Because she sued in forma pauperis; }
Yet thought it decent something should be said,
For secret guilt by silence is betrayed;
So neither granted all, nor much denied,
But answered with a yawning kind of pride:
Methinks such terms of proffered peace you bring,
As once Æneas to the Italian king:[224]
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By long possession all the land is mine; }
You strangers come with your intruding line, }