And sentence given in rings of naked swords,

And laws assail'd, and arm'd men in the senate?

'Twas his troop hemm'd in Milo being accus'd;

And now, lest age might wane his state, he casts

For civil war, wherein through use he's known

To exceed his master, that arch-traitor Sylla.

A brood of barbarous tigers, having lapp'd

The blood of many a herd, whilst with their dams

They kennell'd in Hyrcania, evermore

Will rage and prey; so, Pompey, thou, having lick'd330