Note 009
From Chapter 42 of the Decline & Fall

Two facts in the narrative of Paul Diaconus (l. i. c. 20) are expressive of national manners: 1. Dum ad tabulam luderet - while he played at draughts. 2. Camporum viridantia lina . The cultivation of flax supposes property, commerce, agriculture, and manufactures

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