5
]
Rodilard
.--The name no doubt taken from the famous cat Rodilardus (bacon-gnawer), in Rabelais,
Pantagruel
, IV., ch. LXVII.
[
6
] Phaedrus, I. 10.
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7
]
Themis
.--The goddess of Justice.
[
8
] So Philip of Macedon is said to have decided a suit by condemning the defendant to banishment and the plaintiff to follow him. The wisdom of each decision lies in taking advantage of a doubtful case to convict two well-known rogues of--previous bad character.
[
9
] Phaedrus, I. 30.
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