elem notitiam quaternis mensibus
comprehensam.' As the receipts of the _Trina Illatio_ had to be
gathered in every four months, the account of Provincial expenditure
covered the same period.]

[Footnote 804: 'Ad scrinia nostra dirigere maturabis.']

'In order to help you, we send A and B, members of our official staff,
to examine your accounts. See that you come up to the standard of duty
here prescribed for you.'

3. SENATOR, PRAETORIAN PRAEFECT, TO ALL THE SAJONES WHO HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED TO THE CANCELLARII.

[Sidenote: General instructions to the Sajones.]

'There must be fear of the magistrate in the heart of the citizen,
else the laws would never be obeyed. But as in medicine various
remedies are required by various constitutions, so in the
administration of the laws sometimes force and sometimes gentleness
has to be used. Wisdom is required to decide which is the best mode
of dealing with each particular case.

'Therefore we despatch your Devotion[805] to attend upon A B,
Clarissimus Cancellarius. Be terrible to the lawless, but to them
alone. Above all things see to the punctual collection of the taxes.
Do not study popularity. Attend only to those cases which are
entrusted to your care, and work them thoroughly. No greater disgrace
can attach to an officer of Court than that a Judge's sentence should
be left unexecuted[806]. Do not swagger through the streets exulting
in the fact that nobody dares meet you. Brave men are ever gentle in
time of peace, and there is no greater lover of justice than he who
has seen many battles. When you return to your parents and friends let
it not be brawls that you have to boast of, but good conduct. We also
shall in that case welcome you back with pleasure, and not leave you
long without another commission. And the King too, the lord of
all[807], will entrust higher duties to him who returns from the lower
with credit and the reward of a good conscience.'

[Footnote 805: 'Devotio tua' was the technical way of addressing the
_fortis Sajo_.]

[Footnote 806: 'In executore illud est pessimum, si judicis relinquat
arbitrium.']

[Footnote 807: 'Rerum Dominus.']

4. SENATOR, PRAETORIAN PRAEFECT, TO THE CANONICARIUS[808] OF THE
VENETIAE.

[Footnote 808: Revenue-officer.]

[Sidenote: Praise of Acinaticium, a red wine of Verona.]

'A well furnished royal table is a credit to the State. A private
person may eat only the produce of his own district; but it is the
glory