“But，goodJupiter！whatisthematterinthecrowdbehindus？”
Behindus，didyousay？oh！ah！Iperceive。Myfriend，itiswellthatyouspokeintime。Letusgetintoaplaceofsafetyassoonaspossible。Here！letusconcealourselvesinthearchofthisaqueduct，andIwillinformyoupresentlyoftheoriginofthecommotion。IthasturnedoutasIhavebeenanticipating。Thesingularappearanceofthecameleopardandtheheadofaman，has，itseems，givenoffencetothenotionsofproprietyentertained，ingeneral，bythewildanimalsdomesticatedinthecity。Amutinyhasbeentheresult；and，asisusualuponsuchoccasions，allhumaneffortswillbeofnoavailinquellingthemob。SeveraloftheSyrianshavealreadybeendevoured；butthegeneralvoiceofthefour-footedpatriotsseemstobeforeatingupthecameleopard。’ThePrinceofPoets，’therefore，isuponhishinderlegs，runningforhislife。Hiscourtiershavelefthiminthelurch，andhisconcubineshavefollowedsoexcellentanexample。’DelightoftheUniverse，’
thouartinasadpredicament！’GloryoftheEast，’thouartindangerofmastication！Thereforeneverregardsopiteouslythytail；
itwillundoubtedlybedraggledinthemud，andforthisthereisnohelp。Looknotbehindthee，then，atitsunavoidabledegradation；buttakecourage，plythylegswithvigor，andscudforthehippodrome！
RememberthatthouartAntiochusEpiphanes。AntiochustheIllustrious！also’PrinceofPoets，’’GloryoftheEast，’’DelightoftheUniverse，’and’MostRemarkableofCameleopards！’Heavens！