Bid go with evil omen, and the brand

Of infamy upon my name denounced.

To mix with thy concernments I desist

Henceforth, nor too much disapprove my own. 970

Fame, if not double-faced, is double-mouthed,

And with contráry blast proclaims most deeds;

On both his wings, one black, the other white,

Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.

My name, perhaps, among the Circumcised 975

In Dan, in Judah, and the bordering tribes,