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.
artifice: P. and V. μηχάνημα, τό, V. τέχνη, ἡ, τέχνημα, τό, πλοκαί, αἱ.
plot: P. ἐπιβουλή, ἡ, ἐπιβούλευμα, τό, κατασκεύασμα, τό, P. and V. δόλος, ὁ (rare P.).