Verum enimvero, utut ista sese habent, si qua fides hisce rebus impertienda est, debet ille nescio qui puer providus, quantum ego audio, et corpore decorus atque integer deligi et animo sollers et ore facundus, ut in eo aut divina potestas quasi bonis aedibus digne diversetur, si tamen ea pueri corpore includitur, an ipse animus expergitus cito ad divinationem suam redigatur, quae ei prompte insita et nulla oblivione saucia et hebes facile resumatur.
Yet at the same time, whether this is true or not, if these stories deserve any credence this supposed boy must, so I hear, be chosen for his beautiful and unblemished body, acute intelligence and eloquent speech, so that either the divine power can have a sort of suitable home in which to lodge decently, if indeed it is enclosed within the boys body, or so that the soul itself once aroused can quickly be restored to its predictive power, which must enter readily and be easily recovered, not diminished or dulled by forgetfulness.
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