# Two Latin Plays for High-School Students

## SCENE III

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DEDUCTIO--PROCESSION TO THE GROOM’S HOUSE

The bride is taken, to all appearances, by force from her mother’s embrace,--a survival of the marriage by capture, or, as the Romans themselves put it, a reminiscence of the Sabine marriage. The _mustaceum_, or wedding cake, is eaten, and the procession begins, all singing the wedding hymn. The groom throws nuts to the boys in the street as a sign that he will now put away childish things. Arriving at the groom’s house, the bride anoints the doorposts with oil to signify health and plenty, and then offers a prayer for future happiness.

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Errata

Variation between “æ” and “ae” is unchanged, including the spelling of “Drāmatis Persōnæ” or “-ae”. Note that the name is consistently “Cæsar” in English, “Caesar” in Latin.

... the writer’s aim will be / accomplished [_lack of closing punctuation may be intentional_]

_Gn. Pom._ Iōannēs, Iōannēs, tībīcine nātus [Iōannēs, Ioannēs] Portae nōn gehennae [non] When nox gives way to lūx of morning [lux]

Lege, Philotīme, omnia fragmenta. [frāgmenta] Tē nōn pigēbit coniugem [non]