IN PAULUM. XLI.

By lawful mart, and by unlawful stealth,

Paulus, in spite of envy, fortunate,

Derives out of the ocean so much wealth,

As he may well maintain a lord's estate:

But on the land a little gulf there is,

Wherein he drowneth all this[553] wealth of his.

FOOTNOTES:

[553] So Isham copy—Eds. A, B, C "the."—MS. "ye."