1031. When he is introduced, he is carried into a fourfold meter, sounding like a four-footed animal, with distinct beats that are later observed in the faster gyration, spoken of before [1014]. This first introduction can be likened to straightforward speaking.
1031. When he is being inaugurated he is driven in a four-fold measure, as it were, so that the sound is like that of a quadruped. There are distinct beats, which are afterwards observed in the swifter gyration, concerning which see [nos. 1014-1016. This first inauguration can be compared to simple speech.
1031. Quando inauguratur, tunc in quadruplices quasi pedes agitur, sic ut sonus sit quasi quadrupes, sic cum distinctis nodis, qui postea in gyratione citiore observantur, de quibus prius [1014], haec prima inauguratio comparari potest simplici loquelae.