Sic vos non vobis melificatis apes,
Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.
That may be rendered thus:—
Thus you, but not for you, birds build their nest,
Thus you, but not for you, ye sheep in fleeces drest,
Thus you, but not for you, ye bees the honey drain,
Thus you, but not for you, ye oxen ploughing strain.
He who wrote this was P. Virgilius Maro, and Bathylus became the laughing-stock of Rome.