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He who will, therefore, carefully examine the actions of this man

will find him a most valiant lion and a most cunning fox; he will

find him feared and respected by every one, and not hated by the

army; and it need not be wondered at that he, a new man, was able

to hold the empire so well, because his supreme renown always

protected him from that hatred which the people might have

conceived against him for his violence.