For, as our Apis, though in temples fed,

And under golden roofs, yet loaths his food,

Because restrained; and longs to roam in meads,

Among the milky-mothers of the herd:

So, Cleomenes, kept by force in Egypt,

Is sullen at our feasts, abhors our dainties,

And longs to change them for his Spartan broth[43].

He may be dangerous here; then send him hence,

With aid enough to conquer all he lost,

And make him formidable to mankind.