Accedebant enim eius asperitati, ubi imminuta esse amplitudo imperii dicebatur, et iracundiae suspicionumque vanitati, proximorum cruentae blanditiae, exaggerantium incidentia, et dolere impendio simulantium, si principis petitur vita, a cuius salute velut filo pendere statum orbis terrarum fictis vocibus exclamabant.
Moreover his harsh cruelty, whenever the majesty of the empire was said to be insulted, and his angry passions and unfounded suspicions were increased by the bloodthirsty flattery of his courtiers, who exaggerated everything that happened and pretended to be greatly troubled by the thought of an attempt on the life of a prince on whose safety, as on a thread, they hypocritically declared that the condition of the whole world depended.
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