e virtue of those that contrived it,
and had courage enough to execute it; and said that "tyrants do indeed
please themselves and look big for a while, upon having the power to act
unjustly; but do not however go happily out of the world, because
they are hated by the virtuous; and that Caius, together with all his
unhappiness, was become a conspirator against himself, before these
other men who attacked him did so; and by becoming intolerable, in
setting aside the wise provision the laws had made, taught his dearest
friends to treat him as an enemy; insomuch that although in common
discourse these conspirators were those that slew Caius, yet that, in
reality, he lies now dead as perishing by his own self."

20. Now by this time the people in the theatre were arisen from their
seats, and those that were within made a very great disturbance; the
cause of which was this, that the spectators were too hasty in getting
away. There was also one Aleyon, a physician, who hurried away, as if to
cure those that were wounded, and under that pretense he sent those that
were with him to fetch what things were necessary for the healing of
those wounded persons, but in reality to get them clear of the present
dangers they were in. Now the senate, during this interval, had met, and
the people also assembled together in the accustomed form, and were both
employed in searching after the murderers of Caius. The people did it
very zealously, but the senate in appearance only; for there was present
Valerius of Asia, one that had been consul; this man went to the people,
as they were in disorder, and very uneasy that they could not yet
discover who they were that had murdered the emperor; he was then
earnestly asked by them all who it was that had done it. He replied,
"I wish I had been the man." The consuls [7] also published an edict,
wherein they accused Caius, and gave order to the people then got
together, and to the soldiers, to go home; and gave the people hopes
of the abatement of the oppressions they lay under; and promised the
soldiers, if they lay quiet as they used to do, and would not go abroad
to do mischief unjustly, that they would bestow rewards upon them; for
there was reason to fear lest the city might suffer harm by their wild
and ungovernable behavior, if they should once betake themselves to
spoil the citizens, or plunder the temples. And now the whole multitude
of the senators were assembled together, and especially tho