He speaks of the country in the foregoing verses; the praises of which are the most easy theme for poets, but which a bad poet cannot naturally describe: then he makes a digression to Romulus, the first king of Rome, who had a rustical education; and enlarges upon Quintius Cincinnatus, a Roman senator, who was called from the plough to be dictator of Rome. Note VIII. _With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes._ P. 213. Persius here names antitheses, or seeming contradictions; which, in this place, are meant for rhetorical flourishes, as I think, with Casaubon. Note IX. _'Tis tagged with rhyme, like Berecynthian Atys, The mid-part chimes with art, which never flat is._ P. 213. Foolish verses of Nero, which the poet repeats; and which cannot be translated, properly, into English. Note X. _Their crooked horns the Mimallonian crew With blasts inspired._--P. 214. Other verses of Nero, that were mere bombast. I only note, that the repetition of these and the former verses of Nero, might justly give the poet a caution to conceal his name. Note XI. _Mænas and Atys._--P. 214. Poems on the Mænades, who were priestesses of Bacchus; and of Atys, who made himself an eunuch to attend on the sacrifices of Cybele, called Berecynthia by the poets. She was mother of the gods. Note XII. _Two painted serpents shall on high appear._--P. 215. Two snakes, twined with each other, were painted on the walls, by the ancients, to show the place was holy. Note XIII. _Old Lucilius._--P. 215. Lucilius wrote long before Horace, who imitates his manner of satire, but far excels him in the design. Note XIV. _King Midas has a snout, and asses ears._--P. 215. The story is vulgar, that Midas, king of Phrygia, was made judge betwixt Apollo and Pan, who was the best musician: he gave the prize to Pan; and Apollo, in revenge, gave him asses ears. He wore his hair long to hide them; but his barber discovering them, and not daring to divulge the secret, dug a hole in the ground, and whispered into it: the place was marshy; and, when the reeds grew up, they repeated the words which were spoken by the barber. By Midas, the poet meant Nero. Note XV. _Who dares, with angry Eupolis, to frown; He who, with bold Cratinus, is inspired With zeal._--P. 215. Eupolis and Cratinus, as also Aristophanes, mentioned afterwards, were all Athenian poets; who wrote that sort of comedy which was called the Old Comedy, where the people were named who were satirized by those authors. Note XVI. _Who fortune's fault upon the poor can throw._--P. 216. The people of Rome, in the time of Persius, were apt to scorn the Grecian philosophers, particularly the Cynics and Stoics, who were the poorest of them. Note XVII. _Who counts geometry, and numbers toys, And with his foot the sacred dust destroys._--P. 216.