Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
gemmasco: ĕre,
I v. inch. n. gemmo, I.], to begin to bud, Col. 5, 10, 12; Arb. 22, 1; Plin. 17, 15, 25, § 116.