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Proofs of the Enquiry into
Sect. .y
% % % One of the strangest things that e«er hap pened in the Course of the Roman Justice, was the Absolution of the infamous Pub. Ciodius. He was accused of a complicated Crime of Sa crilege and Adultery ; having debauched Cesar's Wife in the midst of the most solemn Sacrifice to the Bona Dea, at which no Male Creature p could be present without Profanation. M. CrasT tl (6)AS* t^le ^ame ar^erwar(^S perished in Parthia, undertook his Defence ; — and ' in two ' Days time, says Cicero, imploying only one ' Slave, and he a Ruffian too from the Bear* Garden, he accomplished the whole Affair.
- He sent for the Judges to his own House ; he
- promised, he prayed, he gave vast Presents :
' And besides, (good Gods ! what are we come J to ! ) some of the Judges were to have Nighis
- of certain Ladies, and to be introduced to some
f noble Youths, as an Addition to their Bargain.' Letters to Atticus.
tfy (f) '-t»6. (7)
Abstract Knowledge acquired by Speculation is generally the Product of Leisure and Quiet : ' The Sciences, according to Arijlotle,
- were invented in those Nations, where Men
