[538] “One who set off every thing he said and did with a certain skill.” Mucianus was an intriguing general in the times of Otho and Vitellius.—Hist. xi. 80.
[539] Namely, the property of which he was speaking, and not that mentioned by Tacitus.
[540] Apologies.
[541] Concessions.
[542] Plin. Epist. vi. 17.
[543] Boastful.
[544] “All fame emanates from servants.”—Q. Cic. de Petit. Consul. v. 17.
[545] “Founders of empires.”
[546] He alludes to Ottoman, or Othman I., the founder of the dynasty now reigning at Constantinople. From him, the Turkish empire received the appellation of “Othoman,” or “Ottoman” Porte.
[547] “Perpetual rulers.”