Excerpt from The Satires of Persius: Translated; With an Introduction and Some Notes Who was charged with never having sacrificed for Nero's health or for the preservation Of his heavenly voice. - Tac., An. Xvi. 22. Tire Satires of A. Persius Floccus, edited by Basil L. Gildersleeve, ph.d., LL.D., New York, 187 5 Introduction, p. Xxvii. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.