It would not seem, however, to be necessary to suppose any thing supernatural to account for his wakefulness.

He lay upon his bed restless and excited, or if he fell into a momentary slumber, his thoughts, instead of finding repose, were only plunged into greater agitations, produced by strange, and, as he thought, supernatural dreams.

He imagined that he ascended into the skies, and was received there by Jupiter, the supreme divinity, as an associate and equal.

While shaking hands with the great father of gods and men, the sleeper was startled by a frightful sound.

He awoke, and found his wife Calpurnia groaning and struggling in her sleep.