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inritat: cf. Milton's 'vexed the Red Sea coast'; Tenn., 'vext the dim sea.'--amnis: its waters, or possibly the minor tributary streams. See Pliny, Epp. 8.17. --potens sui: ἐγκρατὴς ἑαυτοῦ, αὐτάρκης. 'This man is freed from servile bands| Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; | Lord of himself, though not of lands;| And having nothing, yet hath all' (Sir H. Wotton). Cf. Epp. 1.16.65.


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