_Liberius_, when he had ended the excellent Speech he made before the Emperor, That he had indeed expressed great Zeal for the Purity of the Faith, and the Liberty of Councils; but the Whole was mere Mummery; and that he only wanted to be looked upon by his Party as a Person of some Significancy, and to brag among the Senators, on his Return to _Rome_, that he had had the Honour to dispute with the Emperor[742]. The Eunuch too thought he must speak, but it was only to betray his Ignorance; for he reproached _Liberius_ with defending _Athanasius_, who had been condemned, he said, as an Heretic, by the Council of _Nice_[743]. As for _Constantius_, the only Reply he made to the Reasons alleged by _Liberius_ in favour of _Athanasius_, and the Faith of _Nice_, was, That the wicked and impious _Athanasius_, as he styled him, had been condemned by the whole World; that, by his arrogant Conduct, he had provoked all Mankind, and himself in particular, by constantly stirring up his Brother against him; that therefore he looked upon the Defeat of _Magnentius_ and _Sylvanus_, who had attempted to bereave him of his Crown, as less important to him than the deposing and condemning of a Man, by whom he had been so highly injured[744]. In answer to this, _Liberius_ begged, that, of all Men, he would not chuse Bishops for the Instruments of his private Revenge. _Constantius_ made no Reply, but only told him, that he must either sign the Condemnation of _Athanasius_, or be sent into Exile; and that he allowed him Three Days to deliberate which of the Two he would chuse. [Sidenote: _His Steadiness._] _Liberius_ answered, with great Intrepidity, that he had already chosen, and was resolved; that in Three Days he should not change his Resolution; and therefore the Emperor might send him that Minute to what Place soever he pleased[745]. The Three Days were not yet expired when the Emperor sent for him anew to Court, hoping the Fear of Banishment had softened him, as it had done most others, into a Compliance. But he found him unalterably fixed in the same Resolution; and therefore, despairing of being ever able to succeed in his Attempt, he ordered him to be conveyed forthwith to _Berœa_ in _Thrace_[746]. [Sidenote: _He is banished to_ Berœa _in_ Thrace.] _Liberius_ had not yet left the Palace, when the Emperor sent him a Present of Five hundred Pieces of Gold to defray his Charges: which he sent back by the same Person who brought them, saying, that the Emperor might want Money to pay his Troops. The like Sum was sent him by the Empress _Eusebia_; which, with the same Answer, he desired might be conveyed to the Emperor, adding, that if he knew not how to employ that Sum better, he might bestow it on _Epictetus_, or _Auxentius_ the _Arian_ Bishop of _Milan_, who would be very thankful for it[747]. He left _Milan_ Three Days after, and set out for the Place of his Exile. His Fate was no sooner known at _Rome_, than the Clergy, assembling the People, bound