While he was priest Not only once had Apis (17) lived the space Marked by the crescent on his sacred brow.
First was his voice, for Magnus raised and troth And for the pledges of the king deceased: But, skilled in counsel meet for shameless minds And tyrant hearts, Pothinus, dared to claim Judgment of death on Magnus.

"Laws and right Make many guilty, Ptolemmus king.
And faith thus lauded (18) brings its punishment When it supports the fallen.

To the fates Yield thee, and to the gods; the wretched shun But seek the happy.

As the stars from earth Differ, and fire from ocean, so from right Expedience.

(19) The tyrant's shorn of strength Who ponders justice; and regard for right Bring's ruin on a throne.