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 Omnia conſuetus Populari Paſcua lætus.

Ante Oculos Natos Caleatos et Cruciatos

Jam feret ignavus, Vetiâque Libidine pravus.

En quoque quod Mirum, Quod dicas denique dirum,

Sanguinem Equus ſugit, Neque Bellua victa remugit. Theſe Lines he carefully copied, accompanied in his Letter of July 19, with the following Tranſlation:

Whene’er this Stone, now hid beneath the Lake, The Horſe ſhall trample, or the Plough ſhall break, ''Then, O my Country! ſhalt thou groan diſtreſt,'' Grief ſwell thine Eyes, and Terror chill thy Breaſt. Thy