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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, George Huxtable wrote:
>for mutiny, there and then." Gould adds "Credat Judaeus Apella", and I
>would be grateful for a translation of that tag from some more learned
>reader.
Credat Judaeus Apella = Let Apella, the (superstitous) Jew believe it; (I
won't.)
It is from a Latin poem by Horace. See more here:
<http://www.forward.com/issues/2002/02.01.04/arts5.html>.
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