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EPIGRAM CCXV.
[Some tribes, we read in Ælian's book]
AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM.
Some tribes, we read in Ælian's book,
A fly, for their divinity took.—
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To this same fly, with reverence due,
An ox, for sacrifice they slew,
In times of public need, or danger.
Add this to that, and say, which was more odd—
The worship? or the creed?—The victim? or the God?
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