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158.24.

possent: for mood, see § 551. b (327); B. 292; G. 577; H. 605. 2 (520. i. 2); H-B. 507. 4. b; cf. 38 27 and note. Here, as with cum, there is an inner connection between the two clauses. It is not merely before they were in a position to gather, but before they could get a chance to gather.


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