CX.

_Tunc sustulerunt lapides._ Joan. viii. 59.

Saxa? illi? quid tam foedi voluere furores?

Quid sibi de saxis hi voluere suis?

Indolem, et antiqui agnosco vestigia patris:

Panem de saxis hi voluere suis.

_Then took they up stones._

'They took up stones:' What meant they by such rage?

What wanted they with them? Their meaning's plain:

'Tis their old father's way--O sad presage!

He too took up the stones for bread amain.[64] G.

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