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have not = did not. danced . . . lamented. Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6) in the Greek orchesasthe . . . ekopsasthe; but Figure of speech Parechesis, also in Ararnaic = rakkedton . . . arkkedton. In Eng. "ye did not leap . . . did not weep"; or "stept not . . . wept not". A common custom to this day; such response on the part of the audience being greatly appreciated.