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They entreated him, therefore, in future to protect them with the force of his mind in the cabinet, rather than of his arm in the field. He, however, was conscious of the extreme peril to which he had been exposed, and made a vow never again to venture into battle without having his sword girt to his side.* * Illescas, Hist. Pontif., lib. 6, c. 20; Vedmar, Hist. Velez Malaga.
The exploits of the sovereign, his great and never-ending achievements as a conqueror and destroyer of monsters, as pontif of Assur and the founder of palaces and cities such are the themes to which Assyrian sculpture devoted itself for many centuries, taking them up and varying them in countless ways, and that, apparently, without any fear that he for whom the whole work was intended would ever grow weary of the repetition.
Their hair and beards were overgrown and shagged; they were wasted by hunger, half naked, and in chains. She ordered that they should be clothed and cherished, and money furnished them to bear them to their homes.* * Illescas, Hist. Pontif., lib. 6, c. 20, \0xA4 1.
Panvinio, who, being a Neapolitan, was not likely to be any too friendly to the Pope as, indeed, he proves again and again tells us positively that Djem died of dysentry at Capua. 1 Vitis Pontif. Rom. Sanuto, writing to the Council of Ten, says that Djem took ill at Capua of a catarrh, which "descended to his stomach"; and that so he died.
If he was not deified, like the Pharaohs, either alive or after his death, he was the vicar of Assur upon earth, the interpreter of his decrees and their executor, his lieutenant and pontif, and the recipient of his confidences. There was no room by the side of this armed high priest for a sacerdotal caste at all equal to him in prestige.
Polycraticus, &c. lib. 6, cap, 24, and lib. 8, cap. 23. William of Tyre, lib. 18. cap. 3 & 7. Brev. Pontif. Rom. Annus 1154. No. 48. Pagi, ibid. Fleury, Livre 76.
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