At once to Diphilus. He eagerly

Received the cup, and drain'd it to the bottom,

And, marvelling at the delicious coolness,

Said—"By Minerva, and by all the gods,

You must, Gnathæna, be allow'd by all

To have a most deliciously cool well."

"Yes," said she, "for we carefully put in,

From day-to-day, the prologues of your plays."

A slave who had been flogg'd, whose back was mark'd

With heavy weals, was once, as it fell out,