interests of his own party (which in the Assembly was all-
powerful), that the President of the Republic should be
chosen by the nation, and not by the Assembly; and he ended
by saying that if the course he advocated was disastrous to
himself, `Victrix causa Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.'
(8) `Plausuque sui gaudere theatri.' Quoted by Mr. Pitt, in his
speech on the address in 1783, on the occasion of peace
being made with France, Spain, and America; in allusion to
Mr. Sheridan. The latter replied, `If ever I again engage
in the compositions he alludes to, I may be tempted to an
act of presumption -- to attempt an improvement on one of
Ben Jonson's best characters -- the character of the Angry
Boy in the "Alchymist."'
(9) Cicero wrote thus of Caesar: 1Have you ever read or heard of
a man more vigorous in action or more moderate in the use of
victory than our Caesar?' -- Epp. ad Diversos,' viii. 15.
(10) Marlowe has it:
"...And swords
With ugly teeth of black rust foully scarred."
(11) In the Senate, Curio had proposed and carried a resolution
that Pompeius and Caesar should lay their arms down
simultaneously; but this was resisted by the Oligarchal
party, who endeavoured, though unsuccessfully, to expel
Curio from the Senate, and who placed Pompeius in command of
the legions at Capua. This was in effect a declaration of
war; and Curio, after a last attempt at resistance, left the
city, and betook himself to Caesar. (See the close of Book
IV.)
(12) Marcus Marcellus, Consul in B.C. 51.
(13) Plutarch, "Pomp.", 49. The harbours and places of trade