'Then he wiped the ample table with a purple cloth.'
The two last passages are reproduced by Horace in the lines:—
'Unde datum sentis, lupus hic Tiberinus, an alto
Captus hiet, pontesne inter iactatus, an amnis
Ostia sub Tusci?'—Sat. ii. 2. 31.
And
'Gausape purpureo mensam pertersit.'—Ib. ii. 8. 11.
Cf. 'Crescit indulgens sibi dirus hydrops,' etc.