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
"Drâmatis Persônæ" 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._ Iôannês, Iôannês, tîbîcine nâtus [Iôannês, Ioannês]
Portae nôn gehennae [non]
When nox gives way to lûx of morning [lux]
Lege, Philotîme, omnia fragmenta. [frâgmenta]
Tê nôn pigêbit coniugem [non]