Bætis, with wreaths of unctuous olive crown’d,

For Bacchus’ and for Pallas’ gifts renown’d;

Whose waters clear a golden hue impart

To fleeces, that require no further art;

Such wealth the Ruler of the waves conveys

In ships, that mark with foam thy liquid ways.

xii. 99.

Lacernas from Bætica.

My wool disdains a lye, or caldron hue.

Poor Tyre may take it: me my sheep imbue.