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Pers., iv., 51,
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Tollat sua munera cerdo.
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And crimes that tinge with shame the cobbler's face, Become the lords of Brutus' honor'd race.
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Lets out his voice (his sole remaining boast), And rants the nonsense of a clam'rous ghost.
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Idem Menandri phasma nunc nuper dedit. Catullus is not to be confounded with C. Valerius Catullus of Verona (the old Schol. says Q. Lutatius Catullus is meant, and quotes xiii., 11, whom Lubinus, ad loc., calls
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Urbanus Catullus ) as far as the Phasma is concerned.--_Laureolus_ was the chief character in a play or ballet by Val. Catullus, or Laberius, or Nævius: and was crucified on the stage, and then torn to pieces by wild beasts. Martial (de Spect., Ep. vii.) says this was acted _to the life_ in the Roman amphitheatre, the part of the bandit being performed by a real malefactor, who was crucified and torn to pieces in the arena,
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Non falsâ pendens in cruce Laureolus.
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And Lentulus _acts_ hanging with such art, Were I a judge, he should not _feign_ the part.
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Sit with unblushing front, and calmly see The hired patrician's low buffoonery; Smile at the Fabii's tricks, and grin to hear The cuffs resound from the Mamerci's ear.