[84] Saxo structa vetusto merely means “vetusta:” though Macrob. Sat. 3. 6 and Serv. find in it an allusion to the freedom of the island from earthquakes, so that the old building was still preserved. Forb. comp. 8. 478, “saxo fundata vetusto.” For ‘venerabar’ some MSS. give ‘veneramur,’ which would be tautologous with v. 79, and less consistent with v. 90. The word has here the force of entreating, as in Hor. 2 S. 6. 8 and older Latin, so that the prayer naturally follows without further introduction.
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