[98]Acmen Septimius suos amores Tenens in gremio, mea, inquit, Acme, Ni te perdite amo, &c. [99]Cæsio veniam obvius Leoni. [100]Hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistram, ut ante Dextram, sternuit approbationem. [101]At Acme leviter caput reflectens, Et dulcis pueri ebrios ocellos Illo purpureo ore suaviata, Sic, inquit, mea vita,[102] Septimille, &c. [103]Nunc ab auspicio bono profecti Mutuis animis amant, amantur. Unam Septimius misellus Acmen Mavult quam[104] Syrias Britanniasque.[105] ® Footnote 105: _I.e._, The Clerkship of the Pells in Ireland, and Auditorship of South Wales. Footnote 106: [On 7th Feb., 1796, a _forged_ French newspaper called _L’Eclair_, containing false intelligence, was circulated in London for stock-jobbing purposes. On 3rd July a verdict of £100 was given against D. STUART, proprietor of _The Morning Post_, for sending the above paper to the proprietors of _The Telegraph_, by which it was discredited; and on the following day, a verdict of £1500 was given against Mr. Dickinson, for falsely accusing Mr. Goldsmid, the money-broker, of forging the above. It announced a peace between Austria and France.—ED.] Footnote 107: _Morning Post_, Jan. 25. Footnote 108: _Morning Chronicle_, Jan. 25. Footnote 109: This appears to allude to Mr. SHERIDAN’S conduct during the _Mutiny_. Footnote 110: This is not the first time that we have heard of Mr. TIERNEY’S discouragement of impiety. However we may disapprove of this gentleman’s political principles, we are not insensible to the merit of such conduct. Footnote 111: _Morning Post_, Jan. 25. Footnote 112: _Morning Chronicle_, Jan. 25. Footnote 113: _Morning Chronicle_, _Morning Post_, _Morning Herald_, &c. Footnote 114: The Company seem to have recollected (had _his Grace_ forgotten?) that the DUKE of NORFOLK has _another_ SOVEREIGN, to whom he has recently, more than once, sworn Allegiance; and under whom he _now_ holds the LIEUTENANCY of the WEST RIDING of the COUNTY OF YORK, and the Command of a REGIMENT of MILITIA. Footnote 115: See _The True Briton_, of Thursday, Jan. 25. Footnote 116: Conjuravere Cives nobilissimi Patriam incendere—_Gallorum_ gentem infestissimam nomini Romano in bellum arcessunt—Dux Hostium cum exercitu supra caput est.—ORAT. CATON. ap. SALLUST. Footnote 117: Tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium, Magistrates, Sacerdotia, rapinas, alia omnia quæ bellum atque lubido Victorum fert.—SALLUST. Footnote 118: [“A Correspondent cautions us against making a profane use of MR. WILBERFORCE’S appearance on Sunday; that gentleman would not have been so ungodly as to gallop there without a sufficient reason—it was the fulfilment of some Prophecy; and the horse he rode might be related to the White Horse of the Revelations.”—_Morning Chronicle_, Jan. 11, 1798.—ED.] Footnote 119: