Note 522 — BOOK VIII.
William Julius Mickle translation
And I, behold, am off'ring sacrifice.—This line, the simplicity which, I think, contains great dignity, is adopted from Fanshaw—
"And I, ye see, am off'ring sacrifice;"
who has here caught the spirit of the original—
A quem lhe a dura nova estava dando, Pois eu responde estou sacrificando;
i.e. To whom when they told the dreadful tidings, "And I," he replies "am sacrificing." The piety of Numa was crowned with victory.—Vid. 'Plut. in vit. Numæ.