sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the imperial city, which had subdued and civilised so considerable a portion of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia."—Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. v. p. 311.
Note 3, page 156, line 12.
With rich libations duly shed.
The plane-tree was much cultivated among the Romans, on account of its extraordinary shade; and they used to nourish it with wine instead of water, believing (as Sir W. Temple observes) that "this tree loved that liquor as well as those who used to drink under its shade."—See the notes to Melmoth's Pliny.
Note 4, page 158, line 2.
Soon shall the Isle of Ceres weep.
Sicily was anciently considered as the favoured and peculiar dominion of Ceres.
