Note 452 — Chapter XIII · AUSONIUS—SALMO, SALAR AND FARIO—FIRST MENTION OF THE PIKE
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The epigram on Pope Lucius III. (1181 to 1185 a.d.), who was banished from Rome for his tyranny and exactions, is, both as a comparison and a contrast, apt.
“Lucius est piscis rex atque tyrannus aquarum: A quo discordat Lucius iste parum. Devorat ille homines, his piscibus insidiatur: Esurit hic semper, ille aliquando satur. Amborum vitam si laus æquata notaret, Plus rationis habet qui ratione caret.”