: may the gods confound him who
first invented the hours, and who first placed a sundial in this city.
Pity on me! They have cut up my day in compartments. Once when I was
a boy my stomach was my clock, and it was much more fitting and
reliable; it never failed to warn me except when there was nothing;
now, even when there is something, there is no eating unless it so
please the sun. For the whole city is full of sun-dials, and most of
the people crawl on in need of food and drink.
Page 269, footnote 1. _Romae_, etc.: in Rome it was for a long time a
joy and a pride to open up the house at early morning and attend to
the legal needs of the clients.
Page 275, l. 20. _Nesciit vivere_: he did not know how to live.
Page 277, l. 10. _ad noctem_: late into the night.
Page 280, l. 17. _Saepe tribus_, etc.: often you would see three
couches with four guests apiece.
Page 283, l. 21. [Greek: Emetikhaeu], etc.: he was under the
emetic cure, and consequently ate and drank freely and with much
satisfaction; and everything certainly was good and well served; nay
more, I may say that
"Though the cook was good,
'Twas Attic salt that flavored best the food.
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