Senate
, as a Tyrant and Oppressor of his Subjects. The Prince went to
Rome
to defend his Father; but coming into the
Senate
, and hearing a Multitude of Crimes proved upon him, was so oppressed when it came to his turn to speak, that he was unable to utter a Word. The Story tells us, that the Fathers were more moved at this Instance of Modesty and Ingenuity, than they could have been by the most Pathetick Oration; and, in short, pardoned the guilty Father for this early Promise of Virtue in the Son.
I take
Assurance
to be the
Faculty of possessing a Man's self