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The full title of this church is "I Santi quattro Pittori Incoronati e i cinque Scultori Martiri," the names which the Church attributes to the painters being Severus, Severianus, Carpoforus, and Vittorinus; and those of the sculptors Claudius, Nicostratus, Sinforianus, Castorius, and Simplicius,—who all suffered for refusing to carve and paint idols for Diocletian.

Then, too, there are blackbirds.—Nicostratus or Philetærus says— A. What then shall I buy?

And Nicostratus says, in his Abra— The first, a mighty dish shall lead the way, Holding an urchin, and some sauce and capers, A cheesecake, fish, and onions in rich stuffing.

And Nicostratus or Philetærus, in his Antyllus, says— Let the Byzantine salt-fish triumph here, And paunch from Cadiz, carefully preserved.

And the character in Nicostratus, in the play entitled the Kings, is just such another.