There can be no doubt that the Gauls received the sum they demanded, and quitted Rome; that in weighing it they scornfully imposed upon the Romans is very possible, and the vae victis too may be true: we ourselves have seen similar things before the year 1813.

Int. vae victis!

Int. vae victis!

These men are devils alone, as the saying is, Homo solus aut Deus, aut Daemon: a man alone, is either a saint or a devil, mens ejus aut languescit, aut tumescit; and Vae soli in this sense, woe be to him that is so alone.

"Te sine, vae misero mihi, lilia nigra videntur, Pallentesque rosae, nec dulce rubens hyacinthus, Nullos nec myrtus, noc laurus spirat odores.

Mantua vae miserae nimium vicina Cremonae. 475.

"Vae victis" seems their motto.

The most generally accepted opinion is, that it is derived from a Latin expressionvemi (vae mihi), "woe is me!"

It is, indeed, as that quaint and rare old discourse, "A Summons for Sleepers," hath it, "no doubt a thankless office, and a verie unthriftie occupation; veritas odium parit, truth never goeth without a scratcht face; he that will be busie with vae vobis, let him looke shortly for coram nobis.

Bear always in mind Christ's words, 'Vae vobis scribae et