, was a very remarkable Instance of what I am here speaking. This extraordinary Person, amidst the Civil Wars of his Country, when he saw the Designs of all Parties equally tended to the Subversion of Liberty, by constantly preserving the Esteem and Affection of both the Competitors, found means to serve his Friends on either side: and while he sent Money to young

Marius

, whose Father was declared an Enemy of the Commonwealth, he was himself one of

Sylla's

chief Favourites, and always near that General.

During the War between

Cæsar

and

Pompey

, he still maintained the same Conduct. After the Death of