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dances the following couplet, sung by the old men, is quoted —
"We have been young and strong, yet valiant heretofore,
Till crooked age did hold us back, and bade us do more."
Lay subjoins —
"But virtue in our breasts is in her prime,
"Which cannot wear away with age or time."
He thus notices the corruption of Sparta in the reign of King Agis —
"Money — the love of money, — the destruction of nations — the fountain of evil."
On the conduct of Numa Pompilius, when he refused the kingdom, Lay notes —
"O! wise Numa — famous virtue."
Of the measures adopted by Lycurgus for preventing the introduction of foreign wares
