[286] Horace, Odes II. 8.,
Ulla si iuris tibi peierati
Poena, Barine, nocuisset unquam,
Dente si nigro fieres, vel uno Turpior ungui,
Crederem.
(If any punishment for perjured faith had ever hurt you, Barinus, if you had had but a blackened tooth, or had been disfigured in one single nail, I would believe).
[287] Epistle to the Romans, Ch. I. vv. 24, 26, 27.
[288] Names of noted women are given by Martial, bk. XI. Epigr. 95. Comp. below. p. 118. note 3.
[289] Rerum Gestarum bk. XIV. ch. 19.—Petronius, Satir., ch. 68., says of a slave: duo tamen vitia habet, quae si non haberet, esset omnium nummorum: recutitus est et stertit. (Yet has he two faults, lacking which he would be a man above price: he is circumcised and he snorts.)—Terence, Eunuch., Act V. sc 1. v. 53, Fatuus et insulsus, bardus, stertit noctes et dies. Neque istum metuas ne amet mulier. (Foolish and silly, a stupid fellow, he snores all night and all day. Have no fear that a woman could love him.)
[290] Bk. XII. Epigr. 87.,