第12部分(第1/7 頁)

will；　therefore；　carefullyexamine　the　actions　of　this　man　will　find　him　a　most　valiant　lion　and　amost　cunning　fox；　he　will　find　him　feared　and　respected　by　every　one；and　not　hated　by　the　army；　and　it　need　not　be　wondered　at　that　he；　thenew　man；　well；　because　his　supreme　renown　always　protected　him　from　thathatred　which　the　people　might　have　conceived　against　him　for　hisviolence。But　his　son　Antoninus　was　a　most　eminent　man；　and　had　very　excellentqualities；　which　made　him　admirable　in　the　sight　of　the　people　andacceptable　to　the　soldiers；　for　he　was　a　warlike　man；　most　enduring　offatigue；　a　despiser　of　all　delicate　food　and　other　luxuries；　whichcaused　him　to　be　beloved　by　the　armies。　Nevertheless；　his　ferocity　andcruelties　were　so　great　and　so　unheard　of　that；　after　endless　singlemurders；　he　killed　a　large　number　of　the　people　of　Rome　and　all　those　ofAlexandria。　He　became　hated　by　the　whole　world；　and　also　feared　by　thosehe　had　around　him；　to　such　an　extent　that　he　was　murdered　in　the　midstof　his　army　by　a　centurion。　And　here　it　must　be　noted　that　such…likedeaths；　which　are　deliberately　inflicted　with　a　resolved　and　desperatecourage；　cannot　be　avoided　by　princes；　because　any　one　who　does　not　fearto　die　can　inflict　them；　but　a　prince　may　fear　them　the　less　becausethey　are　very　rare；　he　has　only　to　be　careful　not　to　do　any　grave　injuryto　those　whom　he　employs　or　has　around　him　in　the　service　of　the　state。Antoninus　had　not　taken　this　care；　but　had　contumeliously　killed　abrother　of　that　centurion；　whom　also　he　daily　threatened；　yet　retainedin　his　bodyguard；　which；　as　it　turned　out；　was　a　rash　thing　to　do；　andproved　the　emperor's　ruin。But　let　us　e　to　modus；　to　whom　it　should　have　been　very　easy　tohold　the　empire；　for；　being　the　son　of　Marcus；　he　had　inherited　it；　andhe　had