[538] “One who set off every thing he said and did with a certain skill.” Mucianus was an intriguing general in the times of Otho and Vitellius.—_Hist._ xi. 80. [539] Namely, the property of which he was speaking, and not that mentioned by Tacitus. [540] Apologies. [541] Concessions. [542] Plin. Epist. vi. 17. [543] Boastful. [544] “All fame emanates from servants.”—_Q. Cic. de Petit. Consul._ v. 17. [545] “Founders of empires.” [546] He alludes to Ottoman, or Othman I., the founder of the dynasty now reigning at Constantinople. From him, the Turkish empire received the appellation of “Othoman,” or “Ottoman” Porte. [547] “Perpetual rulers.” [548] Surnamed the Peaceful, who ascended the throne of England A. D. 959. He was eminent as a legislator, and a rigid assertor of justice. Hume considers his reign “one of the most fortunate that we meet with in the ancient English history.” [549] These were a general collection of the Spanish laws, made by Alphonso X. of Castile, arranged under their proper titles. The work was commenced by Don Ferdinand his father, to put an end to the contradictory decisions in the Castilian courts of justice. It was divided into seven parts, whence its name “Siete Partidas.” It did not, however, become the law of Castile till nearly eighty years after. [550] “Deliverers,” or “preservers.” [551] “Extenders,” or “defenders of the empire.” [552] “Fathers of their country.” [553] “Participators in cares.” [554] “Leaders in war.” [555] Proportion, dimensions. [556] “Equal to their duties.” [557] “To expound the law.” [558] “To make the law.” [559] The Mosaic law. He alludes to Deuteronomy xxvii. 17. “Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark.” [560] “A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.”—_Proverbs_ xxv. 26. [561] “Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth.”—_Amos_ v. 7. [562] “He who wrings the nose strongly brings blood.” _Proverbs_ xxx. 33: “Surely, the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.” [563] “He will rain snares upon them.” Psalm xi. 6: “Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire, and brimstone, and an horrible tempest.” [564] Strained. [565] “It is the duty of a judge to consider not only the facts, but the circumstances of the case.”—_Ovid. Trist._ I. i. 37. [566] Pliny the Younger, Ep. B. 6, E. 2, has the observation: “Patientiam ... quæ pars magna justitiæ est;” “Patience, which is a great part of justice.” [567] Is not successful. [568] Makes him to feel less confident of the goodness of his cause. [569] Altercate, or bandy words with the judge. [570] “Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles!”—_St. Matthew_ vii. 16. [571] Plundering. [572] “Friends of the court.” [573] “Parasites,” or “flatterers of the court.” [574] Which were compiled by the decemvirs.