ON JULIUS CAESAR.Study I not o'ermuch to please thee (Caesar!) and court thee,Nor do I care e'en to know an thou be white or be black.

AGAINST MENTULA (MAMURRA).Mentula wooeth much: much wooeth he, be assurèd.That is, e'en as they say, the Pot gathers leeks for the pot.

ON THE "ZMYRNA" OF THE POET CINNA."Zmyrna" begun erstwhile nine harvests past by my CinnaPublisht appears when now nine of his winters be gone;Thousands fifty of lines meanwhile Hortensius in single"Zmyrna" shall travel afar as the hollow breakers of Satrax,"Zmyrna" by ages grey lastingly shall be perused.But upon Padus' brink shall die Volusius his annalsAnd to the mackerel oft loose-fitting jacket afford.