He also assumed the censorship, which had long been discontinued, ever since the term of Plancus and Paulus, but in this office too he was variable, and both his theory and his practice were inconsistent. In let off a young man his review of the knights of evil character, whose he father said that he was perfectly satisfied with him, without any public censure,” saying “ He has a censor of his own.” Another who was notorious for corruption and adultery he merely admonished to be more restrained in his indulgence, or at any rate more circumspect, adding, “ For why should I know what mistress you keep?”” When he had removed the mark of censure affixed to one man’s name, yielding to the entreaties of the latter’s friends, he said: “ But let the erasure be seen.” He not only struck from the list of jurors a man of high birth, a leading citizen of the province of Greece, because he did not know Latin, but even deprived him of the rights of citizenship ; and he would not allow anyone to render an account of his life save in his own words, as well as he could, without the help of an advocate. And he degraded? many, some contrary to their expectation and on the novel charge that they had left Italy without consulting him and obtaining leave of absence ; one man merely because he had been companion to a king in his province, citing the case of Rabirius Postumus, who in bygone days had been tried for treason because he had followed Ptolemy to Alexandria, to recover a loan. When he attempted to degrade still more, he found them in most cases blameless ;for owing to the great carelessness of his agents, but to his own greater shame, those whom he accused of celibacy, childlessness, or lack of means proved that they were married, or fathers, or wellto-do. In fact, one man, who was charged with having stabbed himself, stripped off his clothing and showed a body without a scar. Other noteworthy acts of his censorship were the following: he had a silver chariot of costly workmanship, which was offered for sale in the Sigillaria,? bought and cut to pieces in his presence ; in one single day he made twenty proclamations, including these two: “ As the yield of the vineyards is bountiful, the wine jars should be well pitched’’; and “ Nothing is so effective a cure for snake-bite as the juice of the yew tree.”