praefatae ante meos manes animamque recentem perfusaeque pias ante liquore manus, pars quae sola mei superabit corporis, ossa incinctae nigra candida veste legent, et primum annoso spargent collecta Lyaeo, mox etiam niveo fundere lacte parent, post haec carbaseis umorem tollere velis atque in marmorea ponere sicca domo.
First of all let them address my shade and fresh departed spirit and in lustral water bathe their hands. Then with black robes ungirdled shall they gather the white bones, sole part remaining of my body, and when they are gathered together sprinkle them with old wine first and next proceed to drench them with snowy milk likewise, and after this to remove the moisture with linen cloths and place them dry in a chamber of marble.
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