Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theologicalOf the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall

In Tiberius his reign were ^kby Lot certain assigned to clear the Laws in some cases then questionable. And in Vespasians time either ^lMucianus, or ^mVespasian himself, or ⁿboth of them, as some suppose, severally and at several times, by Lot assigned some to see restitution made of wrongs done during the civill wars that then lately had been; and to help extraordinarily to rid the Courts of the multitude of suites, that intermission of Justice had now cloyed them withal.

In Tiberius his reigne were ^kby Lot certaine assigned to cleare the Lawes in some cases then questionable. And in Vespasians time either ^lMucianus, or ^mVespasian himselfe, or ⁿboth of them, as some suppose, seuerally and at seuerall times, by Lot assigned some to see restitution made of wrongs done during the ciuill warres that then lately had beene; and to helpe extraordinarily to ridde the Courts of the multitude of suites, that intermission of Iustice had now cloied them withall.

1. kSorte ducti qui legis nexus exoluerent. Tacit. Annal. l. 3.
2. lSort ducti per quos redderentur bello rapta, &c. de Muciano Tac. hist. l. 4.Sorte ducti per quos redderentur bello rapta, &c. de Muciano Tac. hist. l. 4.
3. mDe Vespasiano idem Suet. Vesp. c. 10. Vise Ravard. pro Tribunat. c. 17.