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.p Eumolpus claims that \f(KXsententiae\f6 ought not to stand out of a poem as ornaments, as in a declamation, but rather that they should be worked into the fabric of the whole. Some commentators charge the poet with hypocrisy on this point: .bl Eumolpus on occasions even stands convicted of his own charges—and quite obviously so. For example, he roundly condemns obtrusive and irrelevant \f7sententiae\f6 (118.5). And yet, surely, a prime instance of that very fault may be found at 89.27…\c .f "Beck (1979) 253, n. 52." .ck It seems strange that Beck should quote a verse from the \f7Troiae Halosis\f6 in support of an argument concerning the remarks which precede the \f7Bellum Ciuile\f6. Indeed, there are several examples of \f7sententiae\f6 in the latter poem, though they are few enough to list here: .bl •\ \f7ingeniosa\ gula\ est.\f6 (v.\ 33)\p .br •\ \f7inops\ audacia\ tuta\ est.\f6 (v.\ 57)\p .br •\ \f7hos\ gloria\ reddit\ honores.\f6 (v.\ 66)\p .br • \f7Fors, cui nulla placet nimium secura potestas, .br quae\ noua\ semper\ amas\ et\ mox\ possessa\ relinquis…\f6 (vv.\ 80–1)\p .ck It must be remembered that Eumolpus' injunction is not against \f7sententiae per se\f6 but against their standing out (\f7ne … emineant\f6, 118.5). Several of the most memorable sections of the \f7Bellum Ciuile\f6 are those attended by \f7sententiae\f6. Martial, for example, quotes \f7ingeniosa gula est\f6 (v. 33 = Mart. 13.62.2). It must be assumed that Eumolpus considered his \f7sententiae\f6 sufficiently unobtrusive and appropriate,\c .f "Sullivan (1968) 169." and it is against this principle that his success ought to be evaluated. .p None but the last of the examples cited takes up as much as a whole line, so that, at least in one respect, Eumolpus' \f7sententiae\f6 are not readily removed without damaging the lines around them. The last example is part of an address to Fortuna, so likewise difficult to remove. The full address is: .bl .nf \f7``rerum humanarum diuinarumque potestas, Fors, cui nulla placet nimium secura potestas, .fi quae\ noua\ semper\ amas\ et\ mox\ possessa\ relinquis…''\f6 (vv.\ 79–81)\p .ck The sentential thought (that fortune is fickle) is neatly woven into that standard extended description of a divine addressee which often also alludes to the capacity in which the god or goddess is being addressed.\c .f "cf. \f7o pater, o hominum rerumque aeterna potestas / \ namque aliud quid sit quod iam implorare queamus?\f6 Virgil \f7A.\f6 10.18–19." It is specifically to Fortuna's distaste for power too long seated that Dis is appealing. None of these examples, then, could be removed from the text without either damaging a line or confounding the purpose of an address. In this sense they are integral to the text, and so ``woven'' into it (\f7intexto vestibus colore niteant\f6, 118.5). .p Furthermore, each of the examples of \f7sententiae\f6 is bound closely with the subject matter of its context, and not an arbitrary or out of place abstraction. So \f7ingeniosa gula est\f6 and \f7inops audacia tuta est\f6 are reflections on Rome's gluttonous immobility, ``appended as tags to the lines which suggest them'';\c .f "Baldwin (1911) 43." \f7hos gloria reddit honores\f6 is linked to what precedes it by the demonstrative pronoun; and the commonplace description of Fortuna as changeable is apropos Dis' exhortation for change. Not only are the \f7sententiae\f6 of the \f7Bellum Ciuile\f6 woven into the text on the level of the texture of the verse, but also on the level of content. Moreover, the instances of sentential thought, though incorporated into the theme of their context, still shine out (\f7niteant\f6) in respect of their universal relevance, for which Martial's appreciation of one of them is evidence. Though at first he seems to violate his own rule, on closer reading of both the formulation of that rule, and of the text, Eumolpus proves true to his guidelines on the inclusion of \f7sententiae\f6.