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nondum lucet, Cornelia surgit et per villa ambulat.
It is not yet light, Cornelia gets up and walks through the country estate. -
non tamen dormiunt servi et ancillae.
However the slaves and slave-women are not sleeping. -
nondum lucet- servi laborant.
It is not yet light- the slaves are working. -
Cornelia ancillam, nomine Syram, per villam observat.
Cornelia observes, throghout the house, a slave-woman named Syram. -
nondum lucet- servi laborant.
It is not yet light- the slaves are working. -
multi servi mox strenue in agris laborant.
soon many slaves will work strenuosly in the fields. -
aquam e rivo portant servi.
the slaves carry water out of the river. -
alterum ancillam, nomine Thressam, Cornelia observat.
Cornelia observes another slave-women, named Thressa.