54 Or, "in all the years:" but see note 5 on this page.
57 "Artusque sonori," i.e., probably the arms and hands with which (as has been suggested just before) the sufferers beat their unhappy breasts.
58 i.e., the "guerdons" and the "threats."
59 "Ipsa voce," unless it mean "voice and all," i.e., and their voice as well as their palms.