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Loilus: ^ [[addition]] being [[/addition]] full of disdain he gave him no answer. He [[deletion]] has [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] having staid some time longer at Alexandria, & pressed by want, sent privately to the King, begging that he would give him something. But the King answered: That Homer & who had died above a thousand years before, [[unclear]] fed ^ [[addition]] many [[/addition]] thousand people: that he ought to do the same thing & who profess'd to have a better understanding [[deletion]] that [[/deletion]] ^ [[addition]] and [[/addition]] ought not only to [[deletion]] [[unclear]] one [[/deletion]] [[addition]] maintain himself [[/addition]] but also many [[deletion]] thousands [[/deletion]] [[addition]] others. [[/addition]]
