Another technique for the baby who is having trouble muckling on involves a breast or nipple shield.

The five others nearby likewise made ready to serve as invocators—instruments and voices harrumphing as would a body of minstrels in preparation for some performance.

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One of Theophrastus' characters speaks of instructing a servant to bring an auletris from the brothel … that all of us might be entertained by her playing and be made glad.