hinc et femineus labor est, hinc pensa colusque, fusus et apposito pollice versat opus; atque aliqua assidue textrix operata Minervae cantat, et a pulso tela sonat latere.
Thence comes the laborious work of women's hands, the heavy wool and the spindle, and the spinning wheel that works between their thumb and finger; and the woman weaving in tireless devotion to Minerva sings while the loom clatters and the clay weights swing.