[524] Judges xi, 12-28. [525] For these episodes, cf. Creighton, History of the Papacy, etc., vol. I, _passim_. [526] Tarquinius, by striking down the tallest poppies with his cane, gave the hint that the leaders of the opposition should be executed; cf. Livy, I, 54. [527] The ensuing episode occurred in 1434 and thus fixes the date of the writing of this passage as 1439 or 1440. Cf. Mancini, Vita di Lorenzo Valla, p. 163. [528] Flamininus had defeated Philip V of Macedonia, and it was from Philip, not Antiochus, that he “freed” Greece. [529] A reminiscence of Rom. xi, 16. [530] Free quotations from Rom. ii, 21-24. [531] A reference to the well-known interview in which Leo I persuaded Attila to desist from his invasion of Italy. [532] This other discourse did not appear. [533] Eph. vi, 12. [534] The MS., Cod. Vat. Lat. 5314, on which this translation is based, was finished December 7, 1451. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA