Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.
Ovid, Banier (M. l'abbé, Antoine), Bernard Picart (1717). “Ovid's Metamorphoses: In Latin and English, Translated by the Most Eminent Hands. With Historical Explications of the Fables, Written in French by the Abbot Banier, ... Translated Into English. Adorned with Sculptures by B. Picart, and Other Able Masters”, p.529
