Note 029 The Germans, who exterminated Varus and his legions, had been particularly offended with the Roman laws and lawyers. One of the barbarians, after the effectual precautions of cutting out the tongue of an advocate, and sewing up his mouth, observed with much satisfaction that the viper could no longer hiss. Florus, iv. 12.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 34