▁cons oles ▁Ab asc ant ius ▁on ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁wife . ▁The ▁poem ▁begins ▁by ▁pra ising ▁Ab asc ant ius ▁for ▁his ▁dev otion ▁to ▁her ▁and ▁stress ing ▁the ▁in ev it ability ▁of ▁death ▁and ▁goes ▁on ▁to ▁pra ise ▁Pr isc illa ▁for ▁her ▁birth , ▁dev otion ▁to ▁her ▁husband , ▁and ▁her ▁reaction ▁to ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁promotion . ▁Stati us ▁goes ▁on ▁to ▁critic ize ▁Fort una ▁and ▁In vidia ▁for ▁leading ▁to ▁her ▁death . ▁Her ▁final ▁words ▁are ▁related ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁asks ▁her ▁husband ▁to ▁stay ▁loyal ▁to ▁Dom it ian ▁and ▁not ▁gr ieve ▁for ▁her . ▁The ▁poem ▁ends ▁with ▁a ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁tomb , ▁fun eral ▁fe ast , ▁and ▁Pr isc illa ' s ▁entrance ▁into ▁E ly si um . ▁▁ 5 . 2 ▁La udes ▁Cris p ini ▁V etti ▁Bol ani ▁Fil i ▁(" P ra ises ▁of ▁Cris pin us , ▁Son ▁of ▁V ett ius ▁Bol anus ") ▁This ▁poem ▁pra ises ▁the ▁virt ues ▁of ▁Cris pin us ▁and ▁his ▁summ ons ▁to ▁foreign ▁service , ▁beginning ▁with ▁pra ise ▁for ▁his ▁sen atorial ▁career ▁and ▁up br ing ing . ▁The ▁poet ▁asks ▁him ▁to ▁forg ive ▁his ▁mother ▁who ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁trying ▁to ▁poison ▁him ▁and ▁pra ises ▁his ▁dev otion ▁to ▁his ▁friend ▁in ▁political ▁trouble . ▁Stati us ▁w onders ▁what ▁province ▁Dom it ian ▁will ▁pick ▁for ▁Cris pin us ▁and ▁thanks ▁him