XVIII.

_Obtulit eis pecunias._ Act. viii. 18.

Quorsum hos hic nummos profers? quorsum, impie Simon?

Non ille hic Judas, sed tibi Petrus adest.

Vis emisse Deum? potius, precor, hoc age, Simon,

Si potes, ipse prius daemona vende tuum.

_He offered them money._

Money! what wouldst thou, impious? Look and see,

'Tis Peter, not Iscariot, speaks to thee.

Wouldst thou buy God? Nay, Simon, change thy tone,

And try to sell that demon of thine own. CL.

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