TRANSLATION OF A GREEK INSCRIPTION UPON A FOUNTAIN[21].

Αγροτα συν ποιμυαις, κ. τ. λ. Vitruvius, Lib. 8. c. 3.

Shepherd, if thirst oppress thee, while thy flock Thou lead’st at noon by this Arcadian spring, Here freely drink thy fill, and freely bring Around my Naïads all thy fleecy stock: But in the water wash not, lest thou feel Loathing, and strange antipathy to wine; Such power it hath to make thee hate the vine, E’er since my fount did Prœtus’ daughters heal;— For here Melampus bathed them, here he cast A spell to purge their madness off, and hold The secret taint; what time from Argos old To rough Arcadia’s mountain heights he past.