Nugo. Let that saying of Horace be a wall of brass to us:
Nihil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa.
But be quiet! I will immediately put him to rout.
Observ. What do you say, Vacia?
Nugo. What do you say, Vatrax?
Observ. What do you say, Batrachomyomachia? But, joking aside, what are you doing here?
Nugo. What are we doing? What are good scholars and students always doing? We are reading, learning, disputing. Tell us, please, most charming creature,[38] what is the meaning of that passage in Vergil’s Eclogues:
... transversa tuentibus hirquis.
Observ. You do well; proceed with your studies as it behoves young men of good abilities. I have now other business in hand. Farewell.