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Gen_40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
Ver. 2. And Pharaoh was wroth, &c.] That had been enough to have broke their hearts: as a frown from Augustus did Cornelius Gallus; and another from Queen Elizabeth did Lord Chancellor Hatton. {a}
“ Ut mala nulla feram, nisi nudam Caesaris iram
Nuda parum nobis Caesaris ira mali est? ”
saith Ovid. And again,
“ Omne trahit secum, Caesaris ira, malum. ”
{a} Carmd., Elis., fol. 406.