[882] “Miserande puer” 10. 825., 11. 42. Henry rightly prefers the old pointing to Wagner's, who makes ‘si qua—rumpas’ a wish. The sense clearly is, ‘if you can overcome your destiny, you shall be Marcellus.’ ‘Rumpere fata’ like ‘rumpere legem,’ ‘foedus’ &c. Comp. generally “si quem Numina laeva sinunt” G. 4. 6.
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