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in the Roman calendar.
On March the 7th, June, July,
October too, the Nones you spy;
Except in these, those Nones appear
On the 5th day of all the year.
If to the Nones you add an 8
Of every Ide youʹll find the date.
E. C. B.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.