Caput

1 1 |  either fear or favor. I shall tell the unvarnished truth. If
2 1 |       you ask this man he will tell you privately; in presence
3 2 |        the exact hour I cannot tell you—it’s easier to get philosophers
4 3 |      For once let the prophets tell the truth, who have been
5 6 |       that he is giving you. I tell you—I who have lived with
6 7 |      where the mice gnaw iron. Tell me the truth, quick, or
7 8 | nothing is closed to you. Only tell us what sort of a god you
8 10|      you are going to be just. Tell me, divine Claudius, why
9 13|     less time than it takes to tell it, Narcissus skipped out.