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."