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Chapter XI.—Flight, and Magic Arts of
Licinius.
In these circumstances their commander, finding himself bereft of the
aid of his followers,3170
| 3170 “Slaves,” a word which has frequently been used by
Eusebius in this literal sense. | having lost his
lately numerous array, both of regular and allied forces, having
proved, too, by experience, how vain his confidence had been in those
whom he thought to be gods, ignominiously took to flight, by which
indeed he effected his escape, and secured his personal safety, for the
pious emperor had forbidden his soldiers to follow him too closely,3171
| 3171 This idiom here is nearly the English, “followed on the
heels” of any one. | and thus allowed him an opportunity for
escape. And this he did in the hope that he might hereafter, on
conviction of the desperate state of his affairs, be induced to abandon
his insane and presumptuous ambition, and return to sounder reason. So
Constantine, in his excessive humanity, thought and was willing
patiently to bear past injuries, and extend his forgiveness to one who
so ill deserved it; but Licinius, far from renouncing his evil
practices, still added crime to crime, and ventured on more daring
atrocities than ever. Nay, once more tampering with the detestable arts
of magic, he again was presumptuous: so that it might well be said of
him, as it was of the Egyptian tyrant of old, that God had hardened his
heart.3172
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