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* [593] Tu quum pro vitula, statuis dulcem Aulide natam,
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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'Vos quoque, felicis quondam nunc pauperis agri custodes, fertis munera vestra, lares: tunc vitula innumeros lustrabat caesa iuvencos; nunc agna exigui est hostia parva soli.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Et vitula tu dignus, et hic &c. So by enterchaunge of gyfts Cuddie pleaseth both partes.
Shepheardes Calendar 1579
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The origin of the word is obscure - although the early Latin vitula is probably a common root of both fiddle and viola.
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It is a Plebeian addressing Agamemnon: — “Tu quum pro vitula, statuis dulcem Aulide natam,
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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