Weil die vorige Strenge aber einigen Haß erzeugt hatte, so suchte er diesen auszulöschen und das Volk vollends dadurch zu gewinnen, daß er ihm bewiese, alle begangenen Grausamkeiten rührten nicht von ihm her, sondern von der rauhen Gemüthsart seines Stellvertreters.
And because he knew that the past severity had caused some hatred against himself, so, to clear himself in the minds of the people, and gain them entirely to himself, he desired to show that, if any cruelty had been practised, it had not originated with him, but in the natural sternness of the minister.