As Numa's (who was also named Pompilius),

He had been ill brought up, and was born bilious.[G]

XXXVI.

Whate'er might be his worthlessness or worth,

Poor fellow! he had many things to wound him.

Let's own—since it can do no good on earth—[H]

It was a trying moment that which found him

Standing alone beside his desolate hearth,

Where all his household gods lay shivered round him:[39]

No choice was left his feelings or his pride,