91. Ammian. xxv. 2. Julian had sworn in a passion, numquam
se Marti sacra facturum (xxiv. 6). Such whimsical quarrels
were not uncommon between the gods and their insolent
votaries; and even the prudent Augustus, after his fleet had
been twice shipwrecked, excluded Neptune from the honours of
public processions. See Hume's Philosophical Reflections.
Essays, vol. ii. p. 418.