Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 408
d at the horse, and went about O their misdeeds as usual. But at the last stroke of the bell the horse set offat full gallop through the streets of Rome, and bydaylight men counted over two hundred corpsesthat it had trodden down. The rest of the thieves -and there were still many… … into the walls, and climbed up above the reach of thehorse and its rider. Then the emperor commanded two copper dogs to bemade that would run after the horse, and when the 376 VIRGILIUS THE SORCERER thieves, hanging from the walls, mocked and jeered atVirgilius stad the emperor, the dogs leaped…
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