altiora, quam erit latitudo, facta fuerint, quae anatona dicuntur, de bracchiis demetur, ut, quo mollior est tonus propter altitudinem capituli, bracchii brevitas faciat plagam vehementiorem.
For if the frames are too high for the breadth and these are called anatona [or tightened up], something must be taken from the arms; so that the tension being relaxed, because of the height of the frame, the shortness of the arm may make the stroke more powerful.
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