_Ardentem_ FRIGIDUS _aetnam insiluit._
This is but a cold conceit, not much in the usual manner of Horace.
710.--
_Whether, the victim of incestuous love,_
THE SACRED MONUMENT _he striv'd to move._
_An_ TRISTE BIDENTAL _moverit incestus_.
The BIDENTAL was a place that had been struck with lightning, and
afterwards expiated by the erection of an altar and the sacrifice of
sheep; _hostiis_ BIDENTIBUS; from which it took its name. The removal
or disturbance of this sacred monument was deemed sacrilege; and the
attempt, a supposed judgement from heaven, as a punishment for some
heavy crime.