Note 572 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 2)
Lewis Evans translation
Sufficit.
"And would have crush'd it with the massy freight, But that a sweating slave sustain'd the weight." Dryden.
Probably the crown was not worn, but merely held by the slave at his side.
"The menial destined in his car to ride, And cool the swelling consul's feverish pride." Hodgson.