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(trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) II 220: [He had] a countenance as if he streined hard for a stoole. Whereupon one of these plaisants came out with a pretie conceit. For when Vespasian seemed to request the fellow for to breake a jest upon him also, as well as upon others, ‘that I will,’ quoth he, ‘If you had done your businesse once upon the seege’. (trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) II 208: Whereat, shee [...] set up a laughter, mervailing that her sonne should have a cracked braine [...] since that his Mother had her wittes still whole and sound. (trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) 1 22: Howbeit hee could not carie it [i.e. a proposed law], by reason that the faction of the Nobles crossed him. (trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) II 280: [S]o obsequious and double diligent besides. (trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) II 188: He was besides of a wonderfull glavering nature and given to flatteries. (trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) I 220: He had devised moreover, among other kinds of torment, what time as men by deceitfull meanes had their lode with large drinking of strong wine, sodainely to knit fast and tie their privie members with (Lute) strings, that hee might cause them to swell and be pent in most dolorous paines. (trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) I 137: He was none of these that lie in the winde to mung and catch at Inheritances. (trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) I 206: [T]his infamous and shamefull Note, received with exceeding great accorde, was rife and currant abroade in everie mans mouth, That the old bucke-goat was licking the nature of the does (or females). (trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) I 206: The false information of matters, whereof the penaltie came to the Exchequer, he repressed: and sharplie punished such Informers. And this (by mens saying) was a speech of his, 'The Prince that chastneth not Promoters, setteth them on to promote.'. (trans.) Suetonius’s Historie of Twelve Caesars (1899) I 270: [H]is hastie and long journey (for it was a good stretch from Astura to Beneventum) was contrarie to his wonted manner.