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purfued, the Tomg Ones run into the Mother's Belly ; and 
when the Fright and Danger is over, they corr^e out ggain, 
I ihall not thiok much to tranfcribe his Ferfes ; wiiidi 
tvere fo admired by Antoniniu, the prefcnc Emperor of 
Rome^ to whom he made the Dedication, that nor only 
for them, he revoked the Banilliment of his Father | 
but prefeored him Lkewife with a Golden Statera for each 
Verfe ; whence they are called Golden Ferfes : Which, 
according ro Suidais Computation, came to Twenty 
Thoufand. Smdas ill) his Words are thefe : "AvoLyvoo^lv 
dmti 7r^:$ ha. <^l')<ov iv fjMl^cjCy f^ctlYi^cL -^^Ud^v^ Y\y^v vifMcr- 
And upon this Occafion, Oppian not only inftances 
in the Dogfifh, but in rhe Squatina, and Glaucm too : 
But there are different /^d'r^/>^^7c/<?x he does affigo, that 
thefe Two latter do make ufe of, far the receiving their 
Toung, in Cafe of Danger. Oppian s (kk) Verles are 
thele: 
TizvcL vioSha^Yi, a^iv aax^ i^irXno juJitti^, 
A?A' OT?»7a^oj^(T(i)oi, Tzlr dcAj^'Tzi ^QifA^^r ikm 
Avrlw Q^cri^jutw.^ dvrLuu q^p^ ivd^v oAiadvu 
Tq^vo/javoi, 'mov M'^tvvov f^Ajoyi^^rd. m^^fAimi; 
A?A' 8^ 1^ vYi'^ cuo K^ivJ^ ^tjig^ diet kw^ojiv' 
(II) In Voce Oppianus. 
