[Sidenote: He besieges Pompey.]

" Off flew Peter, and up on a bench mounted Pompey, nothing loth to add dignity to the scene by illuminating it.

In a discussion on the Manilian law it was requisite to praise Pompey; and accordingly, in a temperate speech, we arrived at a copiousness of ornament.

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"If your relenting anger yield to treat, Pompey and thou, in safety, here may meet."Rowe cor.

Thereupon, as usually happens in such cases, some would start off and others join in the refrain, saying "Pompey!" and there was considerable jeering.