# Res Gestae 23.4.2

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 23, Chapter 4. Latin.

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Ferrum inter axiculos duos firmum compaginatur et vastum in modum regulae maioris extentum, cuius ex volumine tereti, quod in medio pars polita componit, quadratus eminet stilus extentius, recto canalis angusti meatu cavatus, et hac multiplici chorda nervorum tortilium illigatus: eique cochleae duae ligneae coniunguntur artissime, quarum prope unam assistit artifex contemplabilis, et subtiliter apponit in temonis cavamine, sagittam ligneam spiculo maiore conglutinatam, hocque facto, hinc inde validi iuvenes versant agiliter rotabilem flexum.

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