Who com’st amidst an independent state,
In nought inferior to the strength
Of Argos, and with brutal hate
Dar’st, though a foreigner, to seize
The exiles, who our deities
Implore, and in these realms at length
From their distress obtain a shield:
Thou e’en to sceptred monarchs will not yield,
Yet no just plea thy subtle tongue hath found.
How can such conduct warp the man whose judgment’s sound?