carpere pensum: to card the stint of wool, and aid the mistress in spinning, was the traditional task of the bond maiden. Il.6.456; Propert. 4.5.15.
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Horace. Odes and Epodes. Edited with commentary by. Paul Shorey. revised by. Paul Shorey and Gordon J. Laing. New York. Benj. H. Sanborn and Co. 1910.
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