Created by degrees an ocean Rome;[62]
And shall an evil, which so often leads
To good, depress thee thus?
Jac. Fos.Had I gone forth
From my own land, like the old patriarchs, seeking
Another region, with their flocks and herds;
Had I been cast out like the Jews from Zion,
Or like our fathers, driven by Attila[63]160
From fertile Italy, to barren islets,
I would have given some tears to my late country