[Footnote 52: Latrocinio armigerorum suorum in multis
sustentabatur, quod quidem ad ejus ignominiam non dicimus;
sed ipso ita praecipiente adhuc viliora et reprehensibiliora
dicturi sumus ut pluribus patescat, quam laboriose et cum
quanta angustia a profunda paupertate ad summum culmen
divitiarum vel honoris attigerit. Such is the preface of
Malaterra (l. i. c. 25) to the horse-stealing. From the
moment (l. i. c. 19) that he has mentioned his patron Roger,
the elder brother sinks into the second character. Something
similar in Velleius Paterculus may be observed of Augustus
and Tiberius.]