chapter in which he tells this Valerius states that Fabricius

was an ambassador to Pyrrhus.
70 : 24. do cost not above his power. Make expendi- tures not above his ability to pay. The extravagance of Henry VIII. was notorious. Cf. note on 42 : 11.
71 : 4. calling again laws which custom hath abrogated. Reviving laws that have fallen into desuetude, as Henry