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The cretic is excellent,
both at the beginning (e.g. quod precatus a diis immortalibus sum1) and at the close (e.g. in conspeclu
populi Romani vomere postridie).2 The last example
makes it clear what a good effect is produced when
it is preceded by an anapaest or by that form of paean
which is regarded as best suited to the end of a
sentence. But the cretic may be preceded by a
cretic, as in servare quam plurinos.3 It is better thus
than when it is preceded by a chores, as in quis non
turpe duceret?4 assuming that we treat the final short
syllable as long. However, for the sake of argument,
let us substitute duceres for duceret.
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