The eyes be first that conquered are'—
where Herrick's not very lucid English is explained by 'De Moribus German.' 43—'Primi in omnibus praeliis oculi vincuntur.' Or again, we may take 'Revenge'—a rather longer verse than those we have hitherto quoted:—
'Man's disposition is for to requite
An injury before a benefit:
Thanksgiving is a burden and a pain,
Revenge is pleasing to us, as our gain'—
where Herrick's original is Tacitus, 'Hist.' IV., 3:—'Tanto proclivius est iniuriae quam beneficio vicem exsolvere; quia gratia oneri, ultio in quaestu habetur.'
Herrick's obligations to Sallust are less important than those to Seneca and Tacitus. In one case he mentions the historian by name:—
'Empires of kings are now, and ever were,
As Sallust saith, coincident to fear.'