Qualis Lycambæ fpretus infido gener, Aut acer hoftis Bupalo. An, fi quis atro dente me petiverit, PROSE INTERPRETATION. a fon-in-law by the falfe Lycambes, or the violent enemy to Bupalus. What, if any one affail me with virulent teeth, thall I nivel, like a boy, unrevenged! N 4 Like him falfe Lycambes defpis'd for a fon, Or he that made Bupalus die; Shall I, when fuch mischief's by virulence done, EPODE E PODE VII. AD POPULUM ROMANUM. Execratio belli civilis gefti hinc Bruto & Caffio, illinc Olaviano, M. Antonio & M. Lepido Coff. QUO, quo fcelefti ruitis? aut cur dexteris Aptantur enfes conditi? Parumne campis atque Neptuno fuper Non ut fuperbas invidæ Carthaginis Romanus arces ureret : Intactus aut Britannus ut defcenderet Sacrâ catenatus viâ: Sed ut, fecundum vota Parthorum, fuâ Neque hic lupis mos, nec fuit leonibus PROSE INTERPRETATION. Where, where are you hurrying, ye impious Romans! or why are your fheathed fwords put again into your hands! Is there too little Latian blood fpilt upon plains, and in the ocean? And this, not that the Romans might fet on fire the ambitious citadel of the invidious Carthage; or that the Britons, as yet untouched, might defcend by the facred way, loaded E PO DE TO THE ROMAN VII. PEOPLE. His deteftation of the civil war carried on the one fide by Brutus and Caffius, and on the other by Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus. WHERE are you rushing on with impious guilt, Of Romans on the land and in the main? up PROSE INTERPRETATION. loaded with chains; but that, according to the vows of the Parthians, this ftate may perifh by its own right-hand.---This cuftom nor ever was known to wolves or to lions, fierce as they are, unless to a different fpecies. Does blind fury, or a livelier fpirit, or guilt, impel you.-Give an answer. They hold Furorne cæcus, an rapit vis acrior? Ut immerentis fluxit in terram Remi PROSE INTERPRETATION. hold their peace, and a white palenefs difcolours their afpect, and their aftonished minds are in a state of ftupefaction. So it is-cruel fate, and the crime of a brother's death, act upon |