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wifhed to make an example of him, he brought be- 

 fore the judges a proof of a great number of crimes, 

 equally odious, which the accused had committed, and 

 which had remained unknown, because nobody dared 

 to attack a man whose power was so great. The 

 emperor thought that his severity could not be bla- 

 med ; and to proportion the puniibment to the crime, 

 he t)rdered that Turinus ibould be tied to a post in 

 the public market, at the foot of which a great quan- 

 tity of green moist wood was placed, which, be- 

 ing lighted, produced nothing but smoke. Turi- 

 nus was thus suffocated, whilst the public crier re- 

 peated with a loud voice these words : " He who has 

 sold smoke, is punifhed by smoke." 



ANECDOTE OF MARISHAL DE TOIRAS. 



Ok the eve of a battle, an officer came to alk per- 

 mifsion of the mariflial de Toiras to go and see his 

 father who was on his death-bed ; go, said that ge- 

 neral to him, you honour your father and mother that 

 you may live long. 



ANECDOTE OF ALPHONSO KING OF ARRAGON. 

 Alphonso besieged Gayette, a city of Italy in the 

 "kingdom of Naples. As that place began to want 

 provisions, they obliged the women, the children, 

 the old men, and all uselefs mouths to depart. Al- 

 phonso received them directly into his camp ; and 

 ■when his officers wilhed to inspire him with lefs ge- 

 ■nerous sentiments : " Do you think then," said he, 

 to them, '• that I came here to make war with wo- 

 men and children?" 



