DE SCAEVOLA. <br /> <br />Lictorem pro rege necans nunc mutius ultro <br /> Sacrifico propriam concremat igne manum: <br />Miratur Porsenna virum, paenamque relaxans <br /> Maxima cum obscessis faedera a victor init, <br />Plus flammis patriae confert quam fortibus armis, <br /> Una domans bellum funere dextra sua. <br /> <br /> ENGLISHED. <br /> <br />The hand, by which no king but serjeant dies, <br />Mutius in fire doth freely sacrifice; <br />The prince admires the Hero, quits his pains, <br />And Victor from the seige peace entertains; <br />Rome's more oblig'd to flames than arms or pow'r, <br />When one burnt hand shall the whole war devour.<br /><br />Richard Lovelace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/de-scaevola/
