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Aug., De Civat. If my posterity, nevertheless, shall be of another mind, I shall be avenged on them; for they cannot care less for me than I shall then do for them. "Ne toga cordyllis, ne penula desit olivis; Et laxas scombris saepe dabo tunicas;" Martial, xiii. And though nobody should read me, have I wasted time in entertaining myself so many idle hours in so pleasing and useful thoughts?
Cellars under ground were unknown to the Romans. See Beck. Gal., and Smith's Dict. Ant. Ignorantur fallunt. XVII. Sagum. A short, thick cloak, worn by Roman soldiers and countrymen. Fibula==figibula, any artificial fastening; spina==natural. Si desit. Observe the difference between this clause, and si quando advenit in the preceding chapter.
"Accipe quæ nimios vincant umbracula soles, Sit licet, et ventus, te tua vela tegont." By tua vela is to be understood "your own Umbrella." And elsewhere the same writer gives the advice: "Ingrediare viam coelo licet usque sereno Ad subitas nunquam scortea desit aquas." Man'., lib. xiv.
Want and abundance fall into the same inconvenience: "Tibi quod superest, mihi quod desit, dolet." Desire and fruition equally afflict us.
XVII. Tegumen omnibus sagum, fibula, aut, si desit, spina consertum: cetera intecti totos dies juxta focum atque ignem agunt. Locupletissimi veste distinguuntur, non fluitante, sicut Sarmatae ac Parthi, sed stricta et singulos artus exprimente. Gerunt et ferarum pelles, proximi ripae negligenter, ulteriores exquisitius, ut quibus nullus per commercia cultus.
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