osen according to their inclination and the star
under which they were born, therefore each one working according to his
natural propensity does his duty well and pleasantly, because naturally.
The same things I may say concerning strategy and the other functions.

There are guards in the city by day and by night, and they are placed
at the four gates, and outside the walls of the seventh ring, above the
breastworks and towers and inside mounds. These places are guarded in
the day by women, in the night by men. And lest the guard should become
weary of watching, and in case of a surprise, they change them every
three hours, as is the custom with our soldiers. At sunset, when the
drum and symphonia sound, the armed guards are distributed. Cavalry and
infantry make use of hunting as the symbol of war and practise games and
hold festivities in the plains. Then the music strikes up, and freely
they pardon the offences and faults of the enemy, and after the
victories they are kind to them, if it has been decreed that they should
destroy the walls of the enemy's city and take their lives. All these
things are done on the same day as the victory, and afterward they never
cease to load the conquered with favors, for they say that there ought
to be no fighting, except when the conquerors give up the conquered, not
when they kill them. If there is a dispute among them concerning injury
or any other matter (for they themselves scarcely ever contend except
in matters of honor), the chief and his magistrates chastise the accused
one secretly, if he has done harm in deeds after he has been first
angry. If they wait until the time of the battle for the verbal
decision, they must give vent to their anger against the enemy, and he
who in battle shows the most daring deeds is considered to have defended
the better and truer cause in the struggle, and the other yields, and
they are punished justly. Nevertheless, they are not allowed to come to
single combat, since right is maintained by the tribunal, and because
the unjust cause is often apparent when the more just succumbs, and he
who professes to be the better man shows this in public fight.

G.M. This is worth while, so that factions should not be cherished for
the harm of the fatherland, and so that civil wars might not occur, for
by means of these a tyrant often arises, as the examples of Rome
and Athens show. Now, I pray you, tell me of their works and matter
connected therewith.