CII.

Si quicquam tacito conmissumst fido ab amico,

Cuius sit penitus nota fides animi,

Meque esse invenies illorum iure sacratum,

Corneli, et factum me esse puta Harpocratem.

CII.

To Cornelius.

If by confiding friend aught e'er be trusted in silence,

Unto a man whose mind known is for worthiest trust,

Me shalt thou find no less than such to secrecy oathbound,