ix. 62.

Corduba, more joyous far

Than Venafrum’s unctuous boast;

Nor inferior to the jar,

That renowns glad Istria’s coast:

Who surmount’st the fleecy breed,

That the bright Galesus laves;

Nor bidd’st lying purple bleed

O’er the hue, that nature craves.

xii. 63.—Elphinston’s Translation.