Florentius.
[Also to the Tribune.] I dare scarcely think what turn this inroad of the Alemanni might have taken, but for Caesar's courage and conduct. Many Courtiers. [Pressing forward.] Yes, yes; Caesar is great! Others. [Clapping their hands.] Caesar is peerless! Julian. [Looks for a time alternately at Decentius and the others; thereupon breaks out into a loud, short laugh.] So blind is friendship, Decentius! So blind, so blind! [He turns to the rest, and taps the roll of paper in his hand.
Here I read far other tidings! listen and
drink in the refreshing dew of knowledge. This
is the Emperor's despatch to all the proconsuls of
the empire;—our excellent Decentius has brought
me a copy of it. Here we learn that I have accomplished
nothing in Gaul. It was, as I told
you, a dream. Here we have the Emperor's own
words: it was under the Emperor's happy auspices
that the imminent danger to the empire
was averted.
Florentius.
All the affairs of the empire flourish under the Emperor's auspices.
Julian.
More, more. It is here set forth that it was the Emperor who fought and conquered on the
