afpired ,toir. Witli what a Serioufriefs and^
Gravity docs he attend 'to the hearing o£-\
Canfes, as a Judge. and .a Senator^ not as*
a^Pimcc? Wtthf what Expedition did he-



26o The Roman Hijlary

f upprefs the ungraK&l /l/io« whpaim^
tc Innovations ip the State 1 How |ene-
jroufly did he inftruft his Gitrmanfcus^ and
preparM him with Experience, ^hich \\,^
taught htm in his own Camp, and then
received him the Conqueror of Oermanf !
How glorioufly did he load hif Youth with
Honours I The Ornaments of his TH'
umph anfwering the Qra;ideur pf his
Atchievements ! How oft^n 4i4 ^ oblige
the People with DiftributiQn$ pf Corn,
and per(e£fc the Regulatipa of the Senate,
tho' he might have done it without their
Advice, fo as neither tpgiye any Invitati-
en to Luxury, or deprive au honed Pover*
ty of the Dignities it dc^enresi I How
glorioufly did he difpatch hisGermankm
into the Provinces beyond $p4 ! How
powerful were his Counfels, which by the
Adminiftration of his Son Drufus^ ^nd a
prudent Application of his Me^ures, o-
bligcd Marokduus^ who (without Ofience
to his Majefty) lay fculkiag as a Serpent
in the Earth, on the Frontiers of his
Kingdom, to retreat from his Hold I How
honourably an3 yet fecurely does he ftill
confine him within his own Reialm i Haw
fuddenly did he extinguifh that dangerous
and important Vf ar> which was railed by

Sacrovky



^/Velleius Paterculus. 26^1

Sacrovir^ a. Prince of the Gauls, and F^-
rus Julius y To that the Romans knew that
; they had cpriqiiered^ before they were
well apprised they were in Arms, and had
News of the Victory, before they re-
ceived the leaft Information of Danger I
The Terror of the African War, which,
gathered Strength every Day, was pre-
fently fupprcfs'd by his Direftiouand'Coii-
diift. •



CHAP; CXXX.
