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 Tib and Tom.Tibul’lus. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Tiber,
 
called The Yellow Tiber, because it is discoloured with yellow mud.   1
       
“Verticlbus rap’idis, et multa flavus are’na.”
       
Virgil: Æneid, vii. 31.
 


 Tib and Tom.Tibul’lus. 

 
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