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the first, for otherwise he relied upon new men ; 

 and for resigning his power Seneca describeth him 

 right ; &quot; Cagsar gladium cito condidit, nunquain 

 &quot; posuit,&quot; Caesar soon sheathed his sword, but never 

 put it off. And himself took it upon him, saying in 

 scorn of Sylla s resignation ; &quot; Sylla nescivit literas, 

 &quot; dictare non potuit,&quot; &quot; Sylla knew no letters, he 

 &quot; could not dictate.&quot; But for the part of a lawgiver, 

 Cicero giveth him the attribute ; &quot; Cassar, si ab eo 

 &quot; quaereretur, quid egisset in toga ; leges se res- 

 &quot; pondisset multas et praeclaras tulisse ;&quot; &quot; If you 

 &quot; had asked Cassar what he did in the gown, he 

 &quot; would have answered, that he made many ex- 

 &quot; cellent laws.&quot; His nephew Augustus did tread the 

 same steps, but with deeper print, because of his 

 long reign in peace ; whereof one of the poets of his 

 time saith, 



&quot; Pace data terris,animum ad civilia vertit 



&quot; Jura suum; legesque tulit justissimus auctor.&quot; 



From that time there was such a race of wit and 

 authority, between the commentaries and decisions 

 of the lawyers, and the edicts of the emperors, as 

 both law and lawyers were out of bretith. Where 

 upon Justinian in the end recompiled both, and made 

 a body of laws such as might be wielded, which 

 himself calleth gloriously, and yet not above truth, 

 the edifice or structure of a sacred temple of justice, 

 built indeed out of the former ruins of books, as 

 materials, and some novel constitutions of his own. 



In Athens they had Sexviri, as /Eschines ob- 

 serveth, which were standing commissioners, who 



