Ceu notus caderes tristi Gladiator arena,
Ingemuere mori: magni quod Cæsaris ora
Inter tot Scythias, Libyeasque, et littore Rheni,
Et Pharia de gente feras, quas perdere vile est,
Unius amissi tetigit jactura leonis.”
Aquilius.—We are rivals in rhyme, and you know I freely translate: perhaps you will admit this as a version—
Yet this your consolation, ye poor beasts,
Whene’er the duke his guests illustrious feasts,
Th’ illustrious guests, as an uncommon treat,
Shall see the lions, while they talk and eat.