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A justice with grave justices shall sit;
He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.
A justice with grave justices shall sit;
He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.
Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge
That no king can corrupt.
Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge
That no king can corrupt.
Therefore I say again
I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul
Refuse you for my judge, whom read more
Therefore I say again
I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul
Refuse you for my judge, whom yet once more
I hold my most malicious for and think not
At all a friend to truth.
It doth appear you are a worthy judge;
You know the law, your exposition
Hath been most read more
It doth appear you are a worthy judge;
You know the law, your exposition
Hath been most sound.
O, let her brother live:
Thieves for the robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves.
O, let her brother live:
Thieves for the robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves.
If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command.
[Lat., Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.]
If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command.
[Lat., Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.]
My suit has nothing to do with the assault, or battery, or
poisoning, but is about three goats, which, read more
My suit has nothing to do with the assault, or battery, or
poisoning, but is about three goats, which, I complain, have been
stolen by my neighbor. This the judge desires to have proved to
him; but you, with swelling words and extravagant gestures,
dilate on the Battle of Cannae, the Mithridatic war, and the
perjuries of the insensate Carthaginians, the Syllae, the Marii,
and the Mucii. It is time, Postumus, to say something about my
three goats.
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.
[Lat., Male verum examinat omnis
Corruptus judex.]
A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.
[Lat., Male verum examinat omnis
Corruptus judex.]