For this regulation there was an ancient precedent. After the social war, when the Capitol was destroyed by fire, diligent search was made at Samos, at Ilium, at Erythrae, in Africa, Sicily, and all the Roman colonies, in order to collect the Sybilline verses, whether the production of a single prophetess or of a greater number; and the sacerdotal order had directions, as far as human sagacity could distinguish, to separate the fictitious from the genuine composition.
Baina arbasoek ere ezarria zutela, Kapitolioa gerra sozialean erre ondoren; Samosen, Ilion, Eritrisen, baita Afrikan eta Sizilian eta italiar kolonietan zehar ere, Sibilaren iragarpen bila ibili zirela, bat bakarra zein batzuk izan, eta abadeen esku utzi zutela, giza ahalak ematen zienetik, egiazkoak bereizteko ardura.