43. The ancient practice of concluding the entertainment
with libations may be found in every classic. Socrates and
Seneca, in their last moments, made a noble application of
this custom. Postremo stagnum calidae aquae introiit,
respergens proximos servorum, addita voce, libare se
liquorem illum Jovi Liberatori. Tacit. Annal. xv. 64.