CCCXLV. ARISTIDES.

When Aristides was deciding a cause at Athens, the plaintiff, thinking to bias the judge, said, "Oh, Aristides, this man did you such an injury at such a time." Aristides replied "Friend, I do not wish to know what injury he did to me, but what he has done to you."

CCCXLVI. MILTIADES.

Miltiades, being asked whether it were more honour to be Achilles or Homer, replied by asking whether it were more honour to be a commander or a trumpeter.

CCCXLVII. ARCHIPOETA.

Andreas Maro, called Archipoeta for his skill in spontaneous versification, when dining one day with the pope, endeavoured to give his Holiness an idea of his powers, and amongst other lines, repeated the following,

Archipoeta facit versus pro mille poetis.

To which the pope subjoined another,

Et

pro mille aliis Archipoeta bibit.

CCCXLVIII. STOLEN GOODS.

A negro, in Jamaica, was tried for theft, and ordered to be flogged. He begged to be heard, which being granted, he asked: If white men buy stolen goods, why he be no flogged too ?' 'Well,' said the judge, 'so he would.' 'Dere, den,' replied Mungo, 'is my massa, he buy stolen goods; he know me stolen, and yet he buy ine.'