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munera: Ov. A. A. 3.653, munera, crede, mihi, capiunt hominesque deosque. Hence Spenser, F. Q. 5.2.9, quaintly personifies munera (as if fem. sing.) as daughter of Pollente, 'Her name is Munera, agreeing with her deeds.' Note resumption of aurum (1.10) by lucrum, munera, and pecuniam.

15, 16. navium . . . duces: possibly an allusion to Menodorus or Menas, the faithless admiral of Sextus Pompey. Cf. Dio, 48.45; Suet. Oct.74; Epode 4; Shaks. Ant. and Cle. 2.7. With the whole, cf. Andrew Lang's Ballade of Worldly Wealth, 'Money taketh town and wall| Fort and ramp without a blow.'


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