9. The worst class of enemies are men who praise you (Tacitus, Agricola,41).
10. Pustule.
11. Compare Theocritus, Idylls, XII.24 and IX.30.
12. Proverbs 27.14.
13. Provoke.
14. Seemly.
15. Theologians.
17. Embassies.
18. In Italian, sbirro means a constable or a bailiff.
19. Bailiff’s officers.
20. 2 Corinthians 11.23.
21. I will magnify my ministry (Romans 11.13).