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[ 68 j and esteemed them more than gold and jewels. He commended their fidelity, and having treat ed them with a splendid feast, came to a sincere accomodation with the Duke. 32. Fidelity of servants. When Marius the Roman general returned to Rome, he determined to extirpate his enemies, and despatched his emissaries in every direction to put them to death. The high ways were filled with the monuments of his cruelty. Among other persons whom he sought to slay was Cornutus; but his servants were attached to him with unshaken fidelity. They concealed him in a safe place, and taking a dead body, suspended it by a beam; then putting a gold ring on its fingers pointed it out to the executioners as the body of their master. They afterwards buried it with great pomp; no one suspected the truth, and their master