[545]. Hor. Sat. I. v. 41.
[546]. Macrob. Saturn. I. sub fine.
[547]. Plin. N. H. vii. 30.
[548]. See Meyer’s Anthol. 85–111.
A litle noursling of the humid ayre,
A gnat unto the sleepie shepheard went;
And, marking where his ey-lids twinckling rare
Shewd the two pearles, which sight unto him lent,
Through their thin coverings appearing fayre,