2 Rom. Parthian overthrowne! why he comes crownd
For victories which never Roman wonne;
For having Greece in her owne arts overthrowne,
In Singing, Dauncing, Horse-rase, Stage-playing.
Never, O Rome had never such a Prince.
1 Rom. Yet, I have heard, our ancestors were crown'd For other Victories.
2 Rom. None of our ancestors were ere like him.
Within: Nero, Apollo, Nero, Hercules![4]
1 Rom. Harke how th'applauding shouts doe cleave the ayre,[5] This idle talke will make me loose the sight.
Two Romans more to them.
3 Rom. Whither goe you? alls done i'th Capytall,
And Nero, having there his tables hung
And Garlands up, is to the Pallace gone.
'Twas beyond wonder; I shall never see,
Nay, I never looke to see the like againe:
Eighteen hundred and eight Crownes
For severall victories, and the place set downe
Where, and in what, and whom he overcame.
4 Rom. That was set down ith' tables that were borne Upon the Souldiers speares.
1 Rom. O made, and sometimes use[d] for other Ends!
2 Rom. But did he winne them all with singing?