"Ponite crudeles iras, et flagra, magistri,
Foeda ministeria, atque minis absistite acerbis.
Ne mihi ne, quæso, puerum quis verbera cogat
Dura pati; neque enim lacrymas, aut dulcis alumni
Ferre queunt Musæ gemitus, ægræque recedunt,
Illiusque cadunt animi," &c.
Vida exemplifies the consequences of the furious character and raging
conduct of a master, in the harsh treatment of his defenceless flock
(_turba invalida_), in the instance of a lovely boy, who, forgetful of
fear,
"Post habuit ludo jussos ediscere versus."
The terror excited by the savage pedagogue throws the poor little fellow
into a fatal illness:
"Quo subito terrore puer miserabilis acri
Corripitur morbo; parvo is post tempore vitam
Crescentem blandâ coeli sub luce reliquit.
Illum populifer Padus, illum _Serius_ imis
_Seriades_que diu Nymphæ flevere sub undis."
_Vidæ Poet._, lib, i. 216. &c.
My inquiry is after _Serius Seriades_que Nymphæ. Where is the Serius?
What is the Italian name for this (I presume) tributary of the Po?