Ibi hiemans ex sententia, nullis interim voluptatium rapiebatur illecebris, quibus abundant Syriae omnes, verum per speciem quietis, iudicialibus causis intentus, non minus quam arduis bellicisque, distrahebatur multiformibus curis, exquisita docilitate deliberans, quibus modis suum cuique tribueret, iustisque sententiis, et improbi modicis coercerentur suppliciis, et innocentes fortunis defenderentur intactis.
Passing the winter there to his hearts content, he was meanwhile carried away by no incitements of the pleasures in which all Syria abounds; but as if for recreation devoting his attention to cases at law, not less than to difficult and warlike affairs, he was distracted by many cares, as with remarkable willingness to receive information he deliberated how he might give each man his due by righteous decisions, bringing the guilty to order with moderate punishments and protecting the innocent with the safety of their property.
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