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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gods' Secretaries

(The). The three Parcæ. One dictates the decrees of the gods; another writes them down; and the third sees that they are carried out. (Martianus Capella. 5th century.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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