LXXIX.

_In Judaeos Christum praecipitare conantes._ Luc. iv. 29.

Dicite, quae tanta est sceleris fiducia vestri,

Quod nequiit daemon, id voluisse scelus?

Quod nequiit daemon scelus, id voluisse patrare:

Hoc tentare ipsum daemona, credo, fuit.

_The Jews seeking to cast Christ headlong from a precipice._

What daring leads you on, ungodly crew,

To that which ev'n the Devil durst not do?

Ye dare what he dares not? If truth be told,

Ye tempt the Devil's self to be more bold. G.

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