My patience is sufficient still to bear
His son's abuse. Why do you seek to smirch255
With cruel murder the illustrious shade
Of that famed chief? 'Tis fitting first to learn
Within what bounds the victor may command,
The vanquished suffer. Never has for long
Unbridled power been able to endure,
But lasting sway the self-controlled enjoy.
The higher fortune raises human hopes,260
The more should fortune's favorite control