He points out how this rustic raillery gradually assumed the character of fierce lampoons, and had to be restrained by law:- Fescennina per hunc inventa licentia morem Versibus alternis opprobria rustica fudit; Libertasque recurrentes accepta per annos Lusit amabiliter, donec jam saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti jocus et per honestas Ire domos Impune minax.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The moment it became known in Scotland that any tax on malt or ale was to be imposed, rioting began in the principal cities; the spirit of the national motto asserted itself-"nemo me Impune lacessit."
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
Nemo me Impune lacesset, is still Scotland's motto."
"The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)"
John West