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First Line: The lictors bundl'd up their rods: beside
Last Line: They might escape the lash of punishment.
Subject(s): Punishment


The Lictors bundl'd up their rods: beside,
Knit them with knots (with much adoe unty'd)
That if (unknitting) men wo'd yet repent,
They might escape the lash of punishment.





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