_In D. Joannem, quem Domitianus ferventi oleo illaesum indidit._
Illum qui, toto currens vaga flammula mundo,
Non quidem Joannes, ipse sed audit amor--
Illum ignem extingui, bone Domitiane, laboras?
Hoc non est oleum, Domitiane, dare.[80]
_On St. John, whom Domitian cast into a caldron of boiling oil, he
unhurt._
That fire--which o'er the world a wandering flame,
Bears not the name of John, but Love's own name--
To quench, my good Domitian, dost thou toil?
Fire scarce is quench'd, methinks, by adding oil. CL.